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: free ADU drawings, noncompete bans, forced fiduciaries, accessible financial literacy, automatic airline refunds, bad budgeting, Facebook marketplace fraudsters, affordable car maintenance, hospital facility fees, & ‘one more year’ syndrome.

Additional links:

• Medical bills – When it comes to finding ways to reduce your healthcare costs, Marshall Allen had some really incredible advice back during our convo with him: Fight and Win Against Insane Healthcare Costs.
  • Also, our conversation with Dr. Virgie on how you can avoid crushing medical debt in the first place.

• Investing – Our comprehensive guide on how you can get started investing for your retirement… and while we’re at it, a comprehensive guide on how to buy index funds.
  • Carefully consider whether or not you should do this or not, but there are ways to tap your retirement early without penalty.

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