Hello FI Europeans! Today we talk with Suraya from the Malaysian personal finance blog Ringgit Oh Ringgit: in her blog she analyses many aspects of personal finance management and life in general in Malaysia, and with her we talk about the personal finance scene, how she became a writer and her aspirations for the future. Enjoy! 🤓 Full show notes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope079 🏄‍♀️

Hello! In this episode Alvar and Tom talk about company benefits, what can you get and how they perform in comparison with other assets: we will learn about the different types of benefit a company can distribute and how to use them to our advantage. Enjoy! 🤓 Full show notes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieuropeCF010 🏄‍♀️

Hello FI Europeans! Today Mathias interview Gustas Germanavičius, an entrepreneur from Lituania. He is the CEO of Evoestate, a P2P lending aggregator - think of it as the Mintos of real estate. With Evoestate right now you can diversify across projects of 18 other deal providers like Bulkestate, Brickstarter, Crowdestor, Bergfürst. It all starts with an investment amount of just 50 euros, and you can not only invest in loans but also rental property and buy real equity shares. Lots of food for thought, and a nice bonus as well: if you choose to try Evoestate after listening to this episode you can get a 15€ bonus after your first investment. Interested? Head over to https://financial-independence.eu/evoestate 🤓 Full show notes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope078 🏄‍♀️

Today Alvar interviews Tom from the UK: along with some personal views on FI and personal finance he will share some insights on his current side hustle, matched betting. We will dive into the mechanisms of this form of investment, how it can be effective and what pitfalls to avoid. Enjoy! 🤓 Full show notes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope077 🏄‍♀️

Hello! Today we will listen to the second part of the talk between Alvar and two French Fiers, Victor and Maxime. While the first part has been very technical, in this second tranche we hear more about the personal life and approach to financial independence of our two guests, with several useful insights along the way. Enjoy! 🤓 Full show notes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieuropeCF09 🏄‍♀️

Hello good people of Europe! In today's episode Alvar talks with Maxime and Victor from France. They are both part of the French FI community, and together we're going to dive into the nitty gritty details of how you can get to financial independence in France and how to do that in the best way. We're covering a few actually pretty unique pension products, which you've never seen before in Europe and are unique to France. Hopefully this will be of value if you are living in France or of inspiration if you are not. So sit back, relax and enjoy! 🤓 Full show notes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope076 🏄‍♀️

Welcome to another Community episode! Today we talk about something a little bit negative, but the purpose is to try to let people know that we make mistakes and when it comes to investing that's partly okay as long as we learn from it. Alvar and Michael will remember some of the worst financial mistakes and what they learned from them. Enjoy! 🤓 Full show notes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieuropeCF08 🏄‍♀️

Hello! Today Mathias interviews Bastian Barami, a German living a nomad lifestyle. After getting bored with his office work, in 2015 he started an amazon FBA business and switched to Airbnb later on. Today we learn about his story, the steps you need to take to run a successful Airbnb business and the advantages of Airbnb compared to amazon FBA. Enjoy this inspiring story! 🤓 Full show notes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope075 🏄‍♀️

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Financial Independence Europe Podcast! Today Mathias, Michael and Ines have a chat about real estate, discussing if you should buy or rent the property you're living in. Lots of food for thought about the costs and benefits associated with buying and renting real estate properties. Enjoy! 🤓 Full show notes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieuropeCF07 🏄‍♀️

Hello everyone! In this episodes all three co-hosts of the FI-Europe podcast, Alvar, Mathias and Araminta discuss their savings rates and ROI for the current year, and compare it to what they planned in episode 29. They will also reflect on how the concept of financial independence has evolved for them, and also take a look at how is the podcast doing, its achievements and plans for the future. Enjoy! 🤓 Full show notes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope074 🏄‍♀️