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Today we’re talking about our simple strategy for owning and managing rental properties. We have a course called Rental Properties for Passive Investors and we got some feedback that we think it’s important to address. Show Notes Investable Rental Properties For Passive Investors Course Start Investing with Roofstock Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 11 May 2020

Today we have a guest on the show - the Co-Founder and first CEO of Netflix. Marc Randolph to talk about his new book That Will Never work. The real-life, totally improbable story of Netflix’s early days, told in Marc Randolph’s unconventional, engaging, inspiring style. A vivid primer on the realities of startup ventures, and a seriously entertaining read. Now a National Bestseller. Show Notes https://www.marcrandolph.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 4 May 2020

Is there’s an index fund bubble? Today we’re talking about how index funds are taking over and how the state of index funds should affect how you invest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 13 April 2020

Today we’re taking a look at how the Golden Butterfly has performed in the recent market correction compared to other investment strategies. We will be looking at The Golden Butterfly, The All Weather Portfolio; and Vanguard’s Total Stock Index and we’re going to compare each portfolio by pretending you had $100,000 perfectly allocated in each strategy as of October 2, 2019 (before COVID-19) and compare it to the portfolio’s value as of April 1, 2020 (6 months later). Show Notes Rental Properties for Passive Investors- An LMM course on our proven, data-driven approach to building a portfolio of income-producing rental properties that perform in the long-term. Use this link to get $50 off the course. Portfoliocharts.com - Portfolio Charts explores practical worldwide index investing strategies using intuitive charts and real-world examples that look beyond the raw numbers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 6 April 2020

Today is 5 questions episode and we will be talking about foreclosures as a real estate investment, coding bootcamps, timing the market, Fundrise IPO and managing financial goals in your relationship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 30 March 2020

It is no secret that Andrew and I each own multiple online businesses that earn us passive income. Before we started we had no idea what we were doing. It’s not easy to start a website from scratch and if you’re not already building an online business you might not even know what a great idea looks like. Today we’re talking about how you can buy an existing online business. We have a special guest on the show today, Blake Hutchinson, the CEO of Flippa.com. We’ll get into the details of buying on the platform, what to look for, and how to properly value an online business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 23 March 2020

Today we are talking about payday loans or what some new fin-tech companies are now calling “early wage access”. These companies seem to be disguising predatory lending with shiny new apps geared towards millennials making it even easier to get a payday loan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 16 March 2020

Today is 5 questions episode and we will be talking about dividend stocks, The Fisher Effect, employees stock options. non-taxable accounts and what to do if history repeats itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 2 March 2020

Today is we are talking about the Rule of 55. We’ve gotten quite a few listeners who have asked us to cover this so today we wanted to explain exactly what it is and how it works. The Rule of 55 isn’t the only way to access your 401k early so, were also talking about other ways to tap into your 401k and what would be the right reasons to take advantage of these early distributions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 17 February 2020

Today we are answering a question from a listener, Andres about buying into a franchise and how they look as business opportunity. We get into actual franchise profitability, compare two popular franchises and explain how one franchisee makes over $2 billion a year. Show Notes Franchise Index Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 10 February 2020

Outdated gender roles persist both at home and in the office, here’s how one woman makes it work. Our guest today the Director of Global Partnerships and founder of Breadwinning Women at Google, and the host of her own podcast Working Wife, Happy Life. Bethanie Baynes. She talk about her experience being a bread winning woman. Bethanies Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 3 February 2020

Today is 5 questions episode and we will be talking about REIT investing, inverse ETF’s, Gold, saving for a house and IRA’s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 27 January 2020

Ray Dalio recently published an essay called “The World Has Gone Mad and the System is Broken”. When looking at the current state of the global economy he said: “This set of circumstances is unsustainable and certainly can no longer be pushed as it has been pushed since 2008. That is why I believe the world is approaching a big paradigm shift.” Besides being a huge fan of Ray’s, we think his essay does a great job of explaining the major forces at play in the global economy and we found it fascinating so I wanted to discuss and share with everyone. Here are the four reasons Ray believes “The World has Gone Mad and the System is Broken” Show Notes The World has Gone Mad and the System is Broken The Golden Butterfly Betterment Everyday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 20 January 2020

