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The Worst of the Free Financial Advisor Episode 6: Top 5 Business Start-Up Tips

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Paula Pant from AffordAnything joins the Roundtable Crew to talk tiny houses. I’m sure this site is worth a ton more because Paula agreed to hang out with us.

Show Notes:

<open> Show stats from Libsyn.com, our host. We have over 70 listeners (shortly after recording we reached 85!).

<9:16> OG & Joe’s financial concerns: OG is buying a car and Joe can’t stop going to restaurants

<17:09> Fractional Cents w/ PK from DQYDJ.NET – Kelly Criterion.

<26:52> The Roundtable: Tiny Houses

We discuss Sicorra’s piece: These Tiny Houses Fascinate Me

<58:41> Top 5 Tips to Start a Business

Books mentioned: Ravings Fans, The E-Myth, The Goal, Execution

(check these books out.  On Amazon right now, they’re all about 45% off…)

 

On the Sites:

Your Finances Simplified: Stop Paying Your Mortgage Today!…and be a Victim!

Len Penzo dot Com: Use a Ledger to Teach Kids Money Management Skills

The Millionaire Nurse Blog: 20 Ways to Improve YOUR Customer Service

Afford Anything: We Bought a Second Rental House!

 

The segment that shall not be named wasn’t included in this week’s show. Our Roundtable ran long.

 

 

 

 

 

Worst of the Free Financial Advisor Podcast Episode 5 – Top 5 Ways to Cut Vacation Expenses

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Instead of a party to celebrate that we actually made it to five complete episodes, we’ve decided to celebrate with about 10 extra minutes of fun.

This might be my favorite episode yet.

Enjoy!

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Show Notes:

<open> Listener Question: What’s the worst advice you’ve ever seen an advisor give a client? (Thanks to MyCanadianFinances for the question!)

<8:30> On the Blog – Why I Save

<11:25> Fractional Sense from PK @ DQYDJ.net – Tax Refunds

<15:39>  Shout Out from Steve Stewart @ The MoneyPlanSOS Podcast

<16:03>  Roundtable

Our Crew:

Len Penzo from LenPenzo.com
Carrie Smith from CarefulCents.com
Dominique Brown from YourFinancesSimplified

and special thanks to our first-ever roundtable guest:

Andrew from 101Centavos!

The Article We Discuss: Why Starting a Business is Less Not That Risky and Costs Less Than You Think at Planting Money Seeds.com. I think you’ll enjoy this site, especially if you’re looking for motivation and tips to be an entrepreneur.

Book Recommendations:

Carrie: Many Happy Returns: The Story of Henry Bloch, America’s Tax Man

Quitter

Dom:401(k) Sales Champion: A Guide for Financial Advisors to Acquire and Retain 401(k) Plans

The Trusted Advisor

Hot Prospects: The Proven Prospecting System to Ramp Up Your Sale

Len: Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance

Andrew: Nuts! Southwest Airlines’ Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success

Joe: The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It

On The Sites:

Why Coke Rewards is For Suckers @ LenPenzo.com

Negotiate for Lower Rent and Live Large on a Small Budget @ Careful Cents

UpliftingSisters.com Prom Dreams Giveaway @ YourFinancesSimplified

Why Study History, Indeed? … @ 101Centavos

<44:48> Top 5 Ways to Cut Travel Costs

Websites mentioned: Hotwire, TripAdvisor, Jetsetter

 

Music on the Show: Incompetech.com

 

Finally, I’d like to again thank everyone who’s listened to these early episodes of the show. They’ve been a blast for OG and I to produce, and the feedback has been outstanding so far. If you get a moment, please go to iTunes and review the show. As we receive more 5 star reviews, it’s more likely then that iTunes will help publicize the show.

 

 

The Worst of the Free Financial Advisor Podcast, Episode #4: Top 5 Ways to Blow Your Income Tax Refund

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Wow! We made it to Episode #4. Who knew?

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 Show Notes

<Open> OG and Average Joe talk Apple stock.

<5:53> On the Blog – Michelle from SeeDebtRun.com guest posted for Joe this week.

The piece we discuss:  Getting Through the “Broke Week”

Our boardgame gift guide.

Other games mentioned: Jamaica and Pony Express

<8:56> Fractional Cents w/ PK from DQYDJ.net. What does currency cost?

Find the companion piece at DQYDJ.net here.

<14:17> Roundtable – Dr. Dean (The Millionaire Nurse Blog), Dominique (Your Finances Simplified), Len (Len Penzo dot Com) and Carrie (CarefulCents) talk debt.

