Marriage Kids and Money: Personal Finance for Families

Recently, I received an email from Chris who was interested in my opinion on taking out a 401k loan to pay off his student debt. “Hi Andy, Did you ever consider leveraging your 401k to try to clobber debt faster?"I do not mean withdrawing funds from the 401k and incurring the penalty and tax … Continue reading "63 | Should I Take Out a 401k Loan to Pay Off Debt?"The post 63 | Should I Take Out a 401k Loan to Pay Off Debt? appeared first on Marriage, Kids and Money.RESOURCES**Sponsor + Partners + Deals: https://www.marriagekidsandmoney.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There’s nothing wrong with having things, liking things and wanting things. Especially when you’re a kid. From our own personal experience though, we’ve found most of our joy in life has been derived from experiences – memorable, fun and rewarding experiences.In my never-ending quest to give my kids the best life possible, I reached … Continue reading "62 | Teaching Your Kids How to Set Financial Goals"The post 62 | Teaching Your Kids How to Set Financial Goals appeared first on Marriage, Kids and Money.RESOURCES**Sponsor + Partners + Deals: https://www.marriagekidsandmoney.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now that Nicole and I are mortgage free, we’re moving onto our next big financial challenge: Buy-and-Hold Rental Real Estate. Over the past year, I’ve been doing my best to educate myself in real estate by reading books and blogs and listening to podcasts on my daily commute.One of the podcasts I’ve been enjoying … Continue reading "61 | Financial Independence through Real Estate with Paula Pant"The post 61 | Financial Independence through Real Estate with Paula Pant appeared first on Marriage, Kids and Money.RESOURCES**Sponsor + Partners + Deals: https://www.marriagekidsandmoney.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abby Chao is the Co-Founder of CollegeBacker. She and her company are on a mission to make saving for college easy with the magical 529 account. Abby and I met at dinner in Dallas in October.Her enthusiasm for combating the $1.4 trillion student loan crisis in our country was inspiring. I had to … Continue reading "60 | 529 Account – Your Kid’s Ticket to Student Debt Freedom"The post 60 | 529 Account – Your Kid’s Ticket to Student Debt Freedom appeared first on Marriage, Kids and Money.RESOURCES**Sponsor + Partners + Deals: https://www.marriagekidsandmoney.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last month, we paid off our $400,000 home in just under 4 years. It took a lot of diligence, patience and teamwork between my lovely bride and I, but we’re proud to check this important family milestone off our list at 35 years old.We spent some time celebrating this fun moment in our lives … Continue reading "59 | How Do I Get My Spouse On Board With Budgeting?"The post 59 | How Do I Get My Spouse On Board With Budgeting? appeared first on Marriage, Kids and Money.RESOURCES**Sponsor + Partners + Deals: https://www.marriagekidsandmoney.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last month at a dinner in Dallas, I met Jeremy Hallett who is the founder of Quotacy. We chatted about his new company being a hassle-free resource for life insurance.He let me know that their big goal is to protect 1,000,000 families by getting them set up with affordable term life insurance.Evidently, there … Continue reading "58 | Protect Your Family With Hassle-Free Term Life Insurance"The post 58 | Protect Your Family With Hassle-Free Term Life Insurance appeared first on Marriage, Kids and Money.RESOURCES**Sponsor + Partners + Deals: https://www.marriagekidsandmoney.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Earlier this week, I caught up with Julie Berninger.This 28-year-old working professional / entrepreneur sets huge goals for herself and crushes them. J was dealing with around $100,000 in debt from student loans, credit cards and a new car.Through creating multiple sources of income for herself, she was able to … Continue reading "57 | Creating Multiple Income Streams to Eliminate $100k of Debt"The post 57 | Creating Multiple Income Streams to Eliminate $100k of Debt appeared first on Marriage, Kids and Money.RESOURCES**Sponsor + Partners + Deals: https://www.marriagekidsandmoney.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On a train to downtown Dallas for FinCon17, I randomly caught up with the Founder of Tiller, Peter Polson. Tiller is a customizable money management tool that harnesses the power of Google Sheets.Peter and I had an inspiring chat about family, business and how his company is helping people control their money and, in turn, … Continue reading "56 | Control Your Money. Control Your Life."The post 56 | Control Your Money. Control Your Life. appeared first on Marriage, Kids and Money.RESOURCES**Sponsor + Partners + Deals: https://www.marriagekidsandmoney.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last week, Nicole and I made a really FUN phone call. We reached out to our mortgage company and said that we’re ready to pay off our 15-year loan. It was awesome! I honestly can’t believe we’re here!After 4 years of extra payments and me repeatedly telling my patient wife the monthly balance … … Continue reading "55 | Money Plans After the Mortgage is Paid Off?"The post 55 | Money Plans After the Mortgage is Paid Off? appeared first on Marriage, Kids and Money.RESOURCES**Sponsor + Partners + Deals: https://www.marriagekidsandmoney.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the expo floor of FinCon17, I’m speaking with Award Winning Personal Finance Author Erin Lowry about her new book Broke Millennial.Her goal is to help young adults to stop acting rich and get their financial life together.RESOURCES**Sponsor + Partners + Deals: https://www.marriagekidsandmoney.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices