by Michael | Nov 3, 2017 | Money
Ms. Montana invited us to kick off a new guest post series on her site featuring people who have done a mini-retirement or a flexible life option. I feel our story easily falls into at least the second category so I happily agreed. But wait, why did Ms. Montana invite...
by Ellen | Oct 24, 2017 | Money
A friend of mine recently asked how Michael and I were able to afford so much travel. Because I don’t really toss around the term “financial freedom,” I shared with her that it has really been a series of unconventional decisions that have provided...
by Michael | Jun 27, 2017 | Money
According to CFSI’s Consumer Financial Health Study, nearly half of American households struggle to keep up with their bills and credit card payments. Most U.S. households are concerned about their financial health and aren’t confident they can meet their long-term...
by Michael | May 30, 2017 | Money
This is the follow-up article to Our Airbnb Experiment: Part 1. When we decided to spend 3 months in Ecuador, we wrestled with whether to simply leave our home empty or rent it out. The wasteful inefficiency of leaving a 4-bedroom 4 bathroom 2,900 square foot home...
by Ellen | Apr 20, 2017 | Money
My first reaction to Michael’s suggestion that we rent our home through Airbnb while our family was going to be spending 3 months in Ecuador was not a positive one. He is, however, quietly persistent, really smart, and often right (don’t tell him I said that). After...
by Michael | Apr 1, 2017 | Money
Welcome! We’ll be discussing financial independence around here quite a bit so I thought I’d begin by sharing the super-simple 11 step formula I followed to become financially independent in my early thirties: I lived where I grew up until my job told me where to...
