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With inflation taking a big chunk out of everyone’s paycheques, it seems like becoming financially independent is becoming increasingly hopeless.
But have you considered that you may already be FI, or be more FI than you think?
When people think of FIRE, they think of becoming financially independent in the current city they live and work in.
But here’s the thing. Once you become FI, you no longer need to work. Which means you no longer need to pay through the nose to live in a city with job opportunities. You no longer need to pay for crowds, stress, and be at the mercy of the real estate market.
Your FIRE number will be very different depending on where you decide to live. For example, your FI number in Vancouver might be $1.2 Million (based on the average monthly cost of living for an individual stated on Numbeo.com). But in Chiang Mai, your FI number suddenly drops to $500,000, without painful cuts to your lifestyle.
You might be frustrated that you’re decades away from FIRE in a high cost of living city in North America, but in reality are either already FI or close to FI in many places around the world.
New York FIRE and L.A FIRE very different from ChiangMai FIRE and Oaxaca FIRE.
Case in point. One of my friends, who earns an average salary in a major metropolitan city in Canada and has been working and saving for 20 years, discovered recently that instead of struggling to pay $2500/month in housing costs and going into the red every month when you add in everything else, she could quit her job, move to Chiang Mai, and already be FI with her $500K portfolio.
Why struggle when she can move and be immediately ahead?
And she doesn’t have to quit working either. Being ChiangMaiFIRE (or ChiangFI) means she can get a digital nomad visa and start an online business or teach English. Even making just $500/month will cover plenty of expenses in the Land of a Thousand Smiles, whereas it would barely make a dent in her rent in Canada.
This is the strategy that worked for many nomadic families after the 2008 Great Financial Crisis and how the WorldSchooling movement started. By selling their homes, moving their families abroad, and working online, these families didn’t just survive, they thrived and spent more quality time as a family.
This was done during a time where digital nomads were seen are fringe weirdos who were illegally living and working abroad. But now that the pandemic has created more remote opportunities than ever and there are 50+ digital nomad visas from countries all over the world, this is a mainstream option, and not just for singles but also families.
Every day I see more and more articles like these:
“Why Americans are Relocating to Mexico for a Better Life”
“How some young Canadians are saving money by embracing the digital nomad lifestyle”
“Digital nomads: rising number of people choose to work remotely”
“They sold everything to become a digital nomad family. Here’s what happened next”
In fact, digital nomadism has exploded so much in popularity, according to CBC, 11% of the Canadian population are digital nomads living abroad and as high as 17.3 per cent of American workers are digital nomads—that’s a staggering 58 Million people!
So instead of looking at how inflation has set you back financially, think about which countries you might already be FI in.
How to find out if you’re already FI:
- Make a list of low cost of living cities you might consider moving to (I recommend: Chiang Mai, Da Nang, Oaxaca, Merida, and Porto, just to name a few)
- Go to numbeo.com and use the trusty “cost of living estimator” for those cities by filling in your family size, rent and food preferences, etc to get the monthly cost of living.
- Multiple by 12 to get the yearly cost and then by 25 to get your geographic arbitrage FIRE number.
Here’s an example:
This means the monthly cost of living for my family size of 3 is:
$1851.03 USD/month or $22,212.36 USD/year. Which means our Chiang Mai FIRE number is $555,309 USD or $749,092 Canadian
After doing this calculation, you’ll realize you might be more FI than you think!
Also, remember that becoming FI doesn’t mean you have to retire. It simply means you’ve made work optional, and in doing so, have achieved location independence. You’re free to switch careers, start an online business, or work part time. Making $1000/month online wouldn’t even cover your rent in high cost of living cities in US or Canada. But doing it in Thailand, Vietnam, Mexico, or Portugal? That’s rent + food. And this is in addition to the capital gains, dividends, and interest generated by your portfolio.
As digital nomad Azra from the above CBC article said:
‘”If I could spend $2,200 on a one bedroom in Toronto or if I could spend $2,200 and that gives me flights, a place to live, groceries, fun things to do — why would I not choose the second one?”
What do you think? Would you move to get ahead? Are you already FI somewhere else in the world?
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I don’t disagree with the math, but doesn’t this seem a lot like individual colonialism?
While personally very effective the follow-on effects of dramatically increasing costs and taking resources from locals can’t be ignored.
