How can long-term travel and financial independence reshape your life—and open up new possibilities for your family or personal goals?

Maxwell Lee is a real estate investor, expat, and father who has built a lifestyle of financial independence and global adventure. In this episode, he shares his journey from traditional life in the U.S. to becoming financially independent, raising his children abroad, and embracing world schooling as a family. With his unique perspective, Maxwell explores how combining FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) principles with travel can lead to a fulfilling, unconventional life.

Maxwell breaks down the essentials of worldschooling, explaining how to incorporate travel into education and why it’s about more than just learning—it’s about creating meaningful experiences and fostering adaptability in children.

On the FIRE side, Maxwell shares his real estate strategies and explains how achieving financial independence gave him the freedom to prioritize his passions, family, and exploration. You'll learn how to make small, actionable changes to align your finances and lifestyle with your goals—whether that’s traveling long-term, raising a family abroad, or designing a life filled with purpose and adventure.

Even if you don’t have kids, this episode is packed with lessons about creativity, flexibility, and building a life that reflects what matters most to you.

What’s your biggest challenge when it comes to balancing travel, family, and personal goals? I'd love to hear about it, and I hope you’ll share by sending me an audio message.

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Tune In To Learn:

• The differences between unschooling, worldschooling, and homeschooling
• Tips for parents hesitant about a nomadic lifestyle with kids
• Affordable and turnkey worldschooling solutions, including insights into hubs like Kuala Lumpur and organizations like Boundless Life
• How living and traveling abroad as a family impacted their personal growth and family relationships
• Advice for saving money without feeling like you’re sacrificing
• How Maxwell leveraged real estate for financial independence and adapted geo-arbitrage to live a fulfilling expat life
• Insight into overcoming fears and taking the first step into an unconventional lifestyle
• Maxwell’s top hidden gem travel recs and why Tapai is severely underrated
• And so much more

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• Listen to Maxwell’s music 
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• Maxwell's worldschooling resources

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