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Ask Paula - How to Convince a Spouse to Invest in Low-fee Index Funds?
#112: How can I convince my spouse to invest in low-fee index funds? How should my fiancé and I combine our finances? If I'd like to invest in rental…
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01/15/2018
How We Retired at Age 38 and 41 -- with Tanja Hester & Mark Bunge
#111: Tanja Hester and Mark Bunge used to have demanding but fulfilling careers as political and social cause consultants. While they loved the miss…
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01/08/2018
Ask Paula -- Get Ready for the Next Recession
#110: Happy New Years! We're kicking off this year on a bright and cheerful note -- with a conversation about the impending recession! Yay! The U.S.…
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01/01/2018
How to Create a Complaint-Free World -- with Will Bowen
#109: Happy holidays! I thought it would be nice to wrap up this year with a lighthearted holiday episode about the importance of keeping a positive …
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12/25/2017
Ask Paula - I Don't Know How to Invest
#108: Former financial advisor Joe Saul-Sehy joins me to answer audience questions about investing strategies, early retirement, and tax planning. W…
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12/18/2017
How Scott Harrison Brought Clean Water to 7.3 Million People
#107: Scott Harrison spent 10 years as a New York City nightclub promoter, partying until sunrise every morning and ingesting almost every substance …
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12/11/2017
Ask Paula - How to Estimate Repair Costs, File Taxes on Rental Income, and More
#106: How do you search for rental properties out-of-state? Should I offer a lease-option contract to my friends? How can I estimate repair and maint…
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12/04/2017
Life as an Experiment -- with A.J. Jacobs
#105: A.J. Jacobs is the Editor-at-Large of Esquire Magazine and the New York Times bestselling author of multiple books. His three TED Talks have co…
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11/27/2017
Ask Paula - How Can I Learn about Money from the People Around Me?
#104: This week, I answer 4 questions about quitting a depressing job, learning how to ask probing questions, saving for a downpayment, and more. Ed…
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11/20/2017
Random Smattering of Lessons on Money, Work and Life — plus A Call for Radical Authenticity
#103: On today’s show, I'm sharing this random smattering of lessons on money and life.⠀ ⠀ 1) Simplify everything.⠀ 2) Risk = Probability x Magnit…
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11/13/2017
Ask Paula - Should I Sell My Rental Property and Invest the Proceeds in the Market?
#102: This week, I'm back to answering questions posed by listeners of the podcast. An anonymous listener asks: Should we continue to rent out our …
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11/06/2017
The Code of Trust, with Robin Dreeke
#101: Robin Dreeke is former head of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program. His primary role, at the time, was to thwart foreign…
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10/30/2017
Life After Financial Freedom, with Brandon - the Mad FIentist
#100: Over a year-and-a-half and two million plus downloads later, the Afford Anything podcast has hit another awesome milestone: the 100th episode! …
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10/23/2017
How I Grew BiggerPockets From 0 to 870,000 Members - with Joshua Dorkin
#99: Thirteen years ago, Joshua Dorkin's friends teased him about starting a website that seemed to have no future. "I would get calls from my buddi…
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10/16/2017
Ask Paula - The Side Hustle Episode
#98: How much money should you invest in a side hustle or side business? How do you know if your side hustle idea is viable? What if you want to st…
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10/09/2017
There Are More Heroes Than Villains
There are more heroes than villains in this world. We have seen a tremendous outpouring of love and support today. Please support the cause that's c…
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10/03/2017
How to Be Awesome at Your Job, with Pete Mockaitis
#97: How can you be awesome at your job? That's the question that today's guest, Pete Mockaitis, and I tackle on the latest Afford Anything podcast …
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10/02/2017
Ask Paula - Should I Be an Out-of-State Airbnb Host?
#96: Today I tackle 4 real estate questions that come from the listeners. Chris, age 25, says: Over the next 30 years, I'd like to acquire 15 renta…
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09/25/2017
Money for the Rest of Us, with JD Stein
#95: J. David Stein used to manage billions of dollars. He retired at age 46. Now that he's retired, he faces a different challenge: How should he …
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09/18/2017
Ask Paula - The Early Retirement Episode
#94: Early retirement? Yes please. This week, I answer questions from the audience community around early retirement planning, health savings and deb…
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09/11/2017