$1,000 per month is a major retirement income milestone, and we’re very nearly there. This month, I’m looking at five spectacular places you can live on a budget that would barely cover the rent in most US cities.
April 2016 Financial Statement
We hit one major retirement milestone in our April 2016 Financial Statement, and early retirement draws tantalizingly closer!
A Lull on the Path to FIRE
I am a pretty optimistic person. If you read this blog regularly, I think you’ll find that I’m generally focused on the positive more than dwelling on the negative. Lately, though, I have found myself struggling to maintain a completely positive outlook, as progress has been quite slow, and we’ve entered a bit of a lull on the path to FIRE.
March 2016 Financial Statement
It was a bit of a quiet month for both the blog and for us, but not for lack of progress! This month, we laid more foundation for improvements in income and net worth that we expect to pay off in the next couple of months.
In Search of Affordable Dentistry: Part V
I returned to Bangkok for the second of three scheduled Dental tourism trips… And this time, I brought a friend!
Rental Tales – Part V: Closing the Deal
Last time I wrote about my recent property purchase, I had just resolved the last bit of haggling over price after reading the inspection report. Now that I was committed to purchasing the property, I needed to do my part to complete the transaction.
A Letter to our Future Kids
What kind of questions will a child who has never known anything but two parents with all the time in the world have? How will we explain our unusual life? Because I love thought experiments like this, I wrote a letter to our future kids trying to express what financial independence means to us in terms a child might understand.
February 2016 Financial Statement
Despite the cost of acquiring the next rental property, our February 2016 Financial Statement brings our net worth and safe withdrawal income to a new high… but more is waiting!
Rental Tales – Part IV: Offers and Inspections
When we left off last week, I had found a great property in a great neighborhood with a minimum of 13.64% cash ROI… but now I had to try to get it for a great price!
Cannibalism in the FIRE Community
I wanted to cover a topic that has been concerning me a lot lately, and which should be concerning you, too. It’s a little distasteful, a little uncomfortable, and a little gross, but we’ve got to address it. That’s right, I’m talking about cannibalism in the FIRE community.