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BiggerPockets Money Podcast

542: DIY Finance Friday: How to Create a Customized Path to Financial Independence

BiggerPockets Money Podcast

BiggerPockets

Investing, Education, Business

4.62.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Want a personalized financial independence plan that’ll get you closer to early retirement? Well, we’ve got just what you’re looking for! On this second annual “Financial Independence Day,” Mindy and Scott are sharing a new way to get you to financial freedom faster. With so many applications for our “Finance Friday” series, we decided to make a downloadable that allows you to do your own personal finance review AND build a faster path to FIRE! But before you start filling out your financial independence plan, listen to this episode. We review some common traps and pitfalls that have stopped our Finance Friday guests from achieving financial freedom. We’ll explain exactly what each net worth bracket should focus on, how to get through the saving and investing “grind” to FIRE, and the biggest mistake most people make that will STOP them from ever finding financial independence. Want to reach financial independence faster? Download the DIY Finance Friday document here, and if you want Mindy and Scott’s personalized suggestions, apply to be a Finance Friday guest! In This Episode We Cover How to build your own plan for financial independence and reach early retirement faster Coming up with your financial snapshot to see a complete picture of your net worth The biggest opportunities to reach FIRE for different net worth brackets The “middle-class trap” that will stop you from retiring early (even if you’re wealthy) Getting through “the grind” and how to know you’re on the right path for FIRE Whether building wealth comes through a “process” or a “single event,” and how to combine both And So Much More! Links from the Show BiggerPockets Money Facebook Group Network with Other Investors on The Path to FIRE Through the BiggerPockets Forums Finance Review Guest Onboarding Join BiggerPockets for FREE Scott on BiggePockets Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Apply to Be a Guest on The Money Show Podcast Talent Search! Find an Investor-Friendly Agent in Your Area Find Investor-Friendly Lenders Property Manager Finde Apply to Be a Finance Friday Guest BiggerPockets Money 426 - The New Path to Financial Independence is HERE BiggerPockets Money 157 - The Money Date: What You Should (And Definitely Should Not) Do to Align Your Finances as a Couple BiggerPockets Personal Finance Forum Review Mindy’s Budget See Mindy and Scott at BPCON2024 in Cancun! Scott Trench’s Step-by-Step Guide to Building Your Perfect, 1-Page Investment Plan 00:00 Intro 01:59 FIRE for DIYers 04:45 Your Financial Snapshot 15:25 Opportunities for FI 23:08 Avoiding the “Middle-Class Trap” 32:58 Getting Through The “Grind” 39:32 You NEED Both of These 44:24 Changing Your Path to FIRE 52:07 Happy FI Day! Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/money-542 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today we are celebrating the second annual Financial Independence Day, a holiday I totally made up,

0:06.4

by sharing DIY Finance Friday instructions and a Google sheet that helps you organize your numbers all in one place.

0:14.7

Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to the BiggerPockets Money Podcast.

0:17.8

My name is Mindy Jensen and with me as always is my number nerd co-host Scott Church.

0:23.0

Mindy, so glad you could budget some of your great time today to come here on the show with me.

0:27.0

Thanks so much.

0:28.0

BiggerPockets has a goal of creating 1 million millionaires and you are in the right place if you want to get

0:34.2

your financial house in order because we truly believe that Financial Independence Day

0:38.6

is attainable for everyone no matter when or where you're starting.

0:42.0

I love it Scott. Yeah yeah yeah. everyone no matter when or where you're starting.

0:42.8

I love it Scott.

0:44.2

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Financial Independence Day, Mindy's Holiday.

0:47.8

I know that not everybody wants to come in and sit down in the hot seat

0:51.4

or share their information publicly on bigger

0:53.8

pockets money. So Mindy and I wanted to share how we review Finance Friday

0:58.6

episodes, what we're looking for all the requirements it takes to apply for that and basically give you the

1:05.0

toolkit and how we think about and assess folks financial situations for entertainment purposes only of course

1:12.1

here on bigger pockets money and so that you can

1:14.6

potentially apply it DIY style again for entertainment purposes only for yourself.

1:20.8

To that end we've created a companion download which includes a just a two sheet

1:26.2

document that allows you to kind of get a quick overview of the cash coming into

1:30.3

your life income minus expenses,

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