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: short-term rental smackdowns, Airbnb hosting considerations, zoning’s impact on the cost-of-housing crisis, negative nellies, more expensive health insurance, bankruptcy lawyers making bank, pros and cons of a cashless society, donation dilemmas, & proactively giving.

Additional links:

• Health sharing – If you’re looking for a very affordable health care alternative (like by a factor of 6x) that isn’t technically insurance, then you definitely need to check out Medi-Share. Joel has recently joined and our family has been with them for over 5 years.
  • Sedera and CrowdHealth are also options that don’t have any religious affiliation if that’s not your thing.

• Investing – And of course we touched on investing during this episode- listen back to how we invest our money with brokerages like Fidelity, M1 Finance, and Vanguard.
  • Our comprehensive guide on how you can get started investing for your retirement!
  • We’ve got a whole post on ways to teach your kids about money, and another on teaching kids about investing too!

• Charity – Ensure that the money that you’re giving away is going to organizations that align with your values. Research and vet non-profits at sites like CharityNavigator.org, CharityWatch.org, & GreatNonProfits.org
  • We’ve also written a full post on how to give away your money (and why it’ll actually make you richer!)
  • Check out Daffy if you’re looking to set up a donor advised fund on the cheap.

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