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Jim (Route to Retire) Featured on House Hunters International

September 1, 2020 at 12:53 pm EDT by Joshua Holt

“A young family aggressively saves and looks to make a new start in Boquete, Panama. She prefers a larger house with three bedrooms, but he’s more budget-minded and wants something smaller that’s closer to town,” House Hunters International, Season 157, Episode 3.

“For all my friends in the personal finance community, you’ll be happy to know that they were excited about our money story. They liked our backstory about reaching financial independence and retiring early. Will that be a part of the episode? Guess we’ll find out!” writes Route to Retire.

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Joshua spent more than a decade as a corporate lawyer in New York City representing sovereign nations and private equity clients in mergers & acquisitions.

He earned degrees from the University of Arkansas and Boston College, while also spending a year at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. He lives in Austin with his wife and son.

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