Freedom
Should Governments Meddle with the Rental Market?
- How to Evict Your Tenant - June 14, 2021
- How To Sue Your Landlord and Win - June 7, 2021
- Reader Case: Not Your Typical FIRE Couple - May 28, 2021
One of the most common arguments against renting over owning is the “renoviction” problem. Basically, this happens when a landlord uses the excuse of a “renovation” to kick out their existing tenants so they can raise rent above guidelines. This isn’t so much of a problem in small towns and suburbs but tends to happen in big cities where jobs are plentiful and, as a result, stiff competition and low vacancy drives everyone into a hunger games style fight for rentals. Oddly enough, we’ve never run into this problem in the 9 years that we lived in Toronto, the […]
Does FIRE Prevent Divorces?
- How to Evict Your Tenant - June 14, 2021
- How To Sue Your Landlord and Win - June 7, 2021
- Reader Case: Not Your Typical FIRE Couple - May 28, 2021
In my last post about not losing yourself in retirement, reader Steve posted an interesting question in the comments: “Any thoughts on the FIRE couples that get divorced? One would think that not having money issues (the #1 stressor for married people) and achieving a monumental goal together would strengthen that bond, but apparently there is more to it.” –Steve This got me thinking. If money, which is the #1 reason why couples break up, is no longer an issue, why are FIRE couples still getting divorced? Now, I’m no relationship expert and this is me taking a wild stab […]
FIREDating App’s Creator Speaks Out
- Will Runaway Inflation Derail The Recovery? - June 21, 2021
- Reader Case: Retiring Earlier as an Expat - June 11, 2021
- Reader Case: Fur Baby FIRE - June 4, 2021
I’ve covered the FIREDating app a few times now, once when I discovered it back in the summer of 2020 and again when I learned that two of our readers actually learned about the app on this blog, and then ended up getting together. But whoever made it always remained a bit of a mystery. Why did they build it, and what were they hoping to accomplish with it? So I reached out to the site’s creator Viktor to ask a few questions. Surprisingly, he wrote back! This is what he said. Wanderer: Viktor, we first heard about your app […]
How Not To Lose Yourself in Retirement
- How to Evict Your Tenant - June 14, 2021
- How To Sue Your Landlord and Win - June 7, 2021
- Reader Case: Not Your Typical FIRE Couple - May 28, 2021
“So, what do you do?” How many times have you been asked this question? If you live in North American, I’m willing to bet, a lot. Given that our society places so much emphasis on “live to work” instead of “work to live”, I’m not surprised we believe we are our jobs. So, what happens if we reach financial independence and quit said job? Who do we become? My answer to that question has changed from “software engineer” to “author”, but for the first few years in retirement, I had to no idea how to answer it. Not only that, […]
Finding Love During Covid
- Will Runaway Inflation Derail The Recovery? - June 21, 2021
- Reader Case: Retiring Earlier as an Expat - June 11, 2021
- Reader Case: Fur Baby FIRE - June 4, 2021
A few months ago, we wrote about a FIRE dating app that someone had made. Apparently, that post triggered a flood of traffic to the app, and people actually started hooking up on it! We got an email recently from the creator telling us that there was a couple, both of whom were readers of this blog, that learned about the app from that post, signed up, got matched, and were now dating. How cool is that? We were their matchmakers! So I reached out to them on Zoom to learn about their story. Meet FIRE dating couple Rebecca and […]
