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509 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 2.2K ratingsHonest and uncensored - this is not your father’s boring finance show. This show brings much needed ACTIONABLE advice to a people who hate being lectured about personal finance from the out-of-touch one percent. Andrew and Matt are relatable, funny, and brash. Their down-to-earth discussions about money are entertaining whether you’re a financial whiz or just starting out. To be a part of the show and get your financial questions answered, send an email to [email protected].
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A Simple Strategy for Rental Properties
May 11, 2020 04:00 - 46 minutesToday we’re talking about our simple strategy for owning and managing rental properties. We have a course called Rental Properties for Passive Investors and we got some feedback that we think it’s important to address. Show Notes Investable Rental Properties For Passive Investors Course Start Investing with Roofstock Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
That Will Never Work with Netflix Co-Founder Marc Randolph
May 04, 2020 04:00 - 48 minutesToday we have a guest on the show - the Co-Founder and first CEO of Netflix. Marc Randolph to talk about his new book That Will Never work. The real-life, totally improbable story of Netflix’s early days, told in Marc Randolph’s unconventional, engaging, inspiring style. A vivid primer on the realities of startup ventures, and a seriously entertaining read. Now a National Bestseller. Show Notes https://www.marcrandolph.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
5 Questions: Starting From Zero, Pensions and Downturns
April 27, 2020 04:00 - 38 minutesToday is 5 questions episode and we will be talking about: How the downturn has impacted the FIRE Community? Whether you should invest if you have a pension? What happens when you buy a stock in an index fund? What to do with an inheritance? Starting over with zero dollars to your name. Show Notes Types Of Investments: An Illustrated Guide Lasso Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Opportunity Funds and the 2020 Stimulus
April 20, 2020 04:00 - 41 minutesAn opportunity fund is money set aside so that when an opportunity arises, you have the money to take advantage of it. As an investor, your most important job is to get a good deal. Most of the growth you get in the market is during a recovery phase. Right now the market is down, so things are selling for a fraction of what they were worth 30 days ago. This is exactly why you set up an opportunity fund, so that you can take advantage while everyone is panicking and selling. Today we’re taking...
The Great Index Fund Takeover
April 13, 2020 04:00 - 41 minutesIs there’s an index fund bubble? Today we’re talking about how index funds are taking over and how the state of index funds should affect how you invest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Golden Butterfly Update - Will It Weather The Storm
April 06, 2020 04:00 - 43 minutesToday we’re taking a look at how the Golden Butterfly has performed in the recent market correction compared to other investment strategies. We will be looking at The Golden Butterfly, The All Weather Portfolio; and Vanguard’s Total Stock Index and we’re going to compare each portfolio by pretending you had $100,000 perfectly allocated in each strategy as of October 2, 2019 (before COVID-19) and compare it to the portfolio’s value as of April 1, 2020 (6 months later). Show Notes Rental Proper...
5 Questions: Foreclosures, Bootcamps and Timing The Market
March 30, 2020 04:00 - 47 minutesToday is 5 questions episode and we will be talking about foreclosures as a real estate investment, coding bootcamps, timing the market, Fundrise IPO and managing financial goals in your relationship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How to Buy Income-Producing Websites
March 23, 2020 04:00 - 54 minutesIt is no secret that Andrew and I each own multiple online businesses that earn us passive income. Before we started we had no idea what we were doing. It’s not easy to start a website from scratch and if you’re not already building an online business you might not even know what a great idea looks like. Today we’re talking about how you can buy an existing online business. We have a special guest on the show today, Blake Hutchinson, the CEO of Flippa.com. We’ll get into the details of buyin...
