Graduating from college debt-free can accelerate the path to FI dramatically. Brian Eufinger and Seonwoo Lee share their best tips on hacking the FAFSA on today’s episode. Hacking The FAFSA The FAFSA, Free Application for Federal Student Aid, helps colleges determine how much student aid your student will receive. Understanding
What if I told you there’s a tool available to you to help pay for your child’s education? What if I told you it’s something as simple as a Roth IRA? You’d be pretty excited, right? I know I was when I learned that using a Roth IRA for college,
Jonathan and Brad talk to Liz from Chief Mom Officer.org about working moms building a career from the ground up. The inspiration for this conversation came from a listener who wrote: “I’m new here and a lot of the numbers I see people throw around intimidate me. Not the goal
Brad and Jonathan are continuing the conversation about estate planning and planning for your family’s future with estate lawyer, Mark Moss. Why Estate Planning? If the worst happens to your family, it is vitally important to have an estate plan for your survivors. Estate planning is not just for the
If you’re reading this in your 20’s, you are on a path that many of us envy–the chance to start working towards FI with time on your side! You may be coming to the FI path at this age after getting into loads of student loan debt, or, you may
An introduction to the Family Bank and what ChooseFI’s accountant-on-call thinks about it, as well as how to navigate rental car insurance, and what soft skills are crucial to a career in retail? What we dig into in this Friday Roundup: Links: Shanemasoncpa.com Brooklyn FI
Robert, from The College Investor, talks about his lucrative job as a Target store manager, building his blog into a highly profitable side hustle, his relationship with frugality, and the keys to success in a retail interview. What you’ll hear discussed on today’s show Listen to Brad and Jonathan’s thoughts
Should you get a Master’s Degree? The short answer is: it depends. This isn’t the sort of question where sweeping generalizations can be made. I can’t say “Everyone must have an advanced degree!” or, the opposite, “Universities are evil and you may as well light your money on fire!” The fact
Obviously, I am a big supporter of the skilled trades as a career path. It is the path I have chosen, even after I spent four years getting a bachelor’s degree in General Business Management. My college education did get me a job working for a Fortune 500 company, making
Hey everyone! Working mom here supporting a family of four. Budgets are tight, but I know my plans are tighter. Our work lies ahead of us and I’ve been excited about it since day one of this journey. However, we probably aren’t the best example of a FI fam and here’s
Jonathan shares his origin story from and how he graduated from pharmacy school in 2013 with $168,000 student loan debt and how he payed them off in less than 5 years. That’s serious debt reduction! Six Figures of Student Loan Debt ‘Followed the rules’ to get his pharmacy degree but
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