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Old 10-27-2018, 07:20 AM   #21
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Great story! I think it portrayed FIRE well.

Ironic that the ad they stuck at the beginning of the video was for a development called Bella Vista with houses starting in the $900's. Not the path to FIRE.
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Old 10-27-2018, 07:20 AM   #22
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Very interesting! I had (while lurking) read your comments and some others commenting about you, with interest. Going to your site answered a lot of questions for me. While I would never be able to retire with your spending (well, not until divorced ), It still provides a lot of information that could be helpful to me.

I have so much to learn about income from investments, and am researching as much as I can, especially dividends related to taxable accounts (MF vs. ETF's?).

Look forward to reading through your past articles when I am not w*rking!
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Old 10-27-2018, 08:27 AM   #24
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Why? I'm sure his blog revenue will increase.....
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Old 10-27-2018, 09:06 AM   #25
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We never even thought about retirement in our 20's, so there is no way we could have retired at 33. Nice story and family.
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Old 10-27-2018, 10:05 AM   #26
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Why? I'm sure his blog revenue will increase.....

Blog or not, I prefer anonymity! YMMV...
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I agree. I'm glad the OP got a good article out of it rather than out-of-context sound bytes, and I KNOW people need to hear about how you can ER if you save, use some simple investment tactics and LBYM.

Having said that- I'd prefer that only a select trusted few know my net worth (Dad, DS and one friend). I'll continue to bop around town in a 6-year old boring sedan in my jeans and freebie T-shirts and let people think I'm just scraping by on SS Survivor benefits.
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Old 10-27-2018, 10:14 AM   #28
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great story congrats!!
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Cool story about our family's early retirement on the local news
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Cool story about our family's early retirement on the local news

He has benefitted from a great bull run and some decent blog income. Not retired just changed job to full time blogger and self promoter of said blog. Some good content but heavy affiliate linking and pushing of products.
I’m a big fan of how he scrimped to get his nest egg and it’s fortunate that he hasn’t really had to tap into it
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I’m a fan of his I’m not sure what gave you the impression I was attacking him. Just putting the story into context. Getting media coverage just gets more clicks, more clicks gets more affiliate money.
I’m on Tapatalk so not always sure if I’m on MMM or ER. Honesty and openness is allowed on MMM however the skin is much thinner in these parts
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Yes, now that you have edited your post to add so much more to it, no problem.
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Your cover is blown. Nice job!
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He has benefitted from a great bull run and some decent blog income. Not retired just changed job to full time blogger and self promoter of said blog. Some good content but heavy affiliate linking and pushing of products.
I’m a big fan of how he scrimped to get his nest egg and it’s fortunate that he hasn’t really had to tap into it
I don't agree. There are some links to things he uses. He gets a commission if you sign up for a good deal at the credit card site and you and he each get $10 I think at e-bates. All that is disclosed. He uses Personal Capital investment tracking, which is free, and not their investment management, which he does not push. There is nothing on the blog site that is pushed.
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I’m a fan of his I’m not sure what gave you the impression I was attacking him. Just putting the story into context. Getting media coverage just gets more clicks, more clicks gets more affiliate money.
I’m on Tapatalk so not always sure if I’m on MMM or ER. Honesty and openness is allowed on MMM however the skin is much thinner in these parts
In terms of effort for amount of exposure, local news stories are horrible. I had to shave and put on a clean shirt just for a market of a mere couple million potential people. National media is where it's at. CNBC booked on Monday.

It's almost like a full time job (just ~7.5 hours less work each day and the commute is zero since they come to me).



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Great story! I think it portrayed FIRE well.

Ironic that the ad they stuck at the beginning of the video was for a development called Bella Vista with houses starting in the $900's. Not the path to FIRE.
Someone that saw the video left the same comment on my facebook page re: the irony of million dollar luxury home ads juxtaposed against my story


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I agree. I'm glad the OP got a good article out of it rather than out-of-context sound bytes, and I KNOW people need to hear about how you can ER if you save, use some simple investment tactics and LBYM.
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Thanks for sharing, FUEGO! I always turn down media requests. I really don't trust interviews with the media due to their habit of chopping up an interview to make a point of view. I'm glad to hear Mandy treated you well.
Always talk in soundbites because they will be chopping things up. I think I've done several dozen media interviews or podcasts by now so I'm developing quite an ability for PR. New encore career possibility? And this particular interview was softball.


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Nice feature. I would be have been scared to death to pull the plug at 33 without a fortune. Good for you.
Well I could always go back to work
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Old 10-28-2018, 06:23 AM   #36
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Good article! It reinforces that are no secrets to early retirement. Many people can do it with proper motivation, discipline and a bit of cooperation with the market.
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New Semi-Reality TV Show "Retirement Style" and then a magazine with a photo of you in a different locale on the cover each month. Eventually add a magazine. Name: "Fuego" and subtitle: "Fueling Your FIRE Journey".

After about seven years of this, you re-retire on the royalties with triple your monthly budget LOL.

There is a cable channel (I think) called Retirement TV. It was started about ten years ago by John Erickson but I'm not sure how much he's still involved in it.
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Good article! It reinforces that are no secrets to early retirement. Many people can do it with proper motivation, discipline and a bit of cooperation with the market.
Yes, I think people need to learn this. It's a boring message- one dollar at a time, don't buy a shiny new car every 3 years, don't eat out 3 times a week, don't carry a balance on your credit card so you can take the kids to Disney World... Of course there's some luck involved (investment results, having marketable skills, staying healthy, no expensive divorce) but most of it is under their control.


Even if his readers/viewers don't do well enough to ER that young, they'll be more resilient when emergencies happen along the way and better prepared to retire decently in their 50s or 60s.
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Ironic that the ad they stuck at the beginning of the video was for a development called Bella Vista with houses starting in the $900's. Not the path to FIRE.
Why not? Nothing at all contradictory about FIRE and a $900,000 home (or two or three!).

You just need the income and portfolio to support it.

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New Semi-Reality TV Show "Retirement Style" and then a magazine with a photo of you in a different locale on the cover each month. Eventually add a magazine. Name: "Fuego" and subtitle: "Fueling Your FIRE Journey".

After about seven years of this, you re-retire on the royalties with triple your monthly budget LOL.

There is a cable channel (I think) called Retirement TV. It was started about ten years ago by John Erickson but I'm not sure how much he's still involved in it.
You've basically just described my blog. Travel overseas, spend a month oceanfront in the Bahamas, go on cruises, etc. And throw the travel pics up on my site.

Profit.
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