Author Archives: davidscothern

Part 363 & 364

Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. Weekly Update It’s been a couple of weeks since the last post, but there’s no ominous reason behind this. It’s just a case of there not being enough hours in the day, or enough days in the week. Work continues to be a positive, and soContinue reading “Part 363 & 364”

AFI Podcast: Episode 11

Autistic bloggers David Scothern (Mortgage Advisor on FIRE) and Darren Scothern (The Autistic Writer) discuss the intersection of autism and financial independence. In Episode 11 – You have some disposable income… should you pay off your mortgage quicker, or invest? David uses all his mortgage and investing experience to try to find the perfect answer.Continue reading “AFI Podcast: Episode 11”

Part 362: More Biking Costs and More Conspiracy Theories

Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE.  Weekly Update A bit of a shorter post this week due to the fact that I generally need about 36 hours per day to get everything done. Sadly, I think my bike, which I call The Roci (short for Rocinante from Don Quixote and The Expanse),Continue reading “Part 362: More Biking Costs and More Conspiracy Theories”

Part 361: ISAs and Project Blue Beam

Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE.  Weekly Update Our Poppy celebrated her 17th birthday this week, and as tradition dictates we served her meowjasty some chicken that was shaped to read her new age. Now that she’s 17 I think she can learn to drive, but that’s a whole other conversation. SheContinue reading “Part 361: ISAs and Project Blue Beam”

Part 360: Shooting for the Moon

Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE.  Weekly Update It was another good week with work, and I’m feeling positive about this new role. Between my mortgage day job, working on the new podcast, and making sure I get in plenty of bike rides whilst the weather is still ok, I’ve not hadContinue reading “Part 360: Shooting for the Moon”

Part 359: Birthday Week

Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE.  Weekly Update This week was split neatly into two distinct parts: four days of work, followed by a long birthday weekend. Monday through Thursday were mostly dominated by work, although we managed to fit in a few bike rides along the way. I’m still settling intoContinue reading “Part 359: Birthday Week”

Part 358: A Titanic Update

Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE.  Weekly Update As I mentioned last week, my output for the blog might slow a little over the coming weeks. This might take the form of slightly shorter posts, or even microblogs from time to time. This week, though, I’ve just about managed to put aContinue reading “Part 358: A Titanic Update”