BiggerPockets Money Podcast
529 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2.8K ratingsFor those who have money… or want more of it!
Join Mindy Jensen and Scott Trench (from BiggerPockets.com) weekly for the BiggerPockets Money Podcast. 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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29: From $200,000 in Student Loan Debt to $150,000 Net Worth in 3 Years with Nick and Alyssa Parros
July 16, 2018 06:00 - 1 hourNick and Alyssa were high school sweethearts, who went to college where their family attitudes toward money came to light. Nick’s “save up for it” mindset saw him graduate with around $50k in student loan debt, while Alyssa’s more spendthrift attitude towards the college lifestyle had her graduating with $80,000 in debt—and her graduate degree piled another $60,000 on top of that. They got married and quickly discovered their vastly different views on money. Through budgeting, communication, ...
28: How Anyone Can Easily Make Extra Money Using Side Hustles with Nick Loper
July 09, 2018 06:00 - 1 hourSide hustle is a huge buzzword in the FI community. Make extra money on the side doing something fun, something you love, or even just something that pays really well. Today we bring in Nick Loper, Founder of Side Hustle Nation, to share his expertise... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
27: How to Get Even MORE from Your Travel Rewards Credit Card with Lee Huffman
July 02, 2018 06:00 - 1 hourOpen up a credit card, earn miles, get a free plane trip or hotel room. Sounds great, right? But what if you could exponentially increase your travel rewards? Fly free every time. Never pay for a hotel room again. Lee Huffman travels the world in... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
26: Graduating College on Track for Financial Independence with Cody Berman
June 25, 2018 06:00 - 1 hourCody Berman: Remember that name because this kid is going places. Currently traveling in Australia, Cody began his journey into personal finance and intentional living as a child, when his dad taught him about compound interest and the power of saving... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
25: Raising a Family While Seeking Financial Freedom with Chris and Debbie Emick
June 18, 2018 06:00 - 1 hourChris and Debbie Emick have two daughters—AND are well on their way to financial independence through a combination of local and long distance real estate investing coupled with frugality and conscious spending. Chris and Debbie are everyday Joes... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24: Getting Financially “Naked” with Your Significant Other — With Erin Lowry
June 11, 2018 06:00 - 1 hourErin’s parents taught her about money from a very early age. She paid for half of everything she wanted, which helped her figure out financial prioritization. When it came time for college, she decided against her dream college to avoid significant... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
23: A Mini-Retirement Road Trip in Your 20s with Becky & Noah
June 04, 2018 06:00 - 1 hourBecky and Noah are in the first half of their gap gear, a pre-FI road trip around America. They didn’t grow up rich, but they carefully planned out their life to avoid student debt. Both earned the same Chick Evans Caddie Scholarship to Purdue... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
22: How to Pay Off 6-Figure Student Loans While Pursuing Financial Independence with Travis Hornsby
May 28, 2018 06:00 - 1 hourStudent loan debt is a HUGE problem facing millions of people - and it continues to grow every year. Today we are joined by Travis Hornsby from Student Loan Planner who shares several options for paying back your student loans, including loan... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
21: How Losing 260 Pounds Spurred Job & Investing Success with Tony Gayden
May 21, 2018 06:00 - 1 hourTony Gayden grew up in a lower middle class household where money and finance were not discussed. He sought comfort in food, eventually reaching 476 pounds and drowning in debt. In this episode, Tony shares his weight-loss journey and how he... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
20: The Simple Path to Wealth—Index Funds Explained with JL Collins
May 14, 2018 06:00 - 1 hourJim Collins has literally done it all. From busboy, produce, clerk, and gas station attendant, to ad agency founder, sales trainer, radio co-host, and publisher. He is a prolific world traveler, having visited more than 30 countries on five continents via motorcycle, car, train, plane, boat—and even elephant. Jim has lived a very good life. And along the way, Jim has learned that money is a tool that can offer the freedom to live the life you want to live. He’s also figured out that there is ...
