Well FImily it\u2019s that time of the year for the next installment of the FIRE Community Interview Series!<\/p>\n

For anyone new here, this interview series will cover people within the FIRE community who are on their way to becoming financial independent, have already reached financial independence, or who have retired early. If you are reading this and you are financially independent, retired early, or close to reaching these major financial milestones,\u00a0please reach out to the Modern Fimily!<\/a>\u00a0You can\u00a0check out the previous FIRE Community Guest Interviews here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I am so excited to have Chad from @gotchadfi on to tackle our interview questions this week. Chad was one of the first FI friends I had actually met in person when he was on one of his many cross country road trips passing through the Calgary area.\u00a0 He’s a fellow Canadian (residing in Ontario when he’s not out on an adventure) and we met at a coffee shop and chatted until they kicked us out as we stayed until they closed (seriously).\u00a0 Chad did another cross country road trip, this time in his new Sprinter van with his pup and girlfriend, and we had them come over to our house for a few hours to catch up.\u00a0 If it’s not obvious, Chad has already FIRE’d and last I heard he was spending some time down in Cuba before having to come back to Canada due to COVID-19.\u00a0 And I don’t want to ruin the most intriguing part about his story as he will chat about it below (oops I suppose I blew it in the title of this post…).\u00a0 Chad really is a gem with an incredible mindset and I’m so happy we’ve connected and created a great friendship.<\/p>\n

Update: Chad was also featured in MarketWatch as part of their FIRE Starters Series.\u00a0 Check it out!<\/p>\n