I’m chasing FIRE from Belgium, and I publish every number.
Real portfolio updates, Belgian tax breakdowns, and the occasional expensive lesson (see: the renovation) — with the receipts attached, not just the takeaways.
Three paths. Pick the one that sounds like you.
A funnel, not a river of posts — four articles per path, in the order I’d read them myself.
Just starting out
Belgian taxes & freelancing
GVV Monitor: my own dashboard for all Belgian REITs
I’d already been comparing Belgian GVVs myself for some time, using my own overview of share prices, dividends and a…
Should You Invest in a Garage Box in Belgium? (2026 Update)
Garage boxes as investment: updated for 2026 with current registration duties, EV impact, Brussels mobility changes and how rising savings rates change the return calculation.
AI Investing: Genuine Next Step or Robo Advice With a 2026 Sticker?
At the end of my robo investing update, I teased this post. Robo advisors automate the boring part, but AI supposedly goes further: it picks, it times, it trades for you. Whether AI investing in Belgium represents a true advancement in trading, just marketing, or even worse, a fast route to zero, that is what this post is about.
Belgium’s Capital Gains Tax Is Here. Here’s What It Actually Means for Your Portfolio.
For all of my investing life in Belgium capital gains were tax-free. You bought, it went up, you sold, you…
Portfolio Update 2026: We Crossed €1 Million. Most of It Is Bricks.
*Looks at last portfolio report, sees Q4 2021* Oops, a lot has changed since then... The last time I published a proper portfolio update, we were still talking about Covid, I was still an employee, the renovation hadn't started, and my daughter was a few months old. That was late 2021. It is now June 2026.
