Time for our Friday Flight! These episodes are a sampling of the week’s financial news and the impact on your personal finances. There are a lot of headlines out there, but we distill it down to specific takeaways that will allow you to kick off the weekend informed and help you to get ahead during these trying times. In this episode we cover some relevant and helpful stories like: we’ve got socks!, Joel’s top Costco picks, house hacking to live rent or mortgage free, monthly savings rate in the dumps, concerts on credit, coping with a shrinking portfolio, the real threat to your investments, big wireless ratcheting up their rates, stamps aren’t immune to inflation, evaporating assets, car notes the size of mortgage payments, & pick your poison: clean your toilet or make a budget.

Additional links:

• House hacking – We recently dedicated an entire episode to the power of house hacking and how you can start implementing it in your life with Craig Curelop.
• Investing – And of course we touched on investing during this episode- listen back to how we invest our money with brokerage houses like Fidelity, M1 Finance, and Vanguard.
• Automation – Here are all the ways you can easily automate your finances
• Cars – And of course, the easiest way to not have a car payment (other than paying in cash), is by not getting that car in the first place! Hear our thoughts on cutting a car from your life.
• Budget – Skip cleaning your bathroom- start a budget! Here are some easy ways to begin a budget. Or at the very least begin tracking your expenses with YNAB or Mint.
• Costco – It’s usually worth it to pay for the upgraded executive membership at Costco!

• 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 cashback offer! Just toggle the sliders and you’ll know which card to consider.

• Newsletter – Don’t forget to sign up for the best personal finance newsletter in all the land! It’s completely free and something we create to help you along your journey to financial freedom. It drops every Tuesday morning and you can always unsubscribe if you don’t dig it!

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