The FIRE Belgium Show

Kristy and Bryce retired with a million dollars in their early 30's and they have been traveling the world since! Their story is incredible and because the way they achieved is so simple, they are an example that many of us can follow. In fact my own journey to FIRE is very similar to theirs! No real estate, simple saving and investing with index funds. Nothing complicated, nothing that you cannot...

What if I told you that real estate investing can be easy? What if I told you that to be a successful real estate investor, you don’t need to become an expert entrepreneur with a vast network and be willing to get up at 5 AM to fix the plumbing for unhappy tenants? Today you will learn about a new way of investing in real estate, one where you can start with just a hundred euros, diversify across...

I can’t say it enough: I am so blessed to have been able to reach financial independence at 33. Since then I’ve been able to enjoy life in an unimaginable way with my wife and my 2 sons. But what made it possible? What did I have that enabled me to get to financial independence? I didn’t build a unicorn tech business, I didn’t get super lucky with individual stocks or crypto and I didn’t get any b...

I get asked a lot how I managed to reach FI at 33 years old. Recently, someone I respect a lot asked me on LinkedIn: “ How on earth did you retire at 33?? ” So that is what I explain in this episode! Here is what you will learn: My (lack off) money-knowledge background growing up in a regular middle-class family How going into debt and making stupid expensive mistakes put me on this path How I was...

How do you invest during bear markets? This is an extremely important question for any index investor, and any investor in general of course. And this is a very relevant question today because the stock market is down 20% in the US and about 10% globally today compared to the beginning of the year. Following COVID and now with the war in Ukraine, the world economy has slowed down. Inflation is bre...

Right, so now that we know what financial independence is (see previous episode), how do we get there ? What do you need to do? If you’re just discovering the FIRE movement or simply want to take control of your finances to build more security in your life, this episode is for you. In this episode you will learn: How you already have some financial independence! How you can learn and make progress...

Financial independence… is this a scam? That’s probably how I would have reacted to those words 12-13 years ago… but after learning what it is and having achieved financial independence, I have now become a big proponent of it. And that is because financial independence is in fact something most people aspire to … but rarely really think about seriously... So what is it really? In this episode, we...

Welcome to the FIRE Belgium Show! I am so excited to finally release this podcast. It’s a project I have been wanting to do for a long time! In this first short episode you will learn: - What this show is about - Why I started this podcast - What you can expect going forward Thank you for listening! I am very happy you’ve decided to join me on this journey! Be sure to check the next few episodes a...