July 2020
PSA Thursday: How to Talk To Your Tenants About Financial Difficulties
#267: This Year’s Financial Reckoning, with Farnoosh Torabi
#266: Ask Paula – Your Real Estate Questions, Answered
PSA Thursday: The Impact of Evictions, with Princeton University Eviction Lab expert Alieza Durana
#265: Personality Isn’t Permanent, with Dr. Benjamin Hardy
PSA Thursday: How to Stay Safe as the Nation Re-Opens
#264: Ask Paula – How Do I Pick the Right Mix of Investments for My Retirement Portfolio?
PSA Thursday – The Sordid History of the PPP — and 4 Extra Relief Opportunities for Small Biz Owners
June 2020
#263: How to Build Financial Resilience in 2020, with Dr. Brad Klontz, financial psychologist
#262: Ask Paula – I’m Taking a Mini-Retirement in a Pandemic. What Should I Do?
PSA Thursday – Your Complete Guide to Donor Advised Funds
#261: Why I Quit My Job in the Middle of a Recession — Interview from Lessons from a Quitter
PSA Thursday – How Does the CARES Act Impact Student Loans?
#260: Ask Paula – Should I Fire My Financial Advisor During a Pandemic?
#259: How to Lead with a Vision, with Michael Hyatt
PSA Thursday – Actions Speak Louder Than Words
May 2020
PSA Thursday – Your Guide to Giving: How to Donate, Volunteer and Practice Spontaneous Kindness
#258: Ask Paula – Can I Quit My Job Before I’m Financially Independent?
PSA Thursday: How Can I End 2020 in a Stronger Position Than I Started It?
#256: Ask Paula: Bonds Are Tanking. Should I Switch to Real Estate Instead?
PSA Thursday: How Is The Pandemic Affecting the Housing Market?
#255: How Your Personality Affects Your Finances, with Dr. Sarah Stanley Fallaw
#254: Ask Paula – Should I Invest During a Pandemic?
April 2020
PSA Thursday: How Bad Is the Stock Market Crash?
#253: The Thinker’s Guide to Market Volatility, with Dr. Steve Wendel and Sam Lamas
#252: Ask Paula – Will the Stimulus Cause Massive Inflation?
PSA Thursday: 31 Tips to Stay Productive As You Work From Home
PSA Thursday: How to Build an Emergency Fund During an Emergency
#250: Ethical Investing 101, with Dr. Jon Hale, Head of Sustainability Research for Morningstar
#249: How to Talk to Your Parents About Retirement and Beyond — with Cameron Huddleston
PSA Thursday: I Tested Positive for Coronavirus. Here’s What It Feels Like.
March 2020
#248: Covid-19 and the Bear Market
OMG Monday: Welp, I Have a Fever of 102.3 Degrees
PSA Thursday: Social Distancing is Social Solidarity
#247: Ask Paula – Is the Stock Market Going to Crash in 2020? How Should I Invest in a Bear Market?
#246: Pain, Grief, and the Pursuit of Financial Independence, with Jillian Johnsrud
#245: Ask Paula – I’m 24 and Won a $1 Million Settlement. How Should I Handle This Money?
#244: Why I Quit My Job with No Savings When My Wife Was Five Months Pregnant, with Grant Baldwin
February 2020
#243: Ask Paula – How Can I Retire in 10 Years with Rental Properties?
#242: The Art of Trusting Your Most Dangerous Ideas, with Ash Ambirge, The Middle Finger Project
#241: Ask Paula – Should I Raid My Retirement Savings to Pay for School?
#240: 10 Questions to Master Successful Investing, with David Stein
January 2020
#238: How to Stop Making So Many Money Mistakes, with Jeff Kreisler
#237: Ask Paula and Joe – Should I BUY a Business, Instead of Starting One?
#236: How We Saved $1 Million and Retired at 31 and 32, with Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung
#235: Ask Paula – Sooo … I Quit My Job. What Type of Business Should I Start?
#234: 26 Easy Moves to Improve Your Finances in 2020
December 2019
#233: Ask Paula – How Can I Retire in 12 Years?
#232: How to Get a Debt-Free Degree, with Anthony ONeal
#231: Ask Paula – How Can I Get My Spouse Interested in Frugality?
