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Four Different Ways to Achieve Financial Independence

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Financial independence… this concept has been discussed on so many blogs that I rarely write about it here. I’ve been working on my own crusade to reach financial independence since I entered the workforce back in 2003. I previously dedicated an entire blog to the topic, had some good fun and made some money with it. Then, I decided to concentrate on my dividend investing blog thinking investors wanted to read about…. Investing! But it seems that I was wrong. I have discovered gradually that …

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Freedom Cash Flow Update

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Back in December, I introduced the notion of building a cash flow generating machine instead of amassing an enormous pile of cash that would generate a similar cash flow. In order to finance my RV project, I needed an effective way to make it happen. I didn’t want to do it the classic way by patiently waiting each month to put money aside and build a pile of cash that would finance the project. This is not only the classic way to fund a project, but also the most secure way to achieve it. Since …

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Our “Final” Itinerary on a Map!

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  The route to financial freedom is just ahead...   View Full Size Travel Map at Travellerspoint   The Trip of my Life The map above is our “final” itinerary for our one year RV trip. I write “final” as fate will decide the exact road we will take. In the meantime, this is half of the trip that is planned. Here are a few interesting numbers about this itinerary: This is 162 days of travel; 14,926km or 9,275 miles estimated; 4 provinces; 15 …

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How Easy is Retirement Planning with Dividend Growth Investing

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One of the biggest issues we will face in the upcoming years is one of interest. In fact, we can say that roughly 90% of the population is in the same boat for this issue; we are on our own to plan our retirement. Fully funded pensions are more rare than Pandas in China and the Government provided pension is barely enough to buy ramen noodles once you have paid your rent.   Which kind of retirement are you planning? I don’t know about you, but I don’t plan on working my whole life. …

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Retirement, What Retirement?

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Wouldn’t be amazing to never retire? For the past 15 years, I’ve worked in the financial industry. For the past 15 years, I’ve been told to prepare for my retirement. I’ve been told the best thing in life is to get a job that provides a good pay check, social benefits and… a fully funded retirement pension plan. When I finished my bachelor degree in finance and marketing, I thought I had hit the jackpot starting to work in the financial industry. The job was interesting, the pay check was …

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The RV Project is Moving Forward

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    Before going on vacation, I wrote a piece about retiring at the age of 35. When I wrote this post (it was end of July), it was simply a crazy idea: I would sell everything, buy an RV and go with my family on a never-ending trip. This is definitely in the line of ERE (Early Retirement Extreme) and would require several sacrifices.   This post generated several comments and I thought I would continue my thinking out loud with you on this blog. After all, maybe I had …

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