The Modern Payday Loan
March 16, 2020 04:00 - 49 minutesToday we are talking about payday loans or what some new fin-tech companies are now calling “early wage access”. These companies seem to be disguising predatory lending with shiny new apps geared towards millennials making it even easier to get a payday loan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Coronavirus Stock Market Meltdown
March 09, 2020 04:00 - 38 minutesToday we are talking about the elephant in the room, the Coronavirus and the Stock Market Meltdown it caused what we’re doing, what you can do and how to survive the madness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
5 Questions: Dividend Stocks, The Fisher Effect and Employee Stock Options
March 02, 2020 05:00 - 39 minutesToday is 5 questions episode and we will be talking about dividend stocks, The Fisher Effect, employees stock options. non-taxable accounts and what to do if history repeats itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Where Should You Bank? Traditional vs Online Banks
February 24, 2020 05:00 - 34 minutesLooking for a high interest rate? Online banks are the way to go. Need to deposit checks? You will need a brick and mortar bank for that? When looking for the best place to put your money pays to shop around and compare. Today we talk about some of the pros and cons to keeping your money in an online bank or a traditional bank and which banks we like best. Show Notes Chime Bank Betterment Azlo Fidelity SmartCash Ally Smarty Pig Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rule of 55, Explained
February 17, 2020 05:00 - 31 minutesToday is we are talking about the Rule of 55. We’ve gotten quite a few listeners who have asked us to cover this so today we wanted to explain exactly what it is and how it works. The Rule of 55 isn’t the only way to access your 401k early so, were also talking about other ways to tap into your 401k and what would be the right reasons to take advantage of these early distributions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
To Franchise Or Not To Franchise
February 10, 2020 05:00 - 38 minutesToday we are answering a question from a listener, Andres about buying into a franchise and how they look as business opportunity. We get into actual franchise profitability, compare two popular franchises and explain how one franchisee makes over $2 billion a year. Show Notes Franchise Index Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How Female Breadwinners (Really) Make It Work
February 03, 2020 05:00 - 53 minutesOutdated gender roles persist both at home and in the office, here’s how one woman makes it work. Our guest today the Director of Global Partnerships and founder of Breadwinning Women at Google, and the host of her own podcast Working Wife, Happy Life. Bethanie Baynes. She talk about her experience being a bread winning woman. Bethanies Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
5 Questions: Inverse ETF’s, Saving For a House and REIT Investing
January 27, 2020 05:00 - 28 minutesToday is 5 questions episode and we will be talking about REIT investing, inverse ETF’s, Gold, saving for a house and IRA’s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The World Has Gone Mad and the System Is Broken
January 20, 2020 05:00 - 53 minutesRay Dalio recently published an essay called “The World Has Gone Mad and the System is Broken”. When looking at the current state of the global economy he said: “This set of circumstances is unsustainable and certainly can no longer be pushed as it has been pushed since 2008. That is why I believe the world is approaching a big paradigm shift.” Besides being a huge fan of Ray’s, we think his essay does a great job of explaining the major forces at play in the global economy and we found it fa...
Why Rich People are Cheap
January 13, 2020 05:00 - 54 minutesAccordingly to the Fidelity Millionaire Outlook Survey, 86% of millionaires are self-made. Even more remarkable, 78% of them started out as middle class or poor. Only 22% grew up in the upper class. That means that the vast majority of millionaires built their wealth the old fashioned way: hard work, consistent saving and investing in the long-term. We’ll explain why rich people are cheap and how you can adopt their simple habits to become a millionaire yourself. Show Notes Warren Buffett Do...
How We're Investing Our Money This Year
January 06, 2020 05:00 - 56 minutesWe’re often asked where we are putting our money and, that question has never been more important to us personally. Especially considering the direction the winds are blowing and our feelings with what is happening in the world. We'll be talking about how we're investing our money this year and what is coloring our decisions. Show Notes The Golden Butterfly Investing Strategy Fundrise Real Estate Investing Our Investing Blueprint Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How To Retire Early with Mr. Money Mustache (Rebroadcast)
November 25, 2019 05:00 - 58 minutesMr Money Mustache didn't retire because he was making so much money from his blog. He had actually been retired for six years before he started writing. The blog was born when he looked around at his friends who had good jobs but were still living paycheck to paycheck. They bought into what has long been sold as the American Dream; go to college, get a job, buy a house, fill that house with as much stuff as it can hold (and when it can't hold anymore, rent a storage unit), have some kids, and...
How to Reduce Taxable Income With Advanced IRA Strategies
November 18, 2019 05:00 - 1 hourThe biggest expenses in life are taxes and interest. If we can minimize those two things, we will put much more money in our own pockets and add many more years to our retirements. Our guest, the Mad Fientist delves deep into advanced IRA strategies. Find out why you should have one and which one will best fit your needs. Original Broadcast July 22, 2014 Full Article Here Show Notes The Mad Fientist: Brandon's website and podcast. Betterment: Our favorite investing tool. Use this link and ge...
Go Fire Yourself With Laurel Staples (Rebroadcast)
November 11, 2019 05:00 - 50 minutesLaurel Staples joins us to teach us how to forget the American dream and talk about her journey becoming an entrepreneur. Start living our own dreams on our own terms. In 2007 Laurel quit her job as a mechanical engineer to launch her popular blog, Go Fire Yourself. In January she will publish her book about how to quit your day job and run your own business. Original Broadcast Date August 18, 2014 Full Article Here Show Notes Smuttynose Bouncy House IPA: an all-occasion American ale. Martin...
