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March 17, 2019

64: Scholarships and Other Ways to Pay for College with Zach Gautier

Zach Gautier oversees academic and college counseling at a Denver-area high school. He reached out to us, and proposed a show to share creative ways to fund college tuition—and blew us away with the depth of his knowledge! Th...

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March 10, 2019

63: Financial Freedom With 5 Kids IS Possible with Jordan Klint

One of the most common misconceptions of financial independence is that you can’t do it with kids. But Jordan Klint doesn’t listen to what other people say. He became financially independent with kids—and not just one or two ...

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March 3, 2019

62: Taking Advantage of ALL Opportunities Life Throws at You with Ann…

Anna Li moved to America from Uzbekistan when she was 22. On today’s episode, she shares the opportunities she’s been presented with—and taken advantage of—from an opportunity to learn at the first non-government university i...

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Feb. 24, 2019

61: The Repeatable Path to Financial Independence with Reshawn & Rob …

Reshawn and Rob got married nine years ago, joining their lives, families and bank accounts. Premarital counseling revealed two different views on money—and they knew if they wanted to stay married, they needed to get themsel...

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Feb. 17, 2019

60: Rejecting a Scarcity Mindset and Going All-In on Apartment Invest…

Gino Barbaro was a chef, working hard every day. He made good money and had no debt, but never seemed to be able to save more than 10%. He started dabbling in real estate investing, and after closing his fourth deal worth $11...

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Feb. 10, 2019

59: Playing with FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) with Sco…

Scott Rieckens was raised in a Navy family. He lived on base and often shopped in the commissary. It gave him a rather skewed sense of what things actually cost. Fast-forward to adulthood. He knew he should be investing, bu...

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Feb. 3, 2019

58: Optimizing Every Channel to Achieve Financial Freedom with Grant …

Grant grew up knowing his parents didn’t have much money. He recognized their constant stress about finances throughout his childhood, and one of his first memories was his dad telling him, “Money is freedom.” Graduating from...

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Jan. 27, 2019

57: Financial Freedom, House Sitting & Travel Hacking With GoWithLess

Tim and Amy were frugal—or so they thought. They spent less than they earned, so they figured they were doing it right. Then one day, they happened upon the concept of financial independence. Turns out, they had a LOT of room...

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Jan. 20, 2019

56: Change Your Personal Finances (& Your Millennial Money Mindset) w…

Rich Jones and Marcus Garrett are the men behind Paychecks and Balances, a podcast aimed at helping Millennials figure out their finances. And they should know a little on the subject—both Rich and Marcus made some pretty epi...

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Jan. 14, 2019

Testing Your Portfolio BEFORE Retirement with Millennial Revolution

A little over halfway into BiggerPockets Money Podcast episode 55, Bryce dropped a bombshell: “We had three years of runway before we actually pulled the trigger.” What he meant is that they tested their portfolio for three y...

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Jan. 13, 2019

55: How to Quit Your Job and Travel the World with Millennial Revolut…

Kristy Shen grew up poor. Knowing her parents couldn’t help her financially, she gave up her dreams of being a writer, and went to school to make big bucks as a software developer. She even graduated on the five-year program ...

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Jan. 6, 2019

54: 6 Ways to Reduce Your Taxable Income with Eric Brotman

Preparing For Retirement By Reducing Taxable Income & Saving More. In today’s episode, we chat with Eric Brotman, CEO of BFG Financial Advisors, who discusses his top 6 ways to reduce taxable income. Eric dives deep into each...

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Dec. 30, 2018

53: 2018 Financial Freedom Lessons With Scott & Mindy

2018 Financial Freedom Lessons Today, Scott and Mindy go guest-less to recap and review the things they’ve learned over the first year of podcasting. Topping the list—and surprising no one—is tracking your spending. But we di...

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Dec. 23, 2018

52: Creating a Life Worth Living Before Retirement With Roger Whitney

Finding Financial Freedom Before Retirement Roger Whitney learned early on that your life doesn’t always cooperate with your plans. The passing of his mother - who had always worked hard and saved for ‘later’ made him realize...

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Dec. 16, 2018

51: Using Financial Freedom to Prioritize Family with Crispy Doc

Prioritizing Family with Financial Freedom Carlos Fuego is an emergency room doctor with a superpower—the ability to realize that money doesn’t buy happiness and family time is far more important than the status of being a do...

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Dec. 9, 2018

50: Rebuilding Your Financial Life After Bankruptcy with Patrice Wash…

Patrice Washington was flying high in 2006, the multi-million dollar real estate company she had started with her husband was practically printing money. But 2007/2008 came, and things went south fast. A high-risk pregnancy f...

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Dec. 2, 2018

49: Wealth Transfer—How to Financially Prepare for Inheritance Money …

Hari Mix figured out money in grad school and started saving for his future before he graduated. He became an assistant professor at Santa Clara University—and then, his mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer and his whole...

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Nov. 25, 2018

48: Breaking the Impulse Shopping Twitch to Embrace Minimalism with A…

Anthony Ongaro had a habit. Every time he had a bad day, every time life wasn’t amazing, he opened up his online shopping site, and One-Click purchased something. Anything. It didn’t matter. He didn’t need it, it didn’t matte...

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Nov. 18, 2018

47: Big Money Wins—Unique Ways to Save & Use Cash Efficiently with Ji…

Jim Wang has been sharing his views on money for more than 14 years—more than enough to earn him the title of Great Uncle of Personal Finance Blogging. And he’s learned a LOT about money in those 14 years. Today, Jim shares h...

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Nov. 11, 2018

46: Engineering Passive Income Streams to Fund the Life You Want with…

This week’s episode features Sam Dogen from Financial Samurai. After one month working for a top investment firm, Sam knew 70-hour workweeks were not the life he wanted. So Sam took action immediately. Instead of fancy cars a...

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Nov. 4, 2018

45: The Truth About Entrepreneurship with Matt Giovanisci

Matt Giovanisci is a serial entrepreneur. He decided early on that “working for the man” was not in his cards, and set out to never have to do that again, creating side hustles that generated income so he could be his own bos...

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Oct. 28, 2018

44: DIY Your Way to FI with Tinian Crawford

Tinian Crawford went to college - and took 6 years to complete his Associates Degree in Graphic Design. College just wasn’t for him - he didn’t enjoy it and didn’t get much out of it. He knew he needed a job, but wasn’t sure ...

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Oct. 21, 2018

43: Using the Power of Goal-Setting to Fundamentally Alter Your Finan…

You’ve probably heard J Scott’s real estate story (spoiler alert—he’s killing it!). But he’s never really told his money story that led up to this massive real estate success. Today, we talk to J and discover that in his 20s,...

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Oct. 14, 2018

42: How to Invest in Real Estate with Joshua Dorkin & Brandon Turner

Real estate is a hot topic right now, and who better to talk about the subject than BiggerPockets founder Joshua Dorkin and BiggerPockets Real Estate Investing Podcast Host Brandon Turner? No one, that’s who. So we went to th...

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