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Louis DeNicola is a personal finance writer who works with Fortune 500 financial services firms, FinTech startups, and non-profits to help promote financial literacy. He covers a variety of personal finance topics and especially likes writing about credit cards and credit scoring. He also helps run Saturday morning flag football games, enjoys indoor rock climbing, and volunteers as a tax preparer.

In this episode we talk about his journey going from political science to personal finance, how he got his first gig, credit card hacking, pros and cons of being an approved user on someone’s credit card, basics of credit and where this crazy system actually came from, how long it takes to generate a credit score if you are new to credit, and his super clever system for tracking which credit card to use for various purchases.

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Louis’ Website

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Read some of his articles

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Tara- Paid off her 2 of her credit cards and is on track to paying off 3 more by the end of June!

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Lindsay VanSomeren is a personal finance writer living in Fort Collins, CO with a houseful of pets including two cats, a dog, and a husband. She has been a professional dogsled racer, a wildlife researcher, and a participant in the National Spelling Bee. She shows other recent college grads how to manage their money through her own experiences at Notorious D.E.B.T. In her spare time she enjoys reading, hiking, homebrewing, and learning to play the guitar.

In this episode we talk about her background as a wildlife biologist turned freelance writer, tips for landing freelance writing gigs, how much you can expect to make when you first start writing, why doing the scary things will change your life, negotiating your way to reduced expenses, and the time she got sent to the ER by a reindeer two weeks before Christmas.

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Lindsay’s Website

Lindsay’s Book Recommendation

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Rebecca- “I paid off my final student loan after buckling down for the past year….$15,000 gone in 12 months! Thanks for the inspiration- your podcast helped me stay motivated!”

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Kristen Sarah is one of the top travel videographers and travel video creators on YouTube. Her channel, Hopscotch the Globe, has over 26 million views and over 157,000 subscribers. Over the past 6 years, she has written, produced, and hosted dozens of video campaigns for some of the biggest international brands, companies, and tourism boards. She’s worked both behind and in front of the camera for major Canadian and US television networks such as Travel Channel, MTV, YTV, and Much Music. Just in the last year, Kristen hosted two web series with Travel Channel, a television pilot and produced the largest and most successful multi-media campaign with Toyota Motor Corporation to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday. Kristen is a Lonely Planet and Sony Ambassador, and has been named one of USA Today’s top travel videographers, one of Matador’s top travel YouTube creators, and one of the most influential women in travel by Flight Centre.

In this episode we talk about the trip to South America that started it all, studying video production in college, advice for building a career, living in a 200 square foot refurbished airstream, perks of living in an airstream, her first gig being paid to travel and create, how money was talked about when she was a kid, living a minimalist lifestyle, where to travel if you are on a tight budget want your money to go further and where she would go if she has 1 week and $1,000.

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Kristen’s Website

Websites Kristen recommends:

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skyscanner.com

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We all fall into financial pitfalls from time to time.

It’s easy to do when you aren’t aware of them.

This episode will help you identify the most common 9 pitfalls and create a plan to avoid falling into those.

Hope you love it!

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Stephanie- “My fourth credit card paid off in two years. My goal was 3. #moneywin”

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Cary Carbonaro is a Managing Director of United Capital. She is an Award Winning, Internationally known Personal Finance Expert. She is a Certified Financial planner professional with an MBA in finance, with over 25 years of experience in financial services. In 2014, she was named an Ambassador for the CFP® Board, one of only 48 in the United States. Cary’s book “The Money Queen’s Guide For Women Who Want Build Wealth and Banish Fear” was an Amazon #1 Best Seller in several countries in Wealth Management. She is the recipient of the prestigious “2016 Investment News Women to Watch” award. She is a passionate female advocate and champion of financial literary.

She is the winner of the Women’s Choice Award and Women of the Decade in Finance in Leadership. She has spoken all over the world on Women and Money. She is listed as “The Most Influential Women in Finance on Twitter.” 

In this episode we talk about why she was drawn to personal finance, struggles with being a financial advisor in your 20s, differences between men and women with finance, the “bag lady fear” and how successful women fall into this belief, financial infidelity and what she learned from a 4 year and half a million dollar divorce, and when a prenup is appropriate.

Resources

Cary’s Website

The Money Queen’s Guide Book 

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Jennifer – Will have paid off $5,500 worth of credit card debt in 1.5 months! #moneywin

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Paula Pant is the founder of award-winning website AffordAnything.com and a writer and speaker specializing in money, business and real estate investing and helping people ditch the cubicle life. In April 2008, Paula handed in her resignation and bought a one-way airline ticket to Egypt with $25,000 in the bank and travelled for the next 2 years visiting multiple countries. Additionally, Paula owns 7 rental property units. Her blog, Afford Anything, is a place where she teaches people that you can afford anything, but not everything — and that’s true not only for your money, but also your time, focus, energy and attention.

In this episode we talk about Paula’s background in journalism, living in Boulder inexpensively, why she doesn’t buy cars newer than 4 years old, traveling the globe for 2 years, why fear motivates Paula, money advice for people starting out in life with or without debt, and realistic tips for increasing your income.

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Paula’s website

Listen to Afford Anything Podcast

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Lindsey + Camille- “PAYPAL LOAN IS PAID OFF! We seriously couldn’t do it without you!” #moneywin

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