A PODCAST on FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE
🎤 On a mission to get friends to talk about money
🔥 Hosted by friends, Mike + Maggie,
who both reached FI before 40
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#021 | Cell Phones and TV and Internet, Oh My!
Episode Summary In this episode we discuss cell phones, television, and internet bills. What you’re spending across these three categories can easily add up to a few thousand dollars a year, and finding savings in just one area can save you a ton. We also give a...
#020 | Corona Quarantined + Salary Cuts
Episode Summary Offices are closed, schools are closed, restaurants are closed, beaches are closed, coronavirus is spreading fast, the world has stopped traveling, and... Mike and Maggie’s salaries were cut. Mike and Maggie spend some time talking about the impacts...
#019 | Coronavirus and your money
Episode Summary In this episode we discuss the unprecedented time we’re going through in the world right now with the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19). We share our overall thoughts on the impact it’s having around the world and in our communities, and then we dive...
#018 | House Hacking with Andrew Kerr + 2020 Goals Check-In
Episode Summary In this episode we interview Andrew Kerr, host of the House Hacking Podcast and a real estate expert. Andrew teaches us all about house hacking, which is about making slightly different choices with housing to reduce what is typically your largest...
#017 | Crazy frugal stuff we do
Episode Summary In this episode Mike and Maggie discuss some of the crazy frugal things they do to save money, from cutting open toothpaste containers to get a few more weeks of toothpaste to waiting 6-8 weeks for a battery to arrive from Hong Kong. We hope this...
#016 | 401ks are your BFF!
Episode Summary Mike and Maggie talk about 401ks and 403bs, which are retirement savings plans. We talk about the benefits of 401ks, the myths of 401ks, and we challenge people to, at the bare minimum, put in the amount their company is matching. And the best-case...
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About friends on FIRE
Mike’s a dude who loves #s. He wrote a book. It’s on Amazon. His dad retired at 42, so early retirement is in his blood!
Maggie’s pretty cool. She early-retired at 41 along with her husband! And sometime’s she writes on her blog. It’s on the www.
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