In 2015 we started with Cheesy Finance, a year or two after we started our FIRE journey. We primarily did stuff online at the time. In 2016 we (a collective effort between us and Amber Tree Leaves) setup the (for us) first of quite a few meetups. With as a culmination a FIRE weekend in a castle in Landgraaf, Limburg, the Netherlands. I just discovered we already did 12 meetups (and one Castle event), with the upcoming one this weekend as nr 13. We hope to see you there of course! Having said that, we definitely do not have the […]
Fun , Real Estate
Should you buy a Castle?
Me and Mrs CF just spent a night in a large manor close to Haarlem. It was a surprise “date night” by Mrs CF. She really knows how to make my heart go a bit faster 😁. I love castles! We did a FIRE meetup once in one. But we could never make one work financially for ourselves. We could probably buy one, but it would likely bankrupt us in the long run. So here is a post I wrote a few years back if you should buy a castle (note that some of the numbers and linke might not […]