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How to early retire (FIRE) if your spouse isn’t on board

June 29, 2021 • Andrew Chen • Episode 74

#74: This week, I chat with Caroline Ceniza-Levine, a career coach now early retired, whose own spouse wasn’t on board with early retirement for many years before she finally convinced him to get on the FIRE train.

We talk about tips and advice for how to convince your spouse about early retirement – and all it entails...

We discuss:

Caroline’s own path to FIRE – from music, to strategy consulting, to corporate, to coaching, to FIRE
Her spouse’s main concerns when it came to early retirement
How she got her spouse on board, what she would have done differently, and her advice for others who are struggling to convince their partner about early retirement
Plus: how Caroline handles healthcare / insurance as an early (pre-Medicare) retiree, her passive rental real estate portfolio breakdown and how she manages her rentals remotely

Check it out here:

https://hackyourwealth.com/retire-early-with-spouse-working

Have you ever been at odds with your spouse about early retirement? What were their main concerns? Were you able to change their mind – how? Let me know by leaving a comment.

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