Today's episode is about options you have to fast track fire while you're in the military.

If you're not in the military, this episode might not be for you.

However, if you know somebody who is active in the military or thinking about enlisting,

please send this episode to them.

We'll be breaking down how unique military advantages from zero-cost health care

to housing allowances can actually get you to financial independence.

Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to the Bigger Pockets Money podcast. My name is Mindy Jensen,

and with me as always is my in-line co-host, Scott

Trench. Thanks, Mindy. There's lean fire, there's barista fai, there's chubby fi, there's fat

but today we're going to be talking about Semperfi. How's that? We're so excited to have David

Paray on today.

Once again, David is a retired Marine Corps soldier turned real estate investor and is the founder of from military to millionaire.

Go check that out if you are interested in finances in the military.

David built a multimillion dollar portfolio while serving full time and now teaches other service members how to achieve financial independence through real estate. David, thank you so much for coming on the Bigger Pockets Money

podcast today and assisting me. I am no expert on the intricacies and the details and the realities

and the challenges that are specific to soldiers' life. This is a hypothesis, a potential plan

for consideration for enlisted soldiers, and we are so delighted to have you helping poke holes in it corroborate or agree with me whenever I happen to accidentally be right in my approach here. David, welcome to Bigger Pockets Money. Thank you, Scott, for having me. I should probably clarify, for whoever wrote your notes, I was enlisted, and I didn't technically get to retirement. I got to a financial point where I was able to just walk at 13 years. But that being said, I did 15 years if you count the reserves and I know a thing or two about the military.

Thank you for coming on today. And just to preface this, this is a presentation I've prepared. I am very passionate about the armed services and trying to help the soldiers and the fire community move toward

financial independence. I have given some talks at military academies, actually twice at the U.S.

Naval Academy, talking about how the students there, the midshipmen, can go on during their

careers and emerge from their five-year post-graduation service commitment with as much

wealth and optimality as possible. And so today, I've taken that presentation and I have repurposed

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