The NZ couple who became semi-retired in five years

<p><strong>Each week BusinessDesk and the NZ Herald’s Cooking the Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it’s the couple who used shares and property investing to create the financial freedom to go travelling with their kids. Hosted by Frances Cook.</strong></p> <p>Living entirely off investments might seem like a dream for rich people, but what about the idea of changing your money so that you have some investments supporting you, and then you just work a little bit?<br>That’s exactly what today’s guest did, after they decided life was short, and they wanted to travel and have lots of time for their kids.<br>She and her husband both work part-time now, thanks to a healthy combination of property investing, shares investing, and starting their own business.<br>But where they started from was minimum wage jobs.<br>For the latest podcast I talked to Emma Healey.<br>If you have a question about this podcast, or a question you'd like answered in the next one, come and talk to me about it. I'm on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FrancesCookNZ/">Facebook here</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/francescooknz/">Instagram here</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/FrancesCook">Twitter here</a>.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>