Watermelon. Corn-on-the cob. Fireworks after sundown. Amid all the fun, it’s easy to forget that the Fourth of July is more than just another summertime barbecue: It’s a reminder that independence is something worth fighting for. For parents, that’s an everyday challenge. We’re tasked with teaching our kids what they need to know today, so… Read more
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If You Want To Reach Financial Independence You Need a Plan B
This is a guest post by Ricard Torres, who used to be an engineer with a promising career. He realized that his 9-5 lifestyle was not making him happy, so decided to reach financial independence by building online businesses, spending to maximise happiness, and investing. You can follow his journey at Escaping to Freedom. Let me know… Read more
Financial Independence Day! When is yours?
Happy Independence Day to all my US readers!! Hope you are enjoying the day off! Photo credit To quote Forbes.com, Here’s a holiday suggestion that only a personal finance blogger would make: While you’re celebrating Independence Day, take some time to nail down the day you want to become financially independent. Super geeky, right?… Read more
Self-Made Millionaires Share 3 Tips to Reach Financial Success
This is a guest post from Chris Alarcon. Chris’s obsession with financial independence led him to create the Financially Well Off blog, and to interview entrepreneur rockstars like JLD from EOFire and Raegan Moya-Jones from Aden & Anais. For motivation on building wealth and success habits check out FinanciallyWellOff or Facebook. Let me know if you… Read more
Jason’s Roadmap to Financial Independence
This is a guest post from Jason Butler. Jason is the owner of My Money Chronicles, a website where he discusses personal finance, side hustles, travel, and more. Jason is from Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Savannah State University with his BA in Marketing. Jason has been featured in Forbes, Discover, and Investopedia. You can find… Read more
My Financial Independence Journey: A Unique Perspective
This is a guest post from Joey Cohn, let me know if you would like to guest post on RFI! Joey Cohn is the creator and author of HardlySimple.com. He aims to help people reach and maintain a high quality of life through improving their health and personal finances. You can connect with him on… Read more
Big city life, is it worth it?
I love New York. After Paris, it is probably my favorite city in the whole world. My mum took me there to visit some family when I was 15, and I guess you never forget your first love, well, NY was my first travel crush and has held a special place ever since. An article… Read more
The Ups (and Downs) of High-Tech Finances
2020 was a financially stressful year for many – in fact, at the height of the pandemic, a survey from the National Endowment for Financial Education found that nearly nine in 10 Americans said the COVID-19 crisis was causing stress on their personal finances. As a result of this shift in financial needs and concerns,… Read more
Where do you keep your wealth?
I first saw this post on Free Money Finance together with an interesting piece of information: the median American net worth is not even $69,000, down for the past few years due to the loss in house equity mainly. Most of this relative wealth is kept in the form of retirement accounts, real estate, and… Read more
Early retirement in the US vs abroad
Every time I go to Antigua Guatemala, a lovely colonial town in the South of the country, I am amazed by the number of retirees who decided to come spend their golden years in Guatemala. I saw a question on Mr Money Mustache about where the best place would be to retire early, so let’s… Read more
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