Financially Independent Teachers

Send us Fan Mail Michelle is 55-year old educator and is ‘starting over’ and trying to now play catch up after a divorce. Since ending her marriage 8 years ago, she has brought her credit score over 200 points, paid off thousands in debt and have built some savings and adding to her retirement. She is now being intentional with her money and expanding into some investments and working towards a co...

Send us Fan Mail Gerry Born is back on the FIT podcast to give an update on his current situation, answer some questions submitted via social media, and discusses the super power of the 457(b).  Gerry's Blog Page: http://www.millionaireeducator.com/

Send us Fan Mail Erica is a Missouri educator who has  net worth over 700k.  Erica married young and went through a divorce but persevered and stuck to her goals while furthering her education during a trying time.  Erica has since remarried and combined with her firefighter husband, they are quickly approaching millionaire status (before age 35).  Erica has moved from the classroom to being a rea...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Ben lays out the path for financial success for young teachers! He made his share of mistakes in his early 20s but Ben's pre-30 heavy lifting of index fund investing is starting to reap its benefits! 

Send us Fan Mail Brandon just spent 40 hours training NC teachers on how to be an effective classroom teacher in the area of personal finance and economics. Were the teachers receptive? Does Brandon think it will "work" with students? Dave has been teaching the course for two years and he shares his thoughts as well as a few student success stories. Almost half of the US is now REQUIRING...

Send us Fan Mail Greg is a 55-year-old retired teacher/coach from Texas who has a 5 million dollar net worth. Greg has had multiple stints in education over the course of a 20 year teacher.  During a large part of his teaching career, Greg also served in the Air Force Reserves.  Greg and his wife have owned less than 10 cars (combined) in their lives and are raising their family of four in a 1500...

Send us Fan Mail The best day to start investing was yesterday.  The next best day to invest is today! At FIT, we believe teachers should begin with the end in mind and reverse engineer their career.  Knowing your projected SS, pension and other retirement numbers will help shine the light to a bright retirement.  What IF you have never taken the time to do this? What IF you have ZERO dollars inve...

Send us Fan Mail Eric learned about hard work as child, growing up as the son of small business owners of a restaurant in Cape Cod. Frugality has been a way of life for Eric as he has taken his bike to work, had roommates and packed lunches to save money. After college, Eric moved to Europe for a period of time and is currently in France on sabbatical from his teaching job.  This fall, Eric heads...

Send us Fan Mail Chad has been teaching math for almost a decade in North Carolina.  He is a Marine Corps Veteran and has spent many years in the private sector before getting into teaching.  Chad isn't worried about net worth millionaire status but is choosing to live his rich life traveling and spending time with his family.  With the real estate market being hot, Chad and his wife decided...

Send us Fan Mail Jade and her Husband Sam married in 2007, one week after college graduation. They had $280K just in student loans! In addition, they also had credit cards, two cars we couldn’t afford, and a small townhome to round it out.  But in 2008, they started listening to The Ramsey Show and learned all about the Baby Steps and what we needed to do to become debt-free. It took them a while...

Send us Fan Mail Dave and Brandon started the FIT podcast a little over two years ago.  We had no idea if the show would last 10 episodes, let alone 100+ with a book coming out this summer! As the show has grown and we have picked up many listeners, we felt like it was important to share a little about our own money journey and the WHY behind FIT.  Thanks for being a part of the FIT Family! Check...

Send us Fan Mail Patricia Saylor is the founder of Saylor Financial Fundamentals , and author of The Novice Investor's Guide to Stocks, Funds and Options . making stock market investing accessible for novice investors.  She is also the Head of School at Solterra Way Cottage School , providing educational assessments and academic support to private students.  Patricia is a lifetime educator. A...

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Send us Fan Mail David is back to discuss some important info regarding the most recent updates with student loan relief. David came from a two teacher household. When he started getting serious about our finances, he didn’t know where to turn. One advisor that we reached out to had a minimum of $250,000. Another worked for one of the high cost 403b companies that wanted to his family into an annu...

Send us Fan Mail Rachel Cruze, NYT best selling author and daughter of Dave Ramsey joins FIT to discuss teachers, habits of frugality, fearlessness, and being a lifelong learner. https://www.ramseysolutions.com/rachel-cruze Check out our new website! https://www.financiallyindependentteachers.com/ Sign up for FIT coaching https://www.financiallyindependentteachers.com/services-4

Send us Fan Mail Teachers, we often dream of the day that we are eligible for our pension and can retire.  Our guest (Fritz) wasn't a teacher but both of his parents were educators.  Fritz started early retirement in June 2018 at the age of 55, and he is passionate about the lessons he has learned along the way.  Fritz and his wife sold their primary home “in the city” and moved into a cabin...

Send us Fan Mail Author and Ramsey personality, Kristina Ellis is back on the show! Kristina is here to discuss the three imperatives of our upcoming book. Be Frugal. Be Fearless.  Be a Lifelong Learner. Check out our new website! https://www.financiallyindependentteachers.com/ Sign up for FIT coaching https://www.financiallyindependentteachers.com/services-4

Send us Fan Mail JL is considered by many to be the "Godfather" of the Financial Independence movement and is the author of The Simple Path to Wealth . It has sold over 400,000 copies and has been published in Korean, Japanese and German. Deals are signed to publish it in China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Russia, Poland, Spain, Brazil and in Arabic. His second book, How I Lost Money in R...

Send us Fan Mail A decade ago, Brooke (35) and her law enforcement husband (42) had to finance a lawn mower and AC unit because they didn't have the money to pay cash.  Today, their net worth is quickly approaching 500k.   To supplement her income, Brooke pursued and received her National Board Teaching Certification (6K a year raise) and started an online Etsy store.  Even though they have t...

Send us Fan Mail Nick Loper has been out of the rate race of "work" for over a decade.  Now, Nick helps coach others to follow their passion and learn how to make money with their skills. Nick hosts " The Side Hustle Show" and it is a top-rated podcast featuring the ideas, actions, and results you need to start and grow a successful business. Teachers, we can't always cont...

Send us Fan Mail Andrew Hallam is the international best-selling author of Balance: How to Invest and Spend for Happiness, Health and Wealth ; Millionaire Teacher: The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School and Millionaire Expat: How To Build Wealth Living Overseas . Profiled on such media as CNBC, and The Wall Street Journal, he's also the first person to have a #1 selling fi...

Send us Fan Mail Next Gen's mission is that every U.S. high school student will graduate having taken a one-semester course in personal finance by 2030, they started in just one high school: Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, CA in 2010. Tim is an entrepreneur with a passion for education. Tim volunteered to create and teach a personal finance program from scratch at ECP. After witnessi...

Send us Fan Mail Jeremy Schneider retired at 36 and currently has a net worth of over $4 million.  Now, Jeremy has turned into a TEACHER of personal finance to show others how you can do it, too! Jeremey runs the uber successful  "Personal Finance Club".  The world of money and investing is confusing. There’s a multi-trillion dollar financial services industry ready to take advantage of...

Send us Fan Mail Ramsey Personality, George Kamel joins the show to talk about teachers, frugality and building wealth! Check out our new web site: https://www.financiallyindependentteachers.com/ Sign up for FIT Coaching https://www.financiallyindependentteachers.com/services-4

Send us Fan Mail Dave and Brandon hit TRIPLE DIGITS as we hit the big 100! Listen in for the three big announcements we have for 2021.  Thank you to everyone who has helped make FIT grow and become what it has turned into so far.  Now, the march to 200! https://www.financiallyindependentteachers.com/