Mr. Money Mustache (aka Pete Adeney) is a 46-year-old father who retired at age 30 after he and his then-wife saved about $800,000. He also started sharing his philosophy of simple, happy, bicycle-filled living on his now wildly popular blog at mrmoneymustache.com. I first met Pete at a meet-up in Ecuador called the Chautauqua. While hiking [Continue Reading]
How a 40-Something Couple Quit Their Jobs to Travel the World
This is the next edition of my Early Retirement Interview Series. In these written interviews, I ask early retirees the details of how they achieved financial independence, and I share their answers with you! You can see an archive of all my blog interviews here. Today’s investor profile is about Rob and Reshawn from Learn, [Continue Reading]
Why Most Financial Advisors Won’t Tell You to Invest in Real Estate
I met Brent Sutherland, the author of today’s guest post, at a financial conference called FinCon. I was immediately impressed with him because he was a certified financial planner who ALSO spoke fluently about real estate investing! Yes, that’s a rare combination. And as a result, I asked him to write a guest post to [Continue Reading]
How a 26-Year-Old Achieved Financial Independence in 3 Years With House Hacking
I’m excited to share this post with you about a 26-year-old guy named Craig Curelop who used house hacking + frugality to QUICKLY reach financial independence in less than 3 years. Craig also recently published a new book through Bigger Pockets called The House Hacking Strategy: How to Use Your Home to Achieve Financial Freedom. [Continue Reading]
The Dirtbag* Millionaire Path to Financial Independence
*Update: Since “dirtbag” is in the title of this article, I wanted to avoid confusion by defining what I mean by it. Urbandictionary.com explains it as “A person who is committed to a given (usually extreme) lifestyle to the point of abandoning employment and other societal norms in order to pursue said lifestyle.” And in [Continue Reading]
What Suze Orman Got Wrong About the FIRE Movement
Recently my friend Paula Pant interviewed the matriarch of money, Suze Orman on her podcast Afford Anything. Less than 2 minutes into the interview, the conversation got very interesting: “Have you heard of the FIRE movement?,” Paula asked. “Yes, of course I have,” Suze said. “And I hate it.” “Really?” “I hate it, I hate [Continue Reading]
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