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BiggerPockets Money Podcast

252: Finance Friday: Self-Employed Revenue, Health Insurance, and Hiring

BiggerPockets Money Podcast

BiggerPockets

Education, Investing, Business

4.5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

It takes a leap of faith to leave a W2 job and wander through the hills and valleys of self-employment. With the right skill set, time management, and perseverance, you can come out more profitable (and happier) than you were originally at your old job. But, once you succeed, it may be hard to slow down the self-employment train, and your side-gig could become a full-on business, with the need for employees. TJ has put herself in a phenomenal position, both financially and income-wise. She left her job to become a full-time consultant but knows she won’t be able to expand without hiring her first employee. Her business would need an employee to bring in more revenue, BUT she needs more revenue to bring on an employee. What would you do in this situation? Scott and Mindy have both spent time outsourcing and hiring before. They help TJ develop a roadmap to getting her first hire on board while keeping crucial revenue in the business. This episode also dives into self-employed health insurance, project management, and hiring a junior position that can grow into a senior in little time.  In This Episode We Cover Why it’s imperative to keep your costs low while trying to run a business  What to do once you’ve hit your max capacity for work at your business  Whether or not now is the time for you to hire your first employee Fully mapping out the cost of a full-time vs. part-time worker on your team Putting together a business plan that allows you to forecast your business’s future  Health insurance while self-employed and why an HSA plan may be your best bet And So Much More! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the bigger Pog its money

0:01.2

podcast show number 252 finance Friday edition,

0:04.8

where we interview TJ and talk about setting up your business

0:07.9

to scale in the future.

0:09.6

Yeah, I think that's the main reason I haven't hired anyone

0:12.0

right now is that I don't want to hire someone and have them

0:15.3

dependent on my income when I don't personally feel like it

0:18.9

stable right when it's just me.

0:20.5

I don't have any dependents that are are looking to

0:23.4

on a use of my money.

0:24.6

Then it's not a big deal.

0:25.9

If I lean on my emergency fund here and there or I decide

0:28.6

to take December off, those are all great.

0:30.4

But when I'm looking to hire somebody else,

0:32.7

they either have to not also be depending on the income

0:35.2

themselves or I need to have enough coming in the door

0:38.2

steadily to be able to give them that assurance.

0:41.0

Hello, hello, hello.

0:41.8

My name is Mindy Jensen and with me as always,

0:44.1

is my growth-minded business master co-hosts,

0:46.8

Scott Trent.

0:47.6

I'm just thrilled to be your CEO host, Mindy.

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