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June 28, 2020

131: Investing Made Simple with Kevin Matthews II

Kevin Matthews II started paying attention to finance way back in 6th grade - because his parents said they wouldn’t buy him any more video games, he’d have to buy them himself. Kevin’s parents telling him no propelled him in...

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June 21, 2020

130: Refusing to Retire at 65: How a Couple in their 40s Managed to H…

Susan and Norm got married a little later in life. They started off basically flat, with debts equalling assets. Neither wanted to have the debt, and focused on paying it off and building an emergency fund. Then they discover...

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June 14, 2020

129: How to Teach Your Children About Money with The Budgetnista Tiff…

Today, we welcome back the Budgetnista, Tiffany Aliche . When we spoke to her way back in episode 8, we heard her story of an investment gone wrong and how 2008 really threw a monkey wrench into her life plans. But instead of...

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June 7, 2020

128: Pay Off Debt Fast With These Smart Money Moves From Whitney Hans…

Whitney Hanson is one of six children. Growing up she watched her father start a business, watched it fail, and watched him turn destructive, eventually leaving her mother to raise six kids on her own - all while making $7.25...

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May 31, 2020

127: Planning for the Unexpected: Being Financially Ready to Take Adv…

Ramit Sethi from I Will Teach You To Be Rich is back again to chat with Scott & Mindy about money, unexpected events, and taking advantage of opportunities by being prepared. Ramit does not hold back with his advice that the ...

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May 24, 2020

126: 16 Money Skills They Didn't Teach You In High School with Scott …

Financial Education is so important - but so many people are graduating high school without the basic skills to make informed decisions. Today, Scott & Mindy sit down to share some of the big money moves you should make - as ...

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May 17, 2020

125: Ready to Retire: The Ultimate Pre-Retirement Checklist with The …

In today’s episode, we speak with Fritz Gilbert from The Retirement Manifesto and go through his checklist to ensure a smooth transition into your new life. Fritz speaks from experience and wrote the checklist during his own ...

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May 10, 2020

124: Starting from $0 at Age 35 as a Teacher and Becoming "The Millio…

Gerry Born is a teacher who is married to a teacher. He started his financial independence journey when he was 33—with a wife, $45,000 in college debt, and a job in Saudi Arabia teaching English as a second language (ESL). He...

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May 3, 2020

123: Carefully Crafting Financial Independence Through Passive Income…

Joining us today is Avery Heilbron , a listener on his way to financial independence through real estate investing. But Avery isn’t going all out and buying up every property as fast as he can. He’s making calculated purchase...

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April 26, 2020

122: Getting Back to Financial Independence Basics - Using Lockdown t…

Scott and Mindy have focused on Coronavirus for the last few episodes - talking to experts about how the virus has affected the stock market, the 4% rule, and even early retirees. They’ve interviewed Financial Planners to get...

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April 19, 2020

121: Should I Refinance Or Wait For Better Rates? How Coronavirus Is …

In this episode, Mortgage Broker Seth Jones talks about the current mortgage market. We discuss mortgage forbearance - how it affects your credit and why it's NOT a good idea to go into forbearance if you can still make your ...

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April 12, 2020

120: Are FIRE Naysayers Bad at Math? Yes. with Michael Kitces

Michael Kitces joins us today to talk about Early Retirement - and how the recent stock market movement affects the FIRE Community and the 4% rule. We spend a lot of time on the 4% rule - including this graph which illustrate...

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April 5, 2020

119: Coronavirus: Is it Time To Give Up On Financial Independence?

In this week’s episode, Scott & Mindy bring back four previous guests (and introduce a brand new–and future–guest) to talk about retirement, the stock market, and how this current environment is affecting their spending, savi...

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April 1, 2020

CARES Act: Everything You NEED to Know About the Coronavirus Stimulus…

This Bonus Episode of the BiggerPockets Money Podcast is to help keep you informed of the Stimulus act that Congress is putting into place to help Americans with the Coronavirus and unprecedented shutdown of most of the econo...

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March 29, 2020

118: Retirement Planning During (and After) The Coronavirus with Kyle…

Kyle Mast is a Certified Financial Planner, back for his third episode to answer YOUR questions about our current market conditions. We ask him the questions YOU had on your mind, including rebalancing your portfolio, staying...

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March 22, 2020

117: Coronavirus Q&A with Scott & Mindy

Today, Scott and Mindy discuss the biggest news story of the century: Coronavirus or COVID-19. This episode covers a wide range of topics both money and real estate -- with a guest spot from Brandon Turner, who answers the number one question on every real estate investor’s mind: What do I do if my…

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March 15, 2020

116: Long-Term Investing: Coronavirus Changes Nothing with JL Collins

The stock market is up, then down, then down, then up. What is an investor to do? Today we bring JLCollins from JLCollinsNH.com back to the show to calm our fears and help us understand what is happening with the stock market...

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March 8, 2020

115: Growing an Empire From Nothing with Felipe Mejia

Felipe Mejia’s relationship with money started at an early age - when his parents divorced and his world turned upside down. His mother introduced him to the power of real estate by fixing up the basement and renting it out t...

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March 1, 2020

114: Paying Off Debt Through Conscious Spending and Real Estate Inves…

Ashley Kehr married a dairy farmer. With a dairy farm comes farm equipment. And with farm equipment comes farm equipment loans—to the tune of around $169,000. Three years ago, she read Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, and...

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Feb. 23, 2020

113: Single Hourly Employee with No College Degree and STILL FI by 40…

This week we sit down with Bianca DiValerio , a flight attendant who makes an hourly wage, has no college degree, experienced THREE short sales during the economic downturn, and yet is STILL financially independent—all before...

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Feb. 16, 2020

112: Choosing the Right Tax Professional for YOUR Specific Needs with…

Natalie Kolodij is a tax strategist. (You’ve probably seen her in the forums!) With April 15 looming around the corner, we’re going to chat about ways to choose the RIGHT tax professional who can best serve YOUR specific need...

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Feb. 9, 2020

111: Starting Late? Early Retirement Is STILL Possible with A Purple …

On episode 110, we interviewed A Purple Life. As she was sharing her story of financial independence, she casually mentioned that her mother didn’t start investing until later in life, and STILL managed to retire at age 55! S...

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Feb. 2, 2020

110: Systematically Increasing Income and Intentionally Decreasing Sp…

Purple graduated from college and got a job in New York City making $35,000 a year. And spending $35,000 a year. Her net worth was a whopping $5,000. Her partner shared the concept of financial independence with her, but she ...

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Jan. 26, 2020

109: Attacking Debt and Tenaciously Pursuing Financial Freedom with A…

This week, we sit down and talk with Airman Mildollar, from Military Dollar. (Spoiler Alert: Despite the name, Airman Mildollar is a woman!) Airman Mildollar shares her story of college debt, car loans and rapid payoff to start building her wealth to become financially free, despite not being marri…

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