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Episodes
A Simple Strategy for Rental Properties
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re talking about our simple strategy for owning and managing rental properties. We have a course called Rental Properties for Passive Inves...
That Will Never Work with Netflix Co-Founder Marc Randolph
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have a guest on the show - the Co-Founder and first CEO of Netflix. Marc Randolph to talk about his new book That Will Never work. The real-l...
The Great Index Fund Takeover
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is there’s an index fund bubble? Today we’re talking about how index funds are taking over and how the state of index funds should affect how you ...
Golden Butterfly Update - Will It Weather The Storm
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re taking a look at how the Golden Butterfly has performed in the recent market correction compared to other investment strategies. We will...
5 Questions: Foreclosures, Bootcamps and Timing The Market
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today is 5 questions episode and we will be talking about foreclosures as a real estate investment, coding bootcamps, timing the market, Fundrise IPO ...
How to Buy Income-Producing Websites
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It is no secret that Andrew and I each own multiple online businesses that earn us passive income. Before we started we had no idea what we were doing...
The Modern Payday Loan
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are talking about payday loans or what some new fin-tech companies are now calling “early wage access”. These companies seem to be disgui...
5 Questions: Dividend Stocks, The Fisher Effect and Employee Stock Options
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today is 5 questions episode and we will be talking about dividend stocks, The Fisher Effect, employees stock options. non-taxable accounts and what t...
The Rule of 55, Explained
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today is we are talking about the Rule of 55. We’ve gotten quite a few listeners who have asked us to cover this so today we wanted to explain exact...
To Franchise Or Not To Franchise
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are answering a question from a listener, Andres about buying into a franchise and how they look as business opportunity. We get into actual ...
How Female Breadwinners (Really) Make It Work
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Outdated gender roles persist both at home and in the office, here’s how one woman makes it work. Our guest today the Director of Global Partnership...
5 Questions: Inverse ETF’s, Saving For a House and REIT Investing
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today is 5 questions episode and we will be talking about REIT investing, inverse ETF’s, Gold, saving for a house and IRA’s. Learn more about you...
The World Has Gone Mad and the System Is Broken
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ray Dalio recently published an essay called “The World Has Gone Mad and the System is Broken”. When looking at the current state of the global ec...
Why Rich People are Cheap
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Accordingly to the Fidelity Millionaire Outlook Survey, 86% of millionaires are self-made. Even more remarkable, 78% of them started out as middle cla...
How We're Investing Our Money This Year
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’re often asked where we are putting our money and, that question has never been more important to us personally. Especially considering the direc...
How To Retire Early with Mr. Money Mustache (Rebroadcast)
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mr Money Mustache didn't retire because he was making so much money from his blog. He had actually been retired for six years before he started writin...
How to Reduce Taxable Income With Advanced IRA Strategies
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The biggest expenses in life are taxes and interest. If we can minimize those two things, we will put much more money in our own pockets and add many ...
Go Fire Yourself With Laurel Staples (Rebroadcast)
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Laurel Staples joins us to teach us how to forget the American dream and talk about her journey becoming an entrepreneur. Start living our own dreams ...
Are We Loving Our Kids Too Much with Adam Carroll (Rebroadcast)
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What a weird concept. Loving your kids too much. But it can be true. By giving them too much, by coddling them from every possible disappointment, ...
Personal Money Horror Stories (Rebroadcast)
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s almost Halloween and nothing is more frightening than money horror stories. Close the blinds, turn off the lights, light a candle and prepare t...
The Yield Curve Is Inverted and It's Ok
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We tend to talk about stocks much more often than bonds. Why? Because since LMM began, our audience has skewed young, most of our listeners are in the...
5 Questions: Time Shares, Fuck You Money and Peer to Peer Lending
14 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We get dozens of emails from listeners each week asking really thoughtful financial questions. When a question needs a detailed answer or might be hel...
Socially Responsible Investing: Invest In The World You Want to Live In
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There are a lot of bad things happening around us: climate change, weekly mass shootings, rampant opioid addiction, income inequality. Rather than f...
Grow Your Wealth With Passive Investments In Farming
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Agriculture is the one industry that touches every person on the planet. Agriculture produces the food we eat, the liquids we drink, the clothes we we...
Rewired Not Retired: How to Engineer The Life You Love
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The FIRE movement has carved out a big niche in the personal finance space. FIRE stands for Financial Independence, Retire Early but if you quit tradi...