#230: How to Develop Emotional Agility, with Dr. Susan David
#229: Ask Paula – Help! My Mom or Dad Took Out a Credit Card in My Name. Am I On the Hook?
#228: What I Learned from Losing $170 Million, with Noah Kagan
November 2019
#227: Ask Paula – How Can I Get the Most from My Mini-Retirement?
#226: How to Make Time for Things That Matter, with John Zeratsky
#225: Ask Paula – How to Invest for the Next Five Years
#224: The Science of Rapid Learning, with Scott Young, author of Ultralearning
#223: Ask Paula – Should I Choose This or That? How to Weigh the Tradeoffs
October 2019
#222: Seven Ways to Escape the Rat Race, with Michael Robinson
#221: Ask Paula – How Much of My Company Stock Should I Buy?
#220: Stillness is the Key, with Ryan Holiday
#219: Ask Paula – How Should I Invest $4,000 Per Month for Early Retirement?
#218: Why We’re Irrational with Money, with Kristen Berman
September 2019
#217: Financial Independence – My Philosophy and Origin Story, on The FI Show
#216: Unraveling the Four Percent Rule, with Dr. Wade Pfau
#215: Financial Independence in Seven Stages, with Joshua Sheats
#214: The Tables Have Turned – My Interview on ChooseFI
#213: Nine Lessons from a Millionaire Teacher, with Andrew Hallam
#212: How Andrew Hallam Became a Millionaire on a Teacher’s Salary
August 2019
#211: What’s Your Why? Financial Independence, Debt Freedom and More
#210: How to Be an Adult – with Mark Manson
#209: Ask Paula – Are Index Funds Unsafe?
#208: How to Talk to Your Parents About Retirement and Beyond — with Cameron Huddleston
#207: Ask Paula – Should I Take a $30k Paycut for Better Work-Life Balance, or Stick it Out?
July 2019
#206: When Career Zigzagging is Smarter – with David Epstein
#205: Ask Paula – Am I On-Track for Retirement?
#204: Upgrade Your Thinking, with Super Thinking authors Gabriel Weinberg and Lauren McCann
#203: Ask Paula – Early Retirement and The Four Percent Rule
#202: Slow Travel is Cheap Travel – with Nomadic Matt
#201: Ask Paula – Which House Should I Pay Off First?
June 2019
#199: Ask Paula – The Three-Year Reunion with J. Money
#198: The Japanese Art of Being a Zen Millionaire, with Ken Honda
#197: Ask Paula – Traditional IRA vs. Roth IRA — What Should I Choose?
#196: Starting Over at 40 with Six Kids, with Wendy Mays
May 2019
#195: Ask Paula – I Make $168,000 Per Year and Spend $5,000 Per Year. What’s Next?
#194: The 7 Faces of Fear — with Ruth Soukup
#193: Ask Paula – I Spent Ten Years in School, and Now I’m Behind on Retirement Savings
#192: The Latte Factor, with author David Bach
#191: Ask Paula – Would You Live in an RV to Save Money?
April 2019
#190: The Next Millionaire Next Door, with Dr. Sarah Stanley Fallaw
#189: Ask Paula – How Does My Net Worth Compare to Others My Age?
#188: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, with Daniel Pink
#187: The Final Ask Paula: Real Estate Episode!
#186: How We Retired at Age 30 and 29, with Mike and Lauren
#185: Ask Paula: How Do I Talk to Friends who Ridicule the Idea of FIRE?
March 2019
#184: The Alter Ego Effect, with Todd Herman
#183: Ask Paula – Should I Sell My Rental Property to Pay Off My Student Loans?
#181: Ask Paula – How Should I Plan a Mini-Retirement?
#180: The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business – with Elaine Pofeldt
February 2019
#179: Ask Paula – We Want to Start Househacking in a Duplex. Should We?
#178: How to Make Work Optional, with Tanja Hester
#177: Ask Paula and Joe: Should I Buy a House or Catch Up on Retirement Savings?
#176: Digital Minimalism – with Dr. Cal Newport
#175: Three Percent is the New Four Percent – with Larry Swedroe, Retirement Planning Expert
January 2019
#174: Ask Paula – I’m 48 and Retiring Next Year. Should I Buy More Rentals?
#173: When a Child of Financial Chaos Stumbles into Adulthood – with Paulette Perhach
#172: Ask Paula – Should I Buy a Nice Car or Save My Money?