Accordingly to the Fidelity Millionaire Outlook Survey, 86% of millionaires are self-made. Even more remarkable, 78% of them started out as middle class or poor. Only 22% grew up in the upper class. That means that the vast majority of millionaires built their wealth the old fashioned way: hard work, consistent saving and investing in the long-term. We’ll explain why rich people are cheap and how you can adopt their simple habits to become a millionaire yourself. Show Notes Warren Buffett Documentary HBO Honey MrBeast Spending 1,000,000 in 24 Hours Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 13 January 2020

We’re often asked where we are putting our money and, that question has never been more important to us personally. Especially considering the direction the winds are blowing and our feelings with what is happening in the world. We'll be talking about how we're investing our money this year and what is coloring our decisions. Show Notes The Golden Butterfly Investing Strategy Fundrise Real Estate Investing Our Investing Blueprint Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 6 January 2020

Mr Money Mustache didn't retire because he was making so much money from his blog. He had actually been retired for six years before he started writing. The blog was born when he looked around at his friends who had good jobs but were still living paycheck to paycheck. They bought into what has long been sold as the American Dream; go to college, get a job, buy a house, fill that house with as much stuff as it can hold (and when it can't hold anymore, rent a storage unit), have some kids, and get stuck in an unfulfilling job, dreaming of freedom that will always be out of reach. Retire, maybe at 65 if you're lucky, and live out your days, just kind of existing, hoping your money will outlast you. The best years of your life long past. But what if you could be retired by thirty? MMM started the blog out of frustration, he wanted to show them, and now us, that they could do what he did. And an empire started. Original Broadcast Date September 8, 2014 Full Article Here Show Notes Mr Money Mustache: Everything you need to know to retire early. The 4 Pillars of Investing: A book that helped MMM get his start. Betterment: Start investing your 50% today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 25 November 2019

The biggest expenses in life are taxes and interest. If we can minimize those two things, we will put much more money in our own pockets and add many more years to our retirements. Our guest, the Mad Fientist delves deep into advanced IRA strategies. Find out why you should have one and which one will best fit your needs. Original Broadcast July 22, 2014 Full Article Here Show Notes The Mad Fientist: Brandon's website and podcast. Betterment: Our favorite investing tool. Use this link and get six months with no fees! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 18 November 2019

Laurel Staples joins us to teach us how to forget the American dream and talk about her journey becoming an entrepreneur. Start living our own dreams on our own terms. In 2007 Laurel quit her job as a mechanical engineer to launch her popular blog, Go Fire Yourself. In January she will publish her book about how to quit your day job and run your own business. Original Broadcast Date August 18, 2014 Full Article Here Show Notes Smuttynose Bouncy House IPA: an all-occasion American ale. Martini: made with Blue Coat gin and vermouth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 11 November 2019

What a weird concept. Loving your kids too much. But it can be true. By giving them too much, by coddling them from every possible disappointment, we turn them into ineffectual adults. From ensuring that everyone gets a trophy to always giving them money when they ask, kids today can't handle normal disappointment and have never had to work or struggle for anything. Mom and Dad are always waiting, poised to smooth whatever path their children are on. But in the name of loving them, we're taking away character building opportunities. This episode was originally broadcasted on October 22, 2014 Full Episode Here Show Notes Succeed Faster: Adam's site to help you build a bigger life. Broke, Busted and Disgusted: Adam's upcoming documentary about student loan debt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 4 November 2019

