Mr. FightToFIRE

Quarterly Portfolio Report - growing stack of coins

Quarterly Portfolio Report – Q2 2019

The second quarter of 2019 is coming to a close. It's been an interesting ride. All of my (trading) accounts had a dip in…

The Truth About Room Investments: Off-limits

On my journey towards my home, I’m doing more searching online and one of those search sessions resulted in having a talk with an “investment advisor” of a realtor specialized in hotel investments. I will start by kicking in an open door: I didn’t take the offer.

Infographic: 2018 in review

I've brewing on this ever since December 2018. It needed another 2 months before I actually started on it, to finally finish it this…

The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten

Frugal with a twist

Just like most people trying to achieve FIRE, I encounter the occasional jab regarding my way of living or at least how “I’m being cheap”.
I just don’t like throwing my money through the window every day and if I can save money by being more mindful I will do, i.e., being frugal.

Should I buy or rent my first home?

To buy or to rent, that is the question

This was the first thing I asked myself. While most [Belgians] believe buying your own home is the best way to go (but not all, more on that later), I wanted to keep an open mind, so instead of just assuming buying was the best for me, I tried to find out how it really was for my situation.