Episodes
#42 Stock Market Crashes: What To Do in 20%+ Drops + A Guided Meditat…
Don't have a good asset allocation or investment strategy for when the stock market crashes? Learn how to self-invest your military paycheck in my book The Military Money Manual: A Practical Guide to Financial Freedom . avai...
#41 Buying a Car in the Military: New vs Used Tips, Tactics, and Advi…
To learn how to maximize your military paycheck, check out my book The Military Money Manual: A Practical Guide to Financial Freedom . available directly from me on my website or on Amazon . Dozens of 5 star reviews on Amazon...
#40 VA Loans: Everything Military Veterans Need to Know
Active duty, guard, reserves, and military veterans are all eligible for VA loans if certain conditions are met. I built the VA Loan Ultimate Guide to explain the confusing VA loan process. What is a VA loan ? How to determin...
#39 2022 Changes to the TSP: Mutual Fund Window, TSP App, + More
To learn more about my LADS investment strategy and how to apply it to the TSP, check out my book The Military Money Manual: A Practical Guide to Financial Freedom . available directly from me on my website or on Amazon . Doz...
#38 The *BEST* TSP Investing Strategy! (Hint: There Isn't One)
To learn more about my LADS investment strategy and how to apply it to the TSP, check out my book The Military Money Manual: A Practical Guide to Financial Freedom . available directly from me on my website or on Amazon . Doz...
#37 5 TSP Funds Explained - Guide to the C, S, I, F, & G Funds
To learn how to select TSP funds for early financial independence, read The Military Money Manual: A Practical Guide to Financial Freedom . The book is available as a hardcover, ebook, and audiobook. With 20+ 5 star ratings, ...
#36 Legacy Planning for Military Families
Learn more about building a financial legacy for your family in my book The MIlitary Money Manual: A Practical Guide to Financial Freedom . In this episode Jamie talks about his recent experience as the executor of the estate...
#35 Amex Gold Card Military | Points and Miles, Amex Green Benefits E…
The American Express® Gold Card military benefits include an annual fee waiver for active duty servicemembers and military spouses. The American Express® Green Card military benefit is the same, with an annual fee waived for ...
#34 Air Force Pilot Bonus 2022 - What Would You Do With $420,000?
The Air Force announced the Fiscal Year 2022 Air Force Pilot Bonus on 11 April, 2022. You can see the bonus chart and all the details in my article on my website, Military Money Manual. If you're eligible for a bonus, this ca...
#33 Space A Travel with Luke: $40,000 in Free Flights + Why He Wanted…
Learn more about the amazing military benefits in the Military Money Manual: A Practical Guide t Financial Freedom now available on Amazon , Kindle , Audible , and directly from the author on MilitaryMoneyManual.com in ebook,...
#32 Military Bonuses and Windfalls - How to Invest, Splurge, and Reac…
Learn more about achieving financial independence in the military in The Military Money Manual: A Practical Guide to Financial Freedom . Now available on Kindle , Audible , and soon on Amazon. Always available on MilitaryMone...
#31 Doug Nordman: How to Live on the 4% Rule, Recover from Investing …
Doug Nordman from The Military Guide joins us today on the Military Money Manual Podcast. While he would never say it, Doug is a bit of a legend in the personal finance, FIRE, and military finance community. He retired 20 yea...
#30 VA Home Loans with Rich Carey from "Rich on Money" - Using the VA…
If you want to learn how to set yourself up to purchase your first rental property, check out my book The Military Money Manual: A Practical Guide to Financial Freedom . Available now on Amazon, Kindle, Audible, and my websit...
#29 LICWO TDY and Circuitous Travel PCS - How to Take Leave and Add E…
Learn more about military travel hacking and how to make thousands of dollars off of annual fee waived credit cards in my Ultimate Military Credit Cards Course . "Leave in conjuction with official travel" or LICWO is a great ...
#28 100,000 Free Hilton Points for Separating Military and Spouses + …
The Hilton Honors Military Program offers separating military servicemembers and their spouses up to 100,000 free Hilton points each to aid veterans and their spouses in searching for their next job or establishing their new ...
#27 Military Taxes - How to Stop Paying State Income Tax, Get a Small…
In this episode Spencer and Jamie breakdown How to stop paying state income tax Why you should do your own taxes How to stop being afraid of taxes We also cover military spouse taxes including the Military Spouse Residency Re...
#26 How to Use Credit Card Referral Links to Earn Extra Points, Miles…
Learn everything there is to know about travel hacking the military in my Ultimate Military Credit Cards Course . Besides welcome bonuses, credit card referral links are the easiest and fastest way to earn thousands or even m...
#25 How to Upgrade Chase and Amex Credit Cards
Learn how to maximize your military annual fee waivers in my Ultimate Military Credit Cards course at https://militarymoneymanual.com/umc3 By upgrading Chase and Amex cards from lower tier cards to higher tier cards, you can ...
#24 Military FIRE: Financial Independence, Retire Early
Could you achieve financial freedom while you serve in the military? Thousands of servicemembers already have! Check out The Military Money Manual: A Practical Guide to Financial Freedom to discover the exact investment strat...
#23 Favorite Financial Independence Calculators
Want to learn how to achieve financial independence rapidly in the military? Check out the new book, The Military Money Manual, at shop.militarymoneymanual.com Calculators we talk about in this episode include: https://calcul...
#22 Roth IRAs for Military Families
Spencer and Jamie cover a lot of ground in this short, start of the year episode. Topics include: Spousal IRAs Contributing to last years IRA (during this year!) Roth TSP vs Roth IRA And much more Did you know if you max out ...
#21 Chase Sapphire Reserve vs Chase Sapphire Preferred
Long term, the Chase Sapphire Reserve is definitely the superior card. But you may want to open the Chase Sapphire Preferred first because the Sapphire Preferred often offers a higher welcome bonus than the Sapphire Reserve A...
#20 Points vs Cash vs Free Night Certificate: How To Decide Which to …
Sign up for the Ultimate Military Credit Cards Course at militarymoneymanual.com/umc3 to learn how to accumulate millions of points and miles. Plus, you can pay no annual fees if you're in the military or a military spouse. O...
#19 How to Get Chase and Amex Military Cards with $0 Annual Fees
Learn more about annual fee waived credit cards in the Ultimate Military Credit Cards Course at https://militarymoneymanual.com/umc3. In this episode you will learn how to get Military Lending Act (MLA) benefits applied to yo...