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Squeezing More From Your College Savings Plans

Squeezing More From Your College Savings Plans

According to MyCollegeGuide.org, the average cost of tuition in the USA ranges from just over $8,000 for an in-state public experience to a whopping …

The Problem With Saying "I'm Broke" (and a Rize update)

The Problem With Saying "I'm Broke" (and a Rize update)

To what degree is not having money a mindset? We ask our panel, including guest Whitney Hanson from the Money Nerds podcast Of course, we don't stop …

How to Spend Less, Earn More and Grow the Gap

How to Spend Less, Earn More and Grow the Gap

#91: Grow the gap between your income and your expenses: How to tackle the 4 biggest expenses in the average American household budget. Also, I shar…

How Not To Mess Up Saving For (or Financing) Your Next Car

How Not To Mess Up Saving For (or Financing) Your Next Car

How do you buy a car? Very carefully! Saving for a car can be a HUGE undertaking....and financing one can be even harder to pull off. Luckily, we hav…

509 MG Work from a Home Office? Claim a Tax Deduction and Save Money

509 MG Work from a Home Office? Claim a Tax Deduction and Save Money

Claiming the home office deduction is a smart way to make certain expenses fully or partially deductible. But there are strict rules to qualify. Find…

Save More Money By Mastering Your Cash Flow with Al Zdenek

Save More Money By Mastering Your Cash Flow with Al Zdenek

When you ask stock market pros what the key is to a great stock pick, they'll disagree...but MANY will say that "free cash flow" is a huge key toward…

5 Strategies To Save $1 Million (with an intro to Go)

5 Strategies To Save $1 Million (with an intro to Go)

How do you save a million dollars (we said in our coolest Austin Powers voice....). We'll discuss a recent online piece that goes over that on our Fr…

How Much Have Sandwich Costs Risen? (with Len Penzo)

How Much Have Sandwich Costs Risen? (with Len Penzo)

Hello, sandwich lovers! What better way to talk about the ugliness of inflation than comparing the cost of a sandwich from year to year? Len Penzo ev…

How She Saved $15,000 a Year Just By Getting Organized

How She Saved $15,000 a Year Just By Getting Organized

Why aren't you saving more? How about $15,000 a year more? Our guest today just organized her financial picture and saved a TON of money. Anna Davies…

236: From Tragedy to Broke to $400,000 a Month with Lance Wakefield

236: From Tragedy to Broke to $400,000 a Month with Lance Wakefield

How does one scale a real estate investing business to hundreds of thousands of dollars in profit in under two years? That’s the topic on today’s ep…

How To Save Your First $25,000 (with Scott Trench)

How To Save Your First $25,000 (with Scott Trench)

How do you get started on the road to saving? While you can't frugal your way to wealth, you CAN learn to be more efficient, and author Scott Trench …

WCI #18: Emergency Funds

WCI #18: Emergency Funds

Emergency Funds What is the purpose of an emergency fund? How should you invest it? This podcast tells everything you ever wanted to know about emerg…

The #1 Key To Get Someone Excited About Saving Money (with Gene Natali)

The #1 Key To Get Someone Excited About Saving Money (with Gene Natali)

You're excited about saving, but how do you get someone else to take the plunge? Today's guest, Gene Natali, says that the answer might not be what y…

Is the Used Car Savings REALLY Worthwhile? (with an intro to Amino)

Is the Used Car Savings REALLY Worthwhile? (with an intro to Amino)

The new vs. used car debate rages on today's podcast. Which is better, buying new with the warranties and assurances that a dealer brings to the tabl…

Juggling Up and Down Paychecks and Bills

Juggling Up and Down Paychecks and Bills

What would you find out about yourself after writing down all of your income and expenses for a year? Jonathan Morduch and Rachel Schneider, authors …

Think Save Retire - Selling Everything and Retiring to an RV

Think Save Retire - Selling Everything and Retiring to an RV

On today’s episode of the Financial Independence Podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Steve from ThinkSaveRetire.com! Steve initially planned…

497 MG 5 Tips to Afford a Pet—What Owning a Dog or Cat Really Costs

497 MG 5 Tips to Afford a Pet—What Owning a Dog or Cat Really Costs

We love our pets, but they can be expensive! Laura discusses what it really costs to own a pet and 5 tips to cut expenses for a current or new furry …

Jen Sincero says she used to be a "grouchy broke person"

Jen Sincero says she used to be a "grouchy broke person"

#75: In her early 40's, Jen lived in a converted garage, buried in credit card debt and scrounging for spare change. She was the type of person who'd…

Stop Being Broke (with Erin Lowry)

Stop Being Broke (with Erin Lowry)

Tired of being broke? Erin Lowry is coming to save you today. Erin's the author of the new hit book Broke Millennial, and shares stories about examin…

Stop Worrying, Start Saving (plus an intro to PeerStreet)

Stop Worrying, Start Saving (plus an intro to PeerStreet)

Why are people struggling to make ends meet? Our roundtable gang today (joined by author of the new book Broke Millennial) kicks off the fun by exami…