🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope118 📰 Join our Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dq6imD (no BS guarantee) 👍 Follow us on Facebook and drop us a message: http://bit.ly/fieuropefb 👍 Join the Facebook group http://bit.ly/fieuropefbgroup 😍 Please subscribe on iTunes, Android or Spotify and leave us a review. http://bit.ly/2OwKKZ9 ☎️ Send your Questions: http://bit.ly/fieuropeVoiceMessage Tickets for the event discussed on the episode can be found on https:...
Sep 16, 2020•37 min•Ep. 129
In this Episode Alvar interviews Brad from the Man Overseas on his journey to financial independence and how he is making it work. We also talk about: House hacking How to invest in real estate Alternative investments 🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope117 📰 Join our Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dq6imD (no BS guarantee) 👍 Follow us on Facebook and drop us a message: http://bit.ly/fieuropefb 👍 Join the Facebook group http://bit.ly/fieuropefbgroup 😍 Pl...
Sep 11, 2020•44 min•Ep. 128
In today’s episode Araminta chats with Derek, an engineer based in Ireland who uses dividend investing in order to grow his wealth, cover his monthly income and reach FI. We also chat about: How he picks the companies to invest in The broker he uses Managing tax in Ireland How to educate yourself on dividend investing 🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope116 📰 Join our Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dq6imD (no BS guarantee) 👍 Follow us on Facebook and drop...
Sep 01, 2020•36 min•Ep. 127
In today’s episode Araminta talks to Joney, a Belgian based in Luxembourg with quite a bit of experience buying properties in Europe. We chat about: How he bought property as an expat The steps to buying property abroad Managing taxes between countries His FI journey and future plans 🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope115 📰 Join our Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dq6imD (no BS guarantee) 👍 Follow us on Facebook and drop us a message: http://bit.ly/fieuro...
Aug 25, 2020•41 min•Ep. 126
In today’s episode Araminta interview Sebastien, a Belgian who moved to Dubai in the UAE and saved up enough money to reach FI at the age of 33. We chat about: • What the tax situation is like in the UAE • The process of moving to Belgium • How to do index investing in Belgium • The differences between living in Belgium and in the UAE • Recommendations for others moving to the UAE 🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope114 📰 Join our Newsletter: http://eepur...
Aug 18, 2020•44 min•Ep. 125
🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope113 📰 Join our Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dq6imD (no BS guarantee) 👍 Follow us on Facebook and drop us a message: http://bit.ly/fieuropefb 👍 Join the Facebook group http://bit.ly/fieuropefbgroup 😍 Please subscribe on iTunes, Android or Spotify and leave us a review. http://bit.ly/2OwKKZ9 ☎️ Send your Questions: http://bit.ly/fieuropeVoiceMessage Cheers, Alvar / Mathias / Araminta & Co...
Aug 10, 2020•28 min•Ep. 124
🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope112 📰 Join our Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dq6imD (no BS guarantee) 👍 Follow us on Facebook and drop us a message: http://bit.ly/fieuropefb 👍 Join the Facebook group http://bit.ly/fieuropefbgroup 😍 Please subscribe on iTunes, Android or Spotify and leave us a review. http://bit.ly/2OwKKZ9 ☎️ Send your Questions: http://bit.ly/fieuropeVoiceMessage Cheers, Alvar / Mathias / Araminta & Co...
Aug 06, 2020•40 min•Ep. 123
In this episode, Alvar is interviewing Fergus on how to manage your family, life, and business during the recent Covid-19 times. Fergus is also the organizer of Fi Edinburgh meetup and has many great stories to share. We also talk about: How Fergus started his business from the ground-up and managed them remotely His take on FI How he is managing his business during Covid-19 How to start your own FI meetup 🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope111 📰 Join ou...
Jul 28, 2020•37 min•Ep. 122
In today’s episode, Araminta interviews Pablo, an IT professional from Argentina. They chat about how Pablo saved up enough money to do a mini-retirement and travel around Europe for 12 months. They also chat about: Why he wanted to do a mini retirement A brief rundown of where he went in Europe How much money he saved up How it affected his career Tips for others who want to do a mini retirement 🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope110 📰 Join our Newslett...
Jul 20, 2020•45 min•Ep. 121
Hi FI Europeans This is Mathias! My interview guest today is Parul Madan! Parul is an experienced Entrepreneur living in cologne Germany with her roots in India! She and her husband founded multiple startups after a successful career in a large corporation. Since a couple of years she is also investing and advising other aspiring founders. Therefore she is also leading the Cologne chapter of the founders institute, one of the biggest accelerator programs worldwide to help entrepreneurs strive. D...
