Has anyone here tried to follow (even partially) the ERE lifestyle

*farts*

Budgeting is not good. Spend on things you enjoy and cut back on everything that isn't a necessity and isn't too important to you.

who /volentarilyhomeless/ here

I'm interested in FIRE. Not extremely frugal. Wasting time making my own soap to save 10 cents would be retarded.

I make 125k a year. 89k post tax. My girlfriend makes 60k pre tax. We don't spend money on much. I have a house, about 180k net worth between investments and house equity. (Just had a minor panic attack, since I'm in the middle of rolling over my 401k I was 25k short in Mint.)

I'm more about increasing income than I am about cutting expenses. That being said I drive a 15 year old car, and dress in the cheapest shit I can find. My savings rate got a little boned since I had to pay for the last semester of grad school and am doing a kitchen and bathroom remodel in order to sell the house.

Planning to move to a state with no income tax. That'll save me a little less than 10k / year. If Trump's tax plan goes through, that'll be another nice chunk of change.

My FIRE goal is about 1m and a paid off house. We'll see where I'm at when I get close to that.

I've known someone who started living this way in their 30's, they own a mom and pop store but when they go out steal bottles of hot sauce, steals knapkins, doesnt file his taxes, applies for food stamps and he had a steady income of like 40k from the store and now hes apprently buying art worth 300k at 54 years old. not to mention two properties in new york.

>>1870397
>he wasn't rich until he was in his mid 50's
borrrrrring.

>>1870389
>no state income tax
dont fall for that - in texas we dont have an income tax but i almost wish we did. they get you with property tax instead which they can raise behind closed doors without a vote and doi it often. texas has one of the highest amount of taxes in usa because of this

>>1870397
>(((someone)))

>>1870397
>doesnt file his taxes
That's not frugal that's just being a thief

>>1870418
oh and he turns around and says trump is a monster and he should show his taxes. also voted for hillary it was top fucking KEK.