BiggerPockets Money Podcast

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For those who have money… or want more of it.

Join Mindy Jensen and Scott Trench (from BiggerPockets.com) weekly for the BiggerPockets Money Podcast, the show you need to listen to if you have money or want more of it! Each week, financial experts Mindy and Scott interview unique and powerful thought leaders about how to earn more, keep more, spend smarter, and grow wealth.

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#77: Entrepreneuring Your W...

06.17.2019

Pete Mockaitis grew up in the cheapest place to live, Danville, IL. He watched his mother work her way up the local credit union ladder from teller to CEO, simply by doing more than necessary, repeatedly. His mother strongly discouraged ...

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06.17.2019 #77: Entrepreneuring Your Way To Financial Freedom with Pete Mockaitis Pete Mockaitis grew up in the cheapest place to live, Danville, IL. He watched his mother work her way up the local credit union ladder from teller to CEO, simply by doing more than necessary, repeatedly. His mother strongly discouraged ...
06.10.2019 #76: How to Talk to Your Partner About Money With the Debt Free Guys John and David didn’t have "the money talk" right away. They both worked in the financial industry, and each thought the other would be great with money. About a year and a half in, they discovered they were both AWFUL ...
06.03.2019 #75: The Most Efficient Path to Financial Freedom With Justin From Saving Sherpa Justin grew up without a lot of money in a small town. His parents divorced when he was eight, and his mother eventually quit her job to attend school. Necessity is the mother of invention, and a year of no ...
05.27.2019 #74: Making Money From a Legitimate Side Hustle With Mark Wills Side hustle is a big topic on BiggerPockets. But finding the right one—and one that isn’t a scam—can be difficult. Today’s episode focuses on not only a legitimate side hustle, but also one that involves real estate AND can be ...
05.20.2019 #73: Ramit Sethi Will Teach You to Be Rich! Ten years ago, Ramit Sethi released his groundbreaking book I Will Teach You to Be Rich. Now he’s back, with an all-new, updated version, delivered with the same authority and enthusiasm as the original. But wait, there’s more—MUCH more! Ramit ...
05.13.2019 #72: Increasing Your Income Through Commissions With Dawn Brenengen Dawn Brenengen’s money story begins a bit differently than most. Dawn’s parents shared their finances with her. She knew what things cost, she knew her parents worked hard to pay off their mortgage, and she saw her mother writing checks ...
05.06.2019 #71: 5 Years to Financial Freedom Through Real Estate Investing With Sarah P. Like so many of our guests, Sarah P. did not grow up understanding how money works. She wasn’t bad with money, she just wasn’t very good with it. She learned about financial independence through Mr. Money Mustache and completely revamped ...
04.29.2019 #70: 7 Tips for Successfully Investing in ANY Market Condition With J Scott J Scott is a successful real estate investor (to say the least). But he’s also a student of the markets—and his studies have shown him that we are teetering near the top of this current real estate cycle. In this ...
04.22.2019 #69: From Near Death To Debt Free With Liz from Chief Mom Officer Liz has always been a frugal gal and self-proclaimed personal finance nerd. Discovering The Wealthy Barber as a teen cemented her course down the financial independence path, even if there wasn’t a formal name for it at that time. And ...
04.15.2019 #68: Hacking Your Military Benefits to Become Financially Free With J Grayson J Grayson grew up poor. But with food on the table every night, he didn’t realize it. Then his sister tragically passed away from brain cancer, financially ruining the family. J fell into a pattern: skipping school, drinking, and doing ...
04.08.2019 #67: How Living An Intentional Life Led to Financial Freedom With Steven Donovan Steven Donovan graduated from high school and went to college—because that’s what you do. He graduated from college but got cold feet when it came time to get a “real job.” So, he bounced around random jobs with no plan ...
04.01.2019 #66: Investing, Freelance, & Morning Routines With Paula Pant Paula Pant has seen it all and learned a thing or two... thousand. Today, we sit down and chat with her about, well, everything. Paula shares her habits, her take on journaling, and her morning routine. We delve into her ...
03.25.2019 #65: Getting Your Family on Board with Financial Freedom with Jacqueline Burch Jacqueline Burch got married and did what all newlyweds do, spent time with her husband. They continued down the road of "things you’re supposed to do"—had dinners out with friends, purchased a home, and had a baby! After her first ...
03.18.2019 #64: Scholarships and Other Ways to Pay for College with Zach Gautier Zach Gautier oversees academic and college counseling at a Denver-area high school. He reached out to us, and proposed a show to share creative ways to fund college tuition—and blew us away with the depth of his knowledge! This episode ...
03.11.2019 #63: Financial Freedom With 5 Kids IS Possible with Jordan Klint One of the most common misconceptions of financial independence is that you can’t do it with kids. But Jordan Klint doesn’t listen to what other people say. He became financially independent with kids—and not just one or two of them. ...
