496: 24 Money Tips for 2024: How to Save on Rent AND Travel for Free!

BiggerPockets Money Podcast

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🗓️ 25 January 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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If you want to reach financial freedom, knowing how to save money is crucial. Today, Mindy and Kyle deliver some special tips that will help you save on housing, food, travel, and other common money categories in 2024! In this final episode of our four-part money tips series, we’re looking to help you improve your quality of life while saving money. Do you pay a premium to live in an expensive city that you don’t have time to explore? Perhaps it’s time to pack up and move to an area with a lower cost of living. Instead, scratch your itch to see the world by using credit cards to travel for FREE! Is your monthly grocery bill getting out of control? Choose a cheaper store, take advantage of sales, or do “mini” shops that help you eliminate waste. Finally, do you spend a fortune on things like eating out or going to the spa? Learn how you can recreate these experiences at home for a fraction of the cost! In This Episode We Cover How to save money on groceries with savvy food budget tips Why you should consider moving to an area with a lower cost of living Creating “at-home” experiences that put money back in your pocket How to improve your quality of life with small but effective upgrades Building the healthy habit of charitable giving (and how to plan your donations!) Choosing a FIRE goal that gives you “enough” money to support your lifestyle Traveling for FREE by racking up credit card rewards And So Much More! Links from the Show BiggerPockets Money Facebook Group Network with Other Investors on The Path to FIRE Through the BiggerPockets Forums Finance Review Guest Onboarding Join BiggerPockets for FREE Mindy on BiggerPockets Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Apply to Be a Guest on The Money Show Podcast Talent Search! Money Moment Check Out Part 1 of Our 24 Money Tips for 2024 Check Out Part 2 of Our 24 Money Tips for 2024 Check Out Part 3 of Our 24 Money Tips for 2024 Ramit Sethi Revisited: Spend Like Your Life Depends on It Slash Your Food Budget by $150+ Per Week with EASY, Healthy, and Tasty Meals Learn How to Travel for FREE Click here to check the full show notes: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/money-496 Interested in learning more about today's sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email us: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the BiggerPockets Money Podcast.
0:03.0	This is our final episode of 24 Money Tips in 2024.
0:07.0	And with me to share these final tips is my wonderful, amazing, fantastic, fabulous, delightful co-host, Kyle Mast.
0:14.7	Oh, was that too much?
0:15.6	Probably, but people should know that it was even more impressive that you did that whole
0:19.9	phrase in one take on a podcast. There's no way I would be able to do that. That was not
0:25.2	edited. She did that straight. That's because you are wonderful, amazing, fantastic, fabulous, and delightful,
0:30.2	Kyle? Stop, stop. Okay, yeah, Mindy, these have been so much fun these these episodes have been fun to share
0:37.0	all these different tips and I hope our listeners are really getting value here
0:40.4	As we sink into the new year.
0:42.6	Mindy, what's our number one tip for today?
0:44.5	This one is a big one that's going to make you think.
0:47.4	Evaluate where you are living.
0:50.4	Not only your actual apartment or house, but your city your state your country are you giving your city more than you're getting out of it
0:59.5	I know too many people who are living in New York City paying New York City rent,
1:04.8	New York City bills, but not living a New York City life.
1:08.8	Listen, you can sit inside your New York City apartment doing nothing, but it feels a whole lot like sitting inside. your apartment
1:15.0	anywhere else in the country doing nothing.
1:18.0	So really think about it.
1:19.0	Are you utilizing all the things that your city has to offer, are you utilizing all the things your state has to offer?
1:26.0	And if not, either change that and start taking advantage of what's near you or move.
1:32.0	So you can start taking advantage of a lower cost of
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