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#469: Ask Paula: Feeling FOMO About Your Home Equity? Here’s What to Do
Lindy feels like her $300,000 of accumulated equity could be put to better use. But she doesn’t want to buy more real estate right now. What’re her options? Katie wants to become a landlord in her...
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#482: Ask Paula: Should We Drain Our Brokerage to Make a HUGE Down Payment?
A caller named “M” wonders if liquidating stocks for a larger down payment makes sense in a high-interest rate environment. An anonymous caller wants to take a pay cut to pursue his passions. But 75...
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#492: How Does Side Hustle Income Affect Retirement Contributions?
Christine’s business is struggling. She needs more income. If she adds a full-time remote job to her plate, how will her retirement and finances change? Rob enjoyed a banner year in 2023. He made over...
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#494: My Husband Makes Double My Income, But Saves Nothing! Should I Be Worried?
Tatyana is about to pay off her house at age 39! What’s next? Her husband, who earns twice as much (and whom she met after she bought the home), has no savings. They want a boat. Should she focus...
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#515: Q&A: Sell Your Home or Stay Put?
Jessica and her husband are juggling two home sales and one home purchase within the next two to four years. How do they execute wisely while navigating a tight real estate market? Zerai works two...
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#529: Q&A: The Unintended Consequences of Early Retirement
Anonymous, 60, recently lost her job and is worried about retirement. She owns a paid-off triplex, living in one unit and renting the others for $30,000 a year. She used her 401(k) funds to buy the...
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#533: Q&A: My Insurance Bill Jumped 60 Percent – Should I Drop It?!
Credit: Chris Guillebeau Kristin is floored by the 60 percent increase in her homeowner’s insurance this year. Should she cancel the policy and self-insure instead? Susana and her husband are torn....
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#557: Help! The Money is Good … But My Dream Life is Different
Imagine saving nearly your entire paycheck while your rental properties cover your bills. That’s exactly where real estate investor Andrew finds himself — and yet he’s at a crossroads. At FinCon, a...
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#559: Q&A: Should We Ditch Rental Properties Entirely?
An anonymous caller, whom we name “Samantha,” and her husband are financially strained and feeling torn. Shortly after purchasing two rental properties, their income dropped dramatically. Should they...
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#571: Q&A: When Your Crypto Bet Pays Off TOO Well
An anonymous caller’s crypto investments have recently skyrocketed to 17 percent of her investment portfolio. Given the volatility of this asset, should she rebalance it or go all in? Allison feels...
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