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The Millionaire Math Teacher shares his year in review with the FIT audience. How much did his investments produce this year? How much did he spend? Where did he travel? John is a retired NC HS math teacher, married to a retired RN. Together, they now have a NW of around 2.3 million dollars. They did all of this with little inherence, all while raising 3 children. Over the last 10 years, compound interest and exponential growth have really kicked in. 

In a bit of a plot twist, 2025 saw John temporarily come out of retirement to be a long term math sub at his old school.  What was the experience like? Could he imagine still having to teach on the day to day in his 60's IF he didn't have his nest egg? How would like be different without his portfolio.  All of this and MORE! 

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On this episode, we welcome Lucretia Ryan back to the show! Raised by educators in NYC, Lucretia has a heart for teachers and providing her expertise and free resources.  With recent changes, SS is now on the table for ALL teachers, even if you don't pay into it as an educator. Have you paid into it in the past? Should you get your 40 quarters to get SOMETHING? 

Lucretia Ryan is the founder of FinancialFreedomforWomen.org. She is a financial writer, educator, and philanthropist. After graduating from Cornell University and spending her career at IBM, Lucretia is now helping women to gain financial independence. Her goal is to simplify complex saving and investment decisions to help women make financial decisions that are in their best interest.

Because Lucretia does not accept any fees, commissions, advertising, or donations or sell any financial products, she is able to expose the hidden fees and financial traps and help women avoid being taken in by financial predators. She conducts pro-bono, one-on-one retirement optimization workshops for women so they can understand their retirement options and make educated financial decisions. She teaches “Financial Literacy” and “Medicare: What the Insurance Companies Won’t Tell You”. 

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NC Treasurer, Brad Briner is back for part II of our discussion on the state of being an NC teacher. 

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Last November, North Carolina elected a new state treasurer, Brad Briner. Briner, 47, has 25 years of experience managing investments and recently retired as co-chief investment officer from Willett Advisors, the firm that manages assets for Michael Bloomberg. He studied economics at UNC Chapel Hill (Morehead Scholar) and has an MBA from Harvard. He lives in Chapel Hill with his wife and four children and serves on the UNC Board of Trustees.

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After achieving financial independence for herself and her family through real estate, Whitney knew that she didn’t want her knowledge to go to waste. So, she developed a wealth-building blueprint for her daughter, which became her new book, Money for Tomorrow. In it, Whitney teaches you how to build a wealth legacy that will endure for generations to come and ensure that your descendants won’t gamble or spend away your life’s work.

Whitney turned to wealth-creation strategies to build sturdy financial freedom for herself and her family. 

Whitney is now on a mission to help families implement sound financial principles to create passive income and long-term wealth for generations to come. 

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We've all seen the Ramsey Solutions research, "teacher" was the third most common career in his survey of 10,000 millionaires...Do most teachers think it is possible to join that club...after 20 years as a teacher, I would say the answer is a resounding NO. As the FIT Podcast has shown time and time again, there are PLENTY of net worth millionaire educators. No, this doesn't mean they have a briefcase with 1 million dollars worth of cash.  However, it does mean that when you add up the individuals assets and subtract their liabilities, they have a net worth of one million dollars.  In this episode, Dave will lay out a road map for young teachers and run through how it is possible. 

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James Stout has been a teacher for 25 years in North Carolina. Investing in his first mutual fund at 12 years old, James as always had an affinity for money and planning for a brighter future. After seeing many of his colleagues struggling to live paycheck to paycheck, James put advice together in the form of his new book to help out the educator community. James has plenty of experience seeing basic money principles work in his own life, as he has become a net worth millionaire teacher! In this episode, we discuss teacher pay, pensions vs. match, retirement, budgeting, hope, and much more! 

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Matt and Lauren are both 43 years old while living south of Nashville, TN. Matt has his own practice as a vet, but relies on his wife for her health insurance. Matt is the child of a teacher and has a heart for educators, he says we actually make the best pet owners! Listen in as we talk to this husband/wife duo about how Lauren's "Steady Eddy" job as an educator enabled Matt take chances on his career and how it has all shaken out. 

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Scott is a NC custodian, married to a 30+ veteran NC educator...together, they have a NW of around 2 million! Scott's wife retired with 30+ years of NC service and is back in the school system while collecting her pension. Scott is also retired, he became a custodian to give back to his community and be on the same schedule as his wife. Growing up in Western PA, Scott remembers what it was like to be a student who received free and reduced lunch. Now, he gets the chance to inspire students at Jacksonville High School and make a difference every day! 

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Matt and his wife just celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary, they have two kids, one in college and one getting ready to graduate from HS. Matt didn't enter education right away, but his wife was a teacher while he was a financial advisor and computer programmer. Even though he took a 50k pay cut to become an educator, he has never been happier, and him and his wife are well on their way to financial independence. 

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