Jul 14, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 120
Hey FI Europeans, this is Mathias. Today Alvar and me are sharing ideas on FinTech. We explain what it is and review how it changed our lives in different areas- We also share how we came across it and talk about the apps and services we use. You can also find out about them in the show notes if you’re curious. We would also like to hear what services you use in your country on our Facebook Group. Also, check out the video Alvar did on Fintech during a number of years ago. 🤓 Full shownotes and ...
Jul 08, 2020•25 min•Ep. 119
In this episode Alvar interviews Nupin from the Fi club on building your FI mindset! The whole purpose of this interview is putting things into perspective and discussing the mental framework need to get to Fi. We discuss the current market situation and what it can mean. As Nupin says " your FI Journey is not a sprint but a marathon, we need to make sure that we have the right mental attitude" We also talk about Nupins approach to FI Current economical situation How to stay focused on life and ...
Jul 01, 2020•40 min•Ep. 118
Mathias had Tim already in the podcast in episode 90 . This time we focus on flag theory. We explain again just briefly the concept of flag theory as we already touched the topic in episode 71 with Christoph from Staatenlos. It’s basically about how to choose the country for your residence, business, bank accounts and so on so that you optimize your tax spendings and lifestyle. Tim will provide us with real world examples as he lived in 4+ countries and we focus on how you can apply the theory w...
Jun 24, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 117
In this episode, Araminta interviews Becky, a single parent living and working in Denmark. They chat about how Becky is reaching FI as a single parent, how she currently manages her finances and the actions she’s taking to financially educate her children. We also talk about: How reaching FI as a single parent is different How she currently manages her finances Her FI goals How she’s saving for her children’s future Advice to other single parents 🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our webs...
Jun 15, 2020•40 min•Ep. 116
In today’s episode Araminta interviews Geordie, a lifestyle business entrepreneur who manages several SaaS companies with a remote-based team. We also chat about: What a lifestyle business is Whether a lifestyle business really is for everyone How Geordie started building SaaS solutions How to manage a virtual team 🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope104 📰 Join our Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dq6imD (no BS guarantee) 👍 Follow us on Facebook and drop us...
Jun 08, 2020•47 min•Ep. 115
In this episode Alvar Interviews Mário on the nitty-gritty off ETF investing in Europe, we dive into the details on what information to look out for, how to review ETFs and how to access what is right for your situation. Mário also explains how to make financial choices in life and how to learn more about investing. In this episode we discuss: ETF investing How to learn more about investing How to make financial choices Taxation in several European countries and how to utilize these systems 🤓 F...
Jun 03, 2020•48 min•Ep. 114
In this Episode Alvar interviews Patrick from London, who managed to raise his income from 18K to 140K within 5 years and runs a business educating footballers on finances. Patrick, when through, is his own unique Fi journey and when asked "What is the one thing you would not give up from the times where you spending was huge" he replies with business class flying, listens to the show to find out more. We also talk about Patricks investment journey Travel hacking Strategies to raise your income ...
May 26, 2020•45 min•Ep. 113
In this episode Araminta chats with Jules, an SEO consultant based in London. They talk about how to make the most of your travels, how to build a sustainable work and travel lifestyle and how she uses her blog to make the most of her exploring. We also chat about: The importance of travelling How to build a sustainable work and travel lifestyle Her own personal travel blog How she got started as a freelance SEO consultant Financial independence and going freelance 🤓 Full shownotes and mentione...
May 18, 2020•44 min•Ep. 112
In Episode 100 - What’s my age again Alvar, Araminta & Matthias are discussing the state of the podcast and as a special topic dive into ethical investing. State of the Podcast Canceling FI Retreat What’s happening in the last 5 months What’s next for the podcast? Ethical investing, donating, and how this all related to FI. 🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope100 📰 Join our Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dq6imD (no BS guarantee) 👍 Follow us on Facebook an...
May 12, 2020•39 min•Ep. 111
Nessa is a young creator (28) on Youtube. She started with a gaming channel and expanded that hobby to her personal channel where she follows her obsession with tiny housing and living a frugal conscious lifestyle. We’ll learn a lot on how it feels like living in tiny house and running and how you could approach building a tiny house if you want to. So enjoy the show! We talk about Tiny House building process How to set up the interior impact on living costs How much Nessa makes on youtube Her f...