It’s almost Halloween and nothing is more frightening than money horror stories. Close the blinds, turn off the lights, light a candle and prepare to be scared. Matt and Andrew haven’t always been smart with money, well Andrew mostly has. But even they have finance horror stories and will share them with us. This episode was first published on October 31 2014 Show Notes Hopfish IPA: An English style IPA. The Bowery Boys Haunted Brooklyn: Here’s a special Halloween treat. One of my favorite podcasts. If you like history or just scary stories, check out the Bowery Boys annual Halloween podcast devoted to ghost stories of Brooklyn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 28 October 2019

We tend to talk about stocks much more often than bonds. Why? Because since LMM began, our audience has skewed young, most of our listeners are in their twenties and thirties. But the show has been around for seven years now. Those who have been with us from the beginning are seven years older. We want to serve our audience, so we need to focus a little more on bonds. Most of you know the basics, and we've covered bond investing in the past. Today we have returning guest J. David Stein to go a little deeper into the weeds and talk about the yield curve. Full Article Here Show Notes Flatter Flatter: An IPA from SingleCut Beersmiths Blue Light Rain: An unfiltered German Pilsner from Knotted Root Brewing Company Money for the Rest of Us: J. David Stein's site and podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 21 October 2019

We get dozens of emails from listeners each week asking really thoughtful financial questions. When a question needs a detailed answer or might be helpful to others, we turn it into part of a 5 questions episode. Today we have 5 questions about buying a timeshare, the Lending Club strategy, f**k you money, buying a rental property, and what to do with a million-dollar inheritance. Full Article Here Show Notes Cape May City To Shore: A Double IPA Thick Blueberry Goo: A smoothy style Berliner Weiss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 14 October 2019

There are a lot of bad things happening around us: climate change, weekly mass shootings, rampant opioid addiction, income inequality. Rather than feeling helpless and frustrated, let’s take matters into our own hands. That’s where socially responsible investing comes in. You can invest in the world you want to live in. Full Article Here Show Notes HopHands: An American Pale Ale Wisp: A Belgian style whip Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 7 October 2019

Agriculture is the one industry that touches every person on the planet. Agriculture produces the food we eat, the liquids we drink, the clothes we wear, and the furniture we sit on. There are nearly 7.5 billion people on earth, all of whom consume what agriculture produces. Which makes investing in agriculture seem like a no brainer. Full Article Here Show Notes Fat Orange Cat: A white stout brewed with coffee and chocolate Melcher Street: A double dry-hopped IPA Dallas Blonde: An American blonde ale. Harvest Returns: Grow your wealth with passive investments in farming and timberland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 30 September 2019

The FIRE movement has carved out a big niche in the personal finance space. FIRE stands for Financial Independence, Retire Early but if you quit traditional work in your 30s or 40s, what will the rest of your life look like? Three or more decades is a lot of time to fill and sitting on the porch in a rocking chair or playing golf aren't going to be enough to fill it. The 30s to 60s can be the prime of life. We're still filled with energy, ideas, and ambitions. Full Article Here Show Notes Apricot Compote: A Sour from Evil Twin Brewing. The Frugal Engineers: Kim and her husband's site. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 23 September 2019

We get dozens of emails from listeners each week asking really thoughtful financial questions. When a question needs a detailed answer or is of interest to a lot of people, we turn it into part of a 5 questions episode. Today we have 5 questions about debt consolidation, saving money on a move, combining finances, living paycheck to paycheck, and capital gains. Full Article Here Show Notes Lightful: A German-style wheat beer from Tired Hands Brewery. Yule Smith: A double hopped IPA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 16 September 2019

We talk a lot about making sure your portfolio is diverse enough to insulate your investments from risk. But if you want to ramp up returns, consider diversifying your retirement with alternative assets. How can you do that? A Self Directed IRA is one of the most powerful tools in your retirement arsenal. Alternative investments can improve your chances of retiring with enough money. Full Article Here Show Notes Apricot Compote Sour: A refreshing summer beer from Evil Twin. Alto: The Alto platform provides users with a simple interface to set up, invest with, and manage a diversified portfolio of alternative assets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 9 September 2019