5 Questions: Debt Consolidation, Combining Finances and Long Distance Move
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We get dozens of emails from listeners each week asking really thoughtful financial questions. When a question needs a detailed answer or is of intere...
Diversifying Your Retirement With Alternative Assets
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We talk a lot about making sure your portfolio is diverse enough to insulate your investments from risk. But if you want to ramp up returns, consider ...
The Business of Babies
02 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that it costs nearly a quarter of a million dollars to raise a child from birth to age 18...
Financial Vital Signs: Net Worth By Age and How to Get There Without Flatlining
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Knowing your personal net worth is one of the most important aspects of personal finance. It's one of the best indicators we have to know if we are on...
The Lowdown on Libra: Facebooks New Cryptocurrency
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In its ongoing quest for world domination, Facebook is set to launch a cryptocurrency called Libra. And a digital wallet to store those Libra called C...
5 Questions: Weed, Buying an Engagement Ring, and Bull Markets
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We get dozens of emails from listeners each week asking really insightful financial questions. When a question needs a detailed answer or is of intere...
How to Start and Monetize a Blog Quickly
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew and Matt share their stories and the lessons they learned creating a blog that makes passive income but more importantly, they are going to spe...
The Smart Way to Buy Property
29 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Buying a house is a long-held tenet of the American Dream, one of the milestone markers of adulthood. But there are a lot of misconceptions about home...
The Three P’s of Success
22 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone wants to find success both in their personal lives and their professional lives. Because success is an almost universal desire, there are tho...
5 Questions: The 4% Rule, Staying Financially Motivated and Passive Income
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We get dozens of emails a week asking financial questions. Sometimes we get a question so good, we want as many people as possible to hear it and the ...
A Dollar Today Or A Dollar Tomorrow: Leveraging The Time Value of Money
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A dollar today isn't the same as a dollar tomorrow, that's the time value of money. Risk and return are expecting a dollar risked to earn more than a ...
Paying Off Your Mortgage Strategically
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For most people, their mortgage is their biggest debt. And we all know that debt is bad. Debt is an emergency that we must pay off as soon as possible...
How To Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky)
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We all want to get rich or rather wealthy. Being wealthy is much different and much better than being rich. If you want to know how to get rich withou...
Zero to FIRE With Airbnb
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Most people are familiar with Airbnb, the site that lets owners rent out a room or an entire home to travelers. Airbnb has become such a hit that many...
Five Questions: Raising Rich Kids, Hiring Help and A $2 Million Inheritance
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We get some interesting questions from our listeners, and we like to address them on the podcast so the answers can help anyone who might have similar...
Increasing A Property's Value With Home Improvements
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For most people, their home is their most significant investment. As such, you not only want to protect your investment but increasing a property's va...
You Can Get Free Financial Help
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The whole reason LMM started was to give as many people as we could reach free financial help. And in the past seven years, we’ve done that. We know...
You Can't Time The Market - But Can You?
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you are interested in personal finance, you’ve probably heard the term timing the market. There is some debate about whether market timing is a g...
How to Become A Profitable Person
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you run your own business, you go to great lengths to make sure that your business is a profitable one. Both Andrew and Matt run their own business...
All Things Gold
06 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Some people who are hesitant to invest in the stock market are willing to invest in gold. Why? Gold is tangible, you can see it, hold it, and keep it ...
How Wills and Trusts Work, and Where to Start
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We know that none of you likes to think about death, but it’s inevitable, and you have no idea when. For the majority of us, the most important thi...
5 Questions: Bond ETF’s, Books and Liquidating Stocks
22 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We love getting listener questions and we’ve had a lot recently so it’s time for 5 awesome questions from you. We’ll cover bond ETFs, the books ...
Investing In The Age Of Anxiety With The Broke Millennial
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Fear and anxiety are two different things. Some of us fear investing because we don’t know how to invest and that’s understandable. Investing can ...
Marie Kondo Your Finances So They Spark Joy Too
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Marie Kondo and her brand of decluttering and organizing are everywhere right now so we thought we’d hop on the bandwagon. And it’s not really muc...
The Infinite Banking Concept
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve ever heard of using your whole life insurance policy (whole life as opposed to term life insurance) like a savings account to borrow again...
Help, I Need Money Now!
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that almost half of Americans would not be able to come up with $400 to cover an emergency? And if ever there’s a genuine ‘need money...