Are We Loving Our Kids Too Much with Adam Carroll (Rebroadcast)
November 04, 2019 05:00 - 54 minutesWhat a weird concept. Loving your kids too much. But it can be true. By giving them too much, by coddling them from every possible disappointment, we turn them into ineffectual adults. From ensuring that everyone gets a trophy to always giving them money when they ask, kids today can't handle normal disappointment and have never had to work or struggle for anything. Mom and Dad are always waiting, poised to smooth whatever path their children are on. But in the name of loving them, we're taki...
Personal Money Horror Stories (Rebroadcast)
October 28, 2019 04:00 - 36 minutesIt’s almost Halloween and nothing is more frightening than money horror stories. Close the blinds, turn off the lights, light a candle and prepare to be scared. Matt and Andrew haven’t always been smart with money, well Andrew mostly has. But even they have finance horror stories and will share them with us. This episode was first published on October 31 2014 Show Notes Hopfish IPA: An English style IPA. The Bowery Boys Haunted Brooklyn: Here’s a special Halloween treat. One of my favorite po...
The Yield Curve Is Inverted and It's Ok
October 21, 2019 04:00 - 1 hourWe tend to talk about stocks much more often than bonds. Why? Because since LMM began, our audience has skewed young, most of our listeners are in their twenties and thirties. But the show has been around for seven years now. Those who have been with us from the beginning are seven years older. We want to serve our audience, so we need to focus a little more on bonds. Most of you know the basics, and we've covered bond investing in the past. Today we have returning guest J. David Stein to go ...
5 Questions: Time Shares, Fuck You Money and Peer to Peer Lending
October 14, 2019 04:00 - 47 minutesWe get dozens of emails from listeners each week asking really thoughtful financial questions. When a question needs a detailed answer or might be helpful to others, we turn it into part of a 5 questions episode. Today we have 5 questions about buying a timeshare, the Lending Club strategy, f**k you money, buying a rental property, and what to do with a million-dollar inheritance. Full Article Here Show Notes Cape May City To Shore: A Double IPA Thick Blueberry Goo: A smoothy style Berline...
Socially Responsible Investing: Invest In The World You Want to Live In
October 07, 2019 04:00 - 47 minutesThere are a lot of bad things happening around us: climate change, weekly mass shootings, rampant opioid addiction, income inequality. Rather than feeling helpless and frustrated, let’s take matters into our own hands. That’s where socially responsible investing comes in. You can invest in the world you want to live in. Full Article Here Show Notes HopHands: An American Pale Ale Wisp: A Belgian style whip Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Grow Your Wealth With Passive Investments In Farming
September 30, 2019 04:00 - 52 minutesAgriculture is the one industry that touches every person on the planet. Agriculture produces the food we eat, the liquids we drink, the clothes we wear, and the furniture we sit on. There are nearly 7.5 billion people on earth, all of whom consume what agriculture produces. Which makes investing in agriculture seem like a no brainer. Full Article Here Show Notes Fat Orange Cat: A white stout brewed with coffee and chocolate Melcher Street: A double dry-hopped IPA Dallas Blonde: An America...
Rewired Not Retired: How to Engineer The Life You Love
September 23, 2019 04:00 - 38 minutesThe FIRE movement has carved out a big niche in the personal finance space. FIRE stands for Financial Independence, Retire Early but if you quit traditional work in your 30s or 40s, what will the rest of your life look like? Three or more decades is a lot of time to fill and sitting on the porch in a rocking chair or playing golf aren't going to be enough to fill it. The 30s to 60s can be the prime of life. We're still filled with energy, ideas, and ambitions. Full Article Here Show Notes Ap...
5 Questions: Debt Consolidation, Combining Finances and Long Distance Move
September 16, 2019 04:00 - 54 minutesWe get dozens of emails from listeners each week asking really thoughtful financial questions. When a question needs a detailed answer or is of interest to a lot of people, we turn it into part of a 5 questions episode. Today we have 5 questions about debt consolidation, saving money on a move, combining finances, living paycheck to paycheck, and capital gains. Full Article Here Show Notes Lightful: A German-style wheat beer from Tired Hands Brewery. Yule Smith: A double hopped IPA. Learn...
Diversifying Your Retirement With Alternative Assets
September 09, 2019 04:00 - 46 minutesWe talk a lot about making sure your portfolio is diverse enough to insulate your investments from risk. But if you want to ramp up returns, consider diversifying your retirement with alternative assets. How can you do that? A Self Directed IRA is one of the most powerful tools in your retirement arsenal. Alternative investments can improve your chances of retiring with enough money. Full Article Here Show Notes Apricot Compote Sour: A refreshing summer beer from Evil Twin. Alto: The Alto p...