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that it costs nearly a quarter of a million dollars to raise a child from birth to age 18. That tally does not include the cost of a college education. The largest piece of that pie lies in housing and transportation at a whopping $107,000. Next, you’ll factor in childcare and education at $44,000. (See? I told you this shit is expensive). Following that is clothing/miscellaneous and healthcare at $33,000 and $20,000 respectively. Let’s get crazy and add the cost of college into that number. Now we are easily pushing over $350,000 to raise one child. Having kids is not a business decision for most people but it comes with many of the same considerations. There are no “one size fits all”. Let's look at some things to consider before embarking on what I called my new business and what you would probably call your family. Let's talk about the business of babies. Full Article Here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 2 September 2019

Knowing your personal net worth is one of the most important aspects of personal finance. It's one of the best indicators we have to know if we are on target to meet our goals. Whether you want to be debt-free, buy a home, pay for college for your children, or to retire you need to be on target. Your net worth is a way to see what is holding us back. It's a very strong indicator of your overall financial health. Figuring out your net worth is easy. Add up the total value of all of your assets. Add up the total value of all of your debts. Now subtract the assets from the debts. You might have a positive net worth or a negative one. Not really into math? We hear you. We know someone who will do the math for you for free. Personal Capital will give you a complete picture of your net worth, compare yourself to others average net worth in your age or income bracket and track progress towards your goals. They also do a ton of other things for free like track your spending, analyze fees, investment checkups, and help your retirement plan. You can thank us later. Full Article Here Show Notes Personal Capital - Track Your Net Worth Mint - Budget Like a Badass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 26 August 2019

In its ongoing quest for world domination, Facebook is set to launch a cryptocurrency called Libra. And a digital wallet to store those Libra called Calibra. Given the company's somewhat shady privacy practices, would you trust Facebook with your money? Full Article Here Show Notes Passion Pool from Mikkeller and Friends: A gose. Craft Lager from Upslope Brewing Company: An American style lager. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 19 August 2019

We get dozens of emails from listeners each week asking really insightful financial questions. When a question needs a detailed answer or is of interest to a lot of people, we turn it into part of a 5 questions episode. Today we have 5 questions about spending a raise wisely, investing in a bull market, what to do with an inheritance, how to pay for an engagement ring, investing in weed stocks, and a bonus question about gold. Full Article Here Show Notes Boont Barl: An amber ale. Dogfish Head SeaQuench: A sour ale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 12 August 2019

Andrew and Matt share their stories and the lessons they learned creating a blog that makes passive income but more importantly, they are going to spell out the exact steps they took to achieve financial independence. They will cover: How to Start a Blog (Step-by-Step Guide) – Everything you need to get started in under 10 minutes with $160. The act of paying someone to host a blog for you is easy. How to Monetize your Blog – The only two ways that matter and the one you should avoid at all costs. Your Creation Strategy – Make what people are actually looking for. Also, 80% of SEO is bullshit. I am not special, the internet is filled with people doing exactly what I do. The difference is, I’m just going to tell you for free. A Blog’s Growth Trajectory – What you should expect in year 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. It’s all about appropriate expectations because slow and steady wins the race. Going viral is bullshit. Winning online isn’t about being the fastest, it’s being the one left after everyone else gave up. How You Will Fail – It’s going to happen, and it’s going to happen a lot. Learn about the “Equal-Odds Rule” and how it applies to every success you’ve ever seen. For me, my failures have been far more instructive than what I’ve actually done right. Full Article Here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 5 August 2019

