Radical Personal Finance

In today's show, I share how and why I scanned my entire library in preparation for my current travels. Enjoy! Joshua

Enjoy the story of this family's quite radical approach to a family "vacation." Joshua

Not much has changed in 35 years...we still have to do the same calculation. Joshua

We've been living full-time in our 30-foot travel trailer for an entire month now. In today's show, I share with you what's been working, what's good, and what's not. Joshua Sponsor: Warby Parker. Go to http://warbyparker.com/rpf to order your free Home Try-On glasses today.

Part 5 of a 5-part series called, "You Don't Have to Be Smart to Become Financially Independent...But You Can't Be Stupid." Today we discuss your lifestyle. Joshua

Part 4 of a 5-part series called, "You Don't Have to Be Smart to Become Financially Independent...But You Can't Be Stupid." Today we discuss avoiding catastrophe. Joshua

Part 3 of a 5-part series called, "You Don't Have to Be Smart to Become Financially Independent...But You Can't Be Stupid." Today we discuss your investments. Joshua

Part 2 of a 5-part series called, "You Don't Have to Be Smart to Become Financially Independent...But You Can't Be Stupid." Today we cover your expenses. Joshua

In Part 1 of this interview (Episode 566), you met Scott & Susan, a couple who accidentally retired in their 30s and has spent the last two decades traveling the world in a sailboat and the US in a motorhome. In today's episode, we discuss Scott's small business, Techie 4 Hire. If you have any interest in developing a location-independent business, pay attention to Scott's story of his own business. Also pay attention to some of the other types of businesses mentioned in this interview. Finally, we discuss a bit of the technology of mobile internet connectivity. For many of us, our ability to reliably connect to the internet from the road can open up a location-independent lifestyle. Enjoy! Joshua To contact Scott, email techie 4 hire at live dot com. Please support RPF on Patreon: www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron

On today's show, I bring you an interview with Scott and Susan. I think of them as "accidental early retirees." About two decades ago they bought a sailboat, intending to travel for a year. They wound up spending a decade sailing the world together. And then for the last decade, they've traveled all around the USA, living full-time in their RV. In Part 1 of this interview we discuss their story--the plan, the money, and the lifestyle. In Part 2 of this interview we will discuss Scott's small business and the technology that they use that keeps them on the road full-time. Enjoy! Joshua Please support RPF on Patreon: www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron

Part 1 of a 5-part series called, "You Don't Have to Be Smart to Become Financially Independent...But You Can't Be Stupid." Today we cover your income. Joshua

It's Friday! On today's Q&A show we cover: Rental House vs. Personal House What Type of Retirement Plan for a Small Business Stocks vs. Real Estate How to Get Money That's Owed to You Join me next week for the Q&A! Go here: www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron Joshua

There are many, many successful, educated, high-earning people who are making unusual life decisions. My guests on today's show are following that pattern in their own life and they're also investigating many, many others who are pursuing unusual courses of action. Today we speak with Chris and Cristi Moody, successful professionals who moved out of their penthouse Manhattan apartment and into a 72-square-foot cargo van. Enjoy! Joshua http://lifeoptedout.com http://instagram.com/lifeoptedout email: optoutmedia at gmail dot com

Part 5 of our 5-part series on radical housing ideas. Joshua

Part 4 of our 5-part series on radical housing ideas. Joshua

Part 3 of our 5-part series on radical housing ideas. Joshua

Part 2 of our 5-part series on radical housing. Joshua

Today, we begin part 1 of a 5-part series on housing ideas. Enjoy! Joshua

It's Friday! That means live Q&A! Today we cover: A Financial Independence Checkup Investing in Private Businesses How to Do Productive Work While Traveling If you'd like to join us on next week's Q&A, join here: www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron Joshua

Today is July 4, Independence Day, in the United States. Let's celebrate by actually behaving independently and rejecting the practice of lying. Enjoy this essay by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, entitled "Live Not By Lies." Joshua Written version: http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles/SolhenitsynLies.php

You already have an unalienable right to liberty. Now act like it and stop selling yourself back into slavery. Please! Joshua

It's Friday! And Q&A is back! (From the road, no less.) Today, we discuss: Careers in Financial Advice Should I Convert My IRA to a Roth What Should I Save Money For? Enjoy! Joshua Join us on next week's call! www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron

I'm very happy to be podcasting to you today from the road! We have officially hit the road and are on our trip. The last two weeks have been a tiring blur. Our tow vehicle was stolen 5 days before we were scheduled to leave on our full-time RV trip! In today's show, I share a bit of the story with you as well as my own philosophy on how to negotiate the Good/Cheap/Fast triangle. Enjoy! Joshua

My life has been quite unique and frothy in the last week or so. Here are some tools I use to maintain financial peace in the midst of the turmoil. Joshua

