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Reader Case: Struggling to Get to FI with a Special Needs Child
- Reader Case: Struggling to Get to FI with a Special Needs Child - June 5, 2023
- Why HomeExchange Beats Airbnb - May 22, 2023
- Let’s Go Exploring! Da Nang, Vietnam: The Next Digital Nomad Paradise? - May 8, 2023
One of the best things about reader cases is learning about readers with different backgrounds and challenges, all with the same goal: to achieve FI. Today’s reader case caught my eye because the challenge this family faces isn’t just related to finances. It goes deeper than that. I picked this reader case because I know how important it is to have support when you’re taking care of family. It’s easy to feel lost when you’re the only one with this seemingly never-ending struggle. Hopefully this reader case and the resources that we will be discussing today will help those with […]

Reader Case: Can I Move to Spain?
- Let’s Go Exploring: Cusco and the Lost City of Machu Picchu - May 29, 2023
- Reader Case: Can I Move to Spain? - May 15, 2023
- Big Tech Is Laying Off Workers: Is Your Job Next? - May 1, 2023
When we first left Canada in 2015, we thought travelling internationally was a luxury that we could only afford to do for a short time. Little did we know that it would become our unfair FIRE advantage since it can be used to control your living expenses using geographic arbitrage (in non-pandemic times, at least). So this subject line immediately piqued our interest. Spain is one of the Europe’s favourite retirement destinations because of the sunny weather, friendly locals, and surprisingly affordable cost of living. So can geographic arbitrage rescue our reader? Let’s find out! Hello: I have read your […]

Big Tech Is Laying Off Workers: Is Your Job Next?
- Let’s Go Exploring: Cusco and the Lost City of Machu Picchu - May 29, 2023
- Reader Case: Can I Move to Spain? - May 15, 2023
- Big Tech Is Laying Off Workers: Is Your Job Next? - May 1, 2023
For most of the FIRE movement’s existence, the single largest career type that made up the movement was engineers: specifically, software engineers. The reason for this is that the modern FIRE movement’s explosion in popularity happened to coincide with a similar explosion of growth in the tech sector. From early 2000 to now, the world went from a personal computer being a 20 pound box of metal sitting on a desk to something so small and portable that we can fit it in our pocket. We also went from a typical US household owning a single computer to our current […]

Reader Case: Lost in the Rat Race on My Way to FIRE
- Reader Case: Struggling to Get to FI with a Special Needs Child - June 5, 2023
- Why HomeExchange Beats Airbnb - May 22, 2023
- Let’s Go Exploring! Da Nang, Vietnam: The Next Digital Nomad Paradise? - May 8, 2023
Sometimes you get a reader case in your inbox that screams for help and comes with a twist, so obviously I had to pick it. Read on and you’ll see what I mean: Hello! Let me start off by saying that I’m a huge fan of your blog and investing strategy. I discovered it in 2019 and I went through your free investment workshop. In 2020 (yes right when the markets tanked) I took the plunge and invested my savings into a well balanced portfolio of ETFs. As the market recovered I made quite a bit of money that year. […]

Reader Case: How Can I Retire Early with Mortgage Debt?
- Reader Case: Struggling to Get to FI with a Special Needs Child - June 5, 2023
- Why HomeExchange Beats Airbnb - May 22, 2023
- Let’s Go Exploring! Da Nang, Vietnam: The Next Digital Nomad Paradise? - May 8, 2023
Guess what? It’s time for another reader case! With all the questions lately about interest rate hikes, banking instability, and spiking mortgage payments, this one is timely: Hello Millennial Revolution, We are a couple with no kids who have been dreaming of early retirement, but unfortunately, we only discovered your book last year and are approaching 48 years old. We moved from Brazil to Canada in 2013 and have been working hard to achieve financial independence. However, we made the mistake of buying two properties in Toronto and having a large mortgage with a high-interest rate. Despite this setback, we […]