Buying a house is a long-held tenet of the American Dream, one of the milestone markers of adulthood. But there are a lot of misconceptions about homeownership. And there is a lot of misleading information about the process of how to buy a house, some of it seems deliberately misleading. An uninformed buyer is an easy mark for predatory real estate agents, home inspectors, contractors, banks, and mortgage brokers. Buying a house to live in rather than to rent out is not an investment. In reality, it’s usually a terrible investment. That’s because, at the end of the day, owning a home takes money out of your pocket: You’re paying property taxes, you’re paying maintenance, you’re paying insurance. There are all of these other things that happen with your home that you’ve got to pay for. But every decision we make doesn't have to be based strictly on dollars and cents. No matter what we are, anyone else tells you, sometimes you just really want a house. A home of your own feels like stability. It allows you to put your stamp on your environment. A home is something a lot of people want when they decide to have children. We respect all of those reasons, so if you're bound and determined to do it; we want to show you the smart way to buy a property. Full Article Here Show Notes Psionic Blackberry: A sour from Unsung Brewing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 29 July 2019

Everyone wants to find success both in their personal lives and their professional lives. Because success is an almost universal desire, there are thousands of books, podcasts, articles, TV shows, and seminars that claim they can teach us how to be successful. And all of the people selling those books and other things have a vested interest in making finding success seem harder and more complicated than it needs to be. But we like to keep things simple and assume you want the same. We love Marcus Lemonis of the TV show The Profit. He is a successful business person and on the show, takes failing businesses and teaches the owners how they can simply achieve success using the Three P's of Success. There is no magic formula, no book to buy, no seminar to attend. You can spend a single hour after you finish reading this (for free!) and implement one small suggestion for each of the Three P's into your personal, professional, and financial life. Making small changes or minor improvements will not only make you more successful but make your life easier too. Building habits and creating systems are the small picture things that make up the big picture things. No one can overhaul their life in a single step but step-by-step, things get better and easier. So what are the Three P's of Success? Let's find out. Full Article Here Show Notes Mikkeller and Friends Shake Your Stack: An Imperial Stout A 3 Hour Plane Ride with Sean Penn: Matt's own New England IPA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 22 July 2019

We get dozens of emails a week asking financial questions. Sometimes we get a question so good, we want as many people as possible to hear it and the answer. That's how 5 questions episodes were born. We have questions about the 4% rule, staying financially motivated, and making passive income. Let's answer some questions. Full Article Here Show Notes Gose Dragon's Milk-White: A white stout. Matt's Home Brew: A Kolsch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 15 July 2019

A dollar today isn't the same as a dollar tomorrow, that's the time value of money. Risk and return are expecting a dollar risked to earn more than a dollar. The time value of money and risk and return are two core concepts in personal finance. Luckily, each boils down to a pretty simple statement. The core principle of the time value of money means your dollar today is worth more than your dollar tomorrow. Risk and return say that if you are to risk a dollar, you expect gains of more than just your dollar back. For each unit of risk you take on, you expect a slightly more significant unit of return. Even though these money concepts are easy to simplify, I want to dig a bit deeper into each of them. Full Article Here Show Notes Mikkeller Brewing Passion Pool - Gose-style ale with Passionfruit and Sea Salt American Solera Movement and Color Member Blend - Foeder Ale Refermented with Chambourcin and Norton Grapes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 8 July 2019

For most people, their mortgage is their biggest debt. And we all know that debt is bad. Debt is an emergency that we must pay off as soon as possible. But is all debt bad? Is paying off your mortgage quickly a good personal finance strategy? Paying off your mortgage more quickly has its advantages when done strategically but there are downsides too. We get a lot of emails asking about paying off mortgages early and people site various reasons for wanting to do so. A lot of people want to join the FIRE movement. They want to quit their jobs, retire much earlier than the typical retirement age of 65, and sometimes start a business with their extra money and time. Mr. Money Mustache is the God Father of the FIRE movement. He paid his mortgage off years ago to be able to live on something like $30,000 a year. Some people just hate the idea of having any debt hanging over their heads and as we wrote, a mortgage is the biggest source of debt for most. And there are some homeowners who have a bad interest rate and want to save as much money as they can in a bad situation. Yes, the idea of being mortgage free is seductive but before you decide anything, we want to show you how to pay off your mortgage strategically. Full Article Here Show Notes Peachy Bones: An India Pale Ale Jam Skate: A Double IPA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 1 July 2019

