[Post 183] How I Retired Early With $3 Million At 36 In San Diego | Fired Up

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Jeremy Schneider, 41, lives in San Diego and achieved FIRE — financial independence, retire early — at 36. In 2015, he sold his Internet company RentLinx for just over $5 million. In 2017, he retired from corporate work with about $3 million. Schneider traveled and played video games in that first year of early retirement. Then in 2019, he started Personal Finance Club, which teaches people learn to save and invest money. Since launching, the company has made nearly $1 million in sales. 

[Post 182] The Japanese man who gets paid to 'do nothing' – BBC REEL

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Shoji Morimoto provides a very unusual rental service to his clients in Tokyo, hiring himself out in order to, quite literally, do nothing.By the way,this was adapted to a Japanese Drama last year

[Post 181] Tech Companies Are Cutting Jobs. Should You Be Worried? | Money Mind

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Tech companies around the world are slashing jobs as fears of recession grow. Is boom turning to gloom, and what does it mean for the rest of the economy? 

[Post 180] Living On $32K A Year In Cincinnati, OHIO | Millennial Money

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Aspeyn Langhals, 22, lives in Cincinnati, Ohio and earns about $32,000 a year as a veterinary physical rehabilitation assistant. Langhals helps dogs and cats rebuild strength and minimize stress on their joints due to age or surgeries. She's balancing her job while training to become a certified canine rehabilitation nurse. 

This is an installment of CNBC Make It's Millennial Money series, which profiles people across the globe and details how they earn, spend and save their money.

[Post 179] How To Retire With $2 Million On A $50K Salary | CNBC

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Saving $2 million for retirement on an annual salary of $50,000 might seem out of reach, but it’s certainly possible. CNBC’s Emily Lorsch breaks it all down.

[Post 178] She quit her job at 30 to be a lor mee hawker - and fulfil her mum's dream | CNA

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At the age of 30, Jaycee Du quit her public service job, took a 70 per cent pay cut and joined her brothers in the family’s lor mee hawker business, all in a bid to fulfil their mum's dream of expanding her stall. 

[Post 177] The Great Fall Of China's Housing Market: Who Will Pay The Price? | Insight | China Mortgage Boycott

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In July, thousands of Chinese homebuyers threatened to boycott mortgage payments. Since the Evergrande Crisis, other cash-strapped developers have halted construction, leaving millions in limbo.

Over speculation left Chinese property market in jeopardy. Meanwhile, desperate homebuyers have moved into their unfinished apartments, making do without electricity and water. With echoes of the 2008 US subprime mortgage financial crisis, people around the world are closely watching how this crisis in China will unfold.

What is behind China's mortgage crisis?