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If you’ve ever been curious about tiny house living, this is the episode for you.

Kristie Wolfe is amazing! I proudly boast that Kristie is my #1 girl-crush. She’s a total badass. Kristie is a big fan of lifestyle experiments and is currently building a tiny empire. She finds or builds unique properties and rents them out on Airbnb. Her property portfolio includes a lookout tower, a giant potato, a tiny treehouse in the jungle of Hawaii, and a hobbit hole.

In this episode we talk about Kristie’s experiment of living in 97 square feet of space and how that transformed everything for her, why she buys and drives cars worth $500, building a tiny treehouse in Hawaii, turning a giant potato into a rental, creating and building a hobbit hole, how to find property that works for tiny home living, how to find success with Airbnb, managing a property from a distance, her motivation behind creating her tiny empire.

Resources

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#MoneyWin

Madison- “We listened to your podcast back in January about setting money goals for 90 days and decided we needed to crack down and be serious about paying off our credit cards. We are happy to report, just shy of 90 days, that we made our final credit card payment yesterday!! Setting goals for this short period of time seemed daunting at first but we were so excited when it worked and we are debt free!” #moneywin

Recently I started a new segment on Facebook Live called #AskWhitney. If you have a financial question you are dying to get an answer to, send me an email, whitney@whitneyhansen.com with your question and I might answer it on the next FB Live segment.

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Warren Hogarth is the Co-Founder and CEO of Empower, an app that helps you stay on top of your finances, get objective and personalized recommendations to make your money go further, and discover and save hundreds (to thousands) of dollars per year. Voted one of the best 25 apps of 2017 by Time Magazine, Empower is more than just a budgeting app – it’s an independent, trusted financial advocate working for you 24/7.

Prior to launching Empower in 2016, Warren spent eight years as a Partner at the #1 VC firm in the world, Sequoia Capital, where he saw first-hand how modern FinTech startups were helping change the way people approached managing money, payments, and investing. During his time at Sequoia, they invested in companies like Square, Uber, WhatsApp, Stripe, and AirBnB. Warren was the lead investor and Board member helping many entrepreneurs build companies from zero to over $1 billion.
In this episode we talk about Warren’s background and his Ph.D in Chemical Engineering, financial differences between Australia and the U.S., investing advice that anyone can implement, importance of diversification, misconceptions of robo-advising, and what led him to creating Empower.

After the recording Warren and I chatted about two levels of robo-advising. For people that have $5-$10 per week to invest, apps like Acorns or Stash work really well, but for those who want to invest $5,000 or less, Betterment or Wealthfront are great options.

Resources

Check out Warren’s latest venture + download the FREE app, Empower

Listen in to The Empower Podcast

**Try Betterment out today and get 3 months managed for free.**

#MoneyWins

Jenn- “I’m SO excited that I just had to share. Since declaring war on our debt in October we’ve paid off over $7700! Almost 30% of our total debt!” #moneywin

Want me to shout out your money wins? Then get social with me! Join the private FB community, Manage Your Money Like A Boss and connect with other money nerds.

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Germaine Martina Foley is a Personal Finance Strategist. She thrives off of teaching women how to dismantle the cycle of paycheck to paycheck living, ditch debt, and accumulate savings. Her passion is to work with women in the “Messy Middle Class.” These are women who make good money, but have a hard time managing it well. They often find themselves thinking things like “I make too much money to be this broke!” or “I work so hard, but I have nothing but a stack of bills to show for it!” Germaine identifies with this group of ladies the most because that’s where she found herself several years ago. Her money story isn’t pretty, but she wouldn’t change it for the world. She and her husband paid off over $200,000 in debt, and now she’s on a mission to help other women break free!

In this episode we talk about how Germaine and her husband paid off $200,000 in 6 years, the low point where she felt that she had no option but to file Chapter 13 bankruptcy and how that was a giant waste of time, how she got her partner on board with paying off debt, celebrating the small wins and why that is so important, sacrifices they made to pay off debt, getting rid of the Disney timeshare, and breaking through the paycheck to paycheck cycle.

Resources

Germaine’s Website

Germaine’s Facebook Page

#MoneyWin

Courtney- “Y’all… I did it! Looked at our accounts and our upcoming bills and said enough is enough, we’ve got enough to cover it so I made my LAST student loan payment!!!” #moneywin

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Robert Farrington is a Millennial Money Expert and Founder of TheCollegeInvestor.com. He is on a mission to help millennials get out of student loan debt and start building wealth for their future. He also helps parents make smart choices about college financing options and navigating the complex world of paying for school.Through his work at TheCollegeInvestor.com, Robert Farrington has emerged as one of the nation’s leading student loan debt experts.​

In this episode we talk about Robert’s journey to starting The College Investor, his career working in corporate, where the student loan problem is stemming from, his experience paying off $43,000 in 3 years, unique strategies to pay off student loans, how you can win up to $3,000 in prizes to help you pay off students loans, and more about the Student Loan Debt Movement where over 1,600 people just like you are inspiring each other to work towards paying down debt.

Resources

Robert’s Website

Join The Student Loan Debt Movement (learn about student loans + side hustles here)

#MoneyWin

Carla- “I just made the final payment on the first of my 4 credit cards! I’m on track to pay the second one off by the end of this month. I’m using the debt avalanche method and this first milestone is feeling really good. Couldn’t have done it without Money Nerds!” #moneywin

Share your money wins with us by shouting them loud and proud all over social media. Just make sure you tag me in your posts so I can follow all of your awesomeness!

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Michelle Waymire is a money nerd. In fact, she used to hate finance and business in general. Michelle has a B.A. in International Studies, taught Theatre in an inner city charter school, and have always preferred poetry to math. So you might be surprised to hear that Michelle took a job at a mutual fund company and eventually a financial advisory firm where she has been working on her CFA (chartered financial analyst).

In this episode we talk about where we mess up when it comes to budgeting, why don’t get excited about money (even though it helps us reach our goals), reverse budgeting and how to implement this system, giving yourself a weekly allowance and what to do if you are strapped on cash and need to free up some money every month.

Resources

Michelle’s Website

#MoneyWin

Amanda- “I just made at $1,800 payment to the student loan this month. Have stuck with everything we talked about and have used only cash. Even was able to get a new washer. Goal student loan to be paid off by my birthday in August.” #moneywin

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