We all want to get rich or rather wealthy. Being wealthy is much different and much better than being rich. If you want to know how to get rich without getting lucky, Twitter can teach you. A Twitter thread from Naval went viral in the spring of 2018. Full Article Here Show Notes Jam Skate: An American Imperial IPA. Trillium Brewing: A Double Dry Hopped India Pale Ale. The Tweet text that inspired this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 24 June 2019

Most people are familiar with Airbnb, the site that lets owners rent out a room or an entire home to travelers. Airbnb has become such a hit that many people use it exclusively when traveling for pleasure, work, or any other reason. Goodbye cramped hotel room, hello fully furnished house! And Airbnb isn’t just a hit with those renting a place to stay. Airbnb is the most profitable way to make money in the gig economy. What it did show was that 85% of gig economy workers make less than $500 per month. But, Airbnb hosts, on average, make more than any other gig workers and are raking in an average $924 per month. In fact, Airbnb can be more, a lot more, than a way to make a little money on the side. You know Airbnb but you may not be familiar with the acronym FIRE. It stands for Financial Independence Retire Early. And it’s more than an acronym. FIRE is a whole movement championed by people like Mr. Money Mustache and Tim Ferriss. And the Retire Early part doesn’t mean retiring at 55, it’s more like retiring at 30. If you’re grinding away at a 9-5, have a lot of responsibilities, are in low-paying work, or don’t have a second home just sitting around waiting to host Airbnb guests, you might think this episode isn’t for you. But wait until you hear the crazy story our guest is going to share. Zeona went from zero to FIRE using Airbnbs that weren’t even hers! Setting yourself on FIRE with Airbnb can be done by just about anyone. Full Article Here Show Notes You’re Killin Me Smalls: A session ale IPA The Truth Imperial: An IPA from Flying Dog ZeonaMcIntrye.com: Zeon's consulting site Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 17 June 2019

We get some interesting questions from our listeners, and we like to address them on the podcast so the answers can help anyone who might have similar questions. Today we’re answering questions about raising rich kids, hiring help, and a $2 million inheritance. Full Article Here Show Notes Saigon Scooter Selfie: A Vietnamese Style Coffee stout Hell or High Watermelon: A wheat beer brewed with real watermelon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 10 June 2019

For most people, their home is their most significant investment. As such, you not only want to protect your investment but increasing a property's value is important too. The right home improvements can do it. Doubling your property’s value might be a little too ambitious for anyone who isn’t a professional real estate flipper or property developer, but some money spent in the right places will improve your property’s value. Full Article Here Show Notes Oak and Orchard :A sour from Epic Brewing. Hammertime Porter: A name Andrew and Matt made up in the absence of the actual name! Simple Wealth:A tool Andrew built to help compare rental properties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 3 June 2019

The whole reason LMM started was to give as many people as we could reach free financial help. And in the past seven years, we’ve done that. We know because we get emails daily from people telling us that the show has helped them. We have dozens of shows and hundreds of articles that give free financial help to anyone who finds us. But not everyone can find us. There are millions of people who have no idea what a podcast even is. And because LMM is a podcast and a website, we are naturally limited to what we can do to help people. Most of what say and write is broad and general, meant to help the most people possible. For those with specific circumstances, it can be hard to translate our general advice into actionable advice. Some people are so lacking in personal finance education that even the material we create, especially for beginners is beyond them. And our content is only available in English which not everyone speaks or reads. Some people can absorb information through reading or listening, but not everyone learns the same way. Some people need intensive, tailored, one on one help. We want to help everyone possible but can’t do it alone. But you can get free financial help, one on one support right in your community. Full Article Here Show Notes KBS: A barrel aged stout Space Clouds: An American wild ale. Urbanupbound.org: Get or give free financial help. [email protected]: How to reach our guest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 27 May 2019

