
Aussie Firebug
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My name's Matt, I'm a country boy for regional Victoria who is on track to reach Financial Independence and Retire Early (FIRE) by my mid-thirties. I interview guests who have already reached or are on their way to financial freedom and also answer the listener's questions on the last Friday of every month.
Aussie Firebug
2w ago
Following on from the previous episode, this is part 2 of the debate.
There’s been a few potential Super changes put forth by the Albanese government lately and I wanted to get two different viewpoints on the podcast to debate the pros and cons of the changes. I also wanted to talk about Super as a high-level concept. What exactly is Super? What’s the purpose of Super? Is Super fulfilling its job? etc. We have two returning guests joining in today’s discussion. CIO of The Motley Fool Australia, Scott Phillips and Economist Dr Cameron Murray. I’m playing moderator between these two as they giv ..read more
Aussie Firebug
3w ago
I’m so excited for this one today. There’s been a few potential Super changes put forth by the Albanese government lately and I wanted to get two different viewpoints on the podcast to debate the pros and cons of the changes. I also wanted to talk about Super as a high-level concept. What exactly is Super? What’s the purpose of Super? Is Super fulfilling its job? etc. We have two returning guests joining in today’s discussion. CIO of The Motley Fool Australia, Scott Phillips and Economist Dr Cameron Murray. I’m playing moderator between these two as they give their different opinions on some o ..read more
Aussie Firebug
3w ago
I’m so excited for this one today. There’s been a few potential Super changes put forth by the Albanese government lately and I wanted to get two different viewpoints on the podcast to debate the pros and cons of the changes. I also wanted to talk about Super as a high-level concept. What exactly is Super? What’s the purpose of Super? Is Super fulfilling its job? etc. We have two returning guests joining in today’s discussion. CIO of The Motley Fool Australia, Scott Phillips and Economist Dr Cameron Murray. I’m playing moderator between these two as they give their different opinions on some o ..read more
Aussie Firebug
3w ago
Today my guest is Queenie Tan. She’s a 26-year-old Sydneysider who has amassed over 350K followers on various social media platforms. Raised by a single dad in Sydney, Queenie was earning $400 a week after she moved out of home at just 19. A few years later she was able to save a $100,000 property deposit and now at age 26, has a net worth of half a million dollars.
Some of the topics we cover in today’s episode are:
Queenie's upbringing and relationship with money (00:02:12)
How Queenie built her net worth to $500K by age 26 (00:10:03)
Dropping out of uni to start earning money (00:15:40)
Ch ..read more
Aussie Firebug
1M ago
Today my guest is Queenie Tan. She’s a 26-year-old Sydneysider who has amassed over 350K followers on various social media platforms. Raised by a single dad in Sydney, Queenie was earning $400 a week after she moved out of home at just 19. A few years later she was able to save a $100,000 property deposit and now at age 26, has a net worth of half a million dollars.
Some of the topics we cover in today’s episode are:
Queenie's upbringing and relationship with money (00:02:12)
How Queenie built her net worth to $500K by age 26 (00:10:03)
Dropping out of uni to start earning money (00:15:40)
Ch ..read more
Aussie Firebug
2M ago
My guest today is Brandon Ganch who is better known in the FIRE community as the Mad Fientist. Brandon is an ex-computer programmer turned blogger and podcaster who reached financial independence at the ripe old age of 34 with his wife Jill. It’s always a pleasure to speak with Brandon as one of my financial/investing heroes and someone who’s been on the scene since the early days when I first discovered the concept of FIRE.
Some of the topics we cover in today’s episode are:
The life changing event of becoming a parent and how FI has helped (00:07:10)
Did Brandon really crack the Billboard T ..read more
Aussie Firebug
2M ago
Today my guest is Liz Thames who is better known as Mrs Frugalwoods. Liz is a mother of two who lives with her husband Nate on a 66-acre homestead in rural central Vermont USA. She’s the author of the popular FIRE book called “Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living”.
Some of the topics we cover in today’s episode are:
Liz’s motivation behind writing a memoir-styled book (00:02:44)
How to transition from saving to living off your investments (00:07:39)
What does FIRE mean to Liz? (00:11:36)
How Liz and Nate achieved financial independence (00:15:37)
What d ..read more
Aussie Firebug
2M ago
Today I’m talking with the Chair of the Australian Electric Vehicle Council, Tim Washington. Tim has also co-founded two companies - JET Charge, who specialise in supplying and installing EV Chargers and Charge Fox, Australia’s largest EV charging network.
EVs have been a hot topic in the FIRE Facebook group lately and I’ve had a few episodes on EVs in general but none that dig into the charging side of the equation which is a big part.
Some of the topics we cover in today’s episode are:
How does a home EV fast-charger work with your home solar system? (00:21:29)
How will the new FBT legislat ..read more
Aussie Firebug
3M ago
Today I’m talking with the Chair of the Australian Electric Vehicle Council, Tim Washington. Tim has also co-founded two companies - JET Charge, who specialise in supplying and installing EV Chargers and Charge Fox, Australia’s largest EV charging network.
EVs have been a hot topic in the FIRE Facebook group lately and I’ve had a few episodes on EVs in general but none that dig into the charging side of the equation which is a big part.
Some of the topics we cover in today’s episode are:
How does a home EV fast-charger work with your home solar system? (00:21:29)
How will the new FBT legislat ..read more
Aussie Firebug
4M ago
Today I’m welcoming back property investor Scott O’Neill to the podcast. Scott and his wife are self-made multi-millionaires that created $300K in passive income by 28. Since Scott was last on the show, I received a fair amount of emails asking me to get him back to give a more practical guide on investing in commercial real estate.
Some of the topics we cover in today’s episode are:
What is commercial real estate? (00:06:32)
Pros and Cons for both residential and commercial property (00:13:52)
Why commercial leases are so so important and very different compared to residential (00:21:58)
Wha ..read more