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 with your money. In this episode we cover some relevant and helpful stories like: surprise bags of food, underutilized HSAs, the silver lining of expensive healthcare, second hand name brands, Black Friday is out, credit card debt on the rise, crypto settlements and scams, going into debt for the love of the game, dating on the cheap, job listings with pay transparency, & side hustle superpowers.

Additional links:

• HSA – I’m not sure who needs to hear this but Health Savings Accounts, or HSAs, are the ultimate retirement accounts.
• Second hand – Be sure to add GoodwillFinds.com and ShopGoodwill.com to your arsenal of sites as you’re looking for the best deals.

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