19: The Ultimate Real Estate Retirement Plan with Chad Carson
May 07, 2018 06:00 - 1 hourChad Carson has never had a “real job.” Instead, he has parlayed his experience helping with his father’s rental business into his own real estate rental business. Now, Chad owns enough real estate that he’ll never have to work at a real job. In fact, when we spoke to Chad, he called us from Ecuador — where he’s been living for a year in order to submerse his children in the Spanish language. His rental business ran itself while he was away. He was able to take an extended vacation and truly ...
18: Accessing Retirement Funds Before Age 59½ with The Mad Fientist
April 30, 2018 06:00 - 1 hourEarly retirement is a goal many people have. Diligently saving for retirement age to fund your life after you stop working is great, but the same programs that help you avoid taxes while saving come back and hit you with taxes AND penalties if you... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
17: Building a Lean Business With (Almost) No Capital with Alan Donegan
April 23, 2018 06:00 - 1 hourOn this week’s episode of the Biggerpockets Money Podcast, we chat with Alan Donegan. Alan Donegan watched - and helped - his father run a super-successful sportswear company, until the economy shifted and they lost everything. Determined to not... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
16: Financial Security Through Passive Income with Joel Larsgaard
April 16, 2018 06:00 - 1 hourAs a kid, Joel Larsgaard watched his parents work jobs they didn’t like to pay for things they didn’t need. They missed out on some of the priceless moments that life has to offer, culminating in bankruptcy when Joel was 12. We discuss how that... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15: The Pillars of FI, Pt. 2: Designing the Life You Want with Brad Barrett and Jonathan Mendonsa from Choose FI
April 09, 2018 06:00 - 52 minutesThis is the last half of the epic interview with Brad and Jonathan from Choose FI. Continuing where we left off from last week, we finish up the Pillars of FI conversation, including beginner level topics you can be doing such as frugality and index fund investing but also touch on more advanced topics like tax optimization and travel hacking. If you have not yet listened to part one, you can find that here. This episode - along with last week’s part one - is a must-listen for anyone on the ...
14: The Pillars of FI: Designing the Life You Want with Brad Barrett and Jonathan Mendonsa from Choose FI
April 02, 2018 06:00 - 1 hourOn today’s epic show, we speak with Brad Barrett and Jonathan Mendonsa from Choose FI. Brad and Jonathan share their pillars of financial independence — the 10 things you need to do in order to achieve FI. We cover beginner-level topics such as... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
13: Achieving FI Before 40 Despite Breaking Every Financial "Rule" with Tanja from Our Next Life
March 26, 2018 06:00 - 52 minutesTanja reached financial independence (FI) and retired from her full-time, high-stress job at age 38—despite not being a natural saver, having purchased two brand-new cars in the past, and not maxing out her 401(k) in the beginning—pretty much breaking every FI “rule” out there. Tanja was not focused on early retirement or financial independence when she met Mark, but quickly got on board. Her 60-hour-per-week job took up all her time and "brain space,” and more than 100 plane trips per year m...
12: How to Become an “Overnight” Success in 10 Short Years with David Greene
March 19, 2018 06:00 - 1 hourWhile David Greene is a long-time real estate investor, best-selling author, and one of the top real estate agents in California today, his career started in the most unlikely of places—as a busboy at a restaurant. Learning how hard work and hustle,... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11: Financial Freedom in Less Than Five Years with Joel from FI 180
March 12, 2018 06:00 - 1 hourJoel and his wife were barreling down the wrong financial path - saving nothing and spending more than $100,000 every year. A freak car accident literally changed the direction of their lives by causing them to re-evaluate and decide on what was truly... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10: Designing a Frugal But Luxurious FI Life by Age 32 with Liz Thames
March 05, 2018 07:00 - 1 hourIn March, 2014, Liz and her husband made the conscious decision to stop their big city, big spending lifestyle, and adopt a frugal mindset in order to realize their new goal of moving out of the hustle and bustle and into the woods. Their 180 turn took them from dinners out every night to 66 acres in the woods of Vermont, where they happily raise their daughters and live the life they want - with no stress, no financial strains and ultimate financial freedom in just over two years, by May 201...