I don’t know the right answer but there are definitely unintended consequences of geo-arbitrage, and it just seems like personal colonialism at the end of the day.
I suppose it comes down to personal comfort level of driving costs up and displacing locals to cater to your higher wealth status.
I live in a place where this argument is sometimes taken to a truly absurd extreme. Moving into an “up and coming” or gentrifying neighborhood – which is sometimes as close as a few blocks away – one finds oneself sometimes accused of “taking away” housing from the “locals”. Must we each remain bolted down to the exact same spot we were born forever? Is a fair world one in which nobody ever moves? My perspective is that cities in democratic societies get to set their priorities, and if a certain city wants to retain the character of a neighborhood and keep out digital nomads, there are myriad policy levers they can use: restricting Airbnb, renter protections, taxes and fees. Another city may choose to prioritize the infusion of taxes and job creation from digital nomads. It’s not my business to decide for the residents of a given city what’s important to them. I will go anyplace that will have me.
“taking resources from locals..”
Or… you’re boosting the economy of another country, building up the tourist ecosystem and providing reliable jobs for locals. Not everything is a zero sum game.
Well-said!
There is a risk of colonialism, yes. It is better to fly low and stay humble. It’s bad for a foreigner to criticize at random on local politics, social customs or work ethic, for example. You are a guest. You may or may not offer an opinion if asked. For the rest, smile and say thanks.
Well said!
Wouldn’t you then agree that by living in Canada or the States that you are full on exploiting people enjoying the benefits of “Modern day Colonialism”. IE: the whole economy runs on poorly paid, poorly treated temp workers who live in sub standard housing.
The food you eat is usually imported from far away countries which cannot compete with what you’re willing to pay for it. Just because it’s in your local grocery store doesn’t mean you’re not stealing resources from developing countries.
The clothing and electronics you buy are built at slave labour conditions with little environmental concerns, in these same countries that you say we shouldn’t live in but it’s okay if our corporations exploit the local work force and damage the environment
Same with Doctors, Nurses skilled workers etc… We bring them to Canada under utilize their skills while their presence is greatly missed in their home country where they are desperately needed, hard to replace and tons of local resources have been spent to help educate and train them.
Live where you want but stop attacking Digital nomads for getting out and living with locals and spreading their wealth directly to the locals living in those countries rather than supporting giant greedy corporations who would exploit those same locals for their benefits.
I’ve seen first hand as nomads move in they generally do perhaps at first push up the cost of living but they also push up the wages, and quality of life, Thailand is a great example of this. It’s cities have become more modern than Canadian cities with higher quality healthcare. The Local Doctors, Nurses highly trained workers now choose to stay and work in the community because they can have a high quality of life without leaving their beautiful country.
This one really hits home. I can’t help but wonder how many people needlessly panic over retirement when in fact early retirement is within their grasp and they don’t even know it.
CAn you also work out numbers in Dubai or India for FI
You can do it for yourself, for any country you are curious about.
https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/
The math definitely adds up, but the non financial costs – moving away from a community of family and friends – can be high. It can be harder to make friends as we get older. When I retire I want to travel all over and go to places that are less expensive, but also have sufficient means to be able to visit friends and family as often as possible.
I really admire people who love to travel about and live abroad. I like visiting other countries, relatives, and friends. I like taking vacations but I am so happy to get home. However I am very rooted in place. I like coming home and mutzing around in my yard and garden, walking around and visiting my friends and neighbors. I guess I’m just a homebody.
We had a plan to move somewhere cheaper once we retired (my wife is SE Asian and still has family there) and we may still do it but it has been back burnered now. The reason is my parents are getting older and I want to be around them as much as I can, plus her local family and the rest of my family are also close by us now. We don’t want to miss out on being together. So for now we are sticking with traveling since retirement lets us take trips of any length we want while still having home near everyone we care about. Yes it is more expensive but we baked that into our plans ahead of pulling the trigger on retiring.
Both my parents are deceased now. My dad died when my youngest brother was in high school. My mom lived longer but the last 10 years of her life she needed someone to drive her about to doctor’s appointments and to schedule social outings so she just didn’t stay home. I am very grateful that I got to spend that time with her and that she was able to live with us during the last year before she died. I was self-employed and she only required a little care. She never wanted to go into a nursing home and I’m glad we were able to keep her at our home.