#171: The biggest study of everyday millionaires in 25 years – with Chris Hogan
#170: Ask Paula – When Should I NOT Use the One Percent Rule for a Rental Property?
December 2018
#169: One Tweak a Week in 2019 — Easy Improvements to Your Financial Life in 2019
#168: How to Optimize Your Time and Energy — with Mike Vardy, The Productivityist
#167: Ask Paula – Should I Pay Off Student Loans While in School?
#165: Ask Paula – Should I Invest in Index Funds or Rental Properties?
#164: How and Why I Took a Mini-Retirement, with Bob Lotich
November 2018
#163: Ask Paula – The Future of Index Fund Investing
#162: AI and The Future of Jobs – with author Darrell West
#161: Ask Paula – How Can I Get My Friends Interested in FIRE?
#160: The Paradox of FI — with Jonathan Mendonsa and Brad Barrett of Choose FI
#159: Ask Paula – I Have Three Kids and I’m Hoping for Financial Independence
October 2018
#158: What I Love About the FIRE Movement – with Clark Howard
#157: Ask Paula – Can You Force a Rental Property to Cash Flow?
#156: How to Build Incredible Habits – with James Clear
#155: Ask Paula & Joe – How Can I Send My Four Children to College?
#154: You’ll Need at Least $10 Million to Retire Early, says Suze Orman
#153: Why I Hate the FIRE Movement, says Suze Orman
September 2018
#152: How to Make Better Decisions — with Dr. Brian Portnoy
#151: Ask Paula – “I Feel Like I Don’t Deserve My Success. What Should I Do?”
#150: How I Reached Financial Independence through Real Estate – with Chad Carson
#149: Tell me about something that scared you — from Camp FI
#148: Ask Paula – Should I Sell My House and Invest the Equity?
August 2018
#147: How to Believe Your Time is Abundant, with Laura Vanderkam
#146: Ask Paula – Where Should I Keep My Money if I Want to Retire Early?
#144: Ask Paula – What Do You Think of Real Estate Crowdfunding?
#143: Life After Financial Independence – with millionaire investor Emma Pattee
July 2018
#142: Ask Paula – How Can We Downsize from Two Incomes to One?
#141: The Gap Between Knowing and Doing – with Dr. Stephen Wendel from Morningstar
#140: Ask Paula – Should I Buy a Rental Property with an HOA?
#139: How I Save Half of My Income as a Firefighter, While Living in an Expensive City — with Kim E.
#138: How to Create an Authentic Life
#137: Ask Paula – What the F**k Are Annuities?
June 2018
#136: How I Bought 20 Houses, Debt-Free, While Serving Overseas in the Military – with Rich Carey
#135: Ask Paula – How Can I Get a Downpayment for a Rental Property?
#133: Ask Paula and Joe — How to Give More to Charity While Also Building Financial Independence
#132: Bonus Episode! “I’m Six Years from Financial Independence, But I Want to Quit Now. Should I?”
May 2018
#131: How We Slashed Our Costs 70 Percent and Gained Happiness — with Scott Rieckens
#130: Ask Paula – Should I Sell Stocks to Buy a Rental Property?
#129: How I Paid Off Thousands in Credit Card Debt – with Laura Adams, from Money Girl Podcast
#128: Ask Paula and Joe – Should I Choose a Roth vs. Traditional IRA and 401k for Early Retirement?
April 2018
#127: Four Unhealthy Attitudes Towards Money — with Dr. Brad Klontz, Financial Therapist
#126: Ask Paula – Should I Buy a Beachfront Rental Property?
#125: How to Gain a Competitive Edge, with Morgan Housel
#124: Ask Paula and Joe – Should I Sell My Brand-New Car (and Lose $6,000 in 4 Months)?
#123: Your Money or Your Life — with Vicki Robin, bestselling author
March 2018
#122: Ask Paula – I’d Like to Airbnb a Yurt. Should I?
#121: How I Retired at Age 32 – with Liz Thames from Frugalwoods
#120: Ask Paula – I’m Retiring at 53. How Will Early Retirement Impact My Social Security?
#119: How Much Can I Spend in Retirement? – with Dr. Wade Pfau
February 2018
#118: Ask Paula – How Do I Buy a Foreclosure? – and Other Real Estate Questions
#116: Ask Paula – Help! I’m Underwater on My Car!
