Author Archives: Aussie HIFIRE

Kids birthday parties on a FIRE budget

Unlike a lot of people in the FIRE community my wife and I have kids and one of the hard parts about being a parent who wants to FIRE is that we often worrying about whether our children are missing … Continue reading

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The Many Choices on your Journey to FIRE

There are always plenty of discussions in the FIRE community about the best way to get to FIRE but there’s no one right answer. I thought I’d talk a little bit about some of the different choices to make, how … Continue reading

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Mr Money Mustache vs Ramit Sethi

I read a lot of finance blogs and recently saw this article discussing a couple of different personalities in the FI/FIRE space and their different ways of looking at your finances and potentially FIRE.  There’s obviously more than one way to … Continue reading

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How would the proposed changes to imputations credits affect FIRE?

There are a number of reasons to recommend using an income stream from dividends on shares to fund your retirement in Australia, one of which is that you can use attached franking credits attached to get a cash refund. My understanding … Continue reading

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What’s a house worth and should you include it in your net worth?

The first question is a tricky one in a number of different ways.  Traditionally when we ask this question about assets what we mean is how much could you buy or sell it for, and if you’re looking at other … Continue reading

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You can have anything you want, you just can’t have everything you want

As tough as it can seem to be to keep up with the ever rising cost of living in Australia, for the most part we Aussies are actually living a pretty comfortable life.  Obviously that’s not the case for everyone, … Continue reading

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FIRE goals – what I’m aiming for

As I’ve said on the home page High Income Financial Independence Retire Early is about having enough money to be financially independent and able to retire early on a high income.  I’ve got a number of personal goals that I’d … Continue reading

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Saving for FIRE with young kids

A lot of the blogs I read about FIRE are for people who don’t have kids.  We have two of them, a boy of 4 and a girl less than 1yo.  Now they bring a lot of joy to my … Continue reading

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The 4% rule

One of the central tenets of the FIRE community is the 4% rule, aka the Trinity Study. For those of you who are new to FIRE the 4% rule as understood by at least some people in the community is … Continue reading

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One spouse, one house

One of the biggest decisions you make in your life is who you are going to be spending your life with. There are obviously some financial benefits to this as well, but more importantly lots of emotional benefits. From a … Continue reading

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