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The FI Roadmap For Your 20’s

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

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100R | Know the Rules

Brad and Jonathan explain how simply knowing the rules can save you thousands on taxes and college financing, Brad talks through the IRA Conversion Ladder and Capital Gains Harvesting, and a few updates from the community. The financial independence movement is growing, and seeing a lot more press coverage. Messaging

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Side Hustle
Four Ways To Monetize A Blog

Starting a blog can be a great low-cost way to experiment in side hustling and entrepreneurialism. Since you can still maintain a day job, blogging allows you to work a day job. During your nights, weekends, or between errands with family, you can write articles, build an audience, and start

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You Can Pursue FI–Even On One Income

There are a variety of reasons why a couple might consider living off of one income. It may be one parent wants to stay home with a new baby. Or perhaps you have an aging loved one who needs more care. Or maybe even one spouse is going through some

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Real Estate
How This Couple Paid Off Their Mortgage In 506 Days

According to Jim Rohn, “We are an average of five people that we spend the most time with.” The older I get, the more that quote resonates with me. I’ve learned how to identify people that I want to learn from and be around and be influenced by, and those

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Side Hustle
I’m Qutting My Job To Write Comics

As a kid, comic books were a popular form of escape, and they still are today. In fact, the industry is thriving, as can be evidenced with a new superhero movie making its box office debut every time we turn around. Whether we get them as hand-drawn images or video

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093R | Other Mountains To Climb

Brad, Jonathan and Joe Saul-Sehy, from Stacking Benjamins, talk about what is rewarding to your soul, give feedback to a ChooseFI community member who’s considering selling his business, and recap Harry, the Ride Share Guy’s strategies for becoming the center of a niche. Hurricane Florence’s path didn’t go near Brad

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How FI Is Different From Personal Finance

While Financial Independence (FI) is personal finance, personal finance is not always FI. Many people come to the FI community and way of thinking because of an interest in money, or perhaps because they’ve worked through Dave Ramsey’s “Baby Steps” and now want to level up their money savvy. But

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College Hacking
089 | Retail Path To FI With College Investor

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

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Life Optimization
088R | What Have You Built?

In this episode: which cities are the best for pursuing financial independence, how to hack your career, ideas for building a side hustle, and how to assess the return on your college investment. Resources Mentioned In Today’s Episode: Toastmasters Ask a Manager: Guide to Asking for a Raise Top 10

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