How Side Hustles Helped One Couple Pay Off $224,000 in 2½ years | Leo Jean-Louis of Freedom Is A Choice Movement

This month, we’ll be helping you get started on any financial and investment goals you’ve made. This week, let’s work on goal-setting with your dinero. Listen to episode 68 to hear how this family went from a six-figure debt to a six-figure net-worth in less than five years.

Leo Jean-Louis is a first-generation Haitian-American money coach, author and personal finance content creator.. After Leo and his wife realized that their 6 figure debt was keeping them from living the life they wanted, they made a plan to pay off $224,000 of debt, and they were able to pay it off in 2.5 years! After his post of paying off debt went viral on social media, he and his wife founded Freedom Is A Choice Movement, a business created to teach millennials how to become debt free.

In just 9 months, he has created a debt payoff plan for individuals and families totaling over $4.45 million! His money tips and personal finance journey have been featured on Yahoo Finance, the Steve Harvey TV Show, the His & Her Money Show, MagnifyMoney, and Northwestern Mutual, just to name a few.

You can follow Leo Jean-Louis on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Episode Highlights:

• The burden that comes with carrying debt
• The cost of earning a degree
• Starting with your why
• Celebrating the milestones in your journey
• Side hustles as a way of earning more

For full episode show notes, click here.

Leo situates his financial advice within the realities of communities of color. His advice is culturally relevant to communities who are typically not considered in the world of personal finance and investing.

Thank you, Leo for being such a crucial member of the personal finance content creator space!

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