arebelspy does a reddit AMA--live now

[arebelspy]

https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/comments/76zeck/ama_joe_from_adventuringalong_teachers_retired_at/

Probably will be doing for the next few hours.

Feel free to post questions for me over there if you've ever wondered something but didn't have a good place to ask!  :)

Hey r/financialindependence!

Joe Olson here from http://www.adventuringalong.com

Brief bio:
- My wife and I were public school teachers (somewhat low base income, starting at 33k, peaking at 44k each--had to boost with side-gigs to be able to ER quickly)
- We acquired quite a bit of real estate from 2007-2015 (right now have 15 rental properties)
- We early retired in 2015 at age 29, got rid of all our things except for what fit in two backpacks and traveled the world for the last two years
- We had a baby in Istanbul, Turkey in January 2016
- We switched to an RV a few months ago, and have a second kid on the way (birthplace TBD)
- I have been in the early retirement community for a decade; you may know me as the head moderator/admin at the MMM forums where I have 25,000+ posts under the handle "arebelspy" (A Rebel Spy). So I have strong opinions about many of the classic early retirement arguments (4% rule, why ER, paying off mortgage vs. investing, etc.)--feel free to ask anything related to ER, besides things specific to our story.

Longer bio & pics (in case you like to picture who you're talking to, like I do): BusinessInsider Article

Ask me anything!

[YogiKitti]

Awesome, thanks!

[arebelspy]

Awesome, thanks!

Sure! I'm having fun!  :)

[okits]

I read the whole thing and enjoyed it.  :) Despite having seen a lot of your posts on the MMM forums over the years, there were still new bits of information I didn't know!  (LOVE that someone asked you about baby names!  AMA, indeed!)

[arebelspy]

I read the whole thing and enjoyed it.  :) Despite having seen a lot of your posts on the MMM forums over the years, there were still new bits of information I didn't know!  (LOVE that someone asked you about baby names!  AMA, indeed!)

Thanks!

We're very open books.

I did enjoy a lot of the questions. Very different than what I was expecting.

[Paul der Krake]

That was a great AMA. I read it all despite having already followed your adventures here for years.

[arebelspy]

Thanks PDK!

It's always hard to tell if something went well (and this was literally my first time posting on reddit), so I appreciate the feedback! :)

[jacquespluto]

I'm curious what type of RV you are traveling in with a baby? 

I know there are a lot of opinions out there on this subject, and it's something we are looking into as well.  We are leaning towards a Class B due to crash test, availability of secured 3rd seat - but they are very expensive and probably too small.  I don't want to tow a trailer either.

[MrThatsDifferent]

Thanks for doing that, it was interesting to read. The weirdest part was all the people wondering about the citizenship status of your child. Birtherism has made people stupid. Didn’t we all learn that children of US citizens are citizens?

[Paul der Krake]

Most people don’t know squat about immigration laws, regardless of country.

[Dicey]

Interesting! Thanks for posting the link.