Latest Growwealth Podcast Episodes
Ask Paula: Investing for the Future vs. Paying Down the Past
Afford Anything - December 13, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#477: Kayla is torn between paying off a loan early or catching up on missed retirement contributions. Josh wants to retire early and meets the threshold for zero capital gains taxes. Should he put all his retirement savings into a brokerage account? An anonymous caller wants to know how to merge...
Astronaut's Guide to Taking YOUR Moonshot, with Mike Massimino from NASA and Big Bang Theory
Afford Anything - December 06, 2023 22:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#476: Mike Massimino stared in disbelief at his TV. The date was July 16, 1969, and he marveled as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon. At that moment, he knew he wanted to become an astronaut. He was six years old. But as Mike grew older, he developed more “realistic” dreams. After...
Tribute to Charlie Munger, The Man Who Taught Warren Buffett How to Invest
Afford Anything - December 01, 2023 06:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#475: Born in 1924, Charlie Munger was raised during the Great Depression. At the time of his death on Tuesday, his net worth was estimated at $2.6 billion. But Munger’s greatest achievement wasn’t merely the scorecard of his net worth. His wit and wisdom, which Munger shared with the world throu...
Surviving a $35,000 Credit Card Scam, Job Loss and Foreclosure, with Tiffany Aliche, The Budgetnista
Afford Anything - November 29, 2023 21:51 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#474: When Tiffany Aliche was in her 20’s, she fell victim to a credit card scam. A crafty swindler convinced her to take out a cash advance against her credit card for $35,000. He said that he’d invest the money and produce Bernie Madoff-style returns. She was an inexperienced investor. She beli...
Ask Paula: How to Pay Off a $8,000 Medical Bill Without Going Broke
Afford Anything - November 24, 2023 21:22 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#473: Sarah has cash to pay a $8,000 medical bill but she’s reluctant to drain her savings. Should she sign up for the hospital’s interest-free payment plan? Jennie is an independent consultant but gets paid as a W-2 employee. Without access to a SEP IRA or a 401k plan, is there another option to...
Happiness Habits, with Harvard Professor Arthur Brooks
Afford Anything - November 15, 2023 22:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#472: Imagine this: You’re a teenage musical prodigy, a world-class classical French horn player. You drop out of college at age 19 and spend your twenties touring the globe as a musician (including, once, tripping and falling off the stage at Carnegie Hall). At age 31, you retire from your music...
Ask Paula: I Came Into A Lot of Money. What Should I Do With It?
Afford Anything - November 08, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#471: Bob split a $350,000 windfall between savings and paying down his mortgage. But now he’s wondering if he made a good choice. Can Paula and Joe do the math to justify his gut-driven decisions? Julia wants to tap the equity from a second home to buy a third home in Texarkana, Texas. Is this a...
The GDP Grew 4.9 Percent, Unemployment is at a Near-Record Low … and Everybody’s Stressed About Layoffs
Afford Anything - November 03, 2023 17:28 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#470: The economy is booming. GDP grew 4.9 percent last quarter, the fastest rate of growth since 2021. Consumer spending jumped 4 percent. Unemployment is holding steady at 3.8 percent, historically low. The U.S. added net new jobs for the 34th consecutive month. And yet – people are worried. ...
Ask Paula: Feeling FOMO About Your Home Equity? Here's What to Do
Afford Anything - November 01, 2023 09:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#469: Lindy feels like her $300,000 of accumulated equity could be put to better use. But she doesn’t want to buy more real estate right now. What’re her options? Katie wants to become a landlord in her home state but she’s concerned about the effects of redlining. Should she look into Section 8?...
How MICE Impacts Your Money, with Bryan Kuderna
Afford Anything - October 26, 2023 17:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratingsMoney management is all about setting priorities. Maybe you have the twin goals of sending your kids to college while also saving enough for retirement. And maybe you’re struggling to figure out how to balance the two. Today, Bryan Kuderna, a certified financial planner, shares a framework for he...
Ask Paula: Use One Debt to Pay Off Another?
Afford Anything - October 18, 2023 22:41 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#467: Should Knoxville use a higher-interest Home Equity Loan (HELOC) to pay off a lower-interest 401k loan? Joelle’s tenant is interested in a rent-to-own agreement. Is this a good idea from a landlord’s perspective? A recent wildfire shifted Sharon’s house into a flood zone. Should she sell bef...
How to Handle Medical Bills, with Dr. Virgie Bright Ellington
Afford Anything - October 12, 2023 21:03 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#466: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reported in 2022 that medical debt is the most common reason to get a debt collector call. A Census Bureau study in 2021 found nearly 1 in 5 households (19%) couldn’t pay for medical care when it was needed. These statistics underscore the fact that ...
Good News for the Economy; Bad News for the Markets
Afford Anything - October 06, 2023 19:24 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#465: The Fed is holding interest rates steady for now. The jobs report is better than expected. Stocks and bonds are both going down. What's going on right now in both the economy and in the markets and where should you put your money and your time and attention? That’s what we’re going to cover...
The Science of Friendship (and How It Improves Your Net Worth), with Dr. Marisa Franco
Afford Anything - October 04, 2023 21:45 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#464: More than ever, most people's lives are packed to the brim with activity. We are trying to fit in demanding jobs and families, commuting and a neverending list of chores. Social lives often suffer. It’s no wonder that in 2021, 12% of U.S. adults said they did not have any close friends, up ...
Ask Paula: Student Loan Deferment HACK – How Christina Saved $60,000 in Interest
Afford Anything - September 27, 2023 05:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#463: Mary is struggling to compare two job offers: one from a large corporation and another from a tiny business. How should she decide? An anonymous caller wants to buy a different home, and convert his current home into a rental. How should he finance this move? Christina recently slayed her d...