#115: How Dave Ramsey Taught His Kids About Money – with Rachel Cruze
January 2018
#114: Ask Paula – How Should I Invest $100K in Real Estate?
#112: Ask Paula – How to Convince a Spouse to Invest in Low-fee Index Funds?
#111: How We Retired at Age 38 and 41 — with Tanja Hester & Mark Bunge
#110: Ask Paula — Get Ready for the Next Recession
December 2017
#109: How to Create a Complaint-Free World — with Will Bowen
#108: Ask Paula – I Don’t Know How to Invest
#107: How Scott Harrison Brought Clean Water to 7.3 Million People
#106: Ask Paula – How to Estimate Repair Costs, File Taxes on Rental Income, and More
November 2017
#105: Living Life as an Experiment – with A.J. Jacobs
#104: Ask Paula – How Can I Learn about Money from the People Around Me?
#103: Random Smattering of Lessons on Money, Work and Life — plus A Call for Radical Authenticity
#102: Ask Paula – Should I Sell My Rental Property & Invest the Proceeds in the Market?
October 2017
#101: The Code of Trust, with Robin Dreeke
#100: Life After Financial Freedom, with Brandon – the Mad FIentist
#99: How I Grew BiggerPockets From 0 to 870,000 Members – with Joshua Dorkin
#98: Ask Paula – The Side Hustle Episode
#97: How to Be Awesome at Your Job, with Pete Mockaitis
September 2017
#96: Ask Paula – Should I Be an Out-of-State Airbnb Host?
#95: Money for the Rest of Us, with JD Stein
#94: Ask Paula – The Early Retirement Episode
#93: The Secret Lives of Introverts, with Jenn Granneman
August 2017
#92: How Do I Hire an All-Star Rental Property Team?
#91: How to Spend Less, Earn More, and Grow the Gap
#90: Ask Paula – Your Rental Property Questions
#89: Imagine You Only Have 10 Years to Live …
July 2017
#88: Ask Paula – When is Lifestyle Inflation a Smart Business Decision?
#87: Money Myths – Are Your Ideas Holding You Back?
#86: Ask Paula – Should I Keep my Properties in an LLC?
#85: How to Side Hustle Your Way to Success, with Nick Loper
#84: Ask Paula – No, Really, I’m Asking for a Friend! — How to Crush $500,000 in Debt
June 2017
#83: The Toughest Episode I’ve Recorded So Far
#82: Ask Paula – How Do You Pick a Rental Property?
#81: Get Me Out of This Crappy Job! – with Jenny Blake, author of Pivot
#80: Ask Paula – Joe Says Life Insurance Won’t Make the Headline. But It Did.
May 2017
#79: How I Bootstrapped a $4 Million Company, with Laura Roeder
#78: Ask Paula (and Will) – How Technology is Changing the Future of Real Estate Investing
#77: What I’ve Learned From 9 Years of Nonstop Travel, with Geraldine DeRuiter, The Everywhereist
#75: Jen Sincero – You Are a Badass at Making Money
April 2017
#73: What Chess Taught Me About Making Smarter Life Moves – with Steve Gossett
#71: This Ain’t Your Grandpa’s Retirement – with Roger Whitney, the Retirement Answer Man
March 2017
#70: Erin Lowry on Raising Children Who Are Enabled, Not Entitled
#69: Ask Paula – The Real Estate Edition
#68: Ask Paula – How to Invest Your Tax Refund, Save for College, and Avoid Massive Pitfalls
#67: Ask Paula – How to Care for Aging Parents, Buy a Car, and Organize a Business
February 2017
#65: How to Improve Your Relationship With Money
#64: Michael Kitces – Your Mind is More Powerful Than Money
January 2017
#62: Ask Paula – Q&A Featuring Special Guest Joe Saul-Sehy from Stacking Benjamins
#61: John Lee Dumas: From Small-Town Kid to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur
#60: The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School, with Andrew Hallam (Part 2)
#59: Andrew Hallam: How I Became a Millionaire on a Teacher’s Salary
#58: Ask Paula – Death, Taxes, Crushing Debt and Moving in with Mom
December 2016
#57: Philip Taylor – Top Five Financial Lessons PT Learned in the Past Decade
