Money Lessons from Holiday Movies - Episode 445
Crushing Debt Podcast
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Holidays from all of us at The Crushing Debt Podcast. We hope you had a great holiday season. This is our last episode of 2024, but we'll be back next week with all new episodes and some great content for 2025. The holiday season brings a lot of things - family, presents, food, songs, and especially movies! There are some great holiday movies - Home Alone, Christmas Vacation, Elf, Scrooged, The Grinch, It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, Jingle All the Way, Polar Express, The Santa Clause, and others. What money lessons do we get from...
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Financial Goals - Episode 444
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What goals did you accomplish in 2024? What financial accomplishments did you achieve in 2024? What were your financial wins? What goals will you set for 2025? In our second to last episode for 2024, Shawn & George talk about their own personal and business financial goals, for themselves, their families, their companies, and for the podcast! What do you want to see from our show in 2025 (and beyond)? Let us know if you enjoy this episode and, if so, please share it with your friends! Please also visit our sponsors: Magic Mind - . There's still time to get 20% off any stocking...
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How to Avoid Self Sabotage - Episode 443
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What is it like to rebuild after a foreclosure, after a bankruptcy? What is the real cause of foreclosure, bankruptcy and financial distress? While we have talked about these topics before, this week's guest overcame all of it to form a non-profit that helps people who find themselves in this situation. This week, Shawn & George interview Michael Russell, with Hope 4 Harship, and also the President/Owner of Century 21 Signature Properties, one of the original CENTURY 21 franchises in the country. Hear Micheal's story about divorce, foreclosures, short sales, bankruptcies, and how he...
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Crushing Debt Guide to Holiday Giving - Episode 442
Crushing Debt Podcast
Welcome to December! We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday and you were able to reflect on what you are thankful for this year. Now we focus on the holidays, which means buying gifts (which is amplified in Shawn's household with the addition of multiple family birthdays in the month of December). How do you control your holiday spending? Do you control your holiday spending? In this week's episode Shawn & George talk about different ideas to keep holiday spending under control, including ideas like: Shopping on Black Friday, Cyber Monday, etc. Setting a Budget Taking...
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Pass the Gravy, and some Money Tips! - Episode 441
Crushing Debt Podcast
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the Crushing Debt Podcast! What financial milestones did you hit this year? What financial wins did you have this year? Do you look forward to Black Friday, or do you dread it (and do you notice that it gets longer and longer every year)? How do you save money or stretch your budget every year during the holidays? George and Shawn talk about all of these topics and more on today's episode. Let us know if you enjoy this episode and, if so, please share it with your friends! Please also visit our sponsors: Magic Mind - Magic Mind is running a Black Friday...
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Financial Literacy & Politics - Episode 440
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Red or Blue? Republican or Democrat (or some other political party)? Our goal on this week's episode is not to debate one candidate over another, or one party's philosophy over another's, but we did think we would take time after the recent election to talk about the various fiscal policies proposed or promoted by the candidates. How will President Trump's reelection impact areas like: Crypto Gas & Energy Prices Interest Rates (specifically possibly limiting credit card interest rates) Tarriffs the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) Student Loans Tax Proposals Rather than promoting or...
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Kids and Money - Episode 439
Crushing Debt Podcast
How do you teach your kids about money? How do you teach your kids to save money? Is it better to invest in a Certificate of Deposit (CD), Money Market Account, IRA, College Plan, or something else? Do your kids know the "Rule of 7?" This week's Crushing Debt Podcase episode is inspired by Shawn's son's Bar Mitzvah, where he received quite a bit of money in the forms of gift cards, checks, cash, and even a portion of a Real Estate Mortgage and Note. That got us to thinking - how do you teach your kids about money? What is more important - short term or long term? How important is...
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Escape the Debt Graveyard - Episode 438
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What is Zombie Debt? How do you resurrect your finances after debt rises from the grave? How do you protect yourself from old debt? What happens when debt expires? Happy Halloween!! Debt doesn't have to be scary, but debt that resurrects itself can be. What is more scary than debt is burying your head or ignoring your debt. In the State of Florida, debt is valid for 20 years from the time a judgment is entered (and we have seen one or two cases where the creditor filed to extend the debt beyond it's 20-year life). In some cases, creditors are trying to collect debt that has...
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How To Get The Government to Crush Your Debt - Episode 437
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How can you get the government to give you money to pay rent, mortgages and utilities? Is grant money easy to get? Do you have to pay it back? This week's episode is one of the few that carry an "Explicit" tag, so if you don't like the occassional bad word, please skip today's episode and we'll talk to you again next week. This week's guest is Matthew Lesko, a renown expert in government grants and financial aid, known for helping individuals access funding opportunities. He has been studying grants for nearly 48 years, has been awared two New York Times Best Sellers, and has been a...
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Financial Slang - Episode 436
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How well do you know your financial slang? How often do you use financial slang? Back in Episode 433, we discussed some new terms - HENRY (High Earner Not Rich Yet), ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) and DINK (Dual Income No Kids). That got us to thinking, what other slang words are there? We have some of the common ones: Paycheck to paycheck FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) YOLO (You Only Live Once) Underwater Credit Rich, Cash Poor Broke AF Sandwich Generation However, we found some lesser-known, but still slang terms. To learn what these mean, you'll have to listen to...
info_outlineIn this week's episode of the podcast, we discuss bankruptcy and why it is broken into all odd-numbered chapters, except for one even-numbered chapter. We also go into a little detail about the differences between all of the bankruptcy chapters.
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