Ramit Sethi on Mastering Money Psychology
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the show we have New York Times bestselling author and founder of I Will teach You To Be Rich Ramit Sethi on the show to talk about Mastering...
5 Questions: Debt Forgiveness, Credit Scores and More Golden Butterfly
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for 5 questions about debt forgiveness, credit scores, and more Golden Butterfly. We got a ton of great questions lately, and the Golden But...
Money Advice We Would Give Our Younger Selves
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Oh to be young again or even just younger than you are now. Just think of all the things you would do differently. You wouldn't waste so much time dat...
The All Weather Portfolio and The Golden Butterfly
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A lot can happen over the decades. There will be recessions, bear markets, bull markets, political upheaval, possibly even depressions. What should we...
Case Study: Andrews 3 Rental Properties 2.5 Years Later
18 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rental properties can be a great source of passive income but there are a lot of variables. What do you need to know to make sure you buy the right re...
5 Questions: Smart Saver, Student Loans and S-Corps
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We love 5 questions episodes because they are based on questions our listeners want answers to. We’re going to cover questions related to Betterment...
Your 10 Year Plan for a Remarkable Life
04 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve all made New Year's resolutions and then a year later, failed to achieve them. What if instead of planning ahead for one year, we made a ten-y...
What Should Matt Do With His Rental Property?
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The American Dream. Most of us were brought up with the idea of the American dream and home ownership has been sold to us as a fundamental part of tha...
Recession Fire Drill: $250 Trillion World Debt Edition
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A majority of economists polled by the Wall Street Journal think that a recession is in our future in 2020, 59% to be exact. Another 22% say 2021 maki...
Be Like Benjamin Franklin
14 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He was a writer, a publisher, a statesman, an inventor, and a renowned ladies man. Ben Franklin was a civic activist, an abolitionist and founded the ...
The Truth About The FIRE Movement
07 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re talking about The FIRE Movement and the skills and mindset used to become Financially Independent which are diametrically opposed to a l...
Your Money Modus Operandi
10 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Maybe you shop too much or are afraid of investing. As it turns out, it’s mostly your personality that guides how you deal with your finances. We ca...
Use Your Friends to Amp Your Salary
03 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have guest David Burkus on the show. He is a best-selling author, a sought-after speaker, and business school professor. His newest book, Fri...
The Retirement Account Showdown
26 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We all know how important it is to be saving for retirement, the earlier the better. But when it comes to choosing the best retirement accounts the wa...
5 Questions: Vesting, Budgeting Styles and Starting a Blog
19 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This weeks we are covering five listener questions are on vesting, budgeting styles, starting an opportunity fund, IRA's and starting a blog. Questio...
Deep Pocket Predators
12 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Unfortunately, there are quite a bit of predatory financial schemes out there including pyramid schemes, sold debt, predatory lending, eve your financ...
The Personal Finance Blueprint 2.0
05 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Personal Finance Blueprint 2.0 will show you how to build a strong financial foundation and show you when and where to start with investing. Show ...
How to Make Passive Income a Reality
29 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There is a lot of chatter in the personal finance world about passive income, why you need it and how great it is. But what is it and why is it such a...
The Science of Buying Happiness
22 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Can money buy happiness? Science is here once again to save the day and show us exactly how to spend our money (or our time) to increase our level of ...
5 Questions: Making Money, REI and Timing the Market
15 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We get all kinds of great questions, and it can be hard to choose just five, but everyone is interested in making money, we have a ton of questions ab...
5 Simple Rules That Will Help You Make Better Financial Decisions
08 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There are dozens and dozens of figures and formulas around anything related to investing but some of us (me) are math deficient and even if we are mat...
Women and Money with Suze Orman
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re interested in personal finance, you know who Suze Orman is. She has written nine best-selling books, is a financial advisor, a speaker, an...
How To Handle Your Student Loans Like A Pro
24 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Millions of us have student loan debt, and it hampers our progress towards financial independence. Let's get rid of it! We'll teach you how to handle ...
What Is Tracking Your Net Worth, Worth?
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know your net worth, does it matter? Yes, knowing your net worth is important, and that number is important because what gets measured gets man...
What The F**k Are Stock Buybacks (And What Do They Mean For You)?
10 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In fact, 2018 has been a record year for stock buybacks. By the end of the year, companies are predicted to have spent $1 trillion on buybacks. So why...
