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Ask Paula: Should I Buy a House or Catch Up on Retirement Savings?

Digital Minimalism - with Dr. Cal Newport

Three Percent is the New Four Percent - with Larry Swedroe, Retirement Planning Expert

#174: Should a 48-year-old New Yorker who’s retiring next year buy more rental properties? Should a Michigan-based first-time homebuyer use an FHA loan to buy a duplex for $135,000 that rents for $1,800 per month? Should a 40-year-old music professor who owns a duplex transfer his property into an LLC? Should a New Jersey condo owner sell her unit as For Sale by Owner? I answer these five rental property questions in today’s podcast episode. Visit https://affordanything.com/episode174

When a Child of Financial Chaos Stumbles into Adulthood - with Paulette Perhach

Ask Paula: Should I Buy a Nice Car or Save My Money?

#171: Chris Hogan surveyed 10,000 millionaires in the United States. Here's what he discovered: - 89% of millionaires have a net worth between $1 - $5 million dollars - 62% graduated from public state schools - 73% never had a penny of credit card debt - 18% are self-employed - 62% earned a household income of less than $100,000 annually What can we learn from these everyday millionaires? Find out in today's episode! For more, visit https://affordanything.com/episode171

Ask Paula - When Should I NOT Use the One Percent Rule for a Rental Property?

#169: Happy New Years! To kickoff 2019, we've created a free book called One Tweak a Week, outlining 26 easy, actionable ways that you can improve your financial life. Each tweak takes less than one hour (some are as quick as five minutes), and taken together, these tweaks can accumulate into a serious impact. Improve your money management and get closer to financial independence with our free book, One Tweak a Week. You can download it here: https://affordanything.com/2019

#168: You can do anything, but not everything ... and definitely not everything at the same time. How can you eliminate distractions? Can you train yourself to pay attention to important tasks, rather than getting distracted by time-wasters? Productivity expert Mike Vardy shares his experiences optimizing time and energy, the difference between being efficient vs. being effective, and how to spend less time struggling with your Inbox. More information: https://affordanything.com/episode168

#167: Angelisa is a college senior with $30,000 in student loans. She has a part-time job, from which she’s saved $2,500. Should she keep saving money, or should she get a headstart on paying down her student loans while she’s in school? I answer this and five more questions on today’s episode, alongside former financial planner Joe Saul-Sehy. Enjoy! For more information, visit the show notes at https://affordanything.com/167 

#166: Michelle Singletary learned everything she knows about money from her grandmother. Well, okay, I shouldn't say "everything" that she knows. After all, Michelle also has an MBA from Johns Hopkins University. She  writes about personal finance for the Washington Post. Her nationally-syndicated personal finance column, The Color of Money, is published in more than 100 newspapers nationwide. For more, go to http://affordanything.com/episode166

#165: Should Kim, an entrepreneur, invest in index funds or rental properties? Should Nick, an MBA student, househack into a more-expensive home with stronger cash flow, or a cheaper home with more budgetary wiggle room? Should Kelly, who is getting married soon, sell her current home to buy multiple rentals? Or use her current home as a rental property? Should Trayci and her sister invest in rental properties or bare land? I answer these four questions in today’s episode. Enjoy!

#164: Bob Lotich joins us on the Afford Anything podcast to discuss why and how he took a mini-retirement, and to offer advice to anyone (whether traditionally employed or self-employed) who might want to do the same. For more information, visit the show notes at http://affordanything.com/episode164

Ask Paula - The Future of Index Fund Investing