Welcome to the Bigger Pockets Money Podcast, Finance Friday edition, where we interview David and talk about balancing pet medical bills, starting a new business, and repositioning your retirement contributions to make lifestyle bet.

Hello, hello, hello, my name is Mindy Jensen, and with me as always is my rock star kicker, co-host, Scott Trench.

You might be unaware that Scott is famous as a kicker for the football team of his high school.

That's right. I was on a great high school football team. We won states twice in a row in Maryland, which is not no slouch.

I came up today because our guest David is from Maryland and went to another local powerhouse football program, high school called Sherwood.

My high school is River Hill, and I was all state as a kicker without kicking really any field goals. I hit one field goal in my senior year.

I just could kick it into the end zone at a high percentage of the time and get a lot of touchbacks.

Mindy, thank you very much for the nice intro. And with me as always is my great always has an extra point to make, hook co-host Mindy Jensen.

That was a good one, Scott. Scott and I are here to make financial independence less scary, less just for somebody else to introduce you to every money story,

because we truly believe financial freedom is attainable for everyone, no matter when or where you are starting.

That's right. Whether you want to retire early and travel the world, go on to make big time investments and assets like real estate or start your own business,

taking fantastic trips around the country to beautiful places and around the world will help you reach your financial goals and get money out of the way.

So you can launch yourself towards your dreams.

I love that little foreshadowing you do at the beginning of every show. Scott, this one is very interesting.

We start off in one place in the show talking about the pet medical bills that our guest has, but quickly pivot to his side business,

which is actually rather exciting. I would love to take a trip with him. They run here in his wife run adventure tours, which sounds like so much fun.

Before we bring him in before we really get into that discussion, I have to tell you, per my attorney, the contents of this podcast are informational and nature and are not legal or tax advice.

And neither Scott nor I nor bigger pockets is engaged in the provision of legal tax or any other advice.

You should seek your own advice from professional advisors, including lawyers and accountants regarding the legal tax and financial implications of any financial decision you contemplate.

Before we bring in David, I do want to have one quick point that I want to make. We are going to talk the issue with his dog and the expense associated with that.

We would have been a devastating impact to many other people's financial positions. We are going to talk about that in detail in the outro, and we're excited to welcome our producer, Kaylen, who is an expert on pet insurance to come in and talk about some of those, some of the nuances there.

So if you're interested in that topic, stick around for the outro. We'll have a little segment on that that I think you'll find very interesting and helpful if you're a pet owner.

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