Financial Independence through Real Estate investing, smart spending and personal finance, and stories that shaped our lives
REACHING FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE
Sharing how we manage our finances and make investments.
Established in September 2018, but reinvigorated in January 2021, we’re sharing our financial journey and the lessons learned. Through investment property purchases, we have already eliminated one of our W2 incomes. We believe that if you live intentionally and create a lifestyle of conscious spending, rather than a strict monthly budget, you can get to where you want to be financially.
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We have been busy! The kids ended school the first few days of June, we’ve taken two trips, and one kid is has done a camp so far. The rest of May had finished up graduation and baseball things. I’ve taken a…
We have a summer full of trips planned, and stop 1 was camping. We took the kids camping in the fall, and they didn’t stop talking about it for weeks. It was a purposefully quick trip to be able to gauge how…
Mr. ODA’s retirement account surpassed $1 million last month! Mr. ODA and I worked for the federal government. Our retirement account is called the Thrift Savings Plan, but it’s essentially a 401k, and includes a 5% salary match on contributions. My parents…
After we take a trip, I like to document our spending and activities. For one, it helps me keep track of where we’ve been and what we did there. But also, it’s meant to show that you can take a trip without…
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