FatFIRE Group was founded under a simple premise:
We have been misled about the traditional retirement model.
The story goes something like this….
- Work hard.
- Get good grades.
- Go to the best possible college, often while loading up on student loans.
- Get a great job.
- Work hard.
- Save.
- Invest in your 401(k) and IRA
- Trust in the stock market.
- Wash, rinse, repeat this process for 40-50 years.
- Retire at 70 years old and live off of your savings.
- Enjoy 10-20 years of retirement in your “golden years”.
This is “the plan” that millions of us have bought into. Many of us have blindly signed on to this strategy without even thinking — it’s just “the thing you do”. What “expert” financial planners and stock brokers don’t tell you is the potential pitfalls along the way:
- Layoffs
- Corporate politics
- Massive swings in the stock market — often to devastating effect
- Diminished lifestyle at retirement — living on a budget that is 70% of pre-retirement levels….or worse!
- Lack of control
At FatFIRE Group, not only do we think there is another path to retirement, we think our plan is better in virtually every way.
There is a BETTER way
We help our clients build custom and comprehensive financial independence plans that work. We help our clients build a vision for early retirement in the terms that matter the most to them. It’s a simple process:
- Define your why – Without a clear reason driving your investment decisions, it’s an endless rat race. Understanding what is important to you and your family and then using this to guide your investment decisions is critical
- Risk tolerance – What is right for one client is not always right for another. Determining risk tolerance and appetite for change is equally important
- Financial freedom number – When your passive income exceeds your expenses, you are financially free. It’s a super-simple concept, but once we determine needs / wants / goals – we can very quickly define your freedom number
- Plan – Once we know your personal goals, risk tolerance and financial overhead — the plan is next. Setting quarterly and annual goals to achieve financial freedom as quickly as possible
- Execute! – Put your plan into motion. Markets change. Lives change. Priorities change. Our financial freedom plans are designed to be refined and adjusted for optimal outcome.
About our founder
Jean D’Amico has spent nearly 20 years in the digital media industry. He has developed marketing programs with some of the biggest brands in the world like Coca-Cola, AT&T, Hilton, and Walmart. While advancing his successful sales and consulting career, Jean became disenfranchised with corporate life. He started to consume vast amounts of financial literacy advice, reading dozens of books about investing and retirement. At the same time, he began investing in residential real estate.
Over a dozen years, Jean grew his portfolio and achieved financial independence. While chatting with friends and colleagues, he realized that most of his peers were similarly displeased with their paths up the corporate ladder and were looking for more. He began to consult on a freelance basis and realized there was tremendous demand for a company that could help bridge the theoretical with reality — hands-on, real-life help in rethinking passive income and escaping the rat race. FatFIRE Group was born with the goal of creating hundreds of financially independent clients living their best life.
