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Can Your FIRE Portfolio Survive a Stock Market Crash?
The stock market is shifting, and your portfolio needs to change NOW if you want to reach or stay FIRE (financial independence, retire early). Many e…
Bigger Pockets
03/28/2025
When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Hire a Financial Advisor | Life After FIRE
Could hiring a financial advisor help you reach financial independence and retire early? This isn’t a popular move in the FIRE community, but it gave…
Bigger Pockets
03/26/2025
Losing $150K, Starting Over, and STILL Retiring Early | Life After FIRE
Think you’ve blown your chances of achieving FIRE? You haven’t! Just ask Nik Johnson, who spent years growing his nest egg, only to have it completel…
Bigger Pockets
03/19/2025
How to Stay Rich During FIRE by Dodging the 4 Financial “Horsemen”
You’ve worked so hard to finally achieve FIRE (financial independence, retire early); the last thing you want is your wealth to dwindle or disappear …
Bigger Pockets
03/18/2025
Triple-Leverage Cowboy Is Playing With FIRE | Making a Millionaire
Phil told us he treats money like a game. But looking at his money, it seems like his favorite game is RISK. He has a high net worth, but is he too m…
Is the Mortgage Industry Safe with CFPB Under Fire?
Is the mortgage industry still safe? The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been ordered to halt all work while awaiting a new Trump-app…
Bigger Pockets
03/13/2025
Ditch Corporate! Start Taking the “Slow” Path to Retirement w/Tae Kim | Life After FIRE
The “death march to FI” isn’t for everyone. If you’re tired of climbing the corporate ladder or lacking a sense of purpose at your W2 job, it’s not t…
Bigger Pockets
03/12/2025
Are You Headed for FIRE or the Middle-Class Trap? (Finance Friday)
If there’s an issue that keeps aspiring early retirees up at night, it’s the dreaded middle-class trap. At just 28 years old, this financially savvy …
Bigger Pockets
03/07/2025
Wildfire Wake-Up Call: How To Protect Your Home and Finances If Disaster Strikes
This week, Money Rehab is hosted by Pamela Maass Garrett, aka Law Mother, attorney and money expert. The recent wildfires in Los Angeles have forced …
Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
02/27/2025
Teacher Retires Early at 45 Thanks to Strategic Living (FIRE in Paradise!)
Teachers aren’t known for their high salaries, so how did this one reach early retirement and FIRE at just 45 years old? Through “aggressive” saving …
Bigger Pockets
02/25/2025
Finance Friday: Chasing FIRE by 35 WHILE Supporting Extra Family Members
Is something stopping your FIRE? Today’s guest wants to retire early at 35, but with a shaky budget, extra expenses, and a problematic rental propert…
Bigger Pockets
02/21/2025
Fleeing the LA Wildfires with My Newborn
As you know, many parts of Los Angeles were devastated by recent wildfires. Nicole is taking a deep breath, and sharing her story. All investing inv…
Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
02/19/2025
MtoM #210: Engineer Becomes a Multimillionaire with a Six Figure HSA and Finance 101: FIRE
Today we are talking with an Automotive Engineer who has built a 6 figure HSA and gown his net worth to over $2 million. He shows us that you do not …
White Coat Investor
02/17/2025
How to Handle a Property Loss From a Wildfire
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Bigger Pockets
02/16/2025
What FIRE Can Teach You No Matter When You Retire
The FIRE movement is popular in the Personal Finance space. It has a lot of values and goals that people resonate with. However, not everyone wants t…
Has the FIRE Formula Changed? Why 100% Index Funds Isn’t the Answer
Is a 100% index fund portfolio no longer the FIRE formula? The market has changed, and maybe your portfolio allocation needs to change with it. With …
Bigger Pockets
02/14/2025
Insurance Costs Begin to Rise in California Following the Fires
California homeowners are facing yet another financial strain as rising wildfire risks push insurance costs even higher. Following the devastating Lo…
Bigger Pockets
02/14/2025
Ask HTM - Parlaying Real Estate Equity into Stocks, FIRE Recommendations, & Unloading a Car with a …
Let’s dive into 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 ques…
How To Money
02/10/2025
Sahil Bloom: The “X Factor” for Financial Freedom and Why FIRE Won’t Make You Happy
Do we focus too much on just one type of wealth? What if the key to a happy life isn’t retiring early, ascending the corporate ladder, or having more…
Bigger Pockets
02/04/2025
How to FIRE Faster with a Self-Directed IRA
How can you use your retirement accounts to reach FIRE faster? We’ve talked a lot about the “middle-class trap”—having too much of your net worth tra…
Bigger Pockets
01/31/2025