This week, I’m back to answering questions posed by listeners of the podcast. Wally asks: Should we continue to rent out our home, or should we sell it? We bought a home in California but have since moved to New York and have been renting there. After all expenses on the rental are accounted for,…
Robin Dreeke is former head of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program. His primary role, at the time, was to thwart foreign spies and recruit American spies. That’s not an easy task. To accomplish this, Dreeke needed to gain people’s trust — even when they had no reason to trust him. He spent years developing…
Over a year-and-a-half and two million plus downloads later, the Afford Anything podcast has hit another awesome milestone: the 100th episode! To celebrate, I recorded this one live from Ecuador with my good friend Brandon, otherwise known as the Mad FIentist. (You can watch the video here.) If you’ve been a listener since the early…
Thirteen years ago, Joshua Dorkin’s friends teased him about starting a website that seemed to have no future. “I would get calls from my buddies who would literally call me on my cell phone [and say] ‘Hey Josh, we just walked past a penny on the ground. We were thinking about picking it up…
How much money should you invest in a side hustle or side business? How do you know if your side hustle idea is viable? What if you want to start 5 or 6 side businesses? Should you lump these together under a common business umbrella? Or should you separate them out? These are the questions…
I live in Las Vegas. This is my home. Here are a few things that happened today: Thousands stood in line for 6-8+ hours to donate blood. Hundreds more donated water, snacks and shade. Locals gathered on Facebook to offer free housing, rides, and pet-sitting for victims and volunteers. Airlines donated free flights to victims’…
How can you be awesome at your job? That’s the question that today’s guest, Pete Mockaitis, and I tackle on the latest Afford Anything podcast episode. Pete hosts one of iTunes’ top 10 career podcasts, called — appropriately — How to Be Awesome at Your Job. In typical nerd fashion, I launch our interview by…
Today I tackle 4 real estate questions that come from the listeners. Chris, age 25, says: Over the next 30 years, I’d like to acquire 15 rental properties. Then, at age 55, my wife and I can retire and travel. To begin, I’d like to buy a duplex, live in one unit and rent the…
J. David Stein used to manage billions of dollars. As the Chief Investment Strategist at Fund Evaluation Group, LLC, a $33 billon investment advisory firm, Stein developed the group’s investment philosophy and process. He guided investments for major universities and nonprofits, including the Texas A&M University System and the Sierra Club. He retired at age…
Early retirement? Yes please. This week, I answer questions from the audience around early retirement planning, health savings and debt pay-off. Question #1: How can I avoid early-withdrawal penalties? Our first caller is Christianna, who asks two questions: I’m interested in early retirement. How can I avoid early withdrawal penalties? How does early retirement impact the…