

Financially Intentional
Naseema McElroy
Welcome to the FInancially Intentional Podcast with Naseema McElroy! This is a weekly podcast covering all things personal finance for those ready to build wealth but who may not know where to start. We believe that you have all the tools to improve your finances because you and your family deserve it. Our hope is that by listening to this podcast, your circle of influence is enhanced. Let us be the folks you choose to surround yourself with.
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Jan 24, 2023 • 38min
When should you start planning for Long Term Care? - Expert Edition Episode 8
Send us Fan MailHave you created a plan for when you eventually need assistance with everyday activities and are unable to care for yourself for a long period of time? It's best to start considering long term care insurance when you're relatively young and healthy, as this will help you secure a lower premium rate. Generally, the younger and healthier you are, the more cost-effective and suitable the policy is likely to be. I was always under the assumption that I should purchase a policy somewhere in the age range of my mid-50s to mid-60s but Dr. Jay burst my bubble. He also got me thinking about what I would do about my father if he needed this assistance. Looks like I’ll be long term care insurance shopping. I’ll start with this link provded by Dr. Jay. And because 2022 was a good year for Dr. Jay he is offering limited spots to ask him your financial questions FOR FREE. Act now because there are only a few spots and they are first come first serve.About our expert:Dr. Jay Zigmont, CFP®, and his wife are Childfree and live in Water Valley, MS. He has a Ph.D. in Adult Learning from the University of Connecticut and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and Childfree Wealth Specialist. He is the founder of Childfree Wealth, a life and financial planning firm specializing in helping Childfree Individuals and the author of “Portraits of Childfree Wealth”.He has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, MarketWatch, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Business Insider, CNBC, and many other publications.Get your 15 day free trial to the Childfree Wealth Self-Directed Financial Planning SystemVisit Childfree Wealth ---Support the show---Grab your spot in my free Financial CPR class and learn the simple steps I used to go from paycheck to paycheck to my first million.Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram, and Facebook.Need help getting started on your path to financial freedom? Start HereJoin the Financially Intentional Community Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get my book Smart Money

Jan 19, 2023 • 44min
Househacking and Side Hustling to Financial Freedom - Episode 9
Send us Fan MailMeet Andre, the man behind the Millennials Next Door. He is financial advisor that walks the walk. He has found creative ways to generate multiple streams of income and cut his living expenses so that work is optional. He is a graduate of the school of hard knocks and has learned and educated form his mistakes. Get started investing in REITs with Andre’s FREE Guidebook. About our guest: Andre Albritton specializes in providing financial advising and education to graduates from all Historically Black College or University. He graduated from Florida A&M University in 2011 where he fell in love with the family environment and grew professionally. He uses his expertise to help HBCU graduates to take a holistic look at their life goals and craft a plan along with them to maximize their financial potential, not only for today but for future generations. He typically assists people who have experienced success in life and in their careers and businesses. They have been saying they will get their finances in order but only accumulated a financial "junk drawer", of sorts. His process involves providing clarity, creating an organizational system, identify inefficiencies and opportunities to achieve balance, protect their assets and grow wealth efficiently to provide them more options to enjoy every chapter of their life.---Support the show---Grab your spot in my free Financial CPR class and learn the simple steps I used to go from paycheck to paycheck to my first million.Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram, and Facebook.Need help getting started on your path to financial freedom? Start HereJoin the Financially Intentional Community Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get my book Smart Money

Jan 17, 2023 • 48min
Don’t Wait Until You Have An “Estate” To Plan - Expert Edition Episode 7
Send us Fan MailPortia Wood, Esq our Estate Planning expert joins us to discuss why estate planning is important for every adult. Learn the three aspects of estate plans that are a must. Understand the difference in using AI generated estate plans versus working with an estate planning attorney. Estate planning is an important step in making sure that your wishes for the future are clearly put in writing. That way, your wishes will be followed no matter what happens. You also want to make sure that your beneficiaries are informed and that they understand how to access your assets after you pass away.Access Wood Legal Group’s Resource Library For FREEAbout Our Expert: Portia works tirelessly to help people protect their assets and provide for the transfer of resources and values to their families. She helps clients avoid probate, save on taxes, protect their hard-earned savings and preserve wealth at the generational transfer. She concentrates in the areas of Legacy Wealth Planning and asset protection planning.---Support the show---Grab your spot in my free Financial CPR class and learn the simple steps I used to go from paycheck to paycheck to my first million.Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram, and Facebook.Need help getting started on your path to financial freedom? Start HereJoin the Financially Intentional Community Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get my book Smart Money