The Easiest Way to Practice Travel Hacking with Credit Cards
03 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Traveling is one of life's great pleasures, and it can be done for less money than you think. Especially if you have the right travel rewards cards an...
Investing Tips When You Don’t Have Money to Invest
27 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Investing advice is often crafted for high earners. What about the rest of us? We have investing tips when you don’t have money to invest. The most ...
An Honest Approach to Work-Life Balance with Kevin Lawrence
20 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Work-life balance gets a lot of ink but how do you achieve it? We'll show you an honest approach to work-life balance with Kevin Lawrence. Work-life b...
How The Current Economy is Affecting Your Wallet
13 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The media loves to talk about the economy in a broad sense but what does it mean for us individually? We'll explain how the current economy is affecti...
How The Hell Does Someone Save Up For a House?
06 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Buying a home is still the American dream for many people but with home prices going up and up, how can you save up for a house without sleeping in yo...
5 Questions: 401ks, FOREX, Cash, Rentals, and Leveraged Buyouts
30 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We have awesome listeners, and they send in great questions so from time to time we like to answer then on air. If you want to know about 401ks, cash,...
Big Money Mistakes + Big Changes
23 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve listened to LMM from the beginning, you’re going to hear a familiar voice today. If you’ve never heard our early episodes, the voice i...
Live With Money Not For Money
16 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What if we were to value other things in our lives in the same way or even more than we value money? Imagine if it weren’t about money? What if we v...
Dolla Dolla Bills Y’all: The History and Evolution of Cash
09 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We’re Listen Money Matters, but we’ve never discussed money. Get ready to holla. Dolla dolla bills y’all: The history and evolution of cash. Soc...
The Biggest Financial Mistakes People Make and How to Fix Them
02 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We all make mistakes, but financial mistakes can be especially costly. These are the biggest financial mistakes people make and how to fix them. There...
What is an IPO? How They Work and Should You Invest In One
25 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve probably heard the term but might not know what it means. What is an IPO? IPO stands for initial public offering and sometimes called “goin...
Bounce Back From a Market Correction With an Opportunity Fund
18 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
No one can predict the future but based on past events; a market correction is coming. You need to start preparing for a market correction with an opp...
What It's Really Like To Drive For Uber
11 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past several years, ride-sharing services like Lyft and Uber have made a remarkable splash in cities across the country. These ride-sharing s...
Do Things That Scale: Starting a Business That Will Take Off
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There are only so many hours in a day so you need to build a business that can grow while you’re sleeping, on vacation, or working on your next busi...
A Master Class on Diversification with Adam Grealish
28 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve heard the term diversification, but you might not know precisely what it means. Turns out it’s more complicated than just owning stocks and...
Out of Control Spending and The Refrigerator Method
21 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Almost 50% of Americans cannot come up with $400 if they needed it urgently. 1 in 3 Americans has $0 saved for retirement. In the U.S. it seems we’r...
What the F**k Are Annuities?
14 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Annuities are not exactly transparent, and neither are the people selling them. They are almost always a terrible investment, and when we explain what...
What to do After a Job Loss To Can Get back On Your Feet
07 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The worst has happened. Whether their fault, your fault or nobodies fault, you lost your job. We don’t want to make a bad situation even worse by ma...
5 Questions: LLCs, Winning The Lottery And Budgeting
30 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We get a lot of questions from listeners, and sometimes they are so good, we want to share them with everyone. Today we answer five awesome questions ...
How to Become Great at Anything: The Truth Behind The 10,000-Hour Rule
22 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There is a lot of misinformation about the 10,000-hour rule theory of self-improvement, and it turns out now all 10,000 hours are the same. We delve i...
How to Buy a House Without Putting 20% Down
16 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Whenever you hear people talk about buying a home, they insist you need a 20% down payment. But there are ways around that. We will show you how to bu...
28 Tax Deductions You Didn’t Know You Could Write Off
09 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
None of us likes paying taxes, and everyone agrees that the tax code is too complicated. But taxes are not meant as a show of our civic commitment but...
The Scariest 1%: The Impact of Fees in the Long Term
02 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
You’re paying your money manager for his or her expertise, right? They know all the secrets and tricks to picking the right stocks and making the ri...
The Real Difference Between a Rich Mindset vs. a Poor Mindset
26 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Maybe you are rich. Maybe you are poor. Maybe you have experienced being both at some point in your life. If you haven’t figured it out yet, being r...