I’ve heard great things about this website, too! Makes it easy for family and friends to contribute. https://backer.com/. Source: almost 2 years ago

- If you want to pay for college for kids, you can start a 529 plan BEFORE they are born (put it in your name, transfer it to them). Check out companies like backer (https://backer.com/) - family and friends can contribute to these 529 plans... Especially if you take the advice above re: free and for sale / buy nothing groups, you can tell your family / friends you rather they contribute to your kids' college (and... Source: almost 3 years ago

The 4% rule always sounded too aggressive for me but yeah, there are spots around the globe where you could theoretically take your $600k and peace out to an early retirement, leading a pretty basic lifestyle (check the list). Source: about 1 year ago

Have you had a look at https://nomadlist.com/fire yet? Source: over 1 year ago

Someone else posted this one, and there are probably other cost of living "calculators" out there where you can input income and find places you can afford to live. Source: over 1 year ago

The Nomad list has a FIRE calculator that used to be free and would list a bunch of cities all over the world and when/how much you would need to FIRE there based on your numbers. You need to sign up and pay a one time $90 fee now to access everything (I think like the top 10 places you could FIRE at this very moment/soonest) for free still though. It was really fun to play around and fantasize about retiring of I... Source: over 1 year ago

NomadList has a page on this: https://nomadlist.com/fire. Source: over 1 year ago