1104-Friday Q&A: Investing in Tools of the Trade, Socialization for Children, Financial Support of Adult Children, etc.

Radical Personal Finance

Joshua J. Sheats, MSFS, CFP, CLU, ChFC, CASL, RHU, REBC, CAP

Finance, Retirement, Insurance, Business, Money, Education, Self-improvement, Financial, Independence, Growth, Advice, Investing, Family, Personal, Radical, Christian, Faith

4.4 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

On today's Friday Q&A podcast we discuss:

How much should I spend on equipment that makes me money?
How do I help socialize my three-year-old child?
Is financial support of adult children a good idea?
After I'm doing all the basics of good investing, where do I go to find better investment ideas?
I just moved to New York City...will I ever get used to this lifestyle?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Radical Personal Finance, a show dedicated providing you with the knowledge, skills,
0:03.1	insight, and encouragement you need to live a rich and meaningful life now while building a plan for
0:07.4	financial freedom in 10 years or less.
0:09.5	My name is Joshua Sheet.
0:10.4	Today is Friday, July 11, 2025.
0:13.3	And on this Friday, as we do on many other Fridays in which I can arrange a microphone
0:17.0	and the appropriate connections, we record live Q&A. You call in, talk about anything
0:22.4	you want, ask any questions that you're interested in, raise any topics of discussion.
0:26.6	You direct the shows on Fridays. If you would like to join me for one of these Friday shows,
0:30.7	you can do that by becoming a patron of the show. Go to patreon.com slash radical personal finance.
0:34.7	Patreon.com slash radical personal finance. That will gain access for you to one of these Friday Q&A shows.
0:40.0	We begin today with Ben in California.
0:42.3	Ben, welcome to the show.
0:43.0	How can I serve you today?
0:44.7	Hi, Joshua.
0:46.0	I was wondering whether we should be looking at the current model flagship phones,
0:49.8	such as like the Pixel 69 Pro with the one-year Gemini advance as a worthwhile investment.
0:55.9	In the past, I've always tried to buy the cheapest like Google Pixel A-Series models
1:00.7	and try to use them for three to six years.
1:02.8	But we've been really embracing, integrating the AI tools and software engineering over the past year
1:08.0	and using chat GPT deep research.
1:10.2	Thank you, by the way, for your advice during the
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