If you are interested in personal finance, you’ve probably heard the term timing the market. There is some debate about whether market timing is a good investment strategy or something impossible, or nearly impossible to do. You probably can't time the market. Unless you’re Warren Buffett which you are not. Even if you’re just a casual observer of economic news, you hear a lot of questions about what’s happening with the stock market or the housing market. These questions create a lot of speculation, but what should the average investor which most of us are, should be doing with our investments based on all of this speculation and crystal ball gazing? By not timing the market are we losing out on price movements that could net us significant market returns? If we’re on the brink of another Great Recession does the buy and hold strategy that LMM has been preaching from the beginning still stand? Should we stick to our index fund or should we all become day traders? It’s enough to make even the soberest long-term investors second guess themselves. We’ve attempted to address some of these issues with our Golden Butterfly, Recession Fire Drill and Investing in the Age of Anxiety episodes. But those episodes have generated some additional questions from listeners about investment decisions and timing the market. We’ll tackle those questions for you. Full Article Here Show Notes Alien Church: A New England style IPA. Cheap Cologne: Matt's own Kolsch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 20 May 2019

If you run your own business, you go to great lengths to make sure that your business is a profitable one. Both Andrew and Matt run their own businesses. They regularly go over their accounting to see if the businesses are spending too much money and if they are, where? Do the profit margins need to be increased? How much money is being held in reserve in case of a period of lower cash flow? But how many of us do these things and ask these questions when it comes to our personal finances? We watch every penny going into and out of the business’s bank accounts but we’re much more cavalier about our personal bank accounts. It’s the weird dichotomy where we will sometimes say mean or rude things to friends or loved ones that we wouldn’t dream of saying to a stranger. Perhaps it’s because it’s easier to be objective about our business than our personal life. Ever how much you consider your business to be your baby, a part of you, it’s not you. Your life, which your personal finances are a big part of, is you. Your business is a thing but you’re a person and people have desires. You’ve never treated your business to a new pair of shoes or an expensive dinner out. How about yourself? Exactly! The question we’re asking is if you looked at your personal finances as if you were running a business, would you still be in business? You already run a profitable business, let’s focus on becoming a profitable person. There are seven principles to becoming a profitable person. We’ll explain each one. Full Article Here Show Notes Ten Fiddy Barrel-aged Imperial Stout Tor Triple Black IPA from Norway Black Ball or Bale Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 13 May 2019

Some people who are hesitant to invest in the stock market are willing to invest in gold. Why? Gold is tangible, you can see it, hold it, and keep it right in your own house (or bunker). You can buy it from some guy in a late night infomercial. You can buy it with images of the fallen Twin Towers on it. Or an American eagle. You can’t say any of that about investing in the stock market! When you own stock, you don’t own a tangible thing. You have to deal with some slick stockbroker if you want to buy and sell it (you don’t). And stocks don’t come in a limited edition collector’s box. LMM hasn’t discussed gold very much in the past and like a lot of you, thought it was something only Doomsday preppers were interested in so not really relevant to us or our audience. But while doing research for the Golden Butterfly episode, we learned some legitimate reasons for investing in gold and none of them are related to the zombie apocalypse that is surely coming. Many of our listeners wanted to know more about it too, why and how to invest in gold. We got a lot of emails asking questions. You asked and we answered. This is all things gold. Full Article Here Show Notes Northwestern University CFP Program - Prepare for a career as a financial planner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 6 May 2019

We know that none of you likes to think about death, but it’s inevitable, and you have no idea when. For the majority of us, the most important thing in our life is the well being of our family. We work hard for them; we take care of them. But how can you do that when you’re no longer here? By establishing a trust fund and a will. Don’t wait; there’s no reason to. You can finish reading this, spend a few minutes and a few hundred dollars and make sure your family is taken care of. Because what else is there? Full Article Here Show Notes 18 Watt Session IPA: An IPA from SingleCut. Fruh Kolsch: A German-style beer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 29 April 2019

