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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
Ask Paula - How Can I Get My Friends Interested in FIRE?
#161: Matt is interested in achieving financial independence, and he wants to encourage his friends to pursue the same goal. What podcast episodes pr…
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11/12/2018
The Paradox of FI -- with Jonathan Mendonsa and Brad Barrett of Choose FI
#160: When Jonathan Mendonsa was 18, he researched which college degrees lead to the highest income. Pharmacy was near the top of the list of high-p…
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11/05/2018
Ask Paula - I Have Three Kids and I'm Hoping for Financial Independence
#159: Should a 36-year-old father of three invest primarily in Traditional or Roth retirement accounts? Should Rose, a grandmother of four, open a Va…
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11/02/2018
What I Love About the FIRE Movement - with Clark Howard
#158: Clark Howard loves the FIRE movement. That's because he's one of us. Clark began investing in real estate at age 22, started a travel agency at…
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10/29/2018
Ask Paula - Can You Force a Rental Property to Cash Flow?
#157: We're back with another Ask Paula - Real Estate Edition of the show! In this episode, we cover down payments, cash flow, investing in condo ho…
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10/22/2018
How to Build Incredible Habits - with James Clear
#156: James Clear wanted to start flossing, but he never managed to follow through. Despite his best intentions, his dental floss sat unused in a bat…
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10/15/2018
Ask Paula - How Can I Send My 4 Children to College?
#155: How can a schoolteacher dad and stay-at-home mom send their four kids to college? Where should a 23-year-old keep the savings that she’s accumu…
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10/08/2018
Suze Orman Says $2 Million is Nothing; You Need $10 Million to Retire Early. Internet Explodes
#154: Want to retire early? You'll need at least $5 million, more likely $10 million, says famous financial personality Suze Orman. I should know. S…
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10/05/2018