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HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

A Week In Her Wallet: The 48-Year-Old Who Turned a Rental Property Into Her Retirement Plan

HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

Jean Chatzky Her Money

Investing, Business

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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What does a real week of spending look like for a busy working mom who also happens to be a landlord? This week on A Week In Her Wallet, we're heading to Annapolis, Maryland, to follow Larisa, a 48-year-old HR Director with a combined household income of $375,000, two kids in competitive sports, a dog, and a rental condo she's owned since her twenties. We talk through it all: how she keeps a separate checking account just for rental income and expenses, why she almost always orders ahead for pickups at Sam's Club, and how she thinks about the guilt that still creeps in when she spends money on herself. Plus… Bucky's. If you've never stopped at Bucky's on a road trip down I-95, Larisa will make you want to. In this episode, we cover: The good, the bad, and the ugly of owning a rental property, and how she budgets for the unpredictable How she handles big annual bills (like a $1,200 water assessment) without breaking a sweat How she uses a dependent care spending account to offset summer camp costs How splitting costs with her sister makes family vacations feel easy and fun Want to be featured in A Week In Her Wallet? Every woman has a money story worth telling, and we want to hear yours. Fill out this form to be considered. We’d love to hear from you.  Pre-order Jean's new book, The Forever Paycheck, out September 9! Every pre-order helps get this book into more readers' hands — thank you for supporting the show and the book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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Now.

0:32.0

Hey everyone. Welcome to Hermione. I'm Gene Chatsky. And today we are back with another episode in our special

0:38.5

listener series, A Week in Her Wallet, where we follow real women from our community as they

0:43.6

track their spending for a full week and reflect on the why behind every dollar. This week, we're

0:50.3

heading to Annapolis, Maryland, to hear from Larissa. She is 48, married, and works full-time as an HR director,

0:58.7

bringing in a combined household income of around $375,000 a year.

1:05.2

She's also a mom of two with a daughter on a competitive dance team

1:09.4

and a son who just started soccer and flag football,

1:12.7

and she and her husband own a rental condo on top of managing their primary home.

1:18.4

Larissa is someone who thinks carefully about her money.

1:21.3

She has systems in place for almost everything and isn't afraid to invest in the things

1:26.3

that make her life run smoother like a bi-weekly

1:29.7

cleaning service she is happily budgeted for years. Her week happened to fall right before

1:34.7

spring breaks, so we're going to see what it looks like when real life collides with vacation

1:40.5

prep. Last minute cleats, Easter basket runs, a road trip down 95, and a Sam's

1:46.7

club trip that started with paper towels and ended with a bathing suit and shorts. Sounds familiar?

1:54.5

Absolutely. We're going to walk through her week day by day here from Larissa in her own words

1:59.2

and talk about what it really looks like to manage

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