The Financial Independence Show

Today’s episode features Kanwal Sarai from Simply Investing . Kanwal shares with us his unique investing style. This style is a combination of value investing like Warren Buffet and a focus on dividend payouts. Kanwal takes our questions in stride and makes some really great points. Listen, learn, and let us know what you think about this awesome episode. Episode Summary Kanwal’s Backg...

Today’s episode features Nikko from Nikko Industries . What a cool and unique guest who is on his way to making $250k this year off his 3-D print business. This business was no easy task as Nikko didn’t become a U.S. citizen until he was 25. What started as Nikko just trying to be an awesome dad, quickly turned into a life-changing money endeavor. Listen, learn, and let us know what yo...

Today’s episode features Dustin Heiner from Master Passive Income Dustin vividly remembers a march to the boss with kids waiting at home, knowing he was about to lose his job. He knew from that day, he needed to build his own income streams away from traditional employment. 30 real estate properties later and he had the freedom he always wanted. Listen, learn, and let us know what you think...

Today’s episode features Genecia who is the creator of Soul Rich Woman. Genecia’s main goal is to empower women business owners to go from offline to online. She’s proven this over her career with millions in revenue and is sharing that with the 200k+ members of Soul Rich Woman. You won’t want to miss all her advice, especially around the love of F words. Listen, learn, and...

Today’s episode features Doug from Niche Site Project . Doug brings in hundreds of thousands from his affiliate websites. These sites are those websites we all use to help us decide exactly which brand/version of a product we’re looking to buy. He started off on a traditional route in engineering but with this incredibly successful venture, he just manages these sites and teaches other...

Today’s episode features Julien and Kiersten from Rich & Regular . The name is a play on Rich & Famous where they talk about how they never want to be disconnected from regular people. They share their personal and professional journey. Julien and Kiersten also share the unique challenges that face the black community and wealth-building. Most people can think of white people who are...

Today’s episode features the most resourceful guests ever, Eddy Garcia & Sam Schiebold from Living Earth Systems. Eddy and Sam bring a wealth of information on how to re-think how we feed ourselves. From living on the land to growing tonnage of produce and feeding 20 people from a tiny parking lot . They are on a mission to inspire and educate the world on how to properly grow and sustai...

Today’s episode features a real Money Nerd, Whitney Hansen . Whitney paid off $30k of debt in 10 months. She also bought a house at 19 and got her MBA for $472. She started out life with some hardships but that fueled her interest in personal finance. Now she’s taking her lessons and empowering others through financial coaching. Listen, learn, and let us know what you think about Whitn...

Today’s episode features the star of the Playing With Fire documentary, Scott Rieckens. Scott found himself saving 8% an heading towards a lifestyle that seemed unsustainable. The FIRE movement showed him that his value/happiness was not aligned with his spending. Scott and his wife made an amazing transformation and shared it with the world. Listen, learn, and let us know what you think abo...

Today’s episode features the former #1 NFL Fullback and author of Your Money Vehicle , Jed Collins. Jed had realized his dream of reaching the NFL but with that first big check, came a lot of fear. Since that point, Jed now embraces fear and shares the lessons he learned with young players and people all over the country on how to take control of their finances. Listen, learn, and let us kno...

Today’s episode features Harry from The Rideshare Guy Harry started down a very traditional path — an engineer in a cubicle. Then in 2014, he started moonlighting as an Uber & Lyft driver. He started a blog and began sharing real data that helped drivers know the Do’s / Don’ts and ultimately how to make more money. Today, his blog has an insanely large following and it...

Today’s episode features Rob from The Simple Startup . Rob had an interesting childhood were he got most of his early education in Ireland. This gave him an opportunity to be exposed to unique learning environments that don’t typically exist in the United States. Now Rob is leading by example and teaching his own students these valuable lessons of personal finance and entrepreneurship....

