Anyone else think it's kind of weird that Mr. 500 (or whatever his blogger superhero name is) moved to Longmont? Uprooting your family, with young children, so you can fanboy on your favorite blogger? That's one serious man crush on Pete. I wonder if that is awkward for Pete. I kind of hope it is.
Wow, Tom, I think you can lighten up a little.
Mindy & Carl (Mr. 1500 of 1500 Days to FI) reached their FI on his income and on a series of real-estate “live-in rehabs”. They’d buy a crappy property, rehab it while living in it, sell it after two years (for tax-free capital gains), and repeat.
Now that they’re FI and can work whenever/wherever they want, Mindy took a job at BiggerPockets. She says it’s the best one she’s ever had— managing the site & forums of the nation’s largest real-estate investor community and co-hosting a podcast. Carl has really mellowed out and started being less introverted. They enjoy the Colorado climate, the outdoor recreation, and the people.
It’s not only about Pete, although it’s convenient that they’re so close to his co-working business and have so many real-estate investors (and FI aspirants) coming through the area. Carl also might have a strong interest in craft beer.
I wish they would have highlighted some of the FIRE folks who didn't so heavily monetize their blogs... My favorite people are ones like LivingaFI/Dr. Doom, who created awesome content, but then didn't cash in on it.
We bloggers frequently get interview requests from freelancers, and occasionally from masthead journalists. We tend to refer the people who we know will want to do the interviews. The writers are typically on deadline and not typically interested in chasing down people who don’t seem interested in doing interviews.
Maybe if you contacted your favorites then they’d be more inclined to do interviews. Or maybe they’re not at all interested in the publicity. I’d enjoy an update from LivingaFI.
Another thing I liked about the article and the way it portrayed the subject was the unconventional pose it used for Scott and Taylor Rieckens, with him sitting and her standing next to the chair he's sitting in, seeming to loom tall... which, in my view, is not a typical pose for heterosexual couples. (I pause here to consider that it may be because she is indeed taller than him [I don't know if this is the case] and this was a way to camouflage something about the couple that might mark them as atypical.) In any case, I really like the pose. And I will follow the links to the FI blogs I didn't know about prior to this article.
They’re a perfectly normal family. They’re both about 5’9” (my height), although I didn’t whip out a tape measure. A few months ago I spent a thoroughly enjoyable three hours with them (they were house-sitting by Kauai’s Hanalei Bay) as part of the documentary’s interviews. There was also surfing, although I don’t know whether that’ll make the cut.
The “Playing With FIRE” documentary is in final editing (after more than two years of filming!) and might have a trailer next month. It’ll probably be out before the end of the year, and I know the book is releasing in January.