The Business of Babies
September 02, 2019 04:00 - 52 minutesThe United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that it costs nearly a quarter of a million dollars to raise a child from birth to age 18. That tally does not include the cost of a college education. The largest piece of that pie lies in housing and transportation at a whopping $107,000. Next, you’ll factor in childcare and education at $44,000. (See? I told you this shit is expensive). Following that is clothing/miscellaneous and healthcare at $33,000 and $20,000 respectively. ...
Financial Vital Signs: Net Worth By Age and How to Get There Without Flatlining
August 26, 2019 04:00 - 47 minutesKnowing your personal net worth is one of the most important aspects of personal finance. It's one of the best indicators we have to know if we are on target to meet our goals. Whether you want to be debt-free, buy a home, pay for college for your children, or to retire you need to be on target. Your net worth is a way to see what is holding us back. It's a very strong indicator of your overall financial health. Figuring out your net worth is easy. Add up the total value of all of your assets...
The Lowdown on Libra: Facebooks New Cryptocurrency
August 19, 2019 04:00 - 39 minutesIn its ongoing quest for world domination, Facebook is set to launch a cryptocurrency called Libra. And a digital wallet to store those Libra called Calibra. Given the company's somewhat shady privacy practices, would you trust Facebook with your money? Full Article Here Show Notes Passion Pool from Mikkeller and Friends: A gose. Craft Lager from Upslope Brewing Company: An American style lager. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
5 Questions: Weed, Buying an Engagement Ring, and Bull Markets
August 12, 2019 04:00 - 1 hourWe get dozens of emails from listeners each week asking really insightful financial questions. When a question needs a detailed answer or is of interest to a lot of people, we turn it into part of a 5 questions episode. Today we have 5 questions about spending a raise wisely, investing in a bull market, what to do with an inheritance, how to pay for an engagement ring, investing in weed stocks, and a bonus question about gold. Full Article Here Show Notes Boont Barl: An amber ale. Dogfish H...
How to Start and Monetize a Blog Quickly
August 05, 2019 04:00 - 49 minutesAndrew and Matt share their stories and the lessons they learned creating a blog that makes passive income but more importantly, they are going to spell out the exact steps they took to achieve financial independence. They will cover: How to Start a Blog (Step-by-Step Guide) – Everything you need to get started in under 10 minutes with $160. The act of paying someone to host a blog for you is easy. How to Monetize your Blog – The only two ways that matter and the one you should avoid at all ...
The Smart Way to Buy Property
July 29, 2019 04:00 - 52 minutesBuying a house is a long-held tenet of the American Dream, one of the milestone markers of adulthood. But there are a lot of misconceptions about homeownership. And there is a lot of misleading information about the process of how to buy a house, some of it seems deliberately misleading. An uninformed buyer is an easy mark for predatory real estate agents, home inspectors, contractors, banks, and mortgage brokers. Buying a house to live in rather than to rent out is not an investment. In rea...
The Three P’s of Success
July 22, 2019 04:00 - 52 minutesEveryone wants to find success both in their personal lives and their professional lives. Because success is an almost universal desire, there are thousands of books, podcasts, articles, TV shows, and seminars that claim they can teach us how to be successful. And all of the people selling those books and other things have a vested interest in making finding success seem harder and more complicated than it needs to be. But we like to keep things simple and assume you want the same. We love Ma...
5 Questions: The 4% Rule, Staying Financially Motivated and Passive Income
July 15, 2019 04:00 - 51 minutesWe get dozens of emails a week asking financial questions. Sometimes we get a question so good, we want as many people as possible to hear it and the answer. That's how 5 questions episodes were born. We have questions about the 4% rule, staying financially motivated, and making passive income. Let's answer some questions. Full Article Here Show Notes Gose Dragon's Milk-White: A white stout. Matt's Home Brew: A Kolsch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Dollar Today Or A Dollar Tomorrow: Leveraging The Time Value of Money
July 08, 2019 04:00 - 46 minutesA dollar today isn't the same as a dollar tomorrow, that's the time value of money. Risk and return are expecting a dollar risked to earn more than a dollar. The time value of money and risk and return are two core concepts in personal finance. Luckily, each boils down to a pretty simple statement. The core principle of the time value of money means your dollar today is worth more than your dollar tomorrow. Risk and return say that if you are to risk a dollar, you expect gains of more than ju...
