Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. This week I go into more detail about the impact of time on compound growth. Also, another eventful week… Weekly Update This week has gone by in a blur. I don’t quite know where the time has gone, and it brings me back to something I’veContinue reading “Part 256: Ring Out Your Bells”
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Part 252: Exciting Times – TempFI
Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. This week I have exciting news, which you will find below. Also, thoughts on the recent Kiefer Sutherland concert, and yet more frustrating interactions with the agent selling our BTL. Weekly Update On Monday we went to see Kiefer Sutherland for the third time. The previousContinue reading “Part 252: Exciting Times – TempFI”
Looking Back: Part 12
Originally published January 10th, 2020. There are two main dividing lines in my life; before and after 9/11, and before and after Covid. Both events changed the world massively, and we’re still dealing with the impact of the pandemic. Trying to remember a time before face masks, social distancing, and handshakes is strange now. IntroductionContinue reading “Looking Back: Part 12”
Looking Back: Part 8
Originally published: December 19th, 2019. This was my last trip to Romania before Covid-19 hit, and I always liked Romania in the winter. It does get very cold though. I doubt we’ll ever return to Snagov, but that’s a story for another time. Weekly Update Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. IContinue reading “Looking Back: Part 8”
Looking Back: Part 3
[Originally published November 15th, 2019]. Weekly Update The short version of the story is that I’m still in pain. My ankle/foot is still hurting a lot but the tramadol is taking the edge off and leaving me pretty spaced out. I’ve seen a consultant who thinks I could have a stress fracture or possibly somethingContinue reading “Looking Back: Part 3”
Part 186: Making History and Building the Future.
Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. This week… Thoughts on building for the future and living for today. Also, an incredible effort by Sheffield Wednesday, and a disrupted routine. Weekly Update An eventful week, with a stressful first half and an amazing second half, which funnily enough matches what happened withContinue reading “Part 186: Making History and Building the Future.”
Part 185: Giving that extra 10%
Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. This week I talk about percentages; the 100% mortgage, increasing savings rates, compound growth, and more. Weekly Update It’s been my week of working until 8pm which always leaves me exhausted, but it means I get a three day weekend. On Friday I had a fewContinue reading “Part 185: Giving that extra 10%”
1,252 days down, 1,000 days to go…
When I initially started this FIRE project I set the, somewhat ambitious, goal of achieving financial independence by the end of 2023. That is looking unlikely, and truth be told I knew that as far back as early 2021. The long-running impact of Covid, the disaster that was the Truss-Kwarteng government, the war in Ukraine,Continue reading “1,252 days down, 1,000 days to go…”
Part 163
Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. This week I discuss working for free, and how it creates more problems for employees. Also, TV shows that were consistently good, and those that fell from grace. There are the usual financial updates, and some more thoughts on 2023’s financial goals. Quote of the WeekContinue reading “Part 163”
Part 139
Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. This week I take a look at the differences between student loans in the UK and US. Also, how changes to mortgage lending rules might not actually change anything. There are the usual financial updates, and something I never thought I’d type; Dinosaur Woman. First, theContinue reading “Part 139”