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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113: Single Hourly Employee...

02.24.2020

This week we sit down with Bianca DiValerio, a flight attendant who makes an hourly wage, has no college degree, experienced THREE short sales during the economic downturn, and yet is STILL financially independent—all before turning 40. How did she ...

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02.24.2020 113: Single Hourly Employee with No College Degree and STILL FI by 40 with Bianca DiValerio This week we sit down with Bianca DiValerio, a flight attendant who makes an hourly wage, has no college degree, experienced THREE short sales during the economic downturn, and yet is STILL financially independent—all before turning 40. How did she ...
02.17.2020 112: Choosing the Right Tax Professional for YOUR Specific Needs with Natalie Kolodij Natalie Kolodij is a tax strategist. (You’ve probably seen her in the forums!) With April 15 looming around the corner, we’re going to chat about ways to choose the RIGHT tax professional who can best serve YOUR specific needs. Natalie ...
02.10.2020 111: Starting Late? Early Retirement Is STILL Possible with A Purple Mom On episode 110, we interviewed A Purple Life. As she was sharing her story of financial independence, she casually mentioned that her mother didn’t start investing until later in life, and STILL managed to retire at age 55! So this ...
02.03.2020 110: Systematically Increasing Income and Intentionally Decreasing Spending with A Purple Life Purple graduated from college and got a job in New York City making $35,000 a year. And spending $35,000 a year. Her net worth was a whopping $5,000. Her partner shared the concept of financial independence with her, but she ...
01.27.2020 109: Attacking Debt and Tenaciously Pursuing Financial Freedom with Airman Mildollar from Military Dollar This week, we sit down and talk with Airman Mildollar, from Military Dollar. (Spoiler Alert: Despite the name, Airman Mildollar is a woman!) Airman Mildollar shares her story of college debt, car loans and rapid payoff to start building her ...
01.20.2020 108: Starting Early & Finishing Strong with Real Estate with Kristi Tanner Smith Kristi Tanner Smith considers herself privileged—she was an only child in a big house with lots of toys. But Kristi’s mom was diagnosed with a fatal disease and given six months to live when Kristi was five. While her mom ...
01.13.2020 107: Choosing Side Hustles (& Happiness!) Over Full-Time Employment with Financial Panther Financial Panther (Kevin) went to law school, graduated from law school, and took a job as an attorney. Attorneys make a lot of money, right? So, with all this income potential, why is he doing side hustles that pay him ...
01.06.2020 106: Planning For Your Future Wealth with Megan Gorman from The Wealth Intersection Megan Gorman started learning about money very early – at age 5 she begged her parents for a Little House on the Prairie Dress. Her parents said we’re not buying it for you, but you can save up for it ...
12.30.2019 105: Budgeting Yourself OUT of Debt and Into a Fantastic Life with Jen Hemphill Jen Hemphill was born in Colombia and lived there for the first eight years of her life. The economy was really bad, and her earliest memories were of a scary time when her educated father did whatever he had to ...
12.23.2019 104: Cash-Flowing a Series of Mini-Retirements with Steven & Lauren from Trip of a Lifestyle Lauren and Steven met in high school and attended the same college. After undergrad, Steven was accepted into the Ph.D. program at UC Irvine. During the first year, he decided he didn’t really want a Ph.D. in Physics, but he ...
12.16.2019 103: Budgets Really ARE Sexy! with J. Money J Money wasn’t necessarily BAD with money, but his first home purchase - made because everyone else was doing it - prompted him to seek out advice about money. He stumbled upon the blogging world and was enthralled with the ...
12.09.2019 102: Understanding How Your Personal Money Story Shapes Your Financial Future with Jean Chatzky Jean grew up in a family where money wasn’t a big issue. Her parents saved for big purchases like vacations, but frugality was part of her everyday life. She graduated from college without any debt, and soon found a job ...
