By Paula Pant
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 […]
By Paula Pant
If you’re interested in real estate investing, and if you’ve wondered how to assemble an all-star team, today’s episode is for you.
I’m hosting another edition of Ask Paula, in which I tackle three audience-submitted questions about building a team as a real estate investor.
Salome from Cincinnati asks:
Who are the people I’ll need […]
By Paula Pant
Curious about real estate investing?
I’m rocking the microphone solo on today’s episode, tackling the rental property questions that you — the listeners — have asked.
Rachel from the Ozarks asks:
I’m inspired to start investing in real estate. I live in the Ozarks region, and the cap rates around here are fantastic. However, the […]
By Paula Pant
This week, former financial planner Joe Saul-Sehy and I answer 4 questions from the Afford Anything community.
We chat about how to control lifestyle inflation, how to break up with a financial planner, how to invest your first $10,000, and whether or not sector-specific or theme-specific funds are a good idea.
#1: Laura is transitioning […]
By Paula Pant
It’s time for another real estate edition of Ask Paula!
Our first question comes from Heather:
Heather is ready to buy her first rental property. She wants to acquire about one house per year, following a buy-and-hold strategy.
What’s the best way to structure this? Should she put her properties into an LLC? Hold […]
By Paula Pant
This week, I tackle your questions with my good friend, recovering financial planner Joe Saul-Sehy. Here’s what we answer:
1. I’m asking for a friend — no, really, I’m asking for a friend!
My friends are married and buried. They’re a married couple, buried in $500,000 of debt.
Some is federal student loans, some is […]
By Paula Pant
Welcome to another Ask Paula episode!
This week, I answer three real estate questions:
#1: What criteria do you use when you’re shopping for an investment property? What qualities make you say, “heck yeah I’m buying this!!” — and what qualities make you say, “No way!”
#2: I enjoy renting my personal home, but I […]
By Paula Pant
Chris, age 30, makes $200,000 per year and saves 50 percent of his income. What accounts should he use in order to maximize his tax benefits?
Dee, age 39, is getting tired of apartment living. She found a great neighborhood in which she’d like to own a home, and she’s saving for a 20 percent […]
By Paula Pant
Imagine that you’re looking for a rental property. It’s a warm Saturday afternoon, and you decide to cruise through a few open houses in the area.
Your autonomously-driving electric vehicle pulls into the driveway. Your wifi-enabled contact lenses automatically register the property’s details: square footage, year of construction, sales history, tax assessment, price-to-rent ratio, average […]
By Paula Pant
This week, my buddy Joe Saul-Sehy joins me to answer another round of listener-submitted questions.
Our first question comes from Hillary:
She’s a recent college graduate in an entry level job. She’s saved up an emergency fund, but keeps depleting it as things pop up. She’s also going to law school in a year and […]
