Welcome to the Bigger Pockets Money Podcast where we interview Chris Hutchins and talk about all the hacks.

If you're bookin' a villa or a house, you're looking on Airbnb, if it's in another country, sometimes this works in the US, but off really great in Mexico and overseas,

take the image that best represents the property, save it to your computer, go to Google Image Search and upload it.

And chances are there's probably three or four other websites that are a broker for booking that same property. Like, you might find that property somewhere else and it can be 20, 30% cheaper.

You might even find a website that the owner themselves has set up so there's no extra commission going to the booking agency and you could save even more.

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To introduce you to every money story because we truly believe financial freedom is attainable for everyone, no matter when or where you're starting.

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Scott, I am so excited to talk to Chris Hutchins today from the All the Hacks podcast. He is filled with tips and tricks for making your life a little bit more optimized or a lot more optimized and getting things done in the easiest way possible.

He was just an absolute delight to talk to and literally the whole episode is tip after tip after tip and I just loved this show.

Yeah, I mean, he's fantastic. He just rattled off great tips one after the other for the entirety of this show. I mean, he is a wealth of information and definitely encourage folks to learn more about Chris because he is an expert in the space.

Before we begin Chris, let's take a quick break.

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Today's guest is Chris Hutchins, the host of the All the Hacks podcast. Chris has an impressive resume filled with big names like Google, Grove, Milk and Wellfront and has been featured in the New York Times, a Wall Street Journal and CNBC.

But it's his ability to master ways to hack his life and come up with the easiest way to get something done that truly caught my eye. Today we're going to talk with Chris about all the hacks. Chris, welcome to the Bigger Pockets Money Podcast. I am so excited to talk to you today.

This has been a long time coming. I'm so excited to be here.

So let's jump into a little bit of your background before we look at some of your favorite hacks. Where does your journey with money begin?

My journey with money. It's one of these things where I always try to pin it down with my parents and I never get a good answer.

I'm like, come on, tell me the childhood story that I can come on a podcast and be like, I had the lemonade stand and then I hired my neighbors to run it.

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