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Retire Early with Real Estate | Coach Carson

June 27, 2022October 30, 2018 by Cody Berman

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In today’s episode, Cody and Justin interview Chad aka Coach Carson from CoachCarson.com. Join them as they dive into Chad’s financial backstory and learn how he realized that he couldn’t become another member in the rat race and turned to real estate to create an impressive portfolio of rental homes. He now has a huge … Read more

010 | Overcoming Adversity | Jillian @ Montana Money Adventures

June 27, 2022October 16, 2018 by Cody Berman

Overcoming Adversity with Montana Money Adventures

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In today’s episode, Cody and TJ interview Jillian from Montana Money Adventures. Join them as they dive into Jillian’s financial backstory and learn how she overcame substantial adversity. Now, Jillian spends her time blogging, life/money coaching, and running a Mini-Retirement Course. Episode Summary Jillian grew up in poverty From a young age, she knew that … Read more

009 | Camp FI South Takeaways & Community Feedback

June 27, 2022October 13, 2018 by Cody Berman

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The first portion of this podcast is feedback from last week’s episode: The Low-Hanging Fruits of FI. Anonymous talks about Project FI and tells us about calling to get cell phone data reports. Cody’s mom asks us to clarify how WiFi works. Luke from Forming the Life talks about the power of automation. Jeremy corrects … Read more

007 | From Accountant to Full-Time Entrepreneur | PT Money

June 27, 2022October 5, 2018 by Cody Berman

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PT Money is the founder of FinCon and a personal finance blogger at PTMoney.com. In today’s episode, I get a chance to interview him LIVE at FinCon to share his financial journey. Episode Summary Around age 24, PT realized that he was “not moving forward financially”. He describes how he “had debt” and “wasn’t saving … Read more

006 | Casually Saving 90% of Your Income | Lily @ The Frugal Gene

June 27, 2022October 2, 2018 by Cody Berman

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In today’s episode, we get a chance to talk to Lily from The Frugal Gene about her accelerated path to financial independence. By choosing to avoid lifestyle inflation, Lily and her husband are able to save 90% of their income. The crazy part is that she thinks this is “normal”! Tune in to hear her incredible … Read more

005 | Ready, Set, Gap Year! | Noah & Becky @ Money Metagame

April 7, 2019September 18, 2018 by Cody Berman

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How to Get a Full Ride to College Noah and Becky worked as Caddies all throughout high school, making a good amount of money during the summer, but most importantly earned a full-ride scholarship (The Chick Evans Scholarship) to Purdue University (tuition and housing). This set them up to graduate college without debt. Because of … Read more

004 | From Poverty to Privilege | TJ Backstory

June 27, 2022September 11, 2018 by Cody Berman

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Starting from a 3rd world Country TJ shares his story and what life was like growing up in Nigeria. Born in a middle-class family, his father instilled basic money ideas that have stuck with him even as he pursues financial independence. He learned from his father to be frugal, and intentional with money. Only focusing … Read more

003 | Earning $150,000 While Traveling Full Time | Brad Rice

April 7, 2019September 4, 2018 by Cody Berman

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How to Find FIRE Being naturally frugal, Brad kind of stumbled his way into FIRE. After starting the 9-5, Brad anticipated working like the typical employee and retiring at age 59 ½ with millions of dollars. Before long on this path, Brad came to the realization that he didn’t find a lot of joy in … Read more