May 05, 2020•52 min•Ep. 110
This episode is a case study with Antonello Schiavo who is 30 years old living in Poland. He is originally from Italy and moved to Poland to work there at Google. In this episode we talk about his path from saving nothing for several year until he finally kept 15k in 2019. We also talk about his retirement plans, airbnb and real estate in Poland and much more. We talk about Moving from Italy to Poland for work Cost of living in Poland Airbnb and Real Estate in Poland Shift aways from Lifestyle I...
Apr 27, 2020•50 min•Ep. 109
In today’s episode Araminta interviews Martin, a coffee enthusiast who’s managed to literally turn “coffee into cash” thanks to Airbnb Experiences. We dive into the details of how to set up your first Airbnb Experience as a side hustle, how much money you can make and the current opportunities online. We also chat about: What are Airbnb Experiences The steps to get started How to offer the best experiences possible His story delivering coffee tours Doing Airbnb Experiences online 🤓 Full shownot...
Apr 21, 2020•48 min•Ep. 108
Alvar and Mathias chat about opportunities we see in focusing other areas of life that we normally don’t pay to much attention to due to lack of time or priority. So think about health, habits, routines, relationships, business, minimalism and personal development. These are the fundamentals that help us performing better in our profession when lockdowns in Europe and beyond are over and we are finally free ranging humans again. We talk about strategic change morning routines new habits for a ne...
Apr 15, 2020•22 min•Ep. 107
In today’s episode Alvar and Mathias are discussing the opportunities the current situation is offering. We are mainly digging into stock market investing and the real estate market. We discuss the market in general and approach it from a personal angel at the same time. We also talk about Great opportunity if you are in your accumulation phase Don’t FOMO - lots of opportunities in stock investing What are Alvar/Matthias doing personally The entire house market is on lockdown, nothing is being o...
Apr 09, 2020•28 min•Ep. 106
In today’s episode Araminta interviews Katie Stoddart, a friend of mine who works as a life coach. We talk about what time management is, how to work towards a balanced life and how this integrates with financial management. We also chat about: Which comes first: time management or money management? How to establish priorities Time management and overall health Personal examples and tips 🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope094 📰 Join our Newsletter: http:...
Mar 30, 2020•35 min•Ep. 105
Today Mathias interviews Martins Liberts - the co-founder of Debitum Network, a P2P lending platform focused on loans for small and medium-sized businesses. We talk about: background of Martins and the team scoring mechanisms technical implementation of the platform the business model of loan originators how p2p media coverage will evolve knowing when to step back as a founder new CEO Sergei Demchuk 🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope093 Like to try debit...
Mar 23, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 102
Araminta and Mathias do a quick check-in on how life changed after the lockdown in Europe. We talk about economical outlook and how to adapt with the situation right now. We talk about Life right now Dealing with panic Home Office life Why 2 income streams are not enough How to contribute to your communities 🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope092 📰 Join our Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dq6imD (no BS guarantee) 👍 Follow us on Facebook and drop us a mess...
Mar 18, 2020•31 min•Ep. 104
Today Alvar and Mathias talk about about the situation in the markets, how you could deal with it and what we could do in times of corona 🦠 Virus. We talk about The reason for the situation in the markets adjustments to ETF portfolios Stocks to pick and avoid How to deal with a potential upcoming recession Help your local community 🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope091 📰 Join our Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dq6imD (no BS guarantee) 👍 Follow us on Fa...
Mar 11, 2020•17 min•Ep. 103
Mathias interviews Tim Lai who was raised in the UK, worked in the Netherlands and is currently living in Porto in Portugal. Tim has a pretty interesting story to tell how he escaped from his 9to5 and how he build two businesses on the side that generated enough money for him to sustain his life. In this episode we talk about how to automate your day job, scaling a side hustle and what he is currently doing in Portugal. Along the way you’ll find a lot of wisdom from a mind that celebrates logica...
Mar 02, 2020•56 min•Ep. 101
Hello! Today Alvar is being interviewed by Michael from the Irish FIRE Podcast. The episode is focussing on to get to FI as an employee in Europe. Alvar is 27 years old, working in IT and currently living in Scotland. He talks about how he is saving £1500 pounds per month, travel hacks and on how important side projects are for him and for the FI journey. Enjoy! We talk about: • How Alvar is saving £1500 pounds per month • How to get to FI with a normal job • Travel hacks • His various side hust...
Feb 24, 2020•31 min•Ep. 100
