MILMO Show

Matt Miner breaks down budgeting best practices, how to handle debt, emergency savings, and money management tips.

Identity theft isn't something most of us think about until it happens to us or someone close to us. Having your identity stolen is a scary violation. It's even worse when it's someone you love.

In this show, my guest is unfortunately very familiar with identity theft. Axton Betz-Hamilton is an Assistant Professor of Consumer Affairs at South Dakota State University. Her research focuses on financial abuse within families, including familial identity theft and elder family financial exploitation. She's the author of The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity, which received the 2020 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime.

She is sharing the story behind her book and personal experience as a victim of familial identity theft.

Show notes can be found here:

https://laceylangford.com/podcast/identity-theft-how-to-solve-the-mystery/

J.D. Roth is an accidental personal-finance expert. In this episode, we're discussing taking steps to build your best financial life. And my guest knows a thing or two about that.

For many years, J.D. was a typical American consumer and more than $35,000 in debt to show for it. In 2006, he started writing at GetRichSlowly.org in an effort to document his progress as he dug out of debt and learned to build wealth.

Today, he's debt-free. J.D. is dedicated to helping others master their money -- and their lives. And he hopes one day to meet Taylor Swift.

In this show, J.D. and I talk about:

• What living your best financial life looks like
• Steps people should take to get out of debt and build wealth
• Steps you can take to start investing when you're scared

Plus a whole bunch more.

Today's game time is my favorite. It was fun to have a game that matches the guest perfectly. I can't wait for everyone to hear the results!

Show notes at https://laceylangford.com/podcast/build-your-best-financial-life-with-j-d-roth

Moving is the way the military rolls. It's part of the job and we all know it. But sometimes it sucks. Picking up your life and family to move to not only a new city but an entirely different state or country is a lot. It will test your marriage, parenting, and packing skills all at once. The good news is, there's help out there to make the experience a little more enjoyable. And even better, there's now some free PCS help.

In this show, my guest is a fellow military spouse and MFAN board member. Kellie Artis is the COO of MILLIE, a resource, and service to help the military community through their entire PCS journey.

Show notes can be found here:

https://laceylangford.com/podcast/scout-out-your-pcs/

Traveling is something many of us are only dreaming about right now. COVID-19 has really thrown a wrench in all of our summer travel plans. The episode you are about to hear was recorded way before the craziness of COVID set in. We may not be able to travel right now, but we can start doing the research and prep now to save us money later.

My guest today is Stephanie Montague, the founder and President of Poppin' Smoke, a website dedicated to helping members of the military community take advantage of their travel-related benefits. In the show, she breaks down how it all works, best practices to follow, plus mistakes to avoid. Plus other ways to save money on travel in the military.

Show notes can be found here:

https://laceylangford.com/podcast/traveling-on-a-dime

Helping the military community with money is something many people have a passion for, but often they don't have experience with the military way of life. Which let's face it until you've lived it, you won't truly understand it.

Now there's a new group of experienced professionals that have answered the call of many to have a pool of financial experts to help the military community with money advice.

Today's guest is Daniel Kopp, the founder of Wise Stewardship Financial Planning, where he helps young widows and widowers, as well as servicemembers, get their financial lives in order by aligning their money with their values.

Daniel is back on the show to share a fantastic announcement and some powerful money advice for navigating these crazy times.

Show notes can be found here.

It's as good a time as any to talk about debt. It's the side of money that's polarizing and popular at the same time. If you aren't careful with it though, you can easily end up on the dark side of debt.

Saving by paying down debt is the theme for this week which is the last week of Military Saves Month 2020.

In this show, I'm going to give you the down-low on debt. What you should know and do about debt. Plus some tips to handle it so you can start saving more money and build up your wealth.

Show notes can be found here.

There's power in saving with a plan. Saving with a plan allows you to have control over your money, and it helps you reach your financial goals. Plus, creating and following a plan for your savings is simpler than you think. You can put the level of detail that works best for you. It's week four of Military Saves Month 2020, and we're sticking with this week's theme, Save with a Plan.

My guests are the dynamic duo behind Military Saves. Today I am talking with Angela Caban, the director of Military Saves and Lila Quintiliani, the Program Director for Military Save about saving with a plan. As always, I had a great time talking with Angela and Lila about saving money. They share some great tips and resources to help you create a plan to save money.

Everyone is feeling the impacts of COVID-19 in some shape or form. As you may know, I planned a series of shows around the themes for Military Saves Month 2020 which is happening now.

This week's theme is "Save for the Unexpected." I can't think of a more timely subject to COVID-19 because what's going on in the world right now is unexpected. Who could have predicted this would happen to us all.

As a financial coach, I want to help you weather this storm in the best possible way. So today I'm going to give you some financial coaching tips to help you survive and save the unexpected, A.K.A COVID-19.

Show notes can be found here.

https://laceylangford.com/podcast/surviving-the-unexpected/

Saving for retirement is something everyone should be doing. There's different methods to get results for your retirement savings. One of those methods is with IRAs or Individual Retirement Accounts.

This is the second week of Military Saves Month for 2020 and we're sticking with this week's theme, Save to Retire.

My guest, Adrienne Ross, the founder of Clear Insight Financial Planning is here to talk about what IRAs are, how they work, and how to get started or improve your retirement savings.

The show notes can be found here:

https://laceylangford.com/podcast/saving-for-retirement-with-iras/