Financially Independent Teachers
Welcome to the Financially Independent Teachers Podcast- where educators come together to discuss their journey on the road to financial independence. Each week, Dave and Brandon interview teachers who are winning with money and welcome financial industry experts like JL Collins, Andy Hill, Andrew Hallam (Millionaire Teacher) and Rachel Cruze (daughter of Dave Ramsey). There are plenty of voices in the teachers' lounge telling you that you can't build wealth on an educator income, let FIT provide hope that you CAN!
Episodes
184 episodes
EP 184-Teacher Pay With K
Kristen is a former NC teacher who moved back to her home state of NJ to resume her career in education back home. Kristen is a teacher and union president for her district and has a passion for dissecting teacher pay scales from around t...
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Episode 184
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52:32
EP 183-How Has FIT Impacted a NJ Orchestra Teacher?
Ben is a recently tenured Orchestra teacher just south of NYC in NJ. Ben is one of the first followers of the FIT podcast and was guest way back on episode 121. Since his last interview, he has earned a masters degree, bought a hous...
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Episode 183
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50:29
Episode 182-SC Educator Talks Finances and SC Matching 401(a) Option vs. Pension
Liz is a former SC educator who is married to a South Carolina teacher. After a decade + in the classroom, she now works with the state, guiding college medical students on personal finance and navigating student loan debt. Passionate abo...
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Episode 182
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57:09
Episode 181-Mary Ann Sullivan (CA) Teacher--->Instructional Coach--->Admin--->District Office--->Financial Advisor
Mary Ann Sullivan has done it all! Classroom teacher, instructional coach, admin, and work at the district office. She has recently moved out of education with an "early" retirement but is coming back to be a CFP and help teachers with their fi...
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Episode 181
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1:00:36
Episode 180-Texas Educators Go From FPU ----> Almost Millionaire Over 10 Year Period
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Episode 180
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48:55
Episode 179-Dave and Brandon Discuss Back 2 School!
Teachers have TWO days of New Years!1. Back to school 2. January 1Dave and Brandon discuss things to think about with your finances, life, and school year as the majority of NC teachers get students back this week! ...
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Episode 179
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46:34
Episode 178-Wisconsin K-12 Educator Turned Community College Professor
When is enough...enough? Being comfortable in your own skin and determining what makes you happy is a major theme of this episode as we discuss personal finance and education with a Wisconsin educator. Do you value what others want you to value...
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Episode 178
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58:20
Episode 177-America's Retirement Crisis
Brandon and Dave discuss the American retirement crisis. On a recent CBS special, it was revealed that over 50% of Americans who "retire" don't actually have enough money to do so. In addition, 20% of Americans age 65+ have had to r...
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Episode 177
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46:43
Episode 176- Married Teacher Couple (CA) 2+ Million NW-Almost Retirement Time
John and his wife are both California educators, nearing the end of their teaching careers (2-7 years left). John is a middle school music teacher and his wife is a primary school educator. Even though John didn't read his first book on persona...
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Episode 176
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49:55
Episode 175-Chicago Area Teacher Immigrates to US at 30, Now Worth Approaching Millionaire
Miguel is an ESL teacher in the Chicago area who has an amazing story! He left his home country of Venezuela with little to nothing to his name before coming to America on a visa to learn English. Whil. e here, he met his now wife and ended up ...
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Episode 175
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59:40
Episode 174-Financial Hacks For The Kiddos!
Do you have kids? Grandkids? Nieces or Nephews? Will you potentially have kiddos one day? In this episode, Dave and Brandon discuss some qualitative and quantitative tips and tricks to set kids up for success. 529's to RothAuthorize...
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Episode 174
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1:01:25
Episode 173-What is FIRE? Financial Independence For Dummies Author
Jackie Cummings Koski, is a personal finance educator & consultant. After overcoming poverty, divorce & single motherhood, Jackie reached F.I.R.E. in her 40s, making less than six figures. Before retiring, she grew her wealth to over $1...
