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How I Reached Financial Independence in 10 Years | FI Minded with Justin Peters | 112

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How I Reached Financial Independence in 10 Years | FI Minded with Justin Peters | 112 Chris Luger of Heavy Metal Money joins Justin Peters on Fi Minded to talk about reaching financial independence in roughly 10 years, starting from a rough spot most people don't talk about publicly: a divorce that left him having to learn personal finance from scratch in his mid-thirties. In this episode: • Why Chris's net worth was around $200K after his divorce settlement, and how it grew to about $3.2 m...

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