Readers email us on a daily basis asking us to analyze their situation. We try our best to answer all of them, but we do get A LOT of e-mail so please be patient if you don’t hear from us right away.
On a bi-weekly basis, we’ll pick the most pertinent ones and post them here (the most recent is at the top):
- Reader Case: Entrepeneurs Closer to Early Retirement Than They Thought
- Reader Case: How do I Squeeze More Income From my Portfolio?
- Reader Case: From VP TO FIRE
- Reader Case: Swiss Family Early Retirement Plan Upended by the Current Market
- Reader Case: Should I Rollover my 401(K)?
- Reader Case: Should I go To Grad School?
- Reader Case: Feeling Disheartened about FIRE. Please help!
- Reader Case: Can This Family Survive Higher Mortgage Rates?
- Reader Case: House Hacker Dreams of FIRE
- Reader Case: Is FIRE Attainable for this VanLife Couple?
- Reader Case: Lean FIRE or buy a ski studio?
- Reader Case: I Lost My Job. Then I Lost Money Day Trading.
- Reader Case: I’m Scared I Screwed Up My Family’s Future
- Reader Case: Should this professional actor buy a home?
- Reader Case: It’s Never Too Late to Start
- Reader Case: Teachers Dreaming of FIRE
- Reader Case: ER nurse Wants To Escape
- Reader Case: Golden Handcuffs
- Reader Case: A Waiter’s Story of Financial Independence
- Reader Case: Military Family Nearing FIRE
- Reader Case: Can I Retire on an Office Administrator’s Salary?
- Reader Case: Can We Afford to Leave the US?
- Reader Case: Can Costa Rica Save Their Retirement?
- Reader Case: Retiring Earlier as an Expat
- Reader Case: Fur Baby FIRE
- Reader Case: Not Your Typical FIRE Couple
- Reader Case: Van Living
- Reader Case: Producers Dreaming of Partial FIRE
- Reader Case: Semi-Retired Couple Wants a Condo
- Reader Case: Golden Handcuffs
- Reader Case: No Degree. No Problem.
- Reader Case: Dentist in Debt
- From Broke and Homeless to $100k in 1 Year
- Reader Case: My Irresponsible Parents Are Destroying My FI Plans!
- Reader Case: Artist Family Striving for FIRE in L.A
- Reader Case: Single Mom in Debt
- Reader Case: Choosing Between Health and FIRE
- Reader Case: Rent or Buy in Spain
- Reader Case: FIRE in the Oil Patch
- Reader Case: Immigrant on FIRE
- Reader Case: Lawyer in Pain
- Reader Case: Real Estate Regret
- Reader Case: Grounded in Vancouver and Dreaming of FIRE
- Reader Case: Financial Independence After a LayOff?
- Reader Case: House Horny in Florida
- Reader Case: Investing for FIRE in Malaysia
- Reader Case: New York Doctor Dreams of Nomadic FIRE
- Reader Case: Young and Worried About Finances
- Reader Case: Trapped in Success
- Reader Case: Can I Retire to Colombia in 5 Years?
- Reader Case: Take a Stressful Job to get to FI Faster?
- Reader Case: Going Back To School In His 50’s
- Reader Case: At the Starting Line to FIRE
- The Life Changing Magic of FIRE
- Reader Case: Start Early, Retire Early
- Reader Case: Keep Calm and FIRE On
- Reader Case: Should I Buy a House as a Passive Investment?
- Reader Case: Condos and Crypto
- Reader Case: Stuck with a Crappy Investment Advisor
- Reader Case: Retiring Early in Florida
- Reader Case: Can’t Wait to Travel
- Reader Case: Is it EVER OK to Buy a House?
- Reader Case: Should I Enter The Market?
- Reader Case: Bay Area Conundrum
- Reader Case: Can this 24-year-old from DC Retire Early?
- Reader Case: Does FIRE Math Apply to the Elderly?
- Reader Case Update: The South Korean English Teacher Returns
- Reader Case: Injured and can’t work, am I going be OK?
- Reader Case: Twenty Five To Life
- Reader Case: Okee from Muskogee
- Reader Case Update: How Do I Stop The Bleeding 2
- Reader Case: Retiring Early With a Pension
- Reader Case: House Horny in France
- Reader Case: Crossroads in Oil Country
- Reader Case: Locked-In Pension Holding Me Back!
- Reader Case: Home Owner Can’t Stop Spending
- Case Study: Boomer Asks Millennial For Retirement Advice
- What We’ve Learned Doing Reader Cases
- Reader Case: I Own 4 Houses, Can I Retire?
- Case Study: Big Dreams With Big Debt
- Reader Case: Living Big in the City
- Friday Reader Case: Where Are They Now?
- Reader Case: Laid Off With a Condo
- Friday Reader Case: Retiring Early with 4 Kids and a Postal Worker’s Salary?
- Friday Reader Case: How Should I Position My Portfolio For Retirement?
- Friday Reader Case: Our Failed Muskoka Dream
- Friday Reader Case: Got Student Loans and Don’t have a 6-Figure Salary. Can I Still Retire Early?
- Friday Case: I Love My Job, Should I Bother Becoming Financially Independent?
- Friday Reader Case: Would You Rather Have One Million in Debt or One Million in Assets?
- Friday Reader Case: Retire in our 40s with 3 kids to Travel the World?
- Reader Case: Can a New Immigrant with Debt, Kids, and College Costs Still Retire Early?
- Friday Reader Case: Help! My Kids Are Holding Me Back
- Reader Case : Need Help with my Tiger Mom!
- Friday Reader Case: Reformed Debt-Junkie Wants to Retire with Kids
- Reader Case: Should I Take a Handout From My Parents?
- Friday Reader Case: Moving to Alaska. Should I Buy A House?
- Friday Reader Case: My Mortgage Is Underwater. Am I Screwed?
- Reader Case: Can This Chicagoan Retire by 45?
- Reader Case: Trying to Swim with a Boulder Tied To Your Leg
- Reader Case: Do Higher Returns or Higher Savings Help You Retire Faster?
- Reader Case: Can I Afford my Big Goals with a Small Income?
- Reader Case: I Have 2 Kids And Only Spend $48,000/year. When Can I Retire?
- Reader Case: Can I Retire at 45 to Become a Yoga Teacher?
- Reader Case: Buying a House in La La Land
- Reader Case: Big Earnings, Big Student Debt
- Reader Case: Should I Become a Manwhore?
- Reader Case: Pay Off Debt or Invest
- Why We Write
- Reader Case: Starting Over at 35
- Reader Case: Want to Retire but Trapped in a 1.6 Million Dollar House
- Reader Case: Can We Retire in 7 Years?
- Reader Case: I have 3 Kids. Can My Wife Retire From Her Job?
- Reader Case: A Million Dollars by 30?
- Reader Case: Should I Rent Out the Condo or Sell it?
- Reader Case: Buy Or Rent in Saskatoon?
- Reader Case: How Do I Stop the Bleeding?
- Reader Case: How Should We Invest?
- Reader Case: Can I Retire to Spend More Time With My Kids?
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