Love it! Another great article. Thanks 🙂
Somehow I am always happy to be back in Canada after my travels. ) I am not going to be moving abroad any time soon..
Totally agree. My wife and I love to travel and explore new places, however, international travel does open my eyes up to all of the wonderful things we have in Canada and it helps me appreciate my country even more. There are lot of practices/policies that Canada could improve upon by adopting from other countries – so I’m not saying it’s perfect or anything ridiculous like that.
If you don’t have too many family ties and core friends, etc. in Canada/US or whichever developed nation you’re from with a relatively high cost of living, then Chiang Mai FIRE makes total sense – at least in the short term. However, I think the mass influx of immigrants with high value currencies coming into developing nations will just cause huge inflation in those countries. Starting to already see that in Portugal with a lot of British and American immigrants (I’m purposely not using the term Ex-pats) and similarly with Costa Rica.
I have reached FIRE but stay in Canada because 1) friends 2) learning opportunities in hobbies and special volunteering work. 3) I can make my home as plastic free as possible.
So I plan to move towards half year overseas and half year Canada instead of being a nomad.
It doesn’t mean I won’t relocate in the future .
Love your creative thinking here.
What about taxes? Even if you live abroad, I think you are still deemed a resident of canada and subject to taxes, especially if you have residential ties like a rental home. Will you forego your Canadian citizenship and residency and live in SEA? Or are taxes something to consider in the expenses above?
If you don’t have “significant ties” to Canada (a primary residence, a spouse or minor children back in Canada, a job with a Canadian company), you can declare yourself a non-resident of Canada for tax purposes. If you are continuing to work for a Canadian company, or earning money (rental, investments) from Canada, you’ll have to file a Canadian tax return. But your cost of living can still be lower than in Canada.
Indeed, and if you stay in some countries past 6 months you might become tax citizens of their country. Each case has to be looked at individually. You can tour eternally but you got to add in flight costs. Slow travel is cheaper, but moving has costs for sure.
You can also do this in your own country to some extent. I was living in small town BC working for company in Greater Vancouver Area on contract basis. Lower rents, no traffic or commute, more nature and quiet, live near ocean for cheap.
And as soon as you declare yourself a non-resident of Canada for tax purposes, the “deemed distribution” rule kicks in, and suddenly you owe a lot of taxes to CRA.
Yes but some high income individual who assume they will be still taxed fairly highly in retirement force this on purpose because the flat rate is 25% on exit for your RRSP. If you are lucky enough to have to claim total income such that the RRSP withdrawl portion (RRIF) will be taxed higher than 25% then it may be worthwhile to do this prior to retirement, even if you return as a Canadian the following year.
My husband and I have done exactly this, moving from a HCOL place to a LCOL place. Our quality of life is much higher than it would be in Canada, and the stress about running out of money is gone. I highly recommend it.
Is there a good website with reliable sources regarding the cost of health insurance and medical care costs? What about the quality of medical care? This is an important factor to consider as no one is getting younger by the year.
Another good point. In Canada there is a limit to how long you are covered under provincial insurance and it is different in each province. And technically, many of these nomad insurance type plans are based on you also having local coverage in your own country. I have heard many negative stories about the many packaged “nomad” insurance plans. Personally I am using Allianz right now.
Bring on Global FIRE!! We’ll be executing our plan as of Spring 2026, we’ve saved up enough to be FIRE by living 8 months a year in LCOL places (South Am, Eastern Europe, SE Asia) and home 4 months in Southern California with relatives or Airbnb. We’ll do 4 months abroad, 2 months home, repeat. I hope that limits travel burnout and missing loved ones, but also keeps our overall cost of living lower, so we can retire 15 years sooner than if we just stayed full-time in Southern California. And this way we can also get an Aetna International Insurance plan, which requires 6+ months of living outside the USA.
Worst case, if we get tired of amazing world travels and want to go home full-time, we’ll still receive money from our FIRE investments to largely live off of and can get part-time jobs in California to fund the delta of an HCOL area.
In the end, being flexible and open to life’s flow are the best skills to learn!