Today’s episode features Gina from The Frugal Convert . Gina has a powerful story of being alone and broke at age 19 with a child to take care of. She didn’t let her circumstances define her and took control of her life. Then over time, things began to slip again and she realized she needed to change at a more conscious level. Now she’s a full-fledged frugal convert and closing i...

Today’s episode features Robert from Stop Ironing Shirts. Robert worked his way up the sales career path. Then in 2019, he retired with over 28x his annual expenses. Fast forward to today and he saw that shrink to 18x his expenses. People often always wonder what it would be like if they retired just before a crash. Now you have the opportunity to see how that looks first hand. Listen, learn...

Today’s episode features Dustin Mathews from WealthFit. Dustin worked for and built several businesses. Some of these businesses had huge incomes and expenses but Dustin found himself without a ton to show for it. Then Dustin discovers FI and starts radically changing how he lived and starts spreading financial advice himself. Listen, learn, and let us know what you think about Dustin’...

In today’s episode, you’ll hear from your hosts only. Hopefully, you find some comfort in today’s episode during this uncertain time. This episode is covering the Coronavirus, how it impacts us mentally, physically, and financially even if we’re lucky enough to avoid getting sick. These are certainly tough times but we hope there are some bright spots you can use as motivat...

Today’s episode features Christine Hughey who owns A Little Local Flavor food tour business. Christine navigated several cities and years to land her dream job in Nashville. Then shortly after, Christine would be celebrating a new marriage and devastated by their household income dropping from $120k to $35k. At the bottom, she took a challenge to start her own business and in no time had cre...

Today’s episode features Tyson Koska from OnTrajectory. Tyson joined the Army when he didn’t have enough money to go to the college he wanted. Later, he would end up with an English and Philosophy degree which didn’t land him a job. He fell back on an old skill of programming and up-skilled his way into eventually making six figures. Listen, learn, and let us know what you think...

Today’s episode features Josh Overmyer from JoshOvermyer.com Josh lost his job and a major chunk of his home value in 2009. That would force him back under his parents’ roof for two years. Luckily he turned things around and discovered FI but it wasn’t all roses. Josh takes us through that whole journey including bouncing back from failures with precious metals, penny stocks and...

In today’s episode, you’ll hear from just your Hosts! That’s right, no guests today, but plenty of voices will be heard. This episode is covering the 2020 goals we sourced from our Community Facebook Page. In today’s episode, the guys share with you the powerful goals The FI Show group set for 2020. As always the Community Facebook Page has set the bar high and brought us s...

Today’s episode features Rebecca from My Fat Purse. She breaks down how she and her husband paid down his $180k student loan debt in just 2 years. Rebecca and her husband gave up pensions from the military and are poised to hit FI in 5 years. She talks about how powerful tracking their spending and avoiding lifestyle inflation was to this journey. Listen, learn, and let us know what you thin...

Today’s episode is an awesome chat with Purple from A Purple Life. Purple has an awesome story and she hits a giant milestone of retirement at age 30 this year. She covers how she continued to jump jobs in a way to increase her salary 3x while raising job satisfaction. Listen, learn, and let us know what you think. Episode Summary Purple Beginnings Purple was introduced to financial independ...

Today’s episode is an awesome chat with Jillian from the Everyday Courage Podcast . As a young adult, Jillian had huge goals in life to adopt children, travel the world, and hit financial independence. Then, Jillian hit all these things by the age of 32. While it is amazing to hit goals early, it can leave you devoid of a north star. Now she is helping others through coaching and this podcas...

Today’s episode is an awesome chat with Emil from Roofstock. Emil covers why he wanted to get into real estate and what held him back. He knew his area of California was too expensive and discovered the idea of long-distance real estate. Roofstock gave him the tools and confidence to make his real estate dreams a reality. Then a couple of years later he actually joined the company and is her...

Today’s episode was recorded live at Camp FI down near Gainesville, Florida. Camp FI is a retreat of 40-60 people at locations across the country filled with people chasing FI and supporting fellow members of the community. This episode highlights people who were convinced to come to CampFI without any background to the FI/RE movement. Two other interviews include a graduate student studying...