12.02.2019 101: Building a Life of Financial Independence, Starting From Less Than Zero with Sunitha Rao Sunitha Rao remembers a childhood of scarcity. Born to immigrant parents, some of her first memories are of her home being broken into, and her things being stolen. The only money lessons she was taught as a child were frugality ...
11.25.2019 100: From Financial Disaster to Real Estate Master with Brandon Turner You probably know Brandon Turner from the BiggerPockets Real Estate Investing podcast. On that show, he sounds like he’s got his life all together. But before he discovered the RIGHT way to do real estate, he made mistakes. LOTS of ...
11.18.2019 99: Life After FIRE - Four Case Studies with Scott, Whitney Hansen, and Doc G. On today’s episode of the BiggerPockets Money Podcast, Co-Host Scott Trench teams up with two personal finance superstars in Whitney Hansen and Doc G of Diversefi.com. Together, they hear four “life after FIRE” stories, each completely different, each extremely powerful. ...
11.11.2019 98: Change Your Money Mindset, Change Your Life with Vicki Robin You know Vicki Robin as the author of Your Money or Your Life, but on today’s show, we dive MUCH deeper into her story and her background. Growing up without a lot of money, she learned how to use her ...
11.04.2019 97: Intentionally Choosing the Path to Financial Independence with Financial Mechanic Financial Mechanic wanted a puppy - and her parents told her she could have one when her little sister turned her age (in four years). When she asked how much puppies cost, she was told $100. So Financial Mechanic started ...
10.28.2019 96: Speaking Fluent Finance with Wilson Muscadin Wilson Muscadin grew up knowing how to handle money. His father assigned him “book reports” rather than simply giving him an allowance. But the books he read were personal finance books, like Rich Dad, Poor Dad, The Millionaire Next Door ...
10.21.2019 95: The House Hacking Strategy with Craig Curelop One of the most commonly asked questions in the BiggerPockets Forums is “How do I get started investing in real estate with no money?” Craig Curelop has the perfect answer to this question - House Hacking! Craig shares his own ...
10.14.2019 94: 18 Options for Healthcare in Early Retirement with Lynn Frair The absolute MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED question I get about Early Retirement is “What do I do about healthcare?” Without going into too much detail, we’re all aware that healthcare costs are fairly ridiculous in America. Not properly planning for healthcare ...
10.13.2019 94: LIVE from BPCon2019: Ask Us Anything! All the BiggerPockets podcast hosts on stage in one place! This bonus episode was recorded at the BiggerPockets Conference 2019 on October 7th in front of a live audience of more than 1,000 people at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in ...
10.07.2019 93: Financial Mistakes and How to Avoid Them with Scott & Mindy Financial mistakes can have a HUGE impact on your future retirement savings - the opportunity costs can be enormous! In this episode, Scott and Mindy discuss some of the biggest mistakes you can make financially, and ways to avoid them ...
09.30.2019 92: An Introduction to Financial Independence with Chris Mamula, Brad Barrett and Jonathan Mendonsa Personal finance is easy, right? You read a blog or listen to a podcast and just follow everything they did. Easy, Peasy, Lemon Squeezy. Except that’s not how the world works. What brought success to one person may bring misery ...
09.23.2019 91: Debt is NOT a Death Sentence with Melanie Lockert of Dear Debt Melanie Lockert joins us today to share her story of student loan debt and her subsequent inability to find a job when she graduated into one of the worst job markets America had ever seen, and her spiral into depression ...
09.21.2019 FinCon Bonus Episode: Improving Financial Education with Billy Hensley from NEFE Mindy sits down with Billy Hensley from The National Endowment for Financial Education to talk about Financial Education in America, and how NEFE is working to improve student and adult access to this oh-so-important information. They discuss state-mandated financial education ...
09.16.2019 90: From Unplanned Pregnancy to Financially Free with Melissa from Traveling Wallet When Melissa found out she was pregnant, she was a sophomore in college. Her counselor gave her a pretty alarming statistic: a frighteningly small number of women who get pregnant in college actually end up graduating. Melissa threw herself into ...
