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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 …

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

491 MG 8 Ways to Legally Pay Less Tax and Save Money

491 MG 8 Ways to Legally Pay Less Tax and Save Money

There are many ways to legally shelter your income from tax so you save money. Laura explains 8 ways to reduce your taxable income so you pay less ta…

Ask Paula - How to Invest Your Tax Refund, Save for College, and Avoid Massive Pitfalls

Ask Paula - How to Invest Your Tax Refund, Save for College, and Avoid Massive Pitfalls

#68: My buddy Joe Saul-Sehy, host of the Stacking Benjamins podcast, joins me this week for another episode of "Ask Paula (and Joe!)" -- in which we …

012 | Living Frugal Frugalwoods | Save 75% Of Your Take Home Pay

012 | Living Frugal Frugalwoods | Save 75% Of Your Take Home Pay

012 | Living Frugal is a Powerful FI Tool Liz from Frugalwoods coaches us through the ultimate guide to frugal living The benefits of minimalism and …

WCI #4: The Stealth IRA: A Health Savings Account May Be Your Best Retirement Plan

WCI #4: The Stealth IRA: A Health Savings Account May Be Your Best Retirement Plan

The Stealth IRA: A Health Savings Account May Be Your Best Retirement Plan Dr. Dahle teaches you everything you need to know about a Health Savings A…

479 MG Money-Saving Hacks to Beat the System

479 MG Money-Saving Hacks to Beat the System

Laura interviews David Pogue, author of the new book, Pogue’s Basics: Money – Essential Tips and Shortcuts (That No One Bothers to Tell You) About Be…

Ask Paula - Automating Savings, Starting a Blog, Emergency Funds, Investing in Real Estate Confidently, and More

Ask Paula - Automating Savings, Starting a Blog, Emergency Funds, Investing in Real Estate Confiden…

#54: It's the first Monday of the month, which means I'm fielding questions from the audience. We start with a question from Nicole. She's a new li…

Ask Paula - Retirement Savings in Your 50's, Starting a Side Hustle, Buying Health Insurance, Home Warranties, and More

Ask Paula - Retirement Savings in Your 50's, Starting a Side Hustle, Buying Health Insurance, Home …

#50: Mark, a 55-year-old listener, has no savings. He's been listening to personal finance podcasts. He recently read Tony Robbins' Money: Master the…

472 MG Can You Have Multiple Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)?

472 MG Can You Have Multiple Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)?

Managing one or more Health Savings Accounts can seem complicated. Laura answers a listener question about what do to when you end up with more than …