How to Get to $10K a Month in Cashflow With Dustin Heiner

In this episode of The Personal Finance Podcast, Andrew brings back Dustin Heiner for Part 2—a live coaching session where Dustin creates a personalized roadmap to help Andrew generate $10,000 per month in real estate cash flow over the next decade, starting with $250,000 to invest and reverse engineering the exact goal by comparing three rental strategies: short-term rentals with high nightly income but active management needs, midterm rentals for traveling nurses and corporate stays offering more stability with fewer turnovers, and long-term rentals with 12-month leases providing the most predictable hands-off income, breaking down the simple math showing you need roughly 34 doors at $300 per door or 20 doors at $500 per door, revealing how to blend different rental types to raise average cash flow per unit while reducing vacancy risk and keeping management sane, plus sharing golden nuggets on hiring property managers, so you can work backwards from your own freedom number and build a realistic 10-year roadmap to financial independence through rental income.

25 Scary Money Stats You Need to Know! (2025 Edition)

In this episode of The Personal Finance Podcast, Andrew reveals 25 terrifying financial statistics that expose why most Americans are struggling with money, from 78% living paycheck to paycheck and total U.S. debt hitting $18.39 trillion, to credit card balances exceeding retirement savings for millions, auto loans trapping people underwater, half of retirees fearing they’ll outlive their money, and AI-powered scams stealing billions, breaking down exactly what each statistic means for your wallet and giving you clear, actionable steps to protect yourself, pay down debt, build emergency savings, and avoid becoming another scary statistic.

How to Achieve Financial Independence Using Real Estate With Dustin Heiner

In this episode of the Personal Finance Podcast,  we are going to talk to Dustin Heiner about how to achieve financial independence and replace your job with real estate investing—exploring what your life would look like if you never had to work another day for money, breaking down the simple math to work backwards from your freedom number, showing you how to create consistent cash flow through rental properties starting from zero, explaining why Dustin invests in real estate whether the market is up, down, or sideways, and giving you the first steps and strategies to build passive income even if you think you can’t find deals right now, plus Andrew announces an upcoming Part 2 where Dustin will coach him live as he ramps up his own real estate investing journey.

Retire at 50..Without Paying a Dime in Penalties or Taxes

In this episode of The Personal Finance Podcast, Andrew breaks down the five powerful strategies that let you retire at 50 without losing money to penalties or surprise taxes—from building a taxable brokerage account that serves as your early retirement bridge, to unlocking a Roth IRA conversion ladder that creates tax-free income, using the Rule of 55 to access your 401(k) years earlier than you thought possible, turning your IRA into a steady paycheck with the 72(t) rule, and leveraging Roth contributions plus HSA strategies as your secret backup plans, showing you exactly how to layer these accounts together so you can retire on your terms, penalty-free, tax-efficient, and without waiting until 59½.

7 Types of Income (And How to Use Them to Your Advantage!)

In this episode of The Personal Finance Podcast, Andrew breaks down the seven types of income that separate people living paycheck-to-paycheck from those building real wealth—from earned income where you trade time for money, to royalty income that pays you forever without lifting a finger, showing you exactly how to climb the ladder from working for money to having money work for you.

13 Personal Finance Cheat Codes That Can Change Your Life

In this episode of The Personal Finance Podcast, Andrew reveals 13 strategies the rich use to build wealth on autopilot—from the wealth gap formula that reverse engineers your path to freedom, to invisible multipliers that compound into six-figure advantages most people completely ignore.

How 401(K) Sprints Can Make You A Multi-Millionaire (By AGE!)

In this episode of The Personal Finance Podcast, Andrew introduces the 401k Sprint strategy—a game-changing approach where you max out retirement contributions for just 5-10 years instead of grinding for 30-40 years straight, proving that a 25-year-old who contributes $23,500 annually for only 5 years can retire with over $2 million while someone starting at 60 can still add $430,000 in just 5 years using catch-up contributions. He breaks down the exact numbers for sprints starting in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s, explains the difference between traditional and Roth 401k strategies, and shows why the 2-on/2-off cycle approach (maxing contributions for 2 years, taking 2 years off, and repeating) can still build nearly $3 million by retirement—proving that short bursts of intense saving combined with compound growth can beat decades of mediocre contributions.

Which Accounts Should I Draw From In Retirement? (Rapid Fire Q&A)

In this episode of The Personal Finance Podcast, Andrew answers 15 listener questions ranging from Solo Roth 401k strategies and crushing $117,000 in student loans to whether a 19-year-old should build credit and how to pass brokerage accounts to your kids without tax headaches. He covers retirement account drawdowns, traditional versus Roth decisions based on tax brackets, why high-fee mutual funds usually lose to ETFs, and whether you should sell when investments jump 15%—delivering straight answers to the money questions keeping you up at night.

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