018R | Capital Gains Harvesting | Never Pay Taxes Again
Did you know you can harvest capital gains—and pay zero taxes? Most people assume any profit triggers the IRS, but that's not how the FI playbook works. Brad and Jonathan tackle listener questions on ...
14 Apr 20171h 7min
018 | Go Curry Cracker | Capital Gains, Losses and The Roth Conversion Ladder
Jeremy retired at 38 after saving 70% of his income for a decade — then figured out how to never pay federal income tax again. The blogger behind Go Curry Cracker walks through the mechanics of retiri...
10 Apr 20171h 6min
017 | Mad Fientist an Origin Story
Hitting your financial independence number doesn't guarantee you'll wake up happy the next day. Brandon, the Mad Scientist, reached his FI goal and felt... nothing. What good is tax optimization and e...
2 Apr 20171h 14min
016R | Friends of the Library
Your biggest financial win might not be in your portfolio — it's in your housing. A 25-year-old paying $200/month in rent (or nothing at all) while building equity sounds impossible, but it's exactly ...
31 Mar 20171h 18min
016 | House Hacking Your Way to Financial Independence with Coach Carson
Housing costs consume 25-40% of most household budgets, yet few people ever question whether they could turn that expense into income. Coach Carson explains how strategic real estate moves—particularl...
26 Mar 20171h 14min
015R | The 'Joneses' Are Bankrupt
Most people assume financial independence requires decades of earning and sacrificing. But what if the biggest barrier isn't your age, income, or even your current debt—it's simply the decision to sta...
24 Mar 20171h 4min
015 | Second-Generation Financial Independence and College Planning
Most parents worry about leaving their kids money—but what if the bigger gift is teaching them how to think about it? When Brad and Jonathan brought on Justin McCurry from Root of Good, who retired at...
19 Mar 20171h 11min
014R | What’s the Right Way to Calculate Net Worth?
Most people spend decades preparing financially for retirement but barely think about what comes after. Brad and Jonathan tackle this paradox head-on, unpacking listener questions on everything from c...
17 Mar 201744min
