The Money Nerds

Imagine walking away from intently paying off $148,000 of debt to pursue your dreams. Today’s guest is one that motivates the heck out of me. Kayla Sloan is the founder of ShoeAholicNoMore.com where she writes about money, intentional living, and getting out of debt. She’s also a podcaster at FinancialConversation.com. Kayla has a fascinating story about walking away from intently paying off $148,000 in debt to pursue her dream of full-time entrepreneurship.Read More »

If you’ve ever had a distaste for frugality, this is the episode for you. Today’s guest has a background in fashion design, but could care less about fashion. Mindy Jensen is the community manager at BiggerPockets.com. She shops at thrift stores, and keeps expenses as low as possible. If this sounds like torture to you, it’s actually the opposite. She does this so that she can spend heavily on areas that matter to her.Read More »

Today’s episode is going to be a little different.Instead of the normal interview based format, I wanted to do a more timely holiday edition. I want to thank Experian for the inspiration behind todays episode.Recently, Experian put out a survey to 1,000 about holidays, spending, and debt. And honestly, the results broke my heart a little bit, so I wanted to share the findings. KNOWLEDGE BOMBS SHOW NOTES Check out the survey  from Experian 55% of people feel stressed about finances during the holiday 56% said they spend too much during the holidays Steps to beating holiday stress: You are not obligated to buy anyone anything Stick to your budget Avoid last minute trips to the store Remind yourself it doesn’t really matter #MONEYWIN Rebecca– “I’ve decided to move back home with family to save over $1,600/month to payoff credit card debt. Read More »

Have you ever wondered if you can make mesh two different passions into one career? Well, today’s guest Ani Mercedes has built a life doing that. Today’s guest has pursued a very non-traditional career as an artist and personal finance blogger at HahaMoney.com and (YoureAlreadyYou.com). Ani Mercedes is a fine artist, photographer, and has even had a documentary featured on PBS.  She paid off $40,000 in just a couple years by focusing on her why.Read More »

What were some things you did when you were 15 years old? Likely you were playing sports. Watching TV.  Playing video games.  But most likely, you weren’t on TV for couponing, right? Well, today’s guest Jordon Cox was. Today’s guest is now 19 and kicking butt in the personal finance industry and  is easily one of my favorite people in the world. He’s joining us from the UK. Jordon started couponing at age 15 as a necessity to help his newly divorced mom save money.Read More »

Imagine having over six figures worth of debt. How would you feel? Likely overwhelmed. Sometimes so overwhelemed you don’t even think you can pay off debt. Well, today’s guest Brian Brandow, not only felt like he could pay off debt- he did. Brian is the person behind DebtDiscipline.com. Brian is a husband, father of three, and passionate about making his family’s future financially respectable. Brian started his blog as a way of holding himself accountable and sharing his money journey.Read More »

Think about one thing you love spending money on. No judgement! Just get it clear in your head. Now, imagine not spending any money on that for an entire year. Sounds pretty crazy, right? Well, today’s guest Kate Dore did just that. Today’s guest is the founder of Cashville Skyline, Kate Dore. Kate is a very dynamic person who doesn’t only have 1 thing going on.Read More »

Sometimes life doesn’t go according to plan. We think things will go perfectly smoothly and life decides it has other plans. That’s exactly what happened to today’s guest, Jessica Garbarino. Today’s guest is the founder of Every Single Dollar, Jessica Garbarino. Jess helps single women kick ass with their money, pay off debt, build up a savings account, or just live a more intentional life. Her work can be found at EverySingleDollar.com.Read More »

What would you do to pay off debt? Would you start a business and move to the ghetto? Well, today’s guest is Aja McClanahan did just that. Aja and her husband climbed out of $120,000 in debt by making some interesting sacrifices. She writes at PrinciplesofIncrease.com and even has her own podcast. Aja now helps others live a financially weird life through her courses, blog posts, and free resources on her website.Read More »

Today’s guest is a self-proclaimed money moron turned self-made millionaire. (All in 13 years!) Scott writes at scottalanturner.com and podcasts at Financial Rockstar. Scott is a husband and father to twins. He helps people get the resources needed to being a rock star with money, paying off debt, and retiring early (just like him!). In this episode we talk about selling the car, taking a loss, and driving a beater, how not having a car payment was the single greatest thing he did for his financial life,Read More »

Today’s guest is my friend, and anonymous blogger, Steven. Steven writes at EvenStevenMoney.com.  He helps the world by telling it like it is, making the tough calls (like selling his Mercedes Benz) to help him pay off debt and being car-free for over 5 years and helping you feel like you can do this stuff too! In this episode we talk about personal financial responsibility in marriage, rock bottom budgeting,Read More »

Today’s guest is my friend Jen Hemphill. Jen is the host of the Plutus nominated podcast, Her Money Matters. Her work can be found at JenHemphill.com. She helps women get their financial life in order while still enjoying money. She’s a motivational money coach for busy women and military families and is building up a pretty sweet community on Facebook called Her Money Matters. She helps people by using practical advice that simplifies the process through coaching and a membership site.Read More »

Steve Stewart is kicking off episode 2 of The Money Nerds podcast. Steve has a heart of gold and will really help you see how this money stuff doesn’t need to be so complicated. His no BS attitude and willingness to give you the shirt off his back is a rare find in today’s world. Steve is a former DJ turned financial coach and podcaster. His work can be found at stevestewart.me.Read More »

This is our first episode of the Money Nerds podcast. And we’ve got Zina Kumok kicking off our first episode. Zina’s story is extremely impressive. This girl is debt free and worked her butt off to pay off $28,000 in just three years. Here’s the kicker- she did this while making less than $30,000 a year. Pretty impressive right? In this episode we talk about student loans,Read More »

Hey there! Welcome to the Money Nerds podcast. I’m stoked you’re here. I appreciate you joining at a very exciting time. If you are new to my brand and don’t even know who the heck I am,  you can learn more here. So here’s the DL on the p-cast. I’ll be sharing new episode at least once a week, each and every Wednesday. So what that means for you is a constant source of weekly kick ass money stories.Read More »