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Mountain woman Holly Johnson joins us to talk about solo adventuring, backpacking, hiking incredible mountains, and building her unique side hustle as an outdoors social media influencer. If you love being outdoors and you're looking for a side hustle or just some free camping gear, today's episode is for you. Holly built up her brand as an outdoor social media influencer and now earns free gear and cash from sponsors. She has nearly 300k followers on her Instagram, @missholldoll, where she shares stunning photography from her adventures. Holly gives us some pointers on how to grow a social media presence and start an online business, including how she secures deals with sponsors and how she keeps her Instagram on brand. We also have a great discussion about the importance of not waiting for anyone else to pursue your dreams and the extra scrutiny women face in the outdoors social media scene. In this episode you will learn: Tips for solo adventuring and solo backpacking Why you shouldn't wait for anyone else to go on an adventure What exactly is an outdoors social media influencer How to get free gear and money from sponsors How to transform a passion for being outside into a business How to grow your Instagram account and stay on brand The challenges women face with extra scrutiny in social media Show Notes Instagram @missholldoll Is Your Adventure More Real Than Mine?   Continue the discussion of this episode in our private Facebook group for Fire Drill Podcast Community members: Request to join the Facebook group HERE  

Our guest today is a hardcore Mustachian. She has perfected the art of house hacking high cost of living areas with her deep dive into master tenancy law and manufactured homes. She bikes to work, has a flip phone, and will be early retired in no time. Mr Money Mustache lovers will rally around her frugal lifestyle and appreciate her general badassity and commitment to the MMM lifestyle. What you'll learn in this episode: What is a Master Tenancy agreement and how you can use it to save on rent What her responsibilities were as Master Tenant How to look for and purchase a manufactured home The caveats of purchasing a manufactured home What it's actually like living in a trailer Show Notes: Mr. Money Mustache Master Tenancy   We'll be talking about the episode further in our private Facebook Group: Fire Drill Podcast community  

Do you know the fuel dumping strategy to score cheap flights?  Have you ever tried couch surfing? Diana and Hope are the sister duo behind the MVMT travel blog and they'll take us through these travel hacks and more in today's episode. Diana is a former attorney who quit her job to pursue a life of travel and entrepreneurship. Hope is a college student who has done her fair share of international travel and budget travel. In this episode you'll learn: Why Diana quit her job as an attorney to follow her passions How she prepared financially to quit her job How she makes money to sustain her travels How Hope travels cheaply as a college student What fuel dumping is and how you can use it to score cheap flights What couch surfing is really like and Hope's best couchsurfing experiences Why Hope is finishing her college degree even though she wants to be an entrepreneur Show Notes: How You Can Travel 120 Days Each Year With a Full-Time Job Iceland Air Stopover NYC Weekend Trip for $20 Couch Surfing Skyscanner Student Universe Fuel Dumping ITA Software Finding Cheap Flights Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts **so good Make Extra Income  Discuss this episode further in our Private Facebook Group for the Fire Drill Podcast community! Request an invite to the group HERE

Jay from FI Fighter retired last year at the age of 31. He has since traveled to Hong Kong and continued to actively manage his investment portfolio. He stands out a bit in the early retirement community since he achieved financial independence by both active investing and real estate investing in low and high cost of living areas. In this episode, you will learn: Strategies for active investing including Jay's experience with mining stocks What life is really like after achieving financial independence Real estate investing in both low cost of living and high cost of living areas Is now a good time to buy real estate?   Show Notes: My Most Important Post Ever Contact Info: Website: FiFighter.com Twitter handle: FI_Fighter   Continue the discussion in our Private Facebook Group. Request an invite and we'll invite you to join us.

In this episode, we talk with Guy On FIRE about how he amassed a real estate empire in his twenties. He has three rental properties and over 50 properties under management. He also is an expert side hustler and used his side hustles to acquire down payments for his properties. In this episode you will learn: How to acquire a property for house hacking How to get started in the property management business Ideas for side hustles to help you save up for a down payment How to manage and acquire multiple rental properties   Show Notes: FreeCycle BiggerPockets Meetup.com  203K FHA loan House Hacking: Getting Paid to Live Real Estate Corner Contact: Website: GuyOnFire Twitter: GuyOn_Fire Email: guyonfire.us@gmail.com   Continue the discussion in our private Facebook group. Request an invite and we'll invite you to join us.

How does earning an extra $8,000 per month sound? Our guest on today's episode is a romance novelist and publishes her books online for digital download. This side hustle is something she does on top of her full-time job and is her plan for growing her net worth from $250,000 to $1,000,000 in 5 years. In this episode you will learn: How to write and publish a romance novel including software, publishing, and pricing What topics sell in the romance novel space Resources where you can learn more about writing and publishing romance novels Show Notes: Financial Independence subreddit Erotic Authors subreddit Goodreads Vellum Scrivener DaFont Twitter handle: Money Penny Contact her at moneypenny@gmail.com!   Continue the discussion in our Private Facebook Group. Request an invite and we'll approve you to join.

We're so excited to introduce our first episode of FIRE Drill Podcast! In this episode, we feature a young couple well on their way to financial independence. They use short term Airbnb rentals, long term real estate, and investing to get to FI faster. The crazy thing is that they targeted their Airbnb rental property to Bachelor and Bachelorette parties. In this episode, you will learn: What to look for when purchasing a property for Airbnb Crazy stories from living on the site of an Airbnb rental for bachelor parties Their "never sell" strategy for real estate investing How real estate can be used to get to Financial Independence faster Be sure to check out our Private Facebook Group to continue the discussion.