Are we in a student debt crisis?  Grandma used to say ‘if you’re going to go to college, it’s worth making the most of it.’ The value of education cannot be quantified – some say it’s priceless. Is student debt really priceless? But the cost of going to college can certainly be calculated, and […] Read more

  What do eating twinkies and Financial plan have in common?Today, we’re asking the question: What does it take to survive a catastrophe or apocalypse scenario? If you’re a Twinkie, you’re very likely to survive a zombie apocalypse and maybe even a nuclear apocalypse. Eating Twinkies – and only Twinkies – isn’t a great idea. […] Read more

Not Everyone Wants to be Donald Trump We are not getting political. In fact, this phrase, “Not Everyone Wants to be Like Donald Trump”; was coined long before Donald Trump was running for office. We want to tell you this story of where it comes from. I actually said it in 2011 when we first […] Read more

Sometimes my own trust issues get in the way of whats best for me and my family.   Truthfully I have trust issues and Amanda can probably acknowledge that, I don’t know.  It’s especially with people in authority. Maybe it’s because of my family upbringing.  Maybe it’s from my military experience, maybe it’s from past jobs, […] Read more

To make a mountain out of a molehill means to exaggerate or put too much focus on a minor issue and make it seem like a major one. People do this all the time.   By going the other way around we have the potential to not only help ourselves but we are also creating a […] Read more

Listen for a history of income tax and how it can impact your wallet! Wars have been fought with silver bullets but Civil War history offers little consolation. Modern income tax was introduced in 1913 as a tax for the very top earners – irrelevant to most Americans. But in 1942, the script was flipped, […] Read more

As the saying goes; it takes money to make money. But it doesn’t necessarily have to be your money if you understand how to leverage other people’s money (OPM), especially when it comes to making major purchases. How Grandma would leverage other peoples money! In today’s episode, you’re going to discover 3 key strategies Grandma […] Read more

What if you had a chicken that laid eggs but they never hatched chicks? Are we doing the same thing. Time for us to break the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle What if you’re in a position where your job won’t allow you to get ahead in life, and you’re unable to break the chains of the the […] Read more

So what does “A stitch in Time saves nine mean.   it is said to mean that it is better to act or deal with problems immediately, because if you wait and deal with them later, things will get worse and the problems will take longer to deal with. Immediately. Thats why thinking through and building […] Read more