Meghan Hunter - Living a Work Optional Life

Ever wondered how to travel without breaking the bank? In this week's episode Meghan Hunter talks about how she does it!  Meghan is passionate about travel and credit card rewards, real estate investing, and financial independence. Her life adventures have included circumnavigating Cuba by bike, diving with hammerheads in the Galapagos, and winning tickets to London off of Facebook (yes, really!) where she was able to attend a match at Center Court in Wimbledon. Many, many of these trips were made possible by finding great deals and using credit card rewards. Her deal-finding abilities have also served her well in her real estate and investing endeavors. She's house hacked, done a live-in flip, built a home for herself, and even developed a small subdivision. Her current portfolio consists of both long-term and short-term rentals in three different markets. When she's not writing or editing pieces about personal finance and travel rewards, you can find her planning her next trip, looking for her next investment, or reviewing her retirement goals. She's just recently become work optional and decided to move with her daughter to Portugal to experience the European way of life. HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE EPISODE 00:00 – Coming up 00:11 – Intro  00:52 – Welcome Meghan to the show  01:06 – She talks about her background  02:06 – How she got started with credit card travel hacking  10:40 – Paying off credit cards 12:35 – Her journey into the real estate space  18:18 – How does managing properties out of the country works 25:04 – Current projects she is working on  35:40 – What she would tell to someone younger on how to start investing  40:14 – Closing thoughts  LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Travel Freely: https://travelfreely.net/?bref=usw&gc... Meghan's Blog: http://wowoman.co/ Mr. Money Mustache: https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/ CONNECT WITH THE GUEST You can find her talking about all things personal finance and ex-pat life on IG and TikTok @workoptionalwoman and on her blog wowoman.co. Through these platforms, she works to inspire other women to reach financial independence. CONNECT WITH THE HOST Derek is a real estate investor with over 30 years in the hospitality industry. He and his wife own both long term and short term rentals and offer management and consulting services to other short term rental property owners.  Please reach out to connect with Derek at https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekfelch or email him at [email protected]. Follow us on social media @the.gentle.art.of.crushing.it Listen, like, subscribe, comment: http://thegentleartofcrushingit.com/