I’m far from being an expert on the topic, but I’m seeing some countries requiring that a digital nomad visa holder be able to prove that he or she works for a foreign country (one’s home nation, I guess). Maybe there are others out there that let someone show up with a laptop and say, “Hey, I’m self-employed.” Being a permanent resident, of course, is an entirely different animal and might work better for those who would rather stay in place OCONUS* somewhere than travel a lot. *OCONUS: US Army-Speak for Outside the CONtinental United States!
Daniel, adding on to your comment, I think in general a lot of the talk about low-cost places doesn’t address the very important issue of having the legal right to be somewhere.
This post touches on that issue, with the mention of digital nomad visas.
But it’s a huge and important issue. If the idea is to move abroad full time, then the person needs to have a way of staying somewhere long-term, and this takes a lot of research, planning, and sometimes years of steps.
Agree entirely with the sentiment of this piece. However, one of the things I love about your site is your critical thinking. The CBC quote is spectacularly non-credible. The idea that “17.5% of Americans” are Digital Nomads is ridiculous. Only 50% of Americans have passports! Simple math based on CBC implies up to 35% of Americans are DMs. I’ve lived in the US for 30 years and I can guarantee that fewer than and 30% can identify SE Asia on a map (<50% can identify Costa Rica). Kristy & Bryce – pls math some of the CBC’s shit up before posting it on your excellent blog 🙂
Agree entirely with the sentiment of this piece. However, one of the things I love about your site is your critical thinking. The CBC quote is spectacularly non-credible. The idea that “17.5% of Americans” are Digital Nomads is ridiculous. Only 50% of Americans have passports! Simple math based on CBC implies up to 35% of Americans are DMs. I’ve lived in the US for 30 years and I can guarantee that fewer than and 30% can identify SE Asia on a map (<50% can identify Costa Rica). Kristy & Bryce – pls math some of the CBC’s shit up before posting it on your excellent blog 🙂
And another thing is the tax issues, as some other commenters have touched on.
Yes, Canada is a residency-based tax system, and if you really want to, you can take the position that you’re a non-resident for taxation purposes.
But then, something that’s not talked about very much, is that under tax law you will be considered to have done a deemed disposition of all of your assets, so that the government can tax you on your way out the door.
There are some exceptions, such as rrsps. But this presents a problem for people whose assets don’t fit the exceptions, such as a significant non-registered account.
You can take some steps to defer the tax that you would owe, but anyway, it’s complicated.
This is another thing that most articles about moving somewhere cheap don’t address.
But if the example is retirement, then I think the smarter thing to do is don’t consider yourself a non-resident of Canada for taxation purposes.
Just continue to consider yourself a resident of Canada.
Most people retired won’t work at all. Or some will only do a bit of work, that would keep themselves under the basic minimum amount that you can make tax-free.
You also have to think about the host country, and how they do their taxation. Some countries will tax you on your foreign earnings as a resident.
And some won’t.
Lots of stuff to figure out.
Words of wisdom.
Living alone in Puerto Princesa, Philippines as a tourist. Renewing tourist visa every 2 months, travelling abroad every 3 years.
200 UDS/mo for rent and bills, 200 more for groceries, add salt and pepper to your liking, shake well, serve on ice. Ice is good, it’s hot all year here.
Have enough now to FIRE at age 40 but working 3 more years to qualify for pension. Migrants to NZ need 20 years working history to qualify. Also, would like a bigger portfolio rather than bare minimum so I could be comfortable when I retire. Plan to spend majority of a year in south pacific or Asian countries with the occasional month in a western country as well as yearly visits midyear back to NZ for a big family and friends gathering and the Super Rugby finals. Aiming for $900K portfolio (currently at $750K) with a 4% withdrawal rate and after taxes would have $30K/yr to spend which is more than enough for me.
I recently reached my FIRE numbers much earlier than anticipated (4 years earlier than anticipated) and I was thinking of the route of moving to Japan and live there with the intention of buying an Akiya home and renovating it and still have a residence that cost at least 90% less than what it would have cost in Canada.
However, my husband is not as highly keen on travelling as me and the foreign language scares the heck out of him so I had to adjust my plans. I realized something in my research, living in other provinces outside of British Columbia and Ontario is significantly cheaper!!! I can be very FIRE comfortable if I relocate to outside Vancouver or Toronto / GTA area and still retain all the Canada residence benefits. I’m selling my cheap condo and using that to buy an residence outside of Toronto and have it fully paid off!
