#561: Q&A: Why Your Retirement Math Isn’t Adding Up
Joanne is confident that her short and long-term financial plans are set, but she’s not certain about the medium-term. What’s…
Category: Personal finance
Bill Bengen Created the 4% Rule. Now He Thinks We Can Withdraw More
Once upon a time, in southern California in 1994, there lived a man named William Bengen.⠀ His friends called him…
#560: The Father of the 4% Rule Finally Sets the Record Straight
Bill Bengen, the former rocket scientist who discovered the “4 percent rule” of retirement planning, joins us at the Bogleheads…
What Happens When Retirement Saving Becomes an Identity?
You’ve spent decades being the responsible one. The disciplined saver. The person who maxes out their 401k, lives below their…
#559: Q&A: Should We Ditch Rental Properties Entirely?
An anonymous caller, whom we name “Samantha,” and her husband are financially strained and feeling torn. Shortly after purchasing two…
#558: Why Your Retirement Math Might Be All Wrong — If You Follow the 4% Rule
What happens when you spend three decades talking to retirement experts? You learn that most of what people think they…
#557: Help! The Money is Good … But My Dream Life is Different
Imagine saving nearly your entire paycheck while your rental properties cover your bills. That’s exactly where real estate investor Andrew…
#556: Q&A: When a Million Dollars Feels Like a Burden
An anonymous caller was raised to work hard, live below his means, and save. He feels undeserving of his recent…
The Fed is meeting right now. Here’s what it means for real estate (and why most people are missing the point)
Hey there! As I write this, the Federal Reserve is meeting. By the time you read this, they may have…
Honoring a Beloved Community Member with Our Cancer Survivor Scholarship
Our Afford Anything community recently lost a treasured member. Jonathan was a real estate agent, a devoted husband and father,…
#555: MadFientist: The Hardest Part of Early Retirement Wasn’t the Money
Brandon Ganch (known online as MadFientist) joins us from Scotland to share how his life has transformed since retiring in…
#554: The Most Expensive Election Trade Ever Made (A Cautionary Tale)
The U.S. jobs market hit a surprising speed bump in October, adding just 12,000 new jobs — way below the…