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iLending Review: How To Refinance Your Car Loan and Save

iLending Review: How To Refinance Your Car Loan and Save

Wondering if iLending is the right company to help you lower your car payment? This iLending Review will explain how it works, how much you could sav…

Credit Scores Drop As Student Loan Payments Resume

Credit Scores Drop As Student Loan Payments Resume

Millions of student loan borrowers are now past due, with some losing over 100 credit score points after the federal payment pause ended. The post Cr…

What Are Qualified Expenses For A 529 Plan (And What Doesn’t Count)?

What Are Qualified Expenses For A 529 Plan (And What Doesn’t Count)?

Wondering what are qualified expenses for a 529 plan? Here's exactly what can and can't be covered by your 529 college savings plan. The post What Ar…

Ask HTM: Unnecessary Credit Cards, Creatively Funding Grad School, & Dropping Car Insurance To Save – Episode 982

Ask HTM: Unnecessary Credit Cards, Creatively Funding Grad School, & Dropping Car Insurance To Save…

Let’s kick off the week with some fresh listener questions we have lined up for you! And don’t just stand on the sidelines- if you have a quest…

Tax Plan Extends Some Tax-Free Student Loan Forgiveness

Tax Plan Extends Some Tax-Free Student Loan Forgiveness

Proposed GOP House tax bill extends tax-free loan forgiveness only for death and disability, leaving out other student loan forgiveness programs. The…

How to Create Huge Tax Savings Funding Your Kid’s College (& FIRE on Time!)

How to Create Huge Tax Savings Funding Your Kid’s College (& FIRE on Time!)

Paying for college is one of the biggest financial hurdles families face—even as you’re chasing or approaching FIRE. What’s the smartest way to save …

Check Your Credit Card Statements EVERY Month

Check Your Credit Card Statements EVERY Month

Your credit card company very helpfully sends you a list of every single item charged to your credit card. This is called a statement, and it comes e…

New Study Reveals 70% Of College Grads Say It Was Worth It

New Study Reveals 70% Of College Grads Say It Was Worth It

90% of grads say college was positive, but only 70% feel it was worth the cost. The post New Study Reveals 70% Of College Grads Say It Was Worth It a…

Why I Still Don’t Love 529s (even with 529-to-Roth rollover)

Why I Still Don’t Love 529s (even with 529-to-Roth rollover)

From the inbox: Jeremy, I remember that you aren’t a big fan of 529s. But now that you can move excess 529 funds into a Roth IRA (thanks to Sec…

The Hidden Costs of Poor Deal Management—and How to Avoid Them

The Hidden Costs of Poor Deal Management—and How to Avoid Them

Let me tell you about a deal I lost that still stings.  A while back, I made a lowball offer on a property. The sellers weren’t interested—flat-…


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Is Any Expense Really "Worth It"? (with Leisa Peterson) SB1682

Is Any Expense Really "Worth It"? (with Leisa Peterson) SB1682

Ever feel like money is a never-ending game of not enough? Today, we're rewiring that thinking. Our special guest, Leisa Peterson—author of The Mindf…

Quick Update On What's Happening With Student Loans

Quick Update On What's Happening With Student Loans

Robert was on MoneyLife with Chuck Jaffe this week talking about the current status of student loans. Tune in to hear Robert's thoughts on what's goi…

From Debt and Grief to Financial Freedom | Making a Millionaire

From Debt and Grief to Financial Freedom | Making a Millionaire

Rick and Lori may have a $4.5 million net worth, but fear and financial trauma linger as they enter retirement. In this powerful episode, they open …

Ask HTM - Unnecessary Credit Cards, Creatively Funding Grad School, & Dropping Car Insurance To Save #982

Ask HTM - Unnecessary Credit Cards, Creatively Funding Grad School, & Dropping Car Insurance To Sav…

Let’s kick off the week with some fresh listener questions we have lined up for you! And don't just stand on the sidelines- if you have a quest…

MtoM #222: Engineer and Medical Student Hit Half Million Dollar Net Worth and Finance 101: Different Ways to Pay for Medical School

MtoM #222: Engineer and Medical Student Hit Half Million Dollar Net Worth and Finance 101: Differen…

Today we talk to an engineer who has reached a half million dollar net worth. Her husband is a medical student at the Uniformed Services Medical Scho…

How to Create Huge Tax Savings Funding Your Kid’s College (& FIRE on Time!)

How to Create Huge Tax Savings Funding Your Kid’s College (& FIRE on Time!)

Paying for college is one of the biggest financial hurdles families face—even as you’re chasing or approaching FIRE. What’s the smartest way to save …

How to Pay for College

How to Pay for College

Logan and Allie talk about how to graduate college with little to no debt.

Buying a Car: New v. Used
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Buying a Car: New v. Used

Quint and Logan talk about buying a car.

How Strategic Debt Elimination Builds Wealth Faster

How Strategic Debt Elimination Builds Wealth Faster

Laura reviews how to identify good and bad debts and tips for paying off the right ones faster.

US Economy Shrinks: Why Mortgage Rates Aren’t Dropping (Yet)

US Economy Shrinks: Why Mortgage Rates Aren’t Dropping (Yet)

The US economy is shrinking, with GDP declining this quarter. We’re getting closer to recession territory, so why aren’t mortgage rates dropping? We’…


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