A couple used 3 strategies to save 70% of their income to retire early
They increased their savings rate slowly "We didn't start saving 70% of our income overnight," Amon said on the podcast. Like most American families, they had expenses like car payments, a mortgage, and bills that kept them from saving a huge chunk of their income. "Before we really got intentional about our saving and investing, we were investing and saving about 10 to 15% of our income," Amon said. "But when we got intentional about it ... we realized that there were a lot of things that we can start to save on." It took them a little while to pare down their expenses and identify priorit...