We love getting listener questions and we’ve had a lot recently so it’s time for 5 awesome questions from you. We’ll cover bond ETFs, the books we love, transitioning investments, long term investing, and retirement planning. Thanks, Everyone! We really appreciate your questions. After nearly seven years of episodes, we sometimes feel like we've covered everything but you all always throw something new at us. And if you're wondering about it, lots of other listeners are too. That's why we do these 5 questions episodes, so we can address your questions to a wider audience. Keep them coming! Show Notes Little Sal: A sour aged with blueberries. Fruh Kolsch:A fermented beer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 22 April 2019

Fear and anxiety are two different things. Some of us fear investing because we don’t know how to invest and that’s understandable. Investing can be intimidating. It has a language all its own which seems foreign to beginners. There are plenty of people who have a vested interest in making it seem more complicated than it is. If you don’t think you can possibly understand how investing works and how to invest successfully, you are more willing to pay someone else to do it for you. And perhaps the reason we fear investing most, it’s our money on the line. If you get it completely wrong, you can lose money, a lot of it. People who are anxious about investing don’t necessarily fear it. They speak the language, they’ve educated themselves on how to invest well, and they understand that while you can lose money, over the long haul, you make money when you invest. The anxiety is tied to the things going on around us that we can’t control. A recession is coming and probably sooner rather than later. Many investors in their 30s and 40s remember the impact of the last big recession all too well. Jobs lost, homes lost, retirement savings decimated. Automation is going to eliminate not only jobs but entire industries. And wages have been stagnant since the 1970s. When you put all of these things in a big pile, well, you can see why people might feel anxious. But we have to overcome our anxieties just as we have to overcome our fears. Investing in the age of anxiety is tough, but we can do it. Full Article Here Show Notes Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout: Aged in Bourbon barrels Aun Mas Cafe Jesus: Evil Twin Brewing Broke Millennial: Where you can find all things, Erin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 15 April 2019

Marie Kondo and her brand of decluttering and organizing are everywhere right now so we thought we’d hop on the bandwagon. And it’s not really much of a stretch. Our finances can become as cluttered and chaotic as our homes. But the consequences of disorganized finances can be much worse than those of a disorganized house (unless we’re talking Hoarders level of disorganized). When your finances are a mess, it can cost you money. Late fees, returned payment fees, deposits for utilities. Organizing your home and your finances have another thing in common. Neither is a one time job. If you let it go for too long, the job becomes completely overwhelming. But if you just do a few little things every so often, a big job just becomes a series of small tasks many of which can be taken care of in just a few minutes. Get ready to Marie Kondo your finances so they spark joy! Full Article Here Show Notes Goose Island Bourbon Stout Oak Aged Stout Vanilla Dogfish Head Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 8 April 2019

If you’ve ever heard of using your whole life insurance policy (whole life as opposed to term life insurance) like a savings account to borrow against for personal use, then you’ve heard of the Infinite Banking Concept (IBC) - whether you realized it or not. The idea behind it advocates becoming your own bank by leveraging your whole life policy for easy access to cash while sidestepping high-interest payments from lenders in the form of loans. The main point of the IBC is that you lose money to creditors on the various loans you take out over your life. Things like:MortgagesCar loansCredit cardsCollege loansAll of the above examples will deplete your wealth over your lifetime in the form of interest payments. What the IBC advocates is by aggressively saving your money in whole life insurance, you could use that money to fund big-ticket items like a house or college tuition with your policy and not lose money to interest payments. It’s like an interest-free loan. In essence ~ Be your own bank. Full Article Here Show Notes https://www.ommegang.com/beers/game-of-thrones/ https://infinitebanking.org/about/ https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/a-twist-on-whole-life-insurance/ https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/debunking-the-myths-of-whole-life-insurance/ https://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/wholelife.asp https://www.insuranceandestates.com/pros-and-cons-of-the-infinite-banking-concept/ https://www.m1finance.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 1 April 2019