Holiday Ready? Essential Fire Safety to Save Lives and Cash! (SB1614)
The Stacking Benjamins Show
Joe Saul-Sehy and Josh ‘OG’ Bannerman, CFP
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2024
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
It’s a Festivus for the rest of us! This week, we’re mixing holiday cheer with must-know insights to keep your season merry, bright, and worry-free. Steve Kerber joins us from the Fire Safety Research Institute, who shares life-saving fire safety tips just in time for all those twinkling lights and candles. Because the best insurance is prevention, right? This year we're chatting about lithium-ion batteries and how explosive (literally) these can be for your holiday season if you aren't careful. We'll also chat about smoke alarms, closing your doors, and having an emergency exit plan in place!
But that’s not all—we’re also diving into why big Wall Street players are taking out loans they don’t need and how you can apply creative financing strategies to your own life. Plus, we answer a listener’s estate planning question that came up during their bedtime reading (we love multitasking). Sprinkle in some holiday trivia, debates over the best Christmas movies, and discussions on revocable trusts, and you’ve got a variety-packed episode that’s as fun as it is informative.
Episode Highlights:
- Holiday fire safety tips from Steve Kerber, including new standards for smoke alarms and tips for handling lithium battery hazards.
- Why having a solid fire escape plan is the ultimate prevention strategy.
- How Wall Street’s creative financing trends can inspire you to rethink debt and financial flexibility.
- Strategies for analyzing and managing debt like a CFO, just in time for the New Year.
- Listener Q&A on estate planning, with practical advice on revocable trusts and holistic financial planning.
- Holiday trivia, featuring quirky debates about the best Christmas movies—spoiler alert: “Die Hard” might come up.
Why You’ll Love This Episode:
It’s not every day you get a mix of life-saving fire tips, actionable financial strategies, and festive fun in one show. Whether you’re looking to keep your home safe, optimize your finances, or just get a good laugh, this episode has something for everyone.
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| 0:00.0 | But out of that, a new holiday was born. |
| 0:04.6 | A festivus for the rest of us. |
| 0:11.0 | Live from Joe's mom's basement, Doug, and if you've hung out with us for long, you may have heard us say that the best battle, according to Sun Tzu, is the one never fought. |
| 0:35.3 | That's why today we welcome from the Fire Safety Research Institute, Steve Kerber. |
| 0:40.3 | Plus, big Wall Street players are back in the news, |
| 0:44.3 | because they're taking out loans they don't need. |
| 0:47.3 | Wait, haven't we spent the last decade telling people to stop taking out loans they don't need? |
| 0:51.3 | We'll detail why they're doing it and how you can think more creatively |
| 0:56.6 | about your financing options. |
| 0:58.8 | Plus, we'll answer a question from one stacker |
| 1:01.2 | who was just laying in bed, having a little me time |
| 1:03.8 | and thought, you know, I'd better call Saul. |
| 1:06.9 | See hi and OG. |
| 1:09.3 | Really? |
| 1:10.2 | That's what he does before? |
| 1:12.0 | You'll find out why. |
| 1:13.9 | And of course, I'll roll some of my best trivia out of the garage and share it with you. |
| 1:20.4 | You're welcome. |
| 1:21.5 | And now, two guys who look like they should have stayed in bed maybe a half hour longer. It's Joe and OJJJJJG. |
| 1:34.9 | Oh, that intro finally got OG going. |
| 1:38.1 | You don't think another half hour in bed is great? |
| 1:40.7 | I mean, I go to bed at 9.30. |
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