Sea ya!
A restless couple who said they were “sick of asking permission to go on vacation” ditched the 9-to-5 grind and at the moment are able to drop a whopping $70,000 on the journey of a lifetime.
Tiffany Baker, 38, and husband Mark, 40, said goodbye to the finance game in April 2019 and decided it was time to “live life their way,” moving into real estate investment and dealing as their very own bosses.
Now, after saving up enough money, they’re able to pull their three daughters — Giuletta, nine, Penelope, seven and Delia, six — out of faculty and take their act on the road. Or of their case, the high seas.
Later this yr, the family of 5 will leave their home in Terre Haute, Indiana, and embark on a five-month world cruise that can take them to 50 ports in 21 countries, including Singapore, Australia, Africa and Europe.
The women can be homeschooled, while the couple runs their business remotely — nothing latest for the well-traveled family, the parents said.
The journey will start in December, with a flight to Prague, after which on to Marseille, France, where they’ll board the ship.
The Bakers can be traveling in style — they’e booked two bedrooms for the family, and so they’ve given themselves a $10,000 spending allowance for the few things that aren’t included of their fare.
“This world cruise was one in all our goals that we thought ‘one in all as of late we’ll take our children on a cruise,” Mark told South West News Service.
“Tiffany planted the seed while we were on a drive back from our vacation in Latest Orleans, Louisiana, and he or she ‘why don’t we do the cruise now?’ We looked into it and it has worked out,” he said.
The couple’s journey to independence began after they quit their six-figure jobs with the intention to find a greater “work-life balance,” Tiffany said.
“It didn’t sit well with us that we needed to ask permission for a day without work. After we quit our jobs it was more to design our lives and live them unapologetically,” she said.
After leaving the company world, the couple began to flip houses for a living. They now own 35 properties that they rent out, from single family homes to industrial developments.
“Now we have probably flipped 50 houses during the last five years,” Mark said. “Flipping those houses has allowed us to start out renting out properties.”
Mark estimates that they earn about $20,000 per 30 days from their rentals — enough to fund the family’s latest adventure. Previously, they spent 4 years living in Europe, and have been to Bali, a spot they’re very much looking forward to returning to on the cruise.
Also they are enthusiastic about a visit to Brazil, in addition to a circle tour of Australia.
The women, already world travelers, are apparently “super excited” for the cruise — even when Tiffany is a little bit nervous about homeschooling them.
“They were all born in several countries – Italy, USA and Japan,” she said. “Our nine-year-old is on her fifth passport.”
“For me I’m looking forward to see if it really works, to see if I can home school our daughters from anywhere on the planet,” she admitted.
“It’s about taking the possibility to see whether we will do it and make it work,” Mark agreed.
“The worst scenario is that doesn’t work — normal school can be waiting for them.”
Sea ya!
A restless couple who said they were “sick of asking permission to go on vacation” ditched the 9-to-5 grind and at the moment are able to drop a whopping $70,000 on the journey of a lifetime.
Tiffany Baker, 38, and husband Mark, 40, said goodbye to the finance game in April 2019 and decided it was time to “live life their way,” moving into real estate investment and dealing as their very own bosses.
Now, after saving up enough money, they’re able to pull their three daughters — Giuletta, nine, Penelope, seven and Delia, six — out of faculty and take their act on the road. Or of their case, the high seas.
Later this yr, the family of 5 will leave their home in Terre Haute, Indiana, and embark on a five-month world cruise that can take them to 50 ports in 21 countries, including Singapore, Australia, Africa and Europe.
The women can be homeschooled, while the couple runs their business remotely — nothing latest for the well-traveled family, the parents said.
The journey will start in December, with a flight to Prague, after which on to Marseille, France, where they’ll board the ship.
The Bakers can be traveling in style — they’e booked two bedrooms for the family, and so they’ve given themselves a $10,000 spending allowance for the few things that aren’t included of their fare.
“This world cruise was one in all our goals that we thought ‘one in all as of late we’ll take our children on a cruise,” Mark told South West News Service.
“Tiffany planted the seed while we were on a drive back from our vacation in Latest Orleans, Louisiana, and he or she ‘why don’t we do the cruise now?’ We looked into it and it has worked out,” he said.
The couple’s journey to independence began after they quit their six-figure jobs with the intention to find a greater “work-life balance,” Tiffany said.
“It didn’t sit well with us that we needed to ask permission for a day without work. After we quit our jobs it was more to design our lives and live them unapologetically,” she said.
After leaving the company world, the couple began to flip houses for a living. They now own 35 properties that they rent out, from single family homes to industrial developments.
“Now we have probably flipped 50 houses during the last five years,” Mark said. “Flipping those houses has allowed us to start out renting out properties.”
Mark estimates that they earn about $20,000 per 30 days from their rentals — enough to fund the family’s latest adventure. Previously, they spent 4 years living in Europe, and have been to Bali, a spot they’re very much looking forward to returning to on the cruise.
Also they are enthusiastic about a visit to Brazil, in addition to a circle tour of Australia.
The women, already world travelers, are apparently “super excited” for the cruise — even when Tiffany is a little bit nervous about homeschooling them.
“They were all born in several countries – Italy, USA and Japan,” she said. “Our nine-year-old is on her fifth passport.”
“For me I’m looking forward to see if it really works, to see if I can home school our daughters from anywhere on the planet,” she admitted.
“It’s about taking the possibility to see whether we will do it and make it work,” Mark agreed.
“The worst scenario is that doesn’t work — normal school can be waiting for them.”
