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BiggerPockets Money Podcast

57: Financial Freedom, House Sitting & Travel Hacking With GoWithLess

BiggerPockets Money Podcast

BiggerPockets

Investing, Education, Business

4.53K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2019

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Tim and Amy were frugal—or so they thought. They spent less than they earned, so they figured they were doing it right. Then one day, they happened upon the concept of financial independence. Turns out, they had a LOT of room in their budget to cut... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Bigger Pockets Money Podcast show number 57 where we interview Amy and Tim from go

0:06.1

withless.com. Most people's standards looking in from the outside we were doing all the right things

0:10.8

we were sort of living this American dream life. We live well within

0:14.0

our means. We had a nice house. We had nice cars. We had nice things. We had a nice savings account.

0:19.3

We were saving towards this goal of potentially retiring when we were 55.

0:23.4

And then once we found the fire movement,

0:25.2

we realized, well, we don't need all these things

0:27.9

that we've had in our life.

0:28.6

Then we realize, well, maybe if we just reduced our lifestyle

0:31.4

and sort of deflated our life instead of inflating our life like we've been doing historically that we could get down this path almost immediately.

0:38.6

As soon as we saw we found this fire thing I would say within a year we were

0:42.7

retired.

0:43.7

No, even less.

0:44.7

We were actually retired within a year of learning about the fire movement.

0:48.1

It's time for a new American dream, one that doesn't involve working in a cubicle for 40 years, barely scraping by.

0:55.1

Whether you're looking to get your financial house in order, invest the money you already have, or

0:58.9

discover new paths for wealth creation. You're in the right place. this show is for anyone who has money or wants more this is the bigger pockets money podcast

1:09.3

how's it going everybody I'm Scott Trunched I'm here with my co-host Miss Mindy Jenson

1:12.2

how you do today Mindy I am super

1:14.0

excited about today's guest Tim and Amy I've known for a few years now and I am so

1:18.1

happy that we finally able to get them on this show I really love their story they

1:22.1

were high- income earners who were also high

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