The internet is a dangerous place.

It’s full of amazing resources yet also some really bad advice.

This is especially true in the realm of personal finance.

TikTok has some of the most terrible and untrue statements about personal finance but Twitter (X) is always reliable right?

Wrong.

In this episode, we take you through some really terrible takes on personal finance and share our opinions.

We hope you have as much fun listening to this as we did recording.

The main tweets we cover include:

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We like to think we put out some of the best financial independence content for you as a podcast listener.

But it’s hard to argue that Brad Barrett has influenced more podcast listeners than just about anyone else in the financial independence space.

Brad is the host of the wildly successful podcast, ChooseFI.

ChooseFI has been downloaded over 65 million times with 4,700+ 5-star reviews.

In today’s episode, we touch on some of the following with Brad:

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We’re hopping in the time machine and re-airing one of our most popular episodes.

In this episode, we share our opinion on some of the biggest money topics.

While this episode originally aired in 2019, our views have remained largely the same.

These tips have helped us grow our combined net worth to over $3.5M! So don’t sleep on the fundamentals.

Some of the major topics include:

We truly believe these fundamentals can radically change your life regardless how far you are into your journey.

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Buying a home and then flipping it or renting it isn’t the only way to be a real estate investor.

What if you could just find incredible deals on homes and then line up a buyer looking for a good deal to flip or buy?

That’s exactly what Mike DeHaan from the Collecting Keys podcast is doing, and it’s the core of what wholesale real estate is.

Mike started in real estate by hustling to complete a few flips and using the proceeds to buy his first rental properties.

Eventually, he started to feel a bit burnt out though.

Instead of flipping the properties himself, Mike decided to sell the right to buy the properties to other investors (aka wholesaling) and the rest is history.

As of today, Mike owns over $12 million worth of real estate and has completed 300+ transactions.

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We typically focus a lot on the micro (saving, earning, and investing), but today, we’re talking all about the macro.

Emmanuel Daniel is a Singapore-based entrepreneur, writer and global thought leader in finance.

He was listed as a top 10 global influencer in the “Fintech Power 50” list for 2021 and 2022.

In simple terms… he knows his stuff.

Some of the topics we discuss include:

and various other topics.

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Do you know deep down, what you’re doing isn’t what you’re meant to be doing?

That was Pete McPherson’s situation.

As Pete would put it, he used to be a boring accountant, complete with a CPA license, years of corporate experience, a fantastic salary–and pretty much the rest of the “American Dream”.

But he decided to give all that up for entrepreneurship.

After 50+ failed businesses, Pete found success in 2017 with his site Do You Even Blog, and the rest is history.

In this episode, we cover:

and various other topics.

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Many people want financial independence to do whatever they want, go wherever they want, and spend time with whomever they want.

But too often in this pursuit, people run themselves into the ground trying to obtain this freedom as quickly as possible.

What if you could see the world and work toward FI?

Wouldn’t that take some stress off? Wouldn’t you be able to enjoy the journey so much more?

There is good news.

This is all very possible, and more likely today than at any other time in history.

Remote work has unlocked location independence and an overall sense of freedom we’ve never seen for those still working full-time.

Some highlights of this episode include:

… and more.

Don’t make yourself miserable because you think that’s what it takes to be happy and free. Challenge what you think is possible with your life and your career.

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Have you always dreamed of owning a vending machine business?

Probably not but Mike Hoffmann aka Mr. Passive is here to tell you why you absolutely should.

Mike’s passive income journey started at the time when he was working a 60-hour week job that paid him only $1,200/month.

He then started experimenting with rental properties, Bitcoin mining, and a bunch of other income streams.

One of those income streams quickly became his favorite: vending machines.

Vending machines are an often overlooked but extremely powerful passive income source to fuel an early retirement.

Mike walks us through the types of machines to use, the profit margins, how to stock them, how to land a deal with a location, how to hire help, and even how you can start one of these businesses with just a couple hundred dollars.

He’s been able to build a vending route that includes over a dozen machines and thousands of dollars in profit each month.

If you’re interested in getting your vending machine journey, Mike also offers a coaching program to help you get started with step-by-step instructions.

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You could lose your job, your business could fail, but even if your income drops to zero, there’s one thing you won’t lose: skills.

In our last episode with Grant Sabatier, he said skills are the future currency and we couldn’t agree more.

With a good mix of skills, you will both increase your earning potential and decrease your income requirements.

In this episode, we introduce a concept we came up with around offensive and defensive skills.

With offensive skills being those used to generate income, and defensive skills being utilized to save on expenses.

The reality is that many skills can be dual-purposed.

Breaking it down further, you can bucket these skills into those that you’re simply good at and those that you have and are passionate about.

Some examples of skills we cover in the episode.

We truly believe that obtaining skills is the ultimate hack to widening your gap between income and expenses. And that is the name of the game for early retirement.

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Today, we’re re-airing our most downloaded episode featuring Grant Sabatier, owner of Millennial Money and author of Financial Freedom.

Grant graduated with a philosophy degree and would bounce around 4 jobs after college while being laid off twice.

He spent what money he had going on a big trip to Africa before he ended up back at his parents with $2.26 at age 24.

It was 2010 and his parents gave him a 3-month time limit to figure things out.

Grant realized that no matter what he did,  he was going to be trading life for money.

With that knowledge, he became focused on how he could make as much as possible and as fast as possible.

A few weeks later he discovered Google Mobile Ads as well as a free certification course which allowed him to get hired on making $50k per year.

The work just kept snowballing from there and he found himself working 7 days a week. He spread himself across tons of projects including Google Ads, building websites, and even flipping VW vans.

A big point of emphasis from Grant is knowing where you want to go and then focusing on how much you need to make to get there. Do that instead of settling on what you think you’re worth.

He also admits that he should have slowed down a little bit on his journey to financial independence.

Grant believes you can be just as addicted to saving money as someone who is addicted to spending it and both are dangerous.

His wish is that everyone who finds themselves in a job they didn’t love would take 6 months off to discover their passions.

This episode is jam-packed with value but our top three takeaways were:

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