Fire Drill

What if you could get married and never leave your honeymoon?

Brittany and Drew are doing just that. They got married two years ago, flew to Europe, bought a van, and have been on their honeymoon since! We’ll talk about how they planned for the van life, what living in a van full-time is really like, and what’s next for this adventurous couple!

You'll love their story!

We also chat about...

their adorable meet cute story (tent emoji)

life on the road

Brittany’s on point handwiriting

providing value to society

the kindness of strangers

They were an absolute delight to speak with! Enjoy this chat with Brittany and Drew, and please subscribe to us in iTunes if you enjoyed it!

Lauryn Williams competed in Track & Field and Bobsled in 4 Olympic Games.  Now she is a financial planning coach and helps athletes and young professionals manage their money and achieve their goals.  Lauryn gives us the 'behind the scenes' of what it's like to be an athlete pursuing the Olympic Games.  Spoiler Alert:  It's not all rosy and fully-funded like you might think. In fact, most athletes don't receive a dime and it's really, really hard.  For the athletes who do receive financial support, financial planning predators swoop in and try to take advantage of their youth and lack of financial knowledge.  Lauryn worked her way through all of this and now gives her time to helping others with their own money journeys.

For show notes: https://firedrillpodcast.com/lauryn-williams-worth-winning

It doesn't take a financial genius to successfully manage family finances into the black. 

Just ask Andy Hill! He and his wife Nicole were a DINK (dual income, no kids) couple earning 6 figures. They thought they were doing really well with their finances.... until the day they sat down and reconciled all their accounts. They didn't like what they found and immediately resolved to work on getting their finances into shape. 

With a little googling and some changes to their life, they went from a -$50k net worth to having over $700k! Even more impressive, they accomplished this in less than 7 years and while navigating a growing family!

You'll love Andy's incredible story and how they managed to turn their finances around!

We also chat about...

Meet cute stories 

Succeeding at sales

Travel hacking

Andy was an absolute delight to speak with! We hope you enjoy this chat, and please subscribe to us in iTunes if you enjoyed it!

Paula Pant built a real estate portfolio that generates over $40,000 per year in income for her (after expenses) and also a thriving online business. She's traveled all over the world since she left her full-time job a decade ago. Today we talk to her about her family, growing up between Nepal and Ohio, and how her childhood influenced her mindset as an adult. We also talk in depth about what she would do if she wasn't Paula Pant and had to start all over from scratch today. Hint: She would start an Amazon FBA business. I'm sensing a theme here..

We also chat about...

How do you structure your life after you achieve the goals you had for yourself?

Revisiting places you've already been to versus visiting brand new places

How Paula's goals have changed as she has aged

How to bid for a trailer or RV on Ebay

What Paula would do if she had to start all over again.

Getting caught up in the game of FIRE.

For Show notes and Takeaways: https://firedrillpodcast.com/paula-pant-interview

The man. The myth. The legend. Jeremy from Go Curry Cracker joined us for an episode and it is POPPIN'. We didn't want to record the same ol' episode with him that's been done on other podcasts. Oh no. This episode covers entirely NEW content from Jeremy. 

You won't want to miss this epic episode with him!

We also chat about...

tips for traveling with kids

optimizing the tradeoffs for retirement contributions and the foreign earned income exclusion

Brianna Moller Greene was a tenured teacher when she got divorced and was stuck with the bills.  She discovered Ebay and quickly started making money turning clothing and other household items online. Soon she was making more on Ebay than she was making in teaching.  She took a leave of absence from teaching and decided to never go back.  She now has a million dollar e-commerce business across Amazon and Ebay.

You'll love her incredible story and how she breaks down e-commerce into simple things the average person can do.

For show notes and takeaways: https://firedrillpodcast.com/ebay-amazon-ecommerce-brianna-moller-greene

We also chat about...

Getting started from day 1 on Ebay or Amazon FBA,

How surprisingly easy it is to ship items,

Retail arbitrage,

Private labeling and turning profit at the Dollar Tree,

T-shirt design,

Finding virtual assistants,

LLC and S-Corps, and

Building businesses as a team.

All the success books talk about picking a person doing what you want to do and emulate what they're doing. If you want to be an Executive in the C-Suite at 31 years old, you should look to emulate Dom from GenY Finance Guy. He is CRUSHING it on the corporate ladder and income. Instead of being super frugal and retiring lean, Dom looked to increase his salary and save a ton. How much is a ton? He wants to retire with $10 million in the bank! That's right, 10 million US dollars. 

You'll love Dom's story and the knowledge bombs he dropped on us!

We also chat about...

the benefits of sitting vs. standing desks!

leadership valuing gray matter over gray hair

being a manager is hella difficult

how life isn't all about work

what helpy means

Enjoy this chat with Dom from Gen Y Finance Guy, and please subscribe to us in iTunes if you enjoyed it!

John from ESI Money set a retirement number of $4 million dollars and walked away from his career at age 52.  He achieved executive status and was a President of a company by the time he walked away.  We talk to John about real estate, career, life advice for his kids, and what he would do differently if he could go back in time.  We also give nods to Dave Ramsey and John's beginnings in money and finance.  Last but not least, we have an in depth discussion about diversity on Rockstar Finance, based on an iTunes review Gwen & J got on the podcast recently.

For show notes and takeaways: https://firedrillpodcast.com/esi-money-early-retirement

You'll love John's story and the wisdom he shares with us.

We also chat about...

Dave Ramsey

Being financially independent in his early 40's

Tradeoffs of career success versus early retirement

Helping your children find their own path

Optimizing for money or pursuing your passion

Real estate as a small chunk of his net worth but high-performing assets

Diversity on Rockstar Finance

Josie is a 30 year old entrepreneur who lives the ultimate lifestyle on a boat in the Bahamas. She was a flight attendant until her husband wanted to sail around the world. One year later, they found themselves in the Bahamas on a sailboat! We talked to her about her discovery of the financial independence community, how they set themselves up for financial independence, and more!

We also chat about...

the beautiful bluffs on the Mississippi river

her awesome meet cute story

how important it is to find your why

She was an absolute delight to speak with! Enjoy this chat with Josie, and please subscribe to us in iTunes if you enjoyed it!

Angela is a 30 year old frugal friend from Washington who blogs about financial independence, gardening, and recipes on her blog, Tread Lightly Retire Early.  Angela and her husband were saving a comfortable 20% of their take home pay, which was just over six figures combined.  They recently bumped up their savings rate north of 50% after experiencing some unexpected expenses that required them to dip into their emergency fund.  They are huge proponents of frugal living and minimizing their impact on the environment.  They also don't believe you have to spend excessive amounts of money when you have kids.  They have a three year old son and do just fine.

For show notes and takeaways: https://firedrillpodcast.com/fire064

We also chat about...

How Angela and her husband met (we love meet cute stories),

Their house of pets,

Lifestyle inflation when they started their family,

How they expect to hit financial independence in their 40's,

Is there a problem with people who are putting off their happiness for FIRE?,

Making every day better, and

Angela's awesome camping truck hack.