Stephanie LeBlanc

And so we had to make the decision because we really wanted to make Portugal work.

So we really cut expenses and we lived off of Michael's salary and we used my salary to save and invest and buy these rental properties.

And that's what allowed us to be able to make the move.

When my son entered public school in Los Angeles within two years, he had two active shooter lockdowns.

And at that time, we were thinking, do we pull him out?

Do we homeschool him?

I mean, this is not a realistic option for us because, meanwhile, we're both working 40, 50 hours a week, barely seeing our kids, dropping them off to school because we think this is, you know, the safest place for them, but not having that type of certainty.

Now there's so much built-in time to be with the family.

Everything just feels a lot more relaxed.

We get to spend a lot of time with the kids before school in the morning, pick them up at four in the afternoon and actually go to the park and enjoy them as a family while the kids are still young.

Our expenses have been cut in half.

Half.

Nearly cut in half, I would say.

Yeah.

Healthcare was a big piece of it.

For us, we don't have cars.

We had two cars in L.A.

We just walk here and take the metro.

Housing is less expensive for us here.

Groceries are certainly less expensive.