The Irish FIRE Podcast

In this episode, Michael has a conversational style catch up with Alva Damon, who last appeared on the podcast back in early March 2020.  We talk everything FIRE from:

- FIRE strategies

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In this episode, Michael reflects on his FIRE journey over the last 5 years and lists the top 10 regrets that he has had to date.

From Peer to Peer Lending, too much money in his pension, Forex Trading, Passive Income, Scalable Businesses, having to many companies and more!

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In this episode, Michael gives an update on his overall FIRE progress and explains why semi-retirement will likely be the best path for his FIRE journey.

Michael has spent the last 12 months increasing his savings rate considerably and with that, he has been focusing on FIRE shortcuts.  However, in 2022 with high inflation, it has made it more and more difficult when it comes to planning for early retirement.

Michael explains why semi-retirement could be the best path for most, especially as it gives a balanced approach to early retirement.

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In this episode, Michael describes daily working life for him.  He briefly described what has happened to him work life over the last 12 months or so and explains how he handles getting through the daily grind.  He discusses how he views work and how he comes up with early exit strategies in the event that he decides that the daily grid isn't worth it.

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In this episode, Michael shares a list of 12 ideas to help reduce expenses.

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In this episode, Michael shares his story of buying an investment property in 2022.

He shares his high's and low's of activity looking for an investment property in Limerick - and explains what has changed in 2022 when buying a property.

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In this episode, Michael talks to the author of the Money Flamingo Blog.  Tina is originally from Europe and is now living in Australia.  She become "Flamingo FI" in 2020 and has been living a semi retired lifestyle since then.

Tina tells her own story, and shares her wisdom of why she adopted Flamingo FI.  As she mentions, "the real goal is the happiness that you can achieve along the path [to FI]".

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In this episode, Michael takes a moment to reflect on the Ukraine War.  He mentions that it is hard to discuss personal finance when there is a war going on in Europe.  He talks about luck and the impact that that has on one's FIRE journey.

He mentions that it has become difficult to try to forecast investment returns over the next number of years and this makes planning for early retirement nearly impossible.  He touches on interest rates and the impact this will have on housing, as well as speculates on what might happen in the economy over the next year or two.

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In this episode Michael discusses the three phases for FI.  Michael shares how he is currently at a full throttle FIRE stage, where he is looking to maximise his income potential.