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Friday Flight - Fix Your Car, The Solution to Overthinking, & What’s a Better Gift: Stocks or Flowers? #366 Jun 04, 2021

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It's time for a Friday Flight! These episodes are all about the week’s financial news and the impact on your personal finances. There are a lot of headlines out there, but we distill it down to specific takeaways that will allow you to kick off the weekend informed and help you to continue to make smart money moves. In this episode we cover some interesting and helpful stories like: dumb fees on prepaid debit cards, avoiding rising auto insurance rates, fixing vs replacing your car, preparing for student loans this fall, and what’s a better gift: stocks or flowers? And then after the break, Jon Acuff joins us to talk about how he once bought a package of 48 haircuts in order to save money. We get serious though and quickly discuss his new book, “Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking” where we cover the difference between overthinking and being prepared, how to determine if we have soundtracks that are keeping us from attaining our goals, and overcoming imposter syndrome.

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Don't Trust Money Advice From These Folks #365 Jun 02, 2021

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Who are you trusting with your money? We’ve all received some crappy advice at some point in our lives, but when it comes to our personal finances we need to make sure that we’re listening to the right folks. One of the reasons it can be so difficult today is due to social media and entertainment- there are a lot of self-appointed “experts” these days and it can be difficult to tell the difference between sound financial advice and an account or a show that’s meant to just amuse you. For most folks, it might be easier to sniff out a blatant scam where someone is out to swindle you. But potentially even more dangerous- what about the instances of friends or family members who think they’re giving us good advice? Those are situations where they probably have good intentions, but it’s just not the right advice for you. We run the gamut between headlines and social media to financial advisors, and we also discuss how you can determine if the advice you’re hearing is right for you.

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Ask HTM - Getting a Mortgage with a Low Credit Score, Borrowing from a 401k, and Investing in International Funds #364 May 31, 2021

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We’re kicking off the week by answering listener questions! And if you have a question that you’d like for us to answer on the show, we’d love for you to submit your own via HowToMoney.com/ask/ , send us your voice memo!

1 - Can I get a mortgage with a low credit score?

2 - Should I borrow from my 401k?

3 - After getting off to a late start to investing, should I focus on investing for retirement or buying a condo?

4 - Should I pay for healthcare I don’t need in order to invest within a Health Savings Account?

5 - Why don’t you guys invest in international funds?

During this episode we enjoyed a Barrel Farm Bend #2 by Monday Night Brewing! And please help us to spread the word by letting friends and family know about How to Money! Hit the share button, subscribe if you’re not already a regular listener, and give us a quick review in Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Help us to change the conversation around personal finance and get more people doing smart things with their money!

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Friday Flight - Choosing Between WFH or Getting a Raise, A Better Way to File Taxes, & the Worst Way to Travel #363 May 28, 2021

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It's time for a Friday Flight! These episodes are all about the week’s financial news and the impact on your personal finances. There are a lot of headlines out there, but we distill it down to specific takeaways that will allow you to kick off the weekend informed and help you to continue to make smart money moves. In this episode we cover some interesting and helpful stories like: more state vax cash incentives, small businesses on Google, right to repair laws, planned obsolescence, Americans like filing their taxes, more millionaires than ever, turning a profit on your wedding, choosing between WFH or getting a raise, pandemic unemployment assistance is phasing out, & the worst way to travel.

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You Need a Bare Bones Budget #362 May 26, 2021

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If you were faced with a financial emergency, how would you respond? Imagine you just found out that today was your last day at work and you had no other income- do you know how you would cut back in order to get by? That might be a terrible scenario to envision, but we believe that having a bare bones budget in your back pocket is necessary as it can be powerful in case of a financial emergency. It’s all about keeping your needs and cutting your wants in order to prevent you from relying on debt or making other ill-advised financial moves. During this episode we discuss what you should include in your own bare bones budget, as well as the additional benefits that accompany thinking through some of the worst case money scenarios that you might encounter.

