Chris and Debbie Emick have two daughters—AND are well on their way to financial independence through a combination of local and long distance real estate investing coupled with frugality and conscious spending.

Chris and Debbie are everyday Joes living the dream in small-town Colorado. Debbie home schools their two daughters and manages their rental property business from home, after her 14-year career in teaching. Chris is a passionate leader to his team of network engineers by day and organic gardener/personal finance extraordinaire by night. Their home base is rural Southeastern CO, where they can go for dirt-road runs and trafficless drives while still being able to make quick mountain trips for hiking, backpacking, and skiing.

This is the first in a periodic series of interviews with families who are on the path to financial freedom.

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In This Episode We Cover:

• Chris and Debbie’s personal finance journey
• Debbie’s autoimmune disease diagnosis
• Lifestyle changes and adjustments they made to achieve their objectives
• Using the YNAB app to budget their money
• How they track all their spending
• How their budget works
• Why they invest their money in real estate
• The very first property they purchased
• Properties they have purchased since
• The cash flow they produce from their portfolio
• Household and quality of life improvements
• Their goals for the next few years
• What the cash flow quadrant is
• And SO much more!

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