A PODCAST on FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE
🎤 On a mission to get friends to talk about money
🔥 Hosted by friends, Mike + Maggie,Â
who both reached FI before 40Â
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#015 | Expense Tracking Gone Wild
Episode Summary On this episode Mike and Maggie address their #1 requested topic so far: expense tracking!  We talk about how what gets measured gets better. And then we break down the specifics of how we each approach expense tracking. Money doesn’t need to be a...
#014 | Tax Time! Yay!
Episode Summary On this episode we discuss taxes. Yay, taxes, buckle-up. We give a high-level overview of how tax brackets work, tips for filing your 2019 taxes, and also advice for minimizing your 2020 taxes. We encourage you to file your own taxes so you better...
#013 | From Counter Terrorism to Entrepreneur – Adam Goldberg Interview
Episode Summary On this episode we interview Adam Goldberg. Adam has a fascinating career background, and shifted from a career in counter-terrorism to corporate America as a consult to a professional photographer and instagram influencer. Adam shares his view on...
#012 | Kids are the Best! Part 2 (Interview)
Episode Summary On the last episode we talked about kids and money, and our beliefs in this area. So this episode we decided it was only fair to bring on our kids, ages 3 to 11, and ask them hard-hitting questions! We get their thoughts on happiness, money, views on...
#011 | Kids are the Best! Part 1
Episode Summary Since we said cars are the worst, we thought we’d next focus on what’s the best: our kids! People think kids are expensive, and then can be, but they don’t have to be. Mike has 2 kids, and Maggie has 3 kids, and we share our thoughts on raising them...
#010 | Car Insurance Is Just As Bad
Episode Summary If cars are the worst, then car insurance is just as bad! We follow up our cars episode with a discussion on car insurance. We share what we’re paying on car insurance and our thoughts on the true purpose of car insurance. We then dig into our top...
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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.
If you really want to know more about us, we share it all here. Or listen to our podcast and we’ll share more than you ever wanted to know about two people. And most importantly, we hope listening will help you along your own personal finance or financial independence journey.
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