#Financialindependence

Self-promotion (ie posting about projects/businesses that you operate and can profit from) is typically a practice that is discouraged in /r/financialindependence, and these posts are removed through moderation.…

Please use this thread to have discussions which you don't feel warrant a new post to the sub. While the Rules for posting questions on the basics of personal finance/investing topics are relaxed a little bit here, the rules against…

Please use this thread to have discussions which you don't feel warrant a new post to the sub. While the Rules for posting questions on the basics of personal finance/investing topics are relaxed a little bit here, the rules against…

Please use this thread to have discussions which you don't feel warrant a new post to the sub. While the Rules for posting questions on the basics of personal finance/investing topics are relaxed a little bit here, the rules against…

38 married. ~$1.36M net worth. $130k salary, wife makes $140k. Slow start, began at $34k and carried $60k in student loans. ~$21k cash, ~$990k invested. Home worth ~$680k, ~$330k mortgage at 2.99% in HCOL.…

Hello! I am wanting some advice on the below situation and its possible impacts on my future goal of financial independence. I already know the viability of the possible investment itself, I am more so wanting advice on the possible long term impacts of…

Please use this thread to have discussions which you don't feel warrant a new post to the sub. While the Rules for posting questions on the basics of personal finance/investing topics are relaxed a little bit here, the rules against…

Please use this thread to have discussions which you don't feel warrant a new post to the sub. While the Rules for posting questions on the basics of personal finance/investing topics are relaxed a little bit here, the rules against…

Huge shout-out to the survey team for running the 2025 FI survey and making the data available. I turned the results into an interactive dashboard here: https://fi-survey-rose.vercel.app/ A few things that stood out to me from the respondent data: This is…

Please use this thread to have discussions which you don't feel warrant a new post to the sub. While the Rules for posting questions on the basics of personal finance/investing topics are relaxed a little bit here, the rules against…

My husband and I were fortunate to purchase our first home for less than 200K about 15 years ago. We were also able to refinance to a 2.625% interest rate during the pandemic.…

Self-promotion (ie posting about projects/businesses that you operate and can profit from) is typically a practice that is discouraged in /r/financialindependence, and these posts are removed through moderation.…

Please use this thread to have discussions which you don't feel warrant a new post to the sub. While the Rules for posting questions on the basics of personal finance/investing topics are relaxed a little bit here, the rules against…

This is relevant to those who reach their FI number and then want 'one more year' or otherwise start to feel it's now not enough. Your FI number is your FI number, but it isn't. When I initially computed my fire number I didn't account for inflation.…

Please use this thread to have discussions which you don't feel warrant a new post to the sub. While the Rules for posting questions on the basics of personal finance/investing topics are relaxed a little bit here, the rules against…

Single male in my late 30s, living in a vhcol city with a monthly spend of $4,500. With the market returning what it has in the last few years my portfolio has seen incredible growth and it just hit 1.375M.…

Been in the tech industry for nearly 20 years... burned out is a massive understatement. (I'm 46 btw) 1.5M in investments (401ks, ROTHs, HSA, HYSA, ect) 200-300k windfall coming over the next few months House paid off -> ~8k/yr property tax.…

This sub often has very high FIRE numbers, which I assume are partly driven by the cost of having kids and supporting a family. Children can be extremely expensive and can significantly increase annual spending.…

Question: What are some things I can start working on now, or start incorporating soon-ish to prep for FIRE in 8-10 years, with FIRE = ~60k /yr. draw at ~3.5% SWR (~1.7MM)?…

Since I posted last July, our liquid net worth has increased beyond $4.1M. We are finally making the decision to quit our jobs and celebrating our "Independence Day" in July.…