A Couple That Retired in Their 30s Share Their Investment Strategy
When Business Insider spoke with Ali and Josh Lupo in 2021, the couple was chipping away at their six-figure student loan debt by house hacking and living frugally. Their plan was to quit their day jobs by the time they were 40.
They hit their goal a lot sooner than expected.
In 2025, Josh, 35, and Ali, 34, are debt-free, have scaled to 14 cash-flowing rental units, and consider themselves financially independent. They both left their 9-to-5 jobs and now spend their days raising their two-year-old daughter and growing their financial independence coaching business, The FI Couple.
“I thought it would have been a seven-to 10-year journey to get here, but it’s been about a four-year sprint,” Josh told Business…