03.04.2019 #62: Taking Advantage of ALL Opportunities Life Throws at You with Anna Li Anna Li moved to America from Uzbekistan when she was 22. On today’s episode, she shares the opportunities she’s been presented with—and taken advantage of—from an opportunity to learn at the first non-government university in Uzbekistan that partnered with an ...
02.25.2019 #61: The Repeatable Path to Financial Independence with Reshawn & Rob from Learn Hustle Grow Reshawn and Rob got married nine years ago, joining their lives, families and bank accounts. Premarital counseling revealed two different views on money—and they knew if they wanted to stay married, they needed to get themselves on the same page. ...
02.18.2019 #60: Rejecting a Scarcity Mindset and Going All-In on Apartment Investing with Gino Barbaro Gino Barbaro was a chef, working hard every day. He made good money and had no debt, but never seemed to be able to save more than 10%. He started dabbling in real estate investing, and after closing his fourth ...
02.11.2019 #59: Playing with FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) with Scott Rieckens Scott Rieckens was raised in a Navy family. He lived on base and often shopped in the commissary. It gave him a rather skewed sense of what things actually cost. Fast-forward to adulthood. He knew he should be investing, but ...
02.04.2019 #58: Optimizing Every Channel to Achieve Financial Freedom with Grant Sabatier Grant grew up knowing his parents didn’t have much money. He recognized their constant stress about finances throughout his childhood, and one of his first memories was his dad telling him, “Money is freedom.” Graduating from college in the middle ...
01.28.2019 #57: Financial Freedom, House Sitting & Travel Hacking With GoWithLess Tim and Amy were frugal—or so they thought. They spent less than they earned, so they figured they were doing it right. Then one day, they happened upon the concept of financial independence. Turns out, they had a LOT of ...
01.21.2019 #56: Change Your Personal Finances (& Your Millennial Money Mindset) with Paychecks & Balances Rich Jones and Marcus Garrett are the men behind Paychecks and Balances, a podcast aimed at helping Millennials figure out their finances. And they should know a little on the subject—both Rich and Marcus made some pretty epic money mistakes ...
01.15.2019 #55.5: Testing Your Portfolio BEFORE Retirement with Millennial Revolution A little over halfway into BiggerPockets Money Podcast episode 55, Bryce dropped a bombshell: “We had three years of runway before we actually pulled the trigger.” What he meant is that they tested their portfolio for three years before quitting ...
01.14.2019 #55: How to Quit Your Job and Travel the World with Millennial Revolution Kristy Shen grew up poor. Knowing her parents couldn’t help her financially, she gave up her dreams of being a writer, and went to school to make big bucks as a software developer. She even graduated on the five-year program ...
01.07.2019 #54: 6 Ways to Reduce Your Taxable Income with Eric Brotman Preparing For Retirement By Reducing Taxable Income & Saving More. In today’s episode, we chat with Eric Brotman, CEO of BFG Financial Advisors, who discusses his top 6 ways to reduce taxable income. Eric dives deep into each of these ...
12.31.2018 #53: 2018 Financial Freedom Lessons With Scott & Mindy 2018 Financial Freedom Lessons Today, Scott and Mindy go guest-less to recap and review the things they’ve learned over the first year of podcasting. Topping the list—and surprising no one—is tracking your spending. But we did learn some new things ...
12.24.2018 #52: Creating a Life Worth Living Before Retirement With Roger Whitney Finding Financial Freedom Before Retirement Roger Whitney learned early on that your life doesn’t always cooperate with your plans. The passing of his mother - who had always worked hard and saved for ‘later’ made him realize that ‘later’ doesn’t ...
12.17.2018 #51: Using Financial Freedom to Prioritize Family with Crispy Doc Prioritizing Family with Financial Freedom Carlos Fuego is an emergency room doctor with a superpower—the ability to realize that money doesn’t buy happiness and family time is far more important than the status of being a doctor. He realized that ...
12.10.2018 #50: Rebuilding Your Financial Life After Bankruptcy with Patrice Washington Patrice Washington was flying high in 2006, the multi-million dollar real estate company she had started with her husband was practically printing money. But 2007/2008 came, and things went south fast. A high-risk pregnancy finally pushed her over the financial ...
12.03.2018 #49: Wealth Transfer—How to Financially Prepare for Inheritance Money with Hari Mix Hari Mix figured out money in grad school and started saving for his future before he graduated. He became an assistant professor at Santa Clara University—and then, his mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer and his whole focus shifted. Today, ...
11.26.2018 #48: Breaking the Impulse Shopping Twitch to Embrace Minimalism with Anthony Ongaro Anthony Ongaro had a habit. Every time he had a bad day, every time life wasn’t amazing, he opened up his online shopping site, and One-Click purchased something. Anything. It didn’t matter. He didn’t need it, it didn’t matter what ...
11.19.2018 #47: Big Money Wins—Unique Ways to Save & Use Cash Efficiently with Jim Wang Jim Wang has been sharing his views on money for more than 14 years—more than enough to earn him the title of Great Uncle of Personal Finance Blogging. And he’s learned a LOT about money in those 14 years. Today, ...
11.12.2018 #46: Engineering Passive Income Streams to Fund the Life You Want with Financial Samurai This week’s episode features Sam Dogen from Financial Samurai. After one month working for a top investment firm, Sam knew 70-hour workweeks were not the life he wanted. So Sam took action immediately. Instead of fancy cars and dinners out, ...
