Time for a Friday Flight- our little sampling of the week’s financial news and what it means for your personal finances. There are a lot of headlines out there, but we boil them down to specific takeaways that will allow you to kick off the weekend informed and help you to get ahead with your money. In this episode we explain some relevant and helpful stories like: putting rent on your credit card, the cheapest way to travel, online passport renewals, avoiding upsells, open-jaw flights, HOA hell, rising costs of home ownership, syndicated real estate investing, astrological investing, AI investing, the bubble of all bubbles, “spaving” your way to riches, the free trial trap, & schlepping ‘n shopping.
Additional links:
- HOA’s – Buying inside a HOA can be a blessing and a curse. Here’s our latest article about the pros and cons of HOAs.
- Rent Rewards – Check out the BILT Card, and get rewards for paying your rent!
- Groceries – BuySalvageFood is a great site to find your nearest discount grocery store! We’ve also written a bunch of tips and tricks in our post on slashing your grocery bill!
- Ask a Question – We’re always looking for listener questions to answer on the pod. Here’s our contact page, just record a quick voice memo and shoot it over via email!
- Credit Card Tool – Looking for the right credit card for you? Then check out our new credit card tool that’ll help you to easily filter through all the cards based on your preferred airline, whether or not they have an annual fee, or simply by the cash back offer! Just toggle the sliders and you’ll know which card to consider.
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