The post we’re discussing is from SoOverDebt.com: The Three Types of Debt (and How to Get Out)

Dr. Dean’s Save on Gas: At the Expense of Our Marriage? at The Millionaire Nurse Blog

Dom’s 6 Awesome Places to Retire Abroad at YourFinancesSimplified

Len’s How to Fix Your Finances Without More Money at LenPenzo dot Com

Carrie’s Save Money on Spring Cleaning with These 6 Tips

< 42:40> Top 5 Ways to Blow Your Tax Return Check

The Worst of the Free Financial Advisor Podcast – Episode 3: Top 5 Ways to Automate Your Money

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In this week’s show we welcome PK and the team from DQYDJ.net to the show!

OG and I talk estate planning, PK gives us a great financial automation tip and the roundtable talks weddings. …and Len Penzo is coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs….all that leading up to our top 5 ways to automate your finances.

Enjoy!

 

Show Notes: 

Open: Intern heads will roll!

<6:00> On the Blog: Estate Planning

<14.18> Fractional Sense – PK from DQYDJ.net – Automating Your Money

<21:35> Our Roundtable – Carrie (Careful Cents) Dominique (YourFinancesSimplified) Dr. Dean (The Millionaire Nurse Blog) Len (LenPenzo dot Com) – discuss weddings and an article from Untemplater.com: The Average Wedding Cost is Crazy: Why Do People Spend So Much Money?

<45:08> Contest Winner! Matt from Rambling Fever!

<50:10> Top 5 Ways to Automate Your Money

 

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The Worst of the Free Financial Advisor Podcast: Print Edition

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Because Joe couldn’t be bothered to put together a podcast this week (he’s secretly out of town on business), we interns have decided to give you something more…..thrilling.

Here’s a shocking newspaper story from a top news source about intelligence in infants that we thought you could read rather than waste your precious time on the podcast.

Seriously.

You have better things to do anyway.

Enjoy the reprieve.

Love,

The FFA Intern Team

PS – AverageJoe has threatened assured us that the podcast will return next week.

The Worst of the Free Financial Advisor #2: Top 5 Reasons We Like the Roth IRA – Are Tax Refunds Bad? – Hiring an Advisor

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Holy big topics, Batman! We’ve got a great show for you today.

First – Joe & OG talk Hiring an Advisor. Should you hire one? If so, what should you look for? What questions should you ask?

Then – Len, Carrie, Dom  and of course Dr. Dean discuss tax refunds. Should you avoid one?

Finally – Our top 5 reasons we love the Roth IRA.

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Hiring an Advisor

FINRA.org BrokerCheck

CFP – Questions to Ask When Hiring a Financial Planner

5 Jaw-Dropping Financial Advisor Interview Questions

Ric Edelman: The Truth About Money (Amazon page)

Our Roundtable Members Sites:

Carrie Smith = CarefulCents.com

Dominique Brown = YourFinancesSimplified

Dr. Dean = The Millionaire Nurse Blog

Len Penzo = Len Penzo (dot) Com

The Squirrelers.com article we’re discussing: Tax Refunds Are Not Taboo

 

 

 

 

The Worst of the Free Financial Advisor Podcast – Episode 1: A Big Reveal, College Planning Tips & Tricks & Meet the Roundtable

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NOTE: We’re learning “how to do this podcast thing” as we go. Right now we’ve not figured out how to get an RSS subscription started. Finally, we aren’t signed up with iTunes or other services yet. Thanks for your patience!

Update: We’re now LIVE on RSS (it’s probably a lot easier than we made it out to be…) and you can subscribe by clicking here.

Update #2 – iTunes now has us LIVE as well!  So…pretty please with sugar on top, stop by iTunes by clicking here (subscribe if you want to) and write a nice review.  It sure helps us out !  Thanks!

 

To kick off our debut episode, the anonymous blogger at YourFinancesSimplified reveals his real name…and tells us why he’s doing it.

How’s that for a scoop, huh?

TheOtherGuy and I deliver college planning advice and talk about estate planning taxes maybe changing.

We also have introductory interviews with our Roundtable members:

Dr. Dean from the Millionaire Nurse Blog,

Carrie Smith from CarefulCents,

YFS (above)

and of course….wielding the Magic 8 Ball…Len Penzo from LenPenzo dot Com.

Thanks to Buck from the Buckinspire Podcast and Shannyn from the FrugalPreneur Podcast for their help on the episode.

All of our music on the show is from Kevin McLeod’s Incompetech.com.

 

Important Stuff Mentioned in the Show:

  • Peterson’s – Joe’s favorite college guide online
  • FinAid.org – All of the financial aid information you can stand, and much more
  • SavingForCollege.com – A great site to compare 529 plans
  • Fastweb – FinAid’s sister site tobegin your scholarship search

I didn’t mention it on the podcast (but should have). A great blog for college planning help is Money For College Project. Check it out.

Our Facebook page is here. (If you don’t know why I’m linking to this, you’ll want to listen to the podcast again…..)

We don’t talk about it on the podcast, but link to us on Twitter here for more witty-free banter.

 

 

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