9: Financial Independence at Age 30 (by House Hacking + Side Hustles) with Drew from Guy On Fire
February 26, 2018 07:00 - 59 minutesWhat would happen if someone had early financial independence in mind right out the gate, upon graduating college? Imagine the amount of money that person could stockpile... Today’s guest had exactly that in mind, and made the kind of decisions that will allow him to retire early (maybe even in his twenties!!!). Meet Drew, the “Guy on Fire.” At age 27, he has already accumulated four properties with seven units in the hot Washington DC housing market. He makes the numbers work, and work well,...
8: From Financially Perfect to Rock Bottom (and back again) with Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche
February 19, 2018 07:00 - 58 minutesTiffany Aliche grew up talking about money. Her dad was an accountant, her mother actively engaged the children in grocery shopping and other areas of finance. She was a teacher at a private school and had just bought her first house. Then she met a “friend” who convinced her to invest in his get-rich-quick scheme. Promised future returns led to foolish spending. The economic downturn led to a lost job, and in turn a lost home. Bouncing between family members, Tiffany had a revelation: “I ...
7: How Breakfast Food Motivated Financial Freedom with Mr. and Mrs. Waffles on Wednesday
February 12, 2018 07:00 - 1 hourMr. and Mrs. Waffles on Wednesday (WoW) were doing everything wrong. They ran up ridiculous tabs at a local restaurant/bar just ‘hanging out,’ while getting abysmal returns from their financial planner - and paying 1% for this terrible advice.... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
6: Fearlessly Paying off Massive Student Debt on $30,000 per Year with Sarah Wilson
February 05, 2018 07:00 - 32 minutesAre you tired of hearing success stories from folks who are earning $60,000, $80,000, or even $100,000 or more paying off debt and moving toward financial freedom? Where’s the inspiration for the folks out there that do not earn above average incomes? Look no further than today’s guest for that inspiration. Sarah Wilson paid off $33,000 of student loan debt. Why is this a big deal? Because she did it while making less than $30,000 a year! Not even considered a “living wage” in most places, S...
5: Jump Starting your Early FI Plans by Live-in Flipping with Mindy Jensen
January 29, 2018 07:00 - 56 minutesMindy was born in a small town, and then she moved and moved and moved. In fact, moving doesn’t phase her at all, which plays right into the core component of her investment strategy -- The Live-In-Flip. Mindy moves every two years to take advantage... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
4: From Disorganized to Debt Free Through Budgeting and Routine with Rosemarie Groner
January 22, 2018 07:00 - 1 hourRosemarie Groner was a State Trooper - a good, recession-proof job. Chronic disorganization led to more than $30,000 in consumer debt when she made the decision to quit her job to stay home with her first child. In this episode of The BiggerPockets Money Podcast, Rosemarie shares how she cut $23,000 out of her spending, paid off her debt in less than 4 years, and grew her income to the point that her husband could also quit his day job. Rosemarie gives you actionable tips for establishing rou...
3: Cutting Your Grocery Bill in Half with Erin Chase from $5 Dinners
January 15, 2018 07:00 - 57 minutesAs a mom of (then) two, Erin Chase found herself shopping for groceries without a plan, picking up things that sounded good, but no idea what she’d do with them once she got them home. They made their way into the refrigerator, then on to the trash after they rotted. She knew she had to significantly cut her grocery bill if she wanted to get ahead. In this episode of The BiggerPockets Money Podcast, Erin shares how she cut her grocery bill in half - while adding two more kids to the mix. She ...
2: An All-Out Approach to Financial Independence at an Early Age with Scott Trench
January 08, 2018 07:00 - 1 hourScott Trench wanted something more out of life, so he grabbed it by the horns and pointed it in the direction HE chose. By accumulating a large financial runway through a 50% savings rate on a median income, he gave himself the courage to take... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1: The Surprising (Scientific) Truth Behind What Makes You Successful with Mr. Money Mustache
January 01, 2018 07:00 - 1 hourOn this first episode of the BiggerPockets Money Podcast, we speak with Mr. Money Mustache (AKA Pete) about what truly makes you a happy person. (Hint! It isn't money, and it isn't material possessions.) We'll talk about shifting your mindset to pursue financial freedom, how to live for free, tips for living a frugal life, and how to surround yourself with like-minded people. Since this is BiggerPockets, real estate comes up, too. Don't miss this inspiring episode with one of the founders of...