09.09.2019 89: Retire Before Mom & Dad, with Rob Berger Rob Berger grew up literally with Rich Dad, Poor Mom. While his mother almost lost her house after his parents divorced, his father was filthy rich, picking him up in a Rolls Royce for weekend visits. Throughout high school and ...
09.02.2019 88: Consciously Choosing to be Debt Free with Ashley Likely Ashley Likely grew up with parents who provided everything she needed, but not necessarily everything she wanted. They were able to pay for her housing in College, but not for much else. So (spoiler alert) she graduated college with $77,000 ...
08.26.2019 87: How to Save Money For Your Downpayment with Scott & Mindy In Episode 83, Scott and Mindy discussed how to buy your first property. And they were peppered with questions about the buying process after it came out, but the top question they got was “How do you save for your ...
08.19.2019 86: Choosing the Right Investment Type for Your Goals with David Stein David Stein reached out to us after Erin Lowry’s Episode 81, where we talked about the basics of investing. He really liked that episode, and wanted to dive a little further into the different TYPES of investments you can choose ...
08.12.2019 85: From Financial Disaster to Financially Free with Jacob Wade from I Heart Budgets Jacob Wade knew nothing about money growing up. Any money he made at his mall jobs was instantly blown on mall food and silly teenage expenses. His father passed away when he was 4, leaving him an inheritance of $100,000 ...
08.05.2019 84: Traditional Retirement: Social Security, Market Conditions & Managing Expectations with Kyle Mast Kyle Mast first visited us on Episode 41 of the BiggerPockets Money Podcast, and he BLEW US AWAY with his suggestions, ideas, tips and tricks for early retirement. Kyle is back again today to talk more to traditional age retirees ...
07.29.2019 83: Buying Your First House with Scott & Mindy Buying your first home - either an investment or a primary residence - can be scary. This is a HUGE purchase, and no one wants to mess that up. But buying a house doesn’t have to be scary, if you’re ...
07.23.2019 Money Dates, Prenups & Combining Finances with Aditi Shekar Talking to your partner about money can be very difficult - especially when you’re bringing up the conversation for the first time. Today, we’ve brought Aditi Shekar back to discuss finances from a couple’s point of view. Yesterday we heard ...
07.22.2019 82: Early Money Lessons Create Healthy Money Experiences with Aditi Shekar Aditi Shekar learned entrepreneurship at a very early age - when she asked her father for a toy and he said no, make your own money. She’s been creating businesses ever since. Her father’s advice wasn’t the only great money ...
07.15.2019 81: The Basics of Investing with Erin Lowry from Broke Millennial Erin Lowry last joined us on Episode 24 of the BiggerPockets Money Podcast, where she talked about getting Financially Naked with your partner. She’s back today to talk about investing - and all the things many people don’t really know. ...
07.13.2019 What’s Your Why of FI?: Recorded Live at CampFI This Bonus Episode of The Money Podcast was recorded live at CampFI, a financial independence retreat for people on all parts of the journey to Financial Independence. Scott Trench was celebrating his mom’s birthday, so Mindy Jensen is joined by ...
07.08.2019 80: Managing Money: How a Saver & a Spender Are Living Happily Ever After with Rich & Regular Kiersten and Julien came from two very different money backgrounds. She’s the naturally spendy one, and he’s the natural saver. Their money views came to a head on their first vacation, when she put everything on a credit card—not to ...
07.01.2019 79: Financial Freedom Through Decades of Hard Work and Hustle with Carol Scott Carol Scott has a successful real estate investing company that she runs with her husband, Jay. They have two children, live where they want, and just in general enjoy life on their own terms, free from the stress of having ...
06.24.2019 78: How to Talk to Your Parents About Money with Cameron Huddleston Parents are supposed to know everything, and talking about money is impolite. So how do you make sure your parents are taken care of and that their wishes are followed throughout their golden years? Today Scott and Mindy sit down ...
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 ...

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