Ask HTM - Buying a Home FSBO to Save, Getting Ahead on a Small Salary, & the Best Vegan/Eco-Friendly Banks #574
How to Money
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🗓️ 3 October 2022
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
We’re kicking off the week by answering listener questions! And if you have a question that you’d like for us to answer on the show, we’d love for you to submit your own via HowToMoney.com/ask , send us your voice memo. Regardless of how random or bizarre you might think it is, we want to hear it!
1 - Should I put an engagement ring on credit, even if there is going to be a credit card transaction fee?
2 - Is buying a home FSBO a good idea to save money?
3 - How can I get ahead and feel financially comfortable on a small salary?
4 - We’re getting married soon: where should we put our wedding money, what about I bonds, should we combine investment accounts, and is it time for life insurance?
5 - Are eco-friendly and vegan banks worth it?
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| 0:00.0 | What does it take to truly disrupt an industry? How do you overcome the fear of failure? |
| 0:06.0 | When is it time to take a risk? |
| 0:08.0 | Hi, I'm Bob Pippman, Chairman and CEO of I Heart Media, and these are the kind of questions |
| 0:13.0 | we explore on my podcast, Math and Magic, Stories from the Frontiers of Marketing. |
| 0:18.0 | This season, I sit down with some of the most unique thinkers to swap lessons and stories |
| 0:24.0 | on making our work bigger and better. |
| 0:26.0 | We'll hear from business leaders like Steve Cooper, CEO of Warner Music Group. |
| 0:30.0 | Technology is like an avalanche. |
| 0:33.0 | You either get out in front of it or it's just going to bury you. |
| 0:38.0 | Listen to Math and Magic on our very own free I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:46.0 | My name is Joshua Topolsky and I have a new podcast called What Future. |
| 0:51.0 | But I want to tell you that I'm being forced by my producer to record a promo telling you about my show |
| 0:57.0 | and I'm not trying to force you to listen to it. |
| 0:59.0 | And maybe you're not interested in internet culture and the future of life on planet Earth |
| 1:05.0 | and why John Carpenter movies are so good. |
| 1:07.0 | You may just want to listen to a podcast about, I don't know, sports or whatever Joe Rogan talks about. |
| 1:13.0 | And that's fine, you know, no judgment. |
| 1:15.0 | But if you like what you're hearing and I know that you do, you can listen to all of what future. |
| 1:19.0 | On the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:27.0 | Hi, it's Bethany Frankel. |
| 1:29.0 | My time on the Real Housewives of New York is a few years behind me. |
| 1:32.0 | And now I'm ready to put the real back into the Real Housewives. |
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