While I agree in principle with article, I disagree with this:
“ New York FIRE and L.A FIRE very different from ChiangMai FIRE and Oaxaca FIRE.”
I think it’s extreme to consider Chiang Mai and Oaxaca to New York or L.A.
My first thought is to consider considering a city or country where you can actually drink the water from the tap.
I know it sounds possibly like something silly but having lived in Chiang Mai (testing Thailand out in 2022 for 2 months), I’ll say that you’ll notice very quickly the difference in your quality of life. Pollution, hygiene standards, excessive traffic, double standards when it comes to foreigners (or worse, the foreigner premium), Chiang Mai as a destination to uproot yourself, or even Thailand or Mexico (where I am now for my 3rd month), is not all it’s cracked up to be.
If I wasn’t testing the waters directly, my opinion wouldn’t be worth shit. Since I’ve actually done it and continue to, it has some value.
Just look at our hosts. Where is their home base?
Toronto.
That says it all.
This current Mexico test is my last attempt at testing out 3rd world countries.
With the funds I have at my disposal ($2 million CAD), next month will be only travelling and living in first world countries. Forevermore.
All I will say is if you choose a 3rd world country as your home (a place people are trying to leave from), you are not Chiang Mai FI or Oaxaca FI, you are only the following:
Poor FI
Work a few more years and give yourself better options.
My goal was to give it a chance. After 2 and a half years of globetrotting, I know with 100% that 3rd World FI is not something anyone from a developed country should be seriously be considering.
Yeah I get what you are saying. Although you only get 90 days, you should try Portugal or Spain (Algarve or Alicante areas ideally) if you haven’t yet. Western comfort and cheaper prices. Montenegro might also be good, and although not hot during winter Budapest and Bucharest come highly recommended.
“Poor FI”? Are you for real?
I don’t see anything wrong with paying less for living expenses.
Tap water was not drinkable in Italy, when I lived there.
Same for California, believe it or not.
So I filter my drinking water here in the 3rd world, just as I did in the 1st.
Lots of retirees in Asia or Latin America can afford living in Europe or anglo America.
And many of them offer good reasons for their choices, apart from the obvious COL-related ones.
As for our hosts, they gave plenty of good reasons for staying in Canada at this time.
It is only natural to produce income in places where your work is valued more, and consume your resources in places where life is more affordable.
It’s called geographic arbitrage, and in the great scheme of things it smoothens the differences among the different areas of our suffering world.
No need to shame immigrants for wanting higher pay, or FIREes for seeking lower costs.
Having options is a good thing.
No worries. You’ll learn eventually. Good luck in the meantime.
Hello from Down Under,
Avid reader of your blog. A curious piece and I have checked out the calculator. I want to echo the concerns of third world FIRE. What you are suggesting is a worthwhile idea – however only for a short amount of time in a more developed country. I reckon with kids in the mix, this would get more difficult as they need a steady home base at least from the age they enter school.
My first reservation is about taxes: In Australia, if you stay for more than 183 days in another country, you would become tax citizen of this country which has effects on how your investment income is taxed. I suggested on a prior piece of yours that it would be worthwhile to ‘math things up’ and calculate how tax laws from another country impact your investment income. This obviously is different from country to country and whether they have tax treaty with each other. For Australians holding investments in Australia, a withholding tax would apply when the dividend is paid out and you are tax resident of another country. There are other caveats as well.
Secondly, how do you propose to get around visa issues? Maybe you could write a blog post on the countries Canadians can stay in with little visa problems (ie. are you able to stay in the EU with a Canadian passport for a year? What visa would you need? Is that east to get?). As an Australian I could stay in Europe for 3 months; after this period it gets already more difficult.
Third, tou would also need to consider costs for accomodation (I know you have been using house swap) or rent out your own place in your home country for the period you are away.
Fourth, I think a life well lived includes having a small group of friends around you and a community you are part of. Check out the blue zone documentary on netflix. It’s important for a long and well lived life. The concept of moving overseas contradicts this somewhat.