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Episode 173
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1:06:22
Episode 172-Gerry Born Takes Your Questions!
Guest favorite, Gerry Born (AKA Millionaire Educator) is back on FIT to take part in a special FIT Q&A episode. Gerry gives us a quick 5 minute life update and then dives into around 15-20 questions submitted by YOU, the FIT Family! G...
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Episode 172
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1:03:16
Episode 171-Barbara Starts Over at 45
Barbara is a Chicago teacher who had to start at over at 45 years old. During the divorce, she took on $250,000 of the debt. Over the course of the next 4 years, she paid everything off and even has 25k invested! To say she went s...
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Episode 171
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43:47
Episode 170-Retired Alaskan Teacher Couple Move to AZ
Gary and his wife Kim started their teaching careers in Vegas but quickly realized they could earn much more in their native home in Alaska. Because of their hire date, they were able to teach 20 years in AK and immediately draw on their pensio...
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Episode 170
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58:04
Episode 169-Retired Texas Teacher and Hoops Coach (54) Net Worth 1.9 Million
Retired after 30 years of teaching in Texas, Chris has a net worth of almost 2 million. Chris was the breadwinner for the majority of his career as his wife dropped in and out of the workforce to stay at home and raise their kids. In th...
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Episode 169
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55:59
Episode 168-Wyoming Trail Guide Turned Teacher
Trevor is our first ever teacher guest fromIdaho! He started in outdoor education as a trail guide and mountaineer but has switched to being an 8th grade science teacher across the border in Wyoming. Because of the flexibility and tim...
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Episode 168
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48:30
Episode 167-Dave Brandon Summer Side Hustle
Throughout our journey on the FIT podcast, we've discovered a theme...many teachers have multiple streams of income. This show highlights some of the side hustles we've heard our teacher guests utilize to get out of debt and supercharge their i...
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Episode 167
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30:25
Episode 166-Iowa Teacher-Wrestling Coach Takes Sabbatical Thanks to Financial Independence
Joel is a teacher and wrestling coach who makes it clear that his family isn't cheap, but they are frugal. At 36 years old, he negotiated with his school and recently took the year off. During this time, his wife is stepping away fr...
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Episode 166
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57:51
EP 165 - Money Guy Brian Preston Discusses Teachers and New Book!
Brian Preston is the founder and host of The Money Guy Show and Managing Partner and co-founder of Abound Wealth Management (an RIA with around $1 billion in assets under management). With over 25 years of financial planning experience, he love...
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Episode 165
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52:01
EP 164-NYC Middle School Finance Teacher Ray Tran
Ray Tran is the son of immigrant parents and is a financial literacy teacher, wealth/real estate coach, and real estate investor residing in Brooklyn, NY. After graduating with a degree in Financial Economics, Ray began working at Ernst ...
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Episode 164
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52:34
EP 163-Air Force ----> Florida Middle School Teacher
After HS, Reese joined the military and learned about retirement planning on accident in Korea. He is now 34 with a net worth of roughly 950k and has taken zero loans to buy anything besides mortgages. Reese made all the silly mistakes as...
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Episode 163
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54:27
EP 162-Mississippi Teachers On The Path To Early Retirement-Investing 35k Per Year
Jason and his wife have two young children and are both teachers in Mississippi. Jason has become an expert in the area of benefits and the pension in his home state. He is now sharing his passion for understanding these benefits will all...
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Episode 162
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56:12
EP 161- Tiffany Lawrence (GA) Discusses Career Optimization In Education
Tiffany began as a teacher in GA and was married to a teacher for over 15 years. However, they could never get on the same page in regards to their money. However, as she went through a divorce, Tiffany has been able to improve her financial si...
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Episode 161
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46:35
160-Sean Mullaney-FI TAX Guy Discusses Inheritance and Taxes!
Sean Mullaney is an advice-only financial planner and the President of Mullaney Financial & Tax, Inc. Through Mullaney Financial & Tax, Sean provides advice-only financial planning for a flat fee. Sean writes the Plutus Award winning bl...
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Episode 160
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58:05