I encourage you to carefully consider the ROI you're getting on the money and time you and your children are investing into their education. Is it paying off? Are you getting a good deal? Joshua p.s., I recorded this in April. It's an episode that I spiked and chose not to release (this isn't uncommon). But I changed my mind and decided to let you decide if you're interested or not. :)

You probably have an adventure goal locked up inside of you. Most people do. And you probably have put it off because you see no way to accomplish it. Today, let me give you some ideas about how you can accomplish it faster than you ever thought possible. Joshua Please support Radical Personal Finance on Patreon: www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron

It's Friday! That means Q&A. Today, we cover: Am I Financially Independent? Should I Switch Life Insurance Agents? Should I Sell Investments and Trigger a Taxable Gain? Joshua To join next week's call, please sign up on Patreon: www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron

Calculate your daily cost of living. Then analyze it. Joshua Please support RPF on Patreon: www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron

In life, you'll always find that it's cheaper to feed the meter than to pay the ticket. Be proactive. Joshua Please support RPF on Patreon. http://radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron

Dr. Gary North has dedicated 10 hours per week for the last 40+ years to the task of investigating what the Bible has to say about economics. In the process, he has written a verse-by-verse commentary of the entirety of the Old Testament and the New Testament (totaling 8,550 pages). He is now in the process of publishing his capstone works titled: Christian Economics. He has published the Student's Edition and Teacher's Edition (free at link below) and is working on the Scholar's Edition and Activist's Edition. Enjoy the interview, Joshua Christian Economics: Student's Edition https://www.garynorth.com/public/department188.cfm Christian Economics: Teacher's Edition https://www.garynorth.com/public/department193.cfm Dr. North's Bible Commentaries: https://www.garynorth.com/public/department158.cfm Dr. North's articles on Christian Economics: https://www.garynorth.com/public/department180.cfm

I have a listener who wrote to me and asked me how they can increase their income when it's been decimated by a cancer diagnosis. I do my best to help. Joshua Please sign up for the #IncreaseIncome course today! Price goes up $100 tomorrow. http://www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/increaseincome

Today we do live Q&A on career-related questions. Listen to the show and, if you think I give decent advice, sign up for my new Career & Income course here: http://www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/increaseincome Buy now if you want the best deal! (Price goes up by $100 on Wednesday, May 16!) Topics include: How to Increase Profit from a Consulting Business How to Build an Advice Business How to Maximize Revenue from a Construction Company How to Transition Careers Joshua http://www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/increaseincome

Today, a few quick announcements and a discussion of how I went from confident and focused to frazzled and weak in about 3 hours...because I logged on to Facebook. Announcements: If you're a Patron and are missing your coupon code to sign up for the #IncreaseIncome course, email me. I'm hosting a live Q&A call for you (as long as you have a question related to your career and income) on Monday, May 14 at 3pm Eastern. Call in number is 561-440-7362. Email me if you have questions about the course! Or, email me and let me know what you'd like to talk with me about if you were to have lunch with me. Please sign up for my new course! www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/increaseincome Two good articles on Facebook: http://www.salimvirani.com/facebook/ https://stallman.org/facebook.html

On today's show, I talk to you about your income goals. Specifically, I lay out some sample budgets given various incomes and discuss with you the specific amount of income I believe you should target. Enjoy! Joshua Please sign up for my course! Price goes up this Tuesday, May 15, so sign up now for the best deal! www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/increaseincome

Many people think that saving more money is going to mean they have to live like a pauper. But it doesn't have to be like that. There is another way...a way to save more money and live a fancier lifestyle at the same time! Joshua Please buy my #IncreaseIncome Course! Price goes up on May 15, so buy now for the best deal. (30-day money-back guarantee) www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/increaseincome

I'm back! More soon, Joshua

I recently worked with a consulting client who had this problem: because of a previous (serious) cancer diagnosis, he is unable to qualify for life insurance. How can he protect his family in case he dies soon? I thought it a really interesting challenge. And since I've thought a lot about this particular problem, I thought I'd go ahead and share my thoughts with you. Enjoy! Joshua Please support RPF on Patreon: www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron Episode 204: High Risk Life Insurance Underwriting Art Robinson's story

Today on Radical Personal Finance, we celebrate Tax Day in the United States (April 17, 2018). As we all reflect on the actions of the government we US Americans have just supported with our tax money, I thought it would be a good day to read to you a very helpful essay called, The Law. The Law was written in 1850 by Frédéric Bastiat, a French economist. If you haven't previously read this essay, be fo rewarned that the first third is fast-moving and the last third is fast-moving, but the middle drags a little.Hear it through, though. You'll be glad you did. Joshua Please support RPF on Patreon: www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron Written version of The Law: http://bastiat.org/en/the_law.html

