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There is a current treat about importance of ER at BH forum. I think it is worth reading. "I feel that there is a significant segment of people who post here who, IMHO, are overly obsessed with making money and planning for a future that they cannot control. You can spend your life from age 18...

Nothing new but an interesting read on cnbc How early retirees are different from the rest of us 6 things early retirees do differently: Have happy marriages Appreciate what they have Follow their parents' example Teach their kids about money Keep calm and carry on Worry about an early death

We’ve been living overseas (Turkey) for about 2 years, and the city in which we live is similar to Miami, Florida. We have the intension of settling here indefinitely. I am 39, DW is 36. We have 2 kids ages 11 and 2. We don’t necessarily budget but keep detailed track of our spending for many...

Some background: We have moved to Istanbul, Turkey from New York, US about a year ago. We operate an LLC based in New York, therefore all of our income is in US Dollars. We don’t earn any money in Turkey and all of our financials (retirement accounts, checking accounts, credit cards, etc.) are...

My wife (34) and I (38) are both engineers. We have always put our family first, therefore we have made some career choices accordingly such as leaving the corporate world and establishing our own home-based business in New York so we can be with the kids and travel overseas. We live below our...

I just read an article on CNBC published Monday, 22 Jul 2013. "But a new survey from UBS shows that most investors say "wealthy" means $5 million—with at least $1 million of that in cold, hard cash." Does FIRE fit into this definition?

My wife and I are in our mid-30s, have two boys, age 9 and 1. We both worked for others early on in our career, but since 2012, we work from home managing our home-based consulting company. (The company, and LLC, was founded in and has been running since 2003 by my wife, and I joined full time...