During this episode we enjoyed an Ethereal Vibrations by Monday Night Brewing! And please help us to spread the word by letting friends and family know about How to Money! Hit the share button, subscribe if you’re not already a regular listener, and give us a quick review in Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Help us to change the conversation around personal finance and get more people doing smart things with their money!

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Travel LOTS, on LITTLE with Nomadic Matt #361 May 24, 2021

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If you’re ready to do some traveling after being cooped up for over a year, then this episode is for you. Today we’re talking with Matthew Kepnes who is better known as Nomadic Matt. Before he turned 23 Matt hadn’t taken a single trip overseas, but since then he’s visited over 100 countries and territories, tried some crazy foods, and made lifelong friends along the way. He’s the NYT best-selling author of “How to Travel the World on $50 a Day”, and his mission is to help would-be travelers realize that they actually can travel- and they can do it all for less money than they think it’ll take. On his site, Matt teaches folks all about affordable travel, ranging from topics like how they can save money by finding affordable flights, all the way to advice on picking out a good backpack. Listen to our conversation with Nomadic Matt to be convinced that you can afford to travel!

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Friday Flight - The Crypto Crash, Tapping Your Home Equity, & $1 Million to get Vaccinated #360 May 21, 2021

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It's time for a Friday Flight! These episodes are all about the week’s financial news and the impact on your personal finances. There are a lot of headlines out there, but we distill it down to specific takeaways that will allow you to kick off the weekend informed and help you to continue to make smart money moves. In this episode we cover some interesting and helpful stories like: small businesses raising prices, getting vaccinated to win $1 million, cash prize-linked savings accounts, monthly child tax credit payments on the way, big bank credit cards ignoring credit scores, monitoring your credit report for free, tapping your house for cash, the best long-term investments, bitcoin blip, cryptocurrency investment scams, air travel ramping up, and avoiding airline fees.

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Will Inflation Wreck Your Finances? #359 May 19, 2021

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Price increases are making the headlines- from commodities to everyday household items, virtually everything is getting more expensive! Does that mean that inflation is spiraling out of control? This is something we haven’t had to even think about in recent years because while inflation rates in the 70s-80s topped 10%, inflation (or the Consumer Price Index) has been sitting at roughly 1.5% over the last ten years. It’s been stable and it’s also been fairly low, but it seems like things are now changing. After significant increases in recent months, it's clear that there are changes afoot, and we’re going to directly address how to keep inflation from wrecking your finances.

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Ask HTM - Switching from a Robo Advisor, Saving or Investing Funds for a Baby, & Does Infinite Banking Actually Work? #358 May 17, 2021

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1 - Target date funds in my brokerage account- is this allowed and is it a good idea?

2 - How should we deposit checks from another country for our daughter?

3 - Does infinite or velocity banking work and how risky is it?

4 - Should I switch from a robo advisor like Ellevest to my own investment advisor?

5 - Plus a great car tip from a listener for keeping your headlights looking brand new!

During this episode we enjoyed a Love Birds 4 by Birds Fly South! And please help us to spread the word by letting friends and family know about How to Money! Hit the share button, subscribe if you’re not already a regular listener, and give us a quick review in Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Help us to change the conversation around personal finance and get more people doing smart things with their money!

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Friday Flight - Dollar Stores Stink, Inflation Fears, & No Gas For You #357 May 14, 2021

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It's time for a Friday Flight! These episodes are all about the week’s financial news and the impact on your personal finances. There are a lot of headlines out there, but we distill it down to specific takeaways that will allow you to kick off the weekend informed and help you to continue to make smart money moves. In this episode we cover some interesting and helpful stories like: how we can be like Shaq, new home prices continue to increase, rising inflation figures, free internet, parents giving money to kids, retirement happening sooner than sooner than expected, restaurant ‘surprise bags’, bags of gasoline, automobile shortages, the best way to pay for a car, cheap dollar stores, and when the richest couple in the world split.

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