On Episode 466 of Radical Personal Finance, I discussed the idea of the US Government's certain default on its stated obligations and commitments by referencing Professor Lawrence Kotlikoff's Congressional testimony on this subject. After that show, my friend David Stein (host of Money for the Rest of Us) emailed me to tell me that I was wrong. :) So, I invited him on the show to debate it with me. Enjoy! Joshua Here's the previous show on Kotlikoff's work: https://radicalpersonalfinance.com/the-usas-long-term-fiscal-gap-and-why-it-matters-to-you-americas-fiscal-insolvency-and-its-generational-consequences-by-professor-laurence-kotlikoff/ Please support RPF on Patreon: www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron

It's Friday! Today we discuss: Should I use an HSA account to pay for my medical expenses? What tools can I use to figure out a new career after unexpectedly coming back from foreign missions? Should I participate in my companies Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation program? Enjoy the show! Joshua This is the David Watson book I referenced.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's death on April 4, 1968, I thought you might enjoy hearing some of the audio from his last public sermon. This talk is entitled "The Drum Major Instinct." This sermon was preached in the pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church, about two months before King's death. The sermon was an adaptation of the 1952 homily ''Drum-Major Instincts'' by J. Wallace Hamilton, a well-known, liberal, white Methodist preacher. NOTE: I have clipped off King's introduction and started the audio of this recording at the point where he begins speaking about personal finances. To hear the full audio or to read a transcript of the entire speech, use this link: http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/multimediaentry/doc_the_drum_major_instinct/index.html Enjoy, Joshua p.s., there are a few clipped pieces of audio...these are a fault of the original recording. You can read the missing text in the transcript.

Today, a prelude to a discussion of how to lease a car. In this show we discuss a rational analysis of new car vs. used cars. Enjoy, Joshua Please support RPF on Patreon! www.radicalpersonalfinance.com.patron

It's Friday and it's time for a live Q&A show! If you'd like to call in next week, please sign up here: www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron Today, we discuss: Transitioning from PC to Mac Enhancing a Personal Website By Helping Others Financial Advice for an 18-Year-Old Rockstar Major Financial Influences on Joshua Enjoy! Joshua p.s., remember...I'd love to talk to you next week! www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/joshua

On today's show we go back 250 years to see what lessons for wealth we can learn from Benjamin Franklin. This show is an audio recording of Franklin's essay, "The Way to Wealth." Enjoy! Joshua Here's a text version of Franklin's essay: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/coretexts/_files/resources/texts/1758%20Franklin%20Wealth.pdf Please support RPF on Patreon: www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron

It's Friday! Today I'm interacting with your comments on recent episodes of the show. We discuss: Correcting an error on real estate basis Radical financial plans vs traditional plans What happened to SudoPay And more! Joshua Book a consulting call with me. (It's on sale!) www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/phonecall

This show rounds out some friendly advice to help any interested listener who wants to put together a well-equipped home armory to do so in a thoughtful and financially prudent way. Today, we tackle the AR15 rifle. The AR15 is a wonderful rifle. It's not the best at any one thing, but it is truly good at many things. I'd love for you to have one if you don't already. So I thought you might appreciate some advice on how to get a good deal on one. Enjoy! Joshua p.s., In the show I referenced a statistic of police officers in a northeastern state not turning in their rifles after a ban. That particular story I referenced was actually a satire site that I stumbled over without realizing it. I got duped. I have no doubt that the thrust of the story is accurate, but the specifics I cited were flat wrong and untrustworthy. Sorry. p.p.s., My guest in today's show referenced the AR15 as stemming from a military firearm first. The AR15 was developed for the civilian marketplace first, then the military bought the plans for it and started producing it for their soldiers.

It's Friday! Today we cover: AirBnB Business Deductions Deductibility of Losses on a Personal Rental How to Get Great Podcast Guests If you'd like to join next week's Q&A call, do so here: www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron Joshua

Today, some ideas on how to save money by spending a little more than strictly necessary to insulate yourself from unnecessary temptation. Joshua Please support RPF on Patreon! www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron

It's Friday! That means Q&A! Today, we cover: How to establish a will and trust when you plan to be living internationally for an extended period of time. How to plan ahead to pay for kids' college when you anticipate that the college may lose its accreditation. How to properly title your life insurance policies in order to protect a vulnerable spouse.

Guns are great investments. Well, perhaps I should say that it's possible for guns to be great investments...and at the worst, they are a decent store of value. If you've never owned a firearm, I'd like to share with you a thoughtful, reasonable path into gun ownership that will help you to make good decisions and get the most bang for your buck. In today's show I lay out for you a sensible approach to gun acquisition that will help you to construct a useful home armory that will allow you to have the tools of defense and offense that will cover most situations you could conceivably ever face without making bad financial decisions. Enjoy! Joshua Please support RPF on Patreon! www.RadicalPersonalFinance.com/patron You shouldn't fear a school shooter...they don't happen very much. You should be concerned about being murdered by government agents. 262,000,000 were in the 20th Century. Look into the data here: http://hawaii.edu/powerkills/welcome.html