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145R | Stuck

A discussion of what to do with a windfall, a review of turnkey real estate investing, and a meditation for stock market investors when the market is falling. Fincon In Main Stream News In last week’s episode, Brad and Jonathan discussed their experience at Fincon. This week, Brad found two

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Insurance
Choosing Your Health Insurance: A Guide For Open Enrollment

If you depend on the Health Insurance Marketplace for health coverage, open enrollment is an important time. First, it’s an opportunity for you to preview any planned changes to your coverage or premium. And if you’re unhappy with your current health insurance policy, open enrollment is your chance to shop

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How To Create An Investment Policy Statement

As members of the FI community, our goals are all similar enough. In order to retire early, we need to have 25x our annual expenses in diversified investments and savings to achieve this. But how and when each one of us achieves it may be completely different based on our

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119 | Everything Is Negotiable

Mr. Refined from Refined by Fire has overcome a staggering amount of debt that accumulated from student loans and medical bills. After finding the FI community, he was able to triple his net worth! Mr. Refined talks openly about his debt, how he negotiated his way out of debt, and why

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Side Hustle
How Starting A Business Will Impact Our Finances

On February 1st, 2019 I launched my new planning firm, FI-nancial Planner. I want to talk about the inner workings of quitting a full-time job and creating a new company. In contrast to the popular wisdom of starting a side-hustle and making the leap when the new business can support

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Mindset
109R | “Bear” Perspective

Big ERN from Early Retirement Now joins the show to talk about the current market climate: How is it impacting investors, who could benefit, and what markers he uses to evaluate its actual condition? We also share a voicemail from Abby, who provides a few more helpful hints for teaching

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106R | Agency

A series of suggestions and questions from the ChooseFI community, including HSA funds, capital gains distributions, and Traditional versus Roth IRAs, and follow up from Monday’s episode with Deanna. What we cover in this episode: • Jonathan raves about battery-powered chain saws, and a great bonding experience with his dad.

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