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58: Mortgage or Invest?

FromMillennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes

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Mar 1, 2017

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We answer a Twitter question from @thegroundedeng "What are your thoughts on paying down a home vs. investing the difference?"

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Mar 1, 2017

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Millennial Money Minutes distills tough personal finance topics in 5 minutes or less. Hosted by Grant Sabatier @MillennialMoney and Matt Zubricki @DistilledDollar

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2: Budgets Suck: After our experience of budgeting we share when they’re useful and necessary. We also share why we think budgets suck and why we don’t use them today. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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26: Minimalism: We explore minimalism and living with less. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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3: Automated Savings: Strategies we utilize for automated savings. We would agree that spending is what is left after saving, not saving is what is left after spending. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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7: Saving vs. Spending: Whether you're saving 0% or 60%, like Matt, the line between saving and spending is a difficult one to walk. Joys of life, such as travel, is money well spent. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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15: The Love of Money: Do you love or hate Money? Our relationships with money are complicated. Money is just a tool and an abundant resource. But it isn't everything. Learn how Grant and Matt think about Money in this episode. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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34: Are Stocks Too Expensive: The Dow just hit 20,000 and stock price/earning ratios are at all time highs. We share two different perspectives on whether now is a good time to invest in stocks or if stocks are just too expensive. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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10: How To Save Money: The biggest way to capitalize on savings is by tackling the largest expenses first. We share our two biggest life hacks on How to Save Money. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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6: Should I Invest in a 401K or IRA?: We discuss the first two steps we would take if we started off investing from scratch. Should I invest in my 401k or IRA will not be complicated anymore. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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4: Active vs. Passive Funds: Based on the investment strategy, it can make sense to use passive funds. Other times active funds make more sense. Here’s our take on Active vs. Passive funds. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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8: Roth vs. Traditional IRA: From Backdoor Roth contributions to IRA Conversion Ladders, we tackle the Roth vs. Traditional IRA topic from start to finish. See which is better for you. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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20: Frugal vs. Cheap: There's a big difference between frugal and cheap. In this episode learn the pros/cons of each. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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9: Index Funds: Index Funds offer us a low cost entry point into buying a slice of the entire economy. See how the vast majority of active funds fall short of market returns. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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5: Is A Car Worth It?: From insurance hacks to rideshare programs to moving within walking distance to work, we discuss uncommon strategies to reduce the cost of car ownership. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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1: Introduction to Millennial Money Minutes: Our introduction to Millennial Money Minutes includes our backgrounds and our goal of the podcast to distill down personal finance topics in 5 minutes or less. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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23: Maximize Your Value: Learn How to Maximize Your Value and Make More Money. It's easier than you think. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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21: When Do You Need Insurance: Insurance can be expensive and sometimes not worth it. Learn when insurance is a great investment. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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11: Rent vs. Buy: Learn two perspectives on whether you should rent or buy a home depending on where you are in your financial life. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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14: One Month Podcast Update: Thank you for over 4,000+ Millennial Money Minutes downloads in the first month! We appreciate all the love. Please leave a review and subscribe if you enjoy the podcast. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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32: Actually Meet Your Money Goals: Two very different approaches to actually meet your personal money goals. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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13: The Power of Habits: Learn how habits are the key to building wealth and achieving financial independence. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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17: Money Goals: Learn about two of our primary money goals. Matt hits a zero net-worth and Grant returns to frugality. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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29: Matt in The Hot Seat: Matt is in the hot seat! Learn more about Matt @DistilledDollar. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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12: Millennial Retirement: Learn how Millennials are redefining what retirement means and taking control of their futures. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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24: Credits Cards: We share very different perspectives on credit cards and a bit of travel hacking. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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37: Escaping Guilt: Learn how to escape guilt - the main reason most people abandon their financial plans. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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25: Money and Happiness: Can money make you happy? Our answers may surprise you. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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33: Time Value of Money: Invested money is worth significantly more in 5, 10, 20+ years than the same money today. But we naturally aren't wired to think about future value, so we have to work harder to build the habit. Learn how you can leverage the time value of money. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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18: The True Cost of Anything: That cup of coffee cost more than you think. In this episode we cover how to calcuate how much money you need to earn, how much of your life you are exchanging, and the true cost of any purchase. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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27: Interview: Gwen @FieryMillennial: A chat with Gwen from FieryMillennials.com. Learn how she saved $100K by 25. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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19: Rethinking Emergency Funds: Do you really need an Emergency Fund? We explain when you do/don't need an Emergency Fund and why investing it might make more sense. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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282: What's the Goal?: In this episode we talk about money, success, and what it all means. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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281: Homeownership w/ Fannie Mae: Learn how you can buy a home with as little as a 3% down payment. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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279: Mondays: How to set yourself up to crush the week. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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278: Is Frugality Enough?: Most of personal finance is focused on cutting back, budgeting, and frugality but is that enough? by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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277: Make More Money: As you know one of the easiest ways to make money is through side hustling, but most people who side hustle are leaving a ton of money on the table. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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275: Advanced House Hacking w/ Jacob Perez: Jacob is one of the top house hacking experts in the game. In this 30 minute deep dive interview, we dig deep into house hacking and how you can use it to make a ton of money. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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274: How to Scale Money: Here's how you can scale money and hit the next level. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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271: Home buying Myths w/ Fannie Mae: We bust home buying myths with Jonathan Lawless from Fannie Mae. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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270: A Real Money Strategy: Why you need a real money strategy and how to build one. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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269: Savings Rate vs. Net Worth: How and why you should track both your savings rate and net worth - the two most important numbers in personal finance. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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268: Bringing the FIRE Everyday: How to bring it every day. Happy Monday! by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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267: Money Hacking: Money has never been easier to hack. Here's how. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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266: Ultimate Money Hacking: It's never been easier to make more money, save more money, live for free, and travel for free. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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265: Are Stocks Too Expensive 2.0: Stocks are absolutely crushing it... but are they getting too expensive? by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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264: Look Back To Look Forward: Why solve problems that have already been solved before? Why looking back to history is one of the best ways to find answers and direction today. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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263: Bitcoin Update: An update on Bitcoin and Grant's Bitcoin holdings. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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262: What Matters Most: How to find what matters most in money and in life. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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261: Skills As Future Currency: The skills you have in the future will be more valuable than anything else. Here's why and how to build new ones. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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260: How High Can Stocks Go?: Stocks are at all-time highs, how high can they really go? by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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259: Reflecting on Money: We spend so much of our time consuming, but little time examining and then creating. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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257: Crush The Money Taboo: Talk about money. Here's why. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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256: How To Travel The World For Less: It's never been easier to travel the world for less money. Here's how we do it. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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255: From Zero to One: How to make that small yet massive leap in money and life. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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254: How To Get Comfortable With Risk: Managing risk is an essential component of investing and life. Here's how to get comfortable with it in all areas of your life. by Millennial Money Minutes | Personal Finance in 5 Minutes
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58: Mortgage or Invest?

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