11.05.2018 #45: The Truth About Entrepreneurship with Matt Giovanisci Matt Giovanisci is a serial entrepreneur. He decided early on that “working for the man” was not in his cards, and set out to never have to do that again, creating side hustles that generated income so he could be ...
10.29.2018 #44: DIY Your Way to FI with Tinian Crawford Tinian Crawford went to college - and took 6 years to complete his Associates Degree in Graphic Design. College just wasn’t for him - he didn’t enjoy it and didn’t get much out of it. He knew he needed a ...
10.22.2018 #43: Using the Power of Goal-Setting to Fundamentally Alter Your Financial Path with J Scott You’ve probably heard J Scott’s real estate story (spoiler alert—he’s killing it!). But he’s never really told his money story that led up to this massive real estate success. Today, we talk to J and discover that in his 20s, ...
10.15.2018 #42: How to Invest in Real Estate with Joshua Dorkin & Brandon Turner Real estate is a hot topic right now, and who better to talk about the subject than BiggerPockets founder Joshua Dorkin and BiggerPockets Real Estate Investing Podcast Host Brandon Turner? No one, that’s who. So we went to these experts, ...
10.13.2018 FinCon Bonus Episode: Debt Free in Three Years With Zina Kumok Zina Kumok’s parents immigrated to the United States, with no money education and completely unprepared for the consumer society they found themselves in. They quickly got into credit card debt in order to have the lifestyle they “deserved.” An avid ...
10.08.2018 #41: How to Find the Best Possible Certified Financial Planner (CFP) for Your Needs with Kyle Mast You’re on the path to financial independence—but you’re not sure what to do with your money. Index funds sound great, but your total financial situation doesn’t end with index funds. Today we sit down with Kyle Mast, a Certified Financial ...
10.01.2018 #40: Taking Command of Your Finances by Understanding (& Controlling) Money with Joe Saul-Sehy Today we chat with Joe Saul-Sehy from Stacking Benjamins. Joe shares his money story, which starts off with him figuring out how to get into debt, then discovering he didn’t like being there. He learned that you can’t diagnose what’s ...
09.24.2018 #39: From “Bad with Money” to Intentional Saving and Spending with Jamila Souffrant Jamila Souffrant grew up watching her mom struggle to provide for her. She decided early on that she wanted to be a millionaire, her solution to not having enough was to simply make a lot of money. She saved like ...
09.17.2018 #38: Getting Serious About Paying Off Debt with Phillip Taylor from PT Money Phillip Taylor studied to be a CPA in college, just like his dad. He graduated with some debt and decided to add to it by buying a house. In order to afford his new house, he didn’t max out his ...
09.10.2018 #37: Paying Off Student Loan Debt with a Median Income and Two Kids in Northern California with Kyle Renke Kyle Renke graduated from college and hopped right on the American dream bandwagon. He started off with a starter house, added a couple of kids and moved onto a bigger, better house—one that he could barely afford. He then went ...
09.03.2018 #36: From Childhood Poverty to Financial Freedom by Age 32 with Jillian Johnsrud Jillian Johnsrud grew up lacking the privileges that many of us take for granted. Jillian Johnsrud grew up poor, with an abusive step father and a mother unable to leave due to lack of funds. She emancipated herself during her ...
08.27.2018 #35: Hacking Your Life to Live for (Almost) Free with Craig Curelop Graduating from college, Craig Curelop had amassed an impressive $25,000 savings account - AND $85,000 in student loan debt. Conventional advice is to pay off your student loans BEFORE investing. In this episode, we hear how Craig ignored this advice ...
08.20.2018 #34: The Low-Stress, Surprisingly Simple Way to Pursue Financial Freedom with Andy Hill On today's show we discuss the highest-probability way that a family can move toward financial independence—without stress and worry—while enjoying incremental freedoms along the way. We’ll also talk about all-cash real estate investing, where to park your money as you ...
08.13.2018 #33: From Debt to Financial Freedom While Active Duty Military with Stuart Grazier Stuart Grazier joined the military and immediately went into debt. A chance encounter with Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University showed him how to manage his finances, and he returned from his stint overseas with his more than $40,000 in debt ...
08.06.2018 #32: Financial Freedom Through Small Life Changes and a Modest Real Estate Portfolio Today we sit down with Mr. and Mrs. Planting our Pennies, or Mr. and Mrs. PoP for short. Mr. PoP never wanted to be anchored to an inflexible job. Mrs. PoP never wanted to be financially insecure. A reward trip ...
07.30.2018 #31: How to Boost Your Income & Investments for a Faster Route to Financial Freedom Continuing where we left off from last week’s episode, this show discusses increasing your income by recognizing existing opportunities and making your own opportunities through side hustles. The show progresses through investing basics, both traditional stock market investments as well ...
07.23.2018 #30: How to Cut Expenses for a Faster Route to Financial Freedom We’ve interviewed more than 30 people for the BiggerPockets Money Podcast over the course of this year — and we’ve got a LOT more people to interview! We’ve heard from so many listeners: “I’d like to get started on the ...

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