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How to Interview and Hire a Financial Team Jan 01, 2018

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You can DIY a lot of your financial life, but sometimes you need some help. But you only want to choose the best people when it comes to your money. Today we’re discussing how to interview and hire a financial team. Shannon McLay from Financial Gym is our guest today. Financial Gym provides one on one personal training to help people achieve their financial goals.

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Simple Wealth: Research and evaluate rental properties.

Tool Box: All the best stuff to manage your money.

Financial Gym: Get financial personal training

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Protecting Yourself From Credit Card Fraud and Identity Theft Dec 25, 2017

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Data breaches have been in the news recently, and the headlines are scary. Today Farnoosh Torabi joins us to discuss protecting yourself from credit card fraud and identity theft. Farnoosh Torabi of the So Money podcast is the Chase Slate Financial Ambassador. She can give us the insider’s scoop on how to protect our data and our credit scores from fraudsters and even ourselves.

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Grimm Artisanal Ales: A dry hopped sour ale.

Tool Box: All the best stuff to manage your money.

Simple Wealth: Research and evaluate rental properties.

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Cheap Meals: Good Food On A Tight Budget Dec 18, 2017

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Most of us spend too much on food. You can still eat well or maybe better than you currently are, and spend less money. Looking for a way to make cheap meals that hit the spot? The shopping trolley is one of the easiest places to cut spending. Here is our ultimate guide to saving money on groceries and making good food on a tight budget.

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The Science of Cooking

Cooked on Netflix

Kitchen Confidential

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Understanding Financial Bubbles Dec 11, 2017

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There are a lot of personal finance terms thrown around that many of us don’t understand so when we hear them, we just nod and smile. But LMM is all about education, so we’re going to devote this episode to understanding economic bubbles. Bubbles are nothing new. The first bubble may have happened nearly 400 years ago. Our episode a few weeks back on cryptocurrencies got us thinking about economic bubbles. It’s an interesting subject so we wanted to delve further into bubbles.

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Super Going: A dry-hopped ale with orange zest.

Woodchuck Cider: An amber cider.

Tool Box: All the best stuff to manage your money.

Simple Wealth: Research and evaluate rental properties.

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How To Retire: What To Do With Your Time And Money Dec 04, 2017

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We spent years accumulating money for retirement, but when we finally get there, it’s all about decumulation, counting down your money. Learn how to retire and what to do with your time and money. We talk a lot about early retirement, but today we’re talking to someone who’s living it. J. David Stein retired at 46 and had since launched his successful podcast, Money for the Rest of Us.

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Money for the Rest of Us: People like us, invest like this.

Simple Wealth: Research and evaluate rental properties.

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The BRRR Strategy: How Cash Out Deals Work Nov 27, 2017

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Rental property is LMM’s favorite form of passive income. But if you want to maximize your real estate investments, you’ll have to get a little less passive. We’ve covered many of the basics about rental property, and now we’re going to go deeper. We will explain the BRRR strategy and how cash out deals work.

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My Name is Citrus Maximus:An IPA with a hint of grapefruit.

Roofstock: Turn key rental property.

Simple Wealth: Research and evaluate rental properties.

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Getting Rid of the Victim Mentality Nov 13, 2017

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Today we’re joined by Wes Chapman, founder of A Human Project. Wes shares his story and tells us how getting rid of the victim mentality can bring us greater success. Wes is the founder of A Human Project, an organization that incubates creative, scalable solutions to systemic problems and gathers together the greatest minds to solve global issues in education, health, and society.

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Cappuccino Stout:A heady mix of beer and caffeine.

Sour Monkey Victory Brewing: An American wild ale.

Wes Chapman: Wes's site.

Building a World of Worth: Wes's TedX talk.

Tool Box: All the best stuff to manage your money.

Simple Wealth: Research and evaluate rental properties.

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5 Questions: Frugality, IRAs and Saving in College Nov 06, 2017

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We get a lot of great questions from listeners and readers. And if one of you asks a question, dozens of other people have the same question. In order to reach you all, we like to do five questions episodes. So here they are, five awesome questions from you! Is there such a thing as being too frugal, Betterment or Vanguard, how can you save money in college, what should you do with an IRA, where should your emergency fund live? We’re going to find out.

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Tool Box: All the best stuff to manage your money.

Simple Wealth: Research and evaluate rental properties.

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The Art of Meaningful Conversation Oct 30, 2017

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Small talk only gets you so far. If you want to improve your career, your relationships, and your life, you have to move past small talk to something deeper. Today we interview two experts on the art of meaningful conversation. Mollie Kinsman Khine and Taylor Buonocore are the inventors of Convers(ate), a game designed to spark conversation.

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Truck Stop: A honey brown ale.

Conversate Kickstarter: The campaign is live until November 10, 2017.

Convers(ate)'s Website: Check out the details of the game.Tool Box: All the best stuff to manage your money.

Simple Wealth: Research and evaluate rental properties.

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The Newbie’s Guide To Bitcoin and the Cryptocurrency Market Oct 23, 2017

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Money has been around for thousands of years and now there is a new form of money on the scene.

A cryptocurrency is a form of digital money. It uses cryptography to create secure, digital transactions that are in theory, anonymous. That’s why it’s the preferred medium of payment when buying illegal things like drugs on the dark web. BitCoin was the first cryptocurrency, created in 2009 and is the most well-known. But, what even is cryptocurrency? This episode is the newbie’s guide to the cryptocurrency market.

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Tool Box: All the best stuff to manage your money.

Simple Wealth: Research and evaluate rental properties.

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