1941: Ask Farnoosh: My Best Home Buying Advice, Investing for a "Mid-Term" Goal
So Money with Farnoosh Torabi
Farnoosh Torabi
4.7 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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In this Super Bowl weekend edition of Ask Farnoosh, she reflects on recent financial headlines and answers listener questions about saving, investing, family planning, and homebuying. She discusses the sharp drop in Bitcoin, rising layoffs, and a weakening stock market as reminders of the importance of maintaining a strong emergency fund and staying financially cautious.
In the mailbag, she explains how to save for future goals even without a defined purpose, why entrepreneurs should diversify beyond their businesses when investing, and how prospective parents can prepare financially and create more time flexibility before having a child. She closes with practical homebuying advice drawn from two decades of personal experience, emphasizing that a first home need not be permanent, that buyers should understand their motivations and finances before searching, and that thoughtful preparation leads to more confident decisions in uncertain economic times.
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| 0:00.0 | So Money episode 1941, Ask Farnush. |
| 0:04.4 | You're listening to So Money with award-winning money guru Farnoosh Karabi. |
| 0:09.3 | Each day, get a 30-minute dose of financial inspiration from the world's top business minds, |
| 0:14.6 | authors, influencers, and from Farnoose yourself. |
| 0:18.6 | Looking for ways to save on gas or double your double coupons? |
| 0:22.3 | Sorry. |
| 0:23.2 | You're in the wrong place. |
| 0:24.6 | Seeking profound ways to live a richer, happier life. |
| 0:28.0 | Welcome to So Money. |
| 0:31.0 | Welcome to So Money, everybody. |
| 0:32.4 | I'm Farnoose Terabi. |
| 0:33.4 | It's Friday, February 6th. |
| 0:35.0 | And we're coming to you on Super Bowl weekend. |
| 0:46.9 | One of the biggest cultural moments in our country is about to happen this Sunday with Super Bowl 60 kicking off in Santa Clara, California. |
| 0:48.9 | Not far from where my parents live. |
| 0:54.7 | Fans around the world are going to catch the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots battle it out for the Vince Lombardi Trophy. Bad Bunny will be playing the halftime show, a historic performance |
| 1:00.6 | and coming off his big Grammy win, it's no doubt going to be quite the week for Bad Bunny, |
| 1:06.5 | right? Like I think I had a good week too. I got out of the house. I went to the city. |
| 1:29.1 | Someone recognized me from the So Money podcast. But to be bad bunny, wow. What a year so far for him. It's only February 6th. And I'm hosting a party this weekend at my house. It happened unintentionally. We got invited to a Super Bowl party before I could accept. I was like, |
| 1:35.0 | let me ask my husband if he's got plans because this is his holiday. It's not my holiday. |
| 1:40.9 | And he said, I was actually thinking maybe we could have some people at our house. And then I went immediately into Persian mom catering mode. |
| 1:44.8 | So I don't really care about the game. |
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