#56: What Professional Poker Taught Me About Running a 7-Figure Business, with Billy Murphy
#55: From Money Moron to Millionaire, with Scott Alan Turner
November 2016
#53: Live Q&A on Real Estate, Travel, and Why I Refused to Work for More Than 3 Years
#52: How to Combat Lifestyle Inflation, with Julia Kelly
#51: Six Types of Financial Frenemies, with Mary Beth Storjohann
October 2016
#49: Behind-the-Scenes Mastermind Call – with J.D. Roth
#48: How to Overcome Procrastination and Perfectionism, with Stephen Guise
#47: How to Stop Being Your Own Worst Enemy, with Clark Howard
#46: The Unbelievable Power of Building a Community – Live at FinCon
#45: Ask Paula – Should I Invest $5,500 in One Huge Chunk? – and More Investing Questions
September 2016
#44: “Why I Quit My Dream Job” – with entrepreneur Leslie Samuel
#43: Money Rules, with Jean Chatzky
#42: The Incredible Value of Deep Work, Instead of Distraction, with Cal Newport
#41: Ask Paula: Investing, Rebalancing and Renovating
August 2016
#40: The Power of Habit Formation, with Gretchen Rubin
#39: The Seven Stages of Financial Independence, with Joshua Sheats
#38: Why You’re Not As Busy As You Think, with Laura Vanderkam
#37: How to Live a Remarkable Life in a Conventional World, with Chris Guillebeau
#36: Ask Paula — Should I Buy a Turnkey Rental Property? and More Real Estate Investing Questions
July 2016
#35: How to Start Freelancing on the Side, with Carrie Smith from Careful Cents
#34: How I Built a Six-Figure Online Store — with Steve Chou from My Wife Quit Her Job
#33: How I Became a Millionaire on a Military Salary – with Doug Nordman
#32: Ask Paula: The Market Might Drop Soon. Should I Sell?
June 2016
#31: The Simple Path to Wealth, with Jim Collins
#30: “Okay, I’m Financially Independent. Now What?” — entrepreneur Jim Wang
#29: Ask Paula: Should You Invest in Companies You Don’t Believe In?
May 2016
#27: Pete the Planner, Comedian-Turned-Money-Columnist, on Millionaires and Mock Retirements
#26: The Last Episode with Jay
#25: The Stacking Benjamins Roundtable Plays a Game of ‘Would You Rather’
#24: Ask Us Anything: Betterment, Wealthfront, Robo-Investing … What’s the Deal?
#23: Farnoosh Torabi, Host of CNBC’s Follow the Leader, Spills the Secrets of Successful CEOs
April 2016
#22: How Jeremy and Winnie Retired in Their 30’s
#21: Making Money as a Voice Over Actor, with Carrie Olsen
#20: From Debt to Financial Independence, with Get Rich Slowly Founder J.D. Roth
#19: Hip-Hop’s Financial Advisor Spills Details on Managing Celebrity Money — with Rob Wilson
March 2016
#18: Ask Us Anything — Your Real Estate Investing Questions
#17: How to Make Money as an Uber and Lyft Driver, with The RideShare Guy Harry Campbell
#16: How I Turned a Side Hustle into a Multi-Million Dollar Company — with Aaron Epstein
#15: Ask Us Anything – Stocks, Student Loans and Tax Refunds
February 2016
#14: So You Want To Be A Blogger? How to Make Money Writing Online
#13: How to Destroy Your Debt … and the Dave Ramsey Controversy — with Steve Stewart
#12: Ask Us Anything – Student Loans, Tax Hacks, Time Management and REITs
#11: How Jay & Ryanne Earn $100,000 per year from eBay and Airbnb
#10: The Habits of the Rich, with author Tom Corley
#9: Our Favorite Tools to Build Wealth
#8: How Jay Became a Half-a-Millionaire — and How to 10x Your Net Worth
#7: The Science of Financial Independence, with Brandon the Mad Fientist
January 2016
#6: How to Transition from Hustler to Entrepreneur
#5: How Kids Affect Your Hustle (and it’s Okay!)
#4: The Ultimate Beginner Guide to Real Estate Investing
#3: The Habits We Use to Grow Wealth
#2: Don’t Feel Guilty – Buy a Coke Zero and Pay Someone to Mow Your Lawn