Paying Off Your Mortgage Strategically
July 01, 2019 04:00 - 48 minutesFor most people, their mortgage is their biggest debt. And we all know that debt is bad. Debt is an emergency that we must pay off as soon as possible. But is all debt bad? Is paying off your mortgage quickly a good personal finance strategy? Paying off your mortgage more quickly has its advantages when done strategically but there are downsides too. We get a lot of emails asking about paying off mortgages early and people site various reasons for wanting to do so. A lot of people want to joi...
How To Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky)
June 24, 2019 04:00 - 44 minutesWe all want to get rich or rather wealthy. Being wealthy is much different and much better than being rich. If you want to know how to get rich without getting lucky, Twitter can teach you. A Twitter thread from Naval went viral in the spring of 2018. Full Article Here Show Notes Jam Skate: An American Imperial IPA. Trillium Brewing: A Double Dry Hopped India Pale Ale. The Tweet text that inspired this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Zero to FIRE With Airbnb
June 17, 2019 04:00 - 1 hourMost people are familiar with Airbnb, the site that lets owners rent out a room or an entire home to travelers. Airbnb has become such a hit that many people use it exclusively when traveling for pleasure, work, or any other reason. Goodbye cramped hotel room, hello fully furnished house! And Airbnb isn’t just a hit with those renting a place to stay. Airbnb is the most profitable way to make money in the gig economy. What it did show was that 85% of gig economy workers make less than $500 pe...
Five Questions: Raising Rich Kids, Hiring Help and A $2 Million Inheritance
June 10, 2019 04:00 - 46 minutesWe get some interesting questions from our listeners, and we like to address them on the podcast so the answers can help anyone who might have similar questions. Today we’re answering questions about raising rich kids, hiring help, and a $2 million inheritance. Full Article Here Show Notes Saigon Scooter Selfie: A Vietnamese Style Coffee stout Hell or High Watermelon: A wheat beer brewed with real watermelon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Increasing A Property's Value With Home Improvements
June 03, 2019 04:00 - 48 minutesFor most people, their home is their most significant investment. As such, you not only want to protect your investment but increasing a property's value is important too. The right home improvements can do it. Doubling your property’s value might be a little too ambitious for anyone who isn’t a professional real estate flipper or property developer, but some money spent in the right places will improve your property’s value. Full Article Here Show Notes Oak and Orchard :A sour from Epic B...
You Can Get Free Financial Help
May 27, 2019 04:00 - 38 minutesThe whole reason LMM started was to give as many people as we could reach free financial help. And in the past seven years, we’ve done that. We know because we get emails daily from people telling us that the show has helped them. We have dozens of shows and hundreds of articles that give free financial help to anyone who finds us. But not everyone can find us. There are millions of people who have no idea what a podcast even is. And because LMM is a podcast and a website, we are naturally l...
You Can't Time The Market - But Can You?
May 20, 2019 04:00 - 42 minutesIf you are interested in personal finance, you’ve probably heard the term timing the market. There is some debate about whether market timing is a good investment strategy or something impossible, or nearly impossible to do. You probably can't time the market. Unless you’re Warren Buffett which you are not. Even if you’re just a casual observer of economic news, you hear a lot of questions about what’s happening with the stock market or the housing market. These questions create a lot of spe...
How to Become A Profitable Person
May 13, 2019 04:00 - 35 minutesIf you run your own business, you go to great lengths to make sure that your business is a profitable one. Both Andrew and Matt run their own businesses. They regularly go over their accounting to see if the businesses are spending too much money and if they are, where? Do the profit margins need to be increased? How much money is being held in reserve in case of a period of lower cash flow? But how many of us do these things and ask these questions when it comes to our personal finances? We ...
All Things Gold
May 06, 2019 04:00 - 44 minutesSome people who are hesitant to invest in the stock market are willing to invest in gold. Why? Gold is tangible, you can see it, hold it, and keep it right in your own house (or bunker). You can buy it from some guy in a late night infomercial. You can buy it with images of the fallen Twin Towers on it. Or an American eagle. You can’t say any of that about investing in the stock market! When you own stock, you don’t own a tangible thing. You have to deal with some slick stockbroker if you wa...
How Wills and Trusts Work, and Where to Start
April 29, 2019 04:00 - 51 minutesWe know that none of you likes to think about death, but it’s inevitable, and you have no idea when. For the majority of us, the most important thing in our life is the well being of our family. We work hard for them; we take care of them. But how can you do that when you’re no longer here? By establishing a trust fund and a will. Don’t wait; there’s no reason to. You can finish reading this, spend a few minutes and a few hundred dollars and make sure your family is taken care of. Because ...