by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, FIRE, Fun & Travel, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
Martha and Terry live the dream. They currently live on a houseboat, sailing the rivers of Europe. From the canals of Amsterdam to beautiful Strasbourg, France, the retired couple has enjoyed waterfront living all over Europe. How did they do it? And how can you do...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jul 26, 2023 | Active Real Estate Investing, FIRE, Fun & Travel, Spark Blog |
“Oh, I also had a few rental homes, but I mainly rented dirt.” So begins Scott Todd’s story, his journey from corporate manager to land investor to able to cover his living expenses on land income alone. Scott reached financial independence in under a year and a half....
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, FIRE, Fun & Travel, Spark Blog |
If you’ve ever wondered “What are REO’s?” just talk to John Soforic. He reached financial independence in his 40s after learning how to buy bank-owned properties, and today owns over a hundred of them. But he certainly didn’t start out...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | FIRE, Fun & Travel, Spark Blog |
Want to tap your retirement accounts earlier than 59 ½? You can withdraw money from your tax-sheltered retirement funds earlier, tax- and penalty-free, using a strategy called a Roth conversion ladder. But as the name suggests, it takes “a bit of doing” as my father...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | FIRE, Fun & Travel, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
No matter how much you earn, you won’t build wealth if you spend every penny you bring in. A person who earns $75,000 and saves $25,000 per year will create wealth faster than someone who earns $1,000,000 and spends $995,000 of it. Flashy cars and imposing homes may...
by Tara Scott | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | FIRE, Fun & Travel, Spark Blog |
When you can cover your living expenses with passive income from investments, working becomes optional. Turns out there’s a term for that: financial freedom, also known as financial independence. In other words, freedom from the daily job to make ends meet, freedom...