Fire Drill

Would you spend $300,000 a month to travel the world luxuriously?

"Uh I'm not Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerburg?"

Today's guest is here to tell you that you don't have to be. Ariana from Points Chaser has gone one step beyond travel hacking. She is a teacher and blogger of luxury travel hacking, and specializes in "manufactured spending."

Hence her ability to spend over $300k in a single month and fly to Hawaii and Australia in first-class...as a freelance writer.

No billions required.

We chat about...

The 2 steps a beginner should take regrading luxury travel hacking

Gift Card Churning (what is it? How how how how how??)

Why flexibility is king (even for non-FIRE folks)

Why she wants to write a best-selling novel (similar to Money Penny)

and how J is potentially weird :)

Ariana is amazing. Enjoy the show!

Want summaries in text form? Links mentioned? Head here: https://firedrillpodcast.com/fire025

Cryptocurrency investing. Let's talk about it.

This particular subject can be crazy overwhelming and complicated, but today's guest just so happens to be smart enough to help us out! 

Chris from Debt Free Geek is an internet security expert by day, as well as a fellow financial independence seeker with a great debt story and an equally impressive understanding of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

So let's talk crypto.

(Also, we chat about Chris's $18,000 car "flip," which he used to pay down an additional $11k on his mortgage.)

Chris is a brilliant and nice guy, so we hope you learn a thing or two!

For show notes and takeaways, head here: https://firedrillpodcast.com/fire024

Cryptocurrency investing. Let's talk about it.

This particular subject can be crazy overwhelming and complicated, but today's guest just so happens to be smart enough to help us out! 

Chris from Debt Free Geek is an internet security expert by day, as well as a fellow financial independence seeker with a great debt story and an equally impressive understanding of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

So let's talk crypto.

(Also, we chat about Chris's $18,000 car "flip," which he used to pay down an additional $11k on his mortgage.)

Chris is a brilliant and nice guy, so we hope you learn a thing or two!

For show notes and takeaways, head here: https://firedrillpodcast.com/fire024

Cryptocurrency investing. Let's talk about it.

This particular subject can be crazy overwhelming and complicated, but today's guest just so happens to be smart enough to help us out! 

Chris from Debt Free Geek is an internet security expert by day, as well as a fellow financial independence seeker with a great debt story and an equally impressive understanding of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

So let's talk crypto.

(Also, we chat about Chris's $18,000 car "flip," which he used to pay down an additional $11k on his mortgage.)

Chris is a brilliant and nice guy, so we hope you learn a thing or two!

For show notes and takeaways, head here: https://firedrillpodcast.com/fire024

Ever wanted to retire early to work on your passion projects?

31 years.

That's the age FIREcracker and The Wanderer from Millennial Revolution retired from the rat-race to travel the world and live/work on their own terms.

If that wasn't impressive ENOUGH, they've also discovered numerous passion projects to spend their time on, including apps for a local non-profit, writing childrens' books, as well as their blog (which has reached over 2 million people).

On this episode, we chat about...

their journey from stressed software engineers living in an expensive city, to financially independent world-travelers.

the importance of finding fellow FIRE friends

what do you DO in early retirement?

Real estate investing difficulties and opportunities

The 3 paths to FI

For show notes and takeaways, head here: https://firedrillpodcast.com/fire023

Ever wanted to retire early to work on your passion projects?

31 years.

That's the age FIREcracker and The Wanderer from Millennial Revolution retired from the rat-race to travel the world and live/work on their own terms.

If that wasn't impressive ENOUGH, they've also discovered numerous passion projects to spend their time on, including apps for a local non-profit, writing childrens' books, as well as their blog (which has reached over 2 million people).

On this episode, we chat about...

their journey from stressed software engineers living in an expensive city, to financially independent world-travelers.

the importance of finding fellow FIRE friends

what do you DO in early retirement?

Real estate investing difficulties and opportunities

The 3 paths to FI

For show notes and takeaways, head here: https://firedrillpodcast.com/fire023

Ever wanted to retire early to work on your passion projects?

31 years.

That's the age FIREcracker and The Wanderer from Millennial Revolution retired from the rat-race to travel the world and live/work on their own terms.

If that wasn't impressive ENOUGH, they've also discovered numerous passion projects to spend their time on, including apps for a local non-profit, writing childrens' books, as well as their blog (which has reached over 2 million people).

On this episode, we chat about...

their journey from stressed software engineers living in an expensive city, to financially independent world-travelers.

the importance of finding fellow FIRE friends

what do you DO in early retirement?

Real estate investing difficulties and opportunities

The 3 paths to FI

For show notes and takeaways, head here: https://firedrillpodcast.com/fire023

Shownotes and key takeaways here: https://firedrillpodcast.com/fire022

Today we welcome Anita from The Power of Thrift, who effectively retired at age 33 after 5 years of working/saving.

Woah. Step back.

Anita's story is actually that crazy. She was a lawyer for only 5 years (1 to pay off student loans, 4 to save) before she had enough passive-ish income to retire, travel, housesit her way across the country, and write her own book.

She shares with us...

why she started her own publishing company,

how she stayed in Denver for 5 months...for about $200(!)

her "operation" attitude (you'll just have to listen)

She's an incredible example of the power of saving, and also the joys/perks of early retirement.

Enjoy the episode, join our private Facebook community, and show some love to Travis at Student Loan Planner (today's sponsor, yay!)

Shownotes and key takeaways here: https://firedrillpodcast.com/fire022

Today we welcome Anita from The Power of Thrift, who effectively retired at age 33 after 5 years of working/saving.

Woah. Step back.

Anita's story is actually that crazy. She was a lawyer for only 5 years (1 to pay off student loans, 4 to save) before she had enough passive-ish income to retire, travel, housesit her way across the country, and write her own book.

She shares with us...

why she started her own publishing company,

how she stayed in Denver for 5 months...for about $200(!)

her "operation" attitude (you'll just have to listen)

She's an incredible example of the power of saving, and also the joys/perks of early retirement.

Enjoy the episode, join our private Facebook community, and show some love to Travis at Student Loan Planner (today's sponsor, yay!)

Shownotes and key takeaways here: https://firedrillpodcast.com/fire022

Today we welcome Anita from The Power of Thrift, who effectively retired at age 33 after 5 years of working/saving.

Woah. Step back.

Anita's story is actually that crazy. She was a lawyer for only 5 years (1 to pay off student loans, 4 to save) before she had enough passive-ish income to retire, travel, housesit her way across the country, and write her own book.

She shares with us...

why she started her own publishing company,

how she stayed in Denver for 5 months...for about $200(!)

her "operation" attitude (you'll just have to listen)

She's an incredible example of the power of saving, and also the joys/perks of early retirement.

Enjoy the episode, join our private Facebook community, and show some love to Travis at Student Loan Planner (today's sponsor, yay!)