Cracking the Code of the Rich, with Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
Afford Anything - September 21, 2023 17:04 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#462: As a society, we’re fascinated by stories of the rich. We hear news, see social media posts, and read books about how others become wealthy, how to maintain that status, and what their lifestyles look like. But what if the media we’re consuming is misleading us? Dr. Seth Stephens-Davidowitz...
Ask Paula: A Year Off Work, a Career Change, and a Divorce: How to Make It Work
Afford Anything - September 13, 2023 21:40 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#461: A special LIVE recording in front of an audience at Podcast Movement, an industry conference in Denver. Former financial planner Joe Saul-Sehy and I tackle two questions in today’s episode. Our first question comes from a soon-to-be-single-mother on the precipice of divorce. How should she ...
The Mental Toughness and Confidence Blueprint, with Dr. Nate Zinsser
Afford Anything - September 06, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#460: Mental toughness is the bedrock of starting a business, growing a multimillion-dollar portfolio, investing in real estate, crushing your debt, retiring early. Today’s guest, Dr. Nate Zinsser, mentors elite athletes, soldiers and executives in confidence and mental toughness. He is the sport...
Ask Paula | 10-Year-Old Asks: How Do I Save for My First Car?
Afford Anything - August 30, 2023 19:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#459: Andrey is a savvy 10-year-old wondering what’s the best way to save up for his first car. Ingrid wants to know if her parents’ preference for Retiring on Dividends is a better approach compared to the 4 Percent Rule. Erica’s part-time work schedule will place her in an unusually low tax bra...
The Reality Behind High Home Prices, with BiggerPockets CEO Scott Trench
Afford Anything - August 25, 2023 05:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#458: Today we chat with Scott Trench, the CEO and President of BiggerPockets, a real estate investing education company with more than 2 million members. He joins us to share cutting-edge insights on today’s real estate market. We discuss economic trends, demographic shifts, and talk about how i...
Ask Paula: I Sold All My Stocks Last Year. Now I'm Kicking Myself
Afford Anything - August 16, 2023 15:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#457: Angie sold all the stocks in her retirement account last year. And now the market’s climbing. What should she do with her $500,000 cash position? Christina will be graduating with six figures of student debt. Should she refinance out of a federally protected loan to lower her interest rate?...
The Science of Empathy, with Stanford Professor Jamil Zaki
Afford Anything - August 09, 2023 17:39 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#456: Stanford psychology professor Jamil Zaki shares his research and findings around the science of empathy – and how we can apply this to improving our relationships with colleagues, clients, customers, co-founders, and business and investing cohorts. Zaki is the director of the Stanford Socia...
Ask Paula: I’m Recently Retired. Do I Pay Off My Rentals Or Buy More Real Estate?
Afford Anything - August 05, 2023 03:22 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#455: Yvette recently retired with the goal of reaching a $10,000 monthly income from her real estate investments. Should she put her money toward debt payoff or portfolio expansion? Carly wants to buy a second home and convert her current home to a rental. What are the pros and cons of tapping i...
Ask Paula: Financial Disaster? How to Get Help Before It’s Too Late
Afford Anything - August 02, 2023 17:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#454: Amy says she hit “rock bottom” with her finances. She says she struggled to ask for help before her situation became an emergency. How can others ask for help sooner? Rebecca is a mother of four, which means she’s juggling four distinct college timelines and 529 plans. How does she make a w...
The Importance of Having a Life Outside of Work, with Simone Stolzoff
Afford Anything - July 27, 2023 15:11 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#453: Today I chat with Simone Stolzoff, a consultant for organizations ranging from Google to the Surgeon General’s Office, and the author of "The Good Enough Job." He’s a graduate of Stanford and U. Penn. Simone has spent a lot of time thinking about the role of work in our lives, and he's got ...
Mind Games: How Confidence Shapes our Financial Markets, with Economist Peter Atwater
Afford Anything - July 20, 2023 16:56 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#452: Peter Atwater, an economics professor at The College of William and Mary and author of “The Confidence Map,” joins us to discuss how confidence shapes our financial markets. He explains how The Hunger Games relates to the Lehman Brothers collapse. He describes why you should “Buy Adele and ...
Ask Paula: The Hidden Costs of Leverage
Afford Anything - July 12, 2023 14:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#451: Rachel’s car is nearing its end of life and she’s short on cash. Should she sell before she’s hit with a major repair? Cam wants to arbitrage a hefty low-interest loan with a three-year payback period. Is this the opportunity of a lifetime or a disaster waiting to happen? Kris has tried all...
The Surreal Business of War: A Reporter's Account of the Russian Economy in Chaos
Afford Anything - July 07, 2023 21:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#450: On the First Friday of each month, we roll out a bonus episode that’s totally different from what we usually produce. These bonus episodes are special, unique, and – we hope – round out a fuller, more multifaceted picture of what we think about. Today, I’m introducing you to a business and ...
Ask Paula: Should You Buy Real Estate in Today’s Economy?
Afford Anything - July 06, 2023 16:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#449: Jackie is a 42-year-old paralegal with two rental properties. She wants to buy three more. She asks for Paula’s thoughts about today’s economy. Should she buy under these economic conditions? Jen’s husband will retire with a pension that pays twice their living expenses. Does she still need...
Ask Paula: We Make $300k. Why Are We NOT Financially Independent?
Afford Anything - June 28, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings#448: An anonymous caller is dealing with guilt over spending a large cash gift. What’s the best use if she doesn’t have an obvious financial goal to throw at it? Eric reached financial independence a few years ago but he hesitates to quit his job. What the heck is a Roth conversion ladder and ho...
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