by Tara Scott | Last updated Jan 11, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, FIRE, Fun & Travel, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
“I wanted to get money out of the way so I could spend my time with kids and a wife (I didn’t yet have.)” Greg Wilson retired recently at 42. But he started planning for financial independence and early retirement when he was a teenager: “I am the son of a...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 10, 2024 | FIRE, Fun & Travel, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
Who says you have to work into your 60s? While people have been retiring early since there was work to shirk, the “FIRE movement” went mainstream in the early 2010s, popularized by Mr. Money Mustache and a few other bloggers. But does financial independence...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, FIRE, Fun & Travel, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
Thought 1: “I think I could retire on what I have invested right now! Woohoo!” Which is quickly followed by Thought 2: “But what if the market crashes the day after I quit my job?” My mother and step-father are in the midst of this conversation right now. That...
by Guest Author | Last updated Dec 29, 2023 | Active Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
(Guest article by Michelle Cornish, CPA) Are you on track for retirement? Most North Americans aren’t. I spent sixteen years working in public accounting where I helped people with their taxes and retirement planning. Over and over, I found that people fear...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Dec 28, 2023 | Active Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
“Financial independence” is one of those goals that most people say they want, but few people actually pursue with any real zeal. What is financial independence, besides a phrase that finance nerds like me throw around? It means having enough income from your...