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Ask Paula: How Should I Plan a Mini-Retirement?
#181: Imagine that you’re going to take a 6-month to 9-month mini-retirement. How should you plan? What should you do? Sure, you’ll need to have enou…
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03/04/2019
The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business, with Elaine Pofeldt
#180: Nearly two decades ago, Stacy Berman, a personal trainer, launched a fitness bootcamp in New York City. She called it Stacy’s Bootcamp. She in…
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03/01/2019
Ask Paula: We Want to Start Househacking in a Duplex. Should We?
#179: Should a couple in New Orleans sell their single-family home and use the sale proceeds to househack into a duplex? What do you think about tur…
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02/25/2019
How to Make Work Optional, with Tanja Hester
#178: Tanja Hester retired at age 38. She had a negative net worth until her late 20's, thanks to a combination of student loans, buying expensive c…
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02/18/2019
Ask Paula: Should I Buy a House or Catch Up on Retirement Savings?
#177: Imagine that your job is extremely well-paying, but you don’t enjoy it. You’d like to switch employers, even though this will probably require…
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02/11/2019
Digital Minimalism - with Dr. Cal Newport
#176: Cal Newport created a philosophy called digital minimalism, which is idea of reducing your digital life down to only the most important core es…
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02/04/2019
Three Percent is the New Four Percent - with Larry Swedroe, Retirement Planning Expert
#175: Larry Swedroe is one of the most respected investment thinkers and writers of our time. He's published 8 books on investing, including one of …
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02/01/2019
Ask Paula: I'm 48 and Retiring Next Year. Should I Buy More Rentals?
#174: Should a 48-year-old New Yorker who’s retiring next year buy more rental properties? Should a Michigan-based first-time homebuyer use an FHA lo…
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01/28/2019
When a Child of Financial Chaos Stumbles into Adulthood - with Paulette Perhach
#173: Paulette Perhach is a journalist who has been published in The New York Times, Slate, ELLE, Marie Claire, and Cosmo. But we’re not going to ta…
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01/21/2019
Ask Paula: Should I Buy a Nice Car or Save My Money?
#172: Should a 25-year-old homeowner with healthy savings and no debt (other than his mortgage) upgrade his car? Should he make this choice if his cu…
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01/14/2019
The biggest study of everyday millionaires in 25 years - with Chris Hogan
#171: Chris Hogan surveyed 10,000 millionaires in the United States. Here's what he discovered: - 89 percent of millionaires have a net worth betwee…
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01/07/2019
Ask Paula - When Should I NOT Use the One Percent Rule for a Rental Property?
#170: When should you NOT use the one percent rule for rental property investing? In today’s episode, I encourage two callers to violate the One Perc…
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01/04/2019
One Tweak a Week in 2019 -- Easy Improvements to Your Financial Life in 2019
#169: Happy New Years! To kickoff 2019, we've created a free book called One Tweak a Week, outlining 26 easy, actionable ways that you can improve yo…
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12/31/2018
How to Optimize Your Time and Energy -- with Mike Vardy, The Productivityist
#168: You can do anything, but not everything ... and definitely not everything at the same time. How can you optimize your time and energy? How do …
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12/24/2018
Ask Paula: Should I Pay Off Student Loans While in School?
#167: Angelisa is a college senior with $30,000 in student loans. She has a part-time job, from which she’s saved $2,500. Should she keep saving mone…
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12/17/2018
Everything I Learned About Money Came from My Grandmother - with Michelle Singletary of the Washing…
#166: Michelle Singletary learned everything she knows about money from her grandmother. Well, okay, I shouldn't say "everything" that she knows. Aft…
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12/10/2018
Ask Paula - Should I Invest in Index Funds or Rental Properties?
#165: Should Kim, an entrepreneur, invest in index funds or rental properties? Should Nick, an MBA student, househack into a more-expensive home wit…
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12/07/2018
How and Why I Took a Mini-Retirement, with Bob Lotich
#164: As an entrepreneur, Bob Lotich loves growing and expanding. But after a particularly stressful year, he realized he had burned out. He woke up…
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12/03/2018
Ask Paula - The Future of Index Fund Investing
#163: Does my employer match count against my 401k contribution limits? Should I invest in a Traditional or Roth TSP? Should I invest more aggressi…
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11/26/2018
AI and The Future of Jobs - with author Darrell West
#162: How will artificial intelligence, AI, impact jobs? Former Harvard president and leading economist Larry Summers predicts that one-third of men …
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11/19/2018