Episode #502

These personal finance apps, tools, products, and habits helped us reach financial independence, and they can do the same for you. If you’re on the road to FIRE or have finally made it to financial freedom, ANY of these tools can help you save, invest, and learn more along the way. But we’re not just sharing the FIRE toolkit we love; we’re also sharing the products we’re ditching, plus what we’re replacing them with for a brighter financial future!

If you’re already feeling lost with your financial New Year’s resolutions, worry not because these personal finance apps, tools, products, and habits are here to help! Mindy and Scott will walk through every tool they love, what they can live without, and what helped them reach financial independence. We’ll talk about budgeting and money management apps, goal-setting processes that’ll help you achieve even your wildest dreams, how to learn faster than ever, and the “life-changing” money products we would never replace.

If you’re in need of beefing up your arsenal of financial independence tools, this is the episode to tune into! Wondering where you can find links to all the products and services mentioned in today’s show? Just scroll down in the show notes!

Show Notes at:
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Tools and Products From The Show:
Monarch Money: https://www.monarchmoney.com/podcast/pockets?c=Pockets&utm_source=SMI&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=Pockets
Stessa: https://www.stessa.com/?utm_campaign=BiggerPockets-Podcast&utm_source=sponsorships&utm_medium=podcast
Venmo: https://venmo.com/
Ally Bank: https://www.ally.com/
Charles Schwab: https://www.schwab.com/client-home
Audible: https://www.audible.com/
Kindle Unlimited: https://amazon.com/kindle-dbs/hz/bookshelf
Living Your Best Year Ever Journal: https://store.darrenhardy.com/products/living-your-best-year-ever
Google Keep: https://keep.google.com/
Empower Personal Wealth: https://www.empower.com/empower-personal-wealth-transition
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The Harsh Reality Real Estate Syndicators (and Investors) Face in 2024:
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00:00 Intro

01:15 Start Spending…More?

03:42 Monarch Money for Budgeting

04:24 Make Travel More Convenient

05:39 Ally Bank and High Yield Savings Accounts

07:10 Vision and Goal Setting

09:35 Fly Later, Land Earlier!

11:04 Audible and Kindle Unlimited

12:34 The “Best Year Ever” Journal

14:28 Google Keep for Quick Notes

15:58 Breaking Up With These Habits/Products

18:05 Saying Goodbye to Syndications

20:53 Costs We’re CUTTING

22:49 Money Tools We Can’t Live Without

24:30 We LOVE Personal Finance!