That being said, as I suggest earlier I think staying in a more developed country for 182 days (basically short of six months) so you remain tax resident of your home country is a great idea for slow travel and get to know another culture, learn the language, explore the country. I used the calculator to check out living costs in Osaka which would allow the two of us to live off a portfolio of $1M AUD.
Cheers,
Chuchu
Great article! The tricky part with me is high school for our kid. I prefer an international school at that stage. So that makes it tricky with cost of living and cost of education. You are fortunate to be able to navigate Greater Toronto, and so you get the benefits and excitement of living in the big city, which I must admit, Is enticing to me. Moreover, with the option of local schooling in Toronto For your kids, you will, have more free time For doing Workprojects as side hustles, do more writing and or start a small company to keep you busy and add more security to your financial situation, etc. stimulate brain cells, etc. and this goes on, etc.. Also, I prefer big cities. They are pricey. For example, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Tokyo, Zürich. Munich other places around West Switzerland no, there is one small city I like, which AnnecyFrance Etc. as a Canadian I may be unusual, etc. but I hate winter!!!
Usually alot of Canadians move to Alberta for the affordable housing and still retain the city amenities. This was high in my list of possible area to move to as well until I found Windsor, Ontario.
Here are some of the advantages of Windsor:
1) It is 7 minutes away from Detroit Downtown, it’s right across the river from Windsor and has all the amenities of access to a large scale city and downtown core.
2) It’s location is at the most southern part of Canada… it means the weather is much hotter in Windsor then the rest of the country and the winters are much warmer than the rest of the country. Snow skips this part of the city most of the time while the rest of Ontario is struggling with 40cm of snow…. Windsor is snowless ….
3) Housing is very affordable (detached housing in the 500k – 600k range), renting is cheaper as well (1100-1500 for 2 bedrooms rental)
4) It’s consider as mid population city, but it has all the usual stores that’s available in a city and the infrastructure is solid resembling a city instead of a suburb out in the wood.
5) Windsor is in Ontario, meaning all the health benefits that differs across provinces retains all the benefits of being in Ontario
6) It’s listed as the third safest city to live in I believe if safety is an concern.
7) Access to US airports in Detroit as an option for travelling, cheaper flights possibilities with this access
8) Windsor has its own airport as well
Cons:
1) It is 3.5 Hours from Toronto (why housing is so affordable)
2) Lack of job opportunity (unless your field can easily be remote working)
This is great if your a digital nomad, for several reasons. One being the visa.
However if you’re not that type of person, and that’s not how you make your money, are there any other alternative geo arbitrage, or other options to realistically shorten the time to FI?
Please share if anyone has anything because
I would imagine realistically this would be much more difficult.
Outside of the digital nomad/Geo arbitrage option, To live many years on less money would be difficult If you couldn’t get the digital nomad visa, Also , you would have to commit to that lifestyle for the rest of your life. What if Things changed and all of a sudden , you had to move back to your home country to take
care of family? Would most people realistically retire on 550,000?
It could be an option for someone that is that type of person. What makes it hard is people are born into this world as who they are, with certain skill sets that sometimes line up with the economy and making money and sometimes not as much, For the people that don’t, this makes it much more complicated, and challenging/frustrating/to attain this goal, even if they are already good with their money.
When it comes to money there are usually so many other things left unsaid, That without full awareness of, don’t give an accurate picture of what works for most people. I would love to hear some more ideas, I do believe how you’re born into the world as the type of person you are, ( For example.
the type of brain you have, engineer type, artist type), is a huge part of how your life pans out, and yes the world is unfair, but I love to hear ideas.
You might want to check air quality in Chiang Mai.
So many people assume FI is only for the ultra-rich or those making six figures, but this piece breaks that myth wide open. It’s all about mindset, smart money choices, and prioritizing what truly matters.
One of the best takeaways? You don’t have to be perfect with money to be on the right path. Just tracking expenses, cutting unnecessary spending, and making small, consistent investments can put you much closer to FI than you realize. It’s not about extreme penny-pinching, but rather about aligning your spending with what genuinely brings you joy.
The emphasis on rethinking the “default” lifestyle of debt and endless consumerism really hit home. It’s crazy how society convinces us that more stuff = success, when in reality, freedom and time are way more valuable.
If you’re even remotely interested in taking control of your financial future, this article is a great reality check. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to escape the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle and start building real wealth!
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