Jan 12, 2023 • 1h 7min
How To Graduate College Debt-Free With Money In Your Pocket - Episode 8
Send us Fan MailWorried about paying for college for your kids? Imagine if they not only had school fully paid for but graduated with a nest egg already in place. Chris shares how his Debt Free Degree Triangle makes this possible. About our guest:Chris Corinthian has worked for over 15 years in higher education in the areas of financial aid and financial literacy. After working with thousands of students, he realized that there were specific steps that students did to receive multiple scholarships and graduate debt-free. Unfortunately, there were also students who did not know this information and dropped out of school because they did not have enough money to complete college. Chris is on a mission to stop the national student loan debt from rising by showing students the blueprint to not only graduate debt-free but also show them how they can have money in the bank when they walk across that stage at graduation. Through teaching the principles of financial literacy, he walks high school students and current college students through a three-step framework on how to “find the money, budget the money, and grow the money” to pay for school.Check out Chris’s bookGet a free chapter from the bookResources mentioned:Taco Bell Live Mas ScholarshipRaise.meSchollyClep examsSupport the show---Grab your spot in my free Financial CPR class and learn the simple steps I used to go from paycheck to paycheck to my first million.Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram, and Facebook.Need help getting started on your path to financial freedom? Start HereJoin the Financially Intentional Community Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get my book Smart Money

Jan 10, 2023 • 36min
Disability Insurance and Why You Need It - Expert Edition Episode 6
Send us Fan MailOur credit expert Acquania Escarne is back and is putting us up on game on what Disabilty Insurance is and why it’s so important. She covers the different types, how it’s paid out and other things that disability insurance covers. With 4 out of 5 employees becoming disabled in their working lifetime, it’s imperative that we make sure we are protected. About our expert:Acquania is a financial coach, freelance writer, and independent life insurance producer with LifeTyme Financial Group, LLC. She is committed to helping people find financial freedom and build wealth. As a financial coach, she equips her clients with "outside the box" finance tips, debt payment plans, retirement planning, and more. With her advice clients are able to meet and exceed their financial and personal goals.Her coaching is individually tailored to address all financial situations. Also, through her finance blog and podcast, The Purpose of Money, she shows women how to invest and save more so they can live a more fulfilling and prosperous life.Acquania's passion for personal finance and investing began when she was in high school and her father gave her a copy of Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. At 16 years old, Acquania opened a Roth Individual Retirement Account and has been seeking financial independence and early retirement (FIRE) ever since.https://www.thepurposeofmoneymaximizer.com/liveSupport the show---Grab your spot in my free Financial CPR class and learn the simple steps I used to go from paycheck to paycheck to my first million.Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram, and Facebook.Need help getting started on your path to financial freedom? Start HereJoin the Financially Intentional Community Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get my book Smart Money

Jan 5, 2023 • 46min
Achieving FIRE at 36 - Episode 7
Send us Fan MailAbout our guest:Antoinette Munroe is a serial entrepreneur with a broad spectrum of business experience in industries ranging from music entertainment to construction. After eight years of accelerated advancement at a global CPG company, Antoinette shifted her focus from climbing the corporate ladder to pursuing FIRE(Financial Independence Retire Early) by 40. She achieved that goal at 36!To achieve this goal, Antoinette developed Budget ABC's, House Hacking, and Travel Hacking strategies that accelerated her path to financial independence. Along the way she's repaid over 100K debt, eliminated all her living expenses and traveled around the world visiting exotic locations like Bora Bora and Maldives for little to no cost.Currently, Antoinette primarily focuses on scaling her real estate investment portfolio using various strategies like short-term rentals, flipping, group homes, and multifamily. With her hyper focus on creating innovative ways to minimize expenses, maximize savings, and monetize opportunities, it's no surprise that she's the first self-made millionaire in her family. When she’s not "Building to Billions.” Antoinette enjoys salsa dancing, fine dining, and having fun with friends and family. Living by the personal mantra "I will find a way or make one", Antoinette is continuously working towards achieving her wildest dreams and brings and helping others define and achieve theirs.Support the show---Grab your spot in my free Financial CPR class and learn the simple steps I used to go from paycheck to paycheck to my first million.Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram, and Facebook.Need help getting started on your path to financial freedom? Start HereJoin the Financially Intentional Community Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get my book Smart Money

Jan 3, 2023 • 29min
The State of Student Loans - Expert Edition Episode 5
Send us Fan MailOur student loan expert Stanley Tate joins us to talk about what’s going with student loans in this new year. This is an unprecedented time in regards to loan repayment options. There are going to be some massive changes come summer. Check out this episode to learn more about what’s in store. About our expert:Here are the stats. Tate has been in the game 8+ years fixing student loan problems. He has managed $1B in debt for clients, negotiated $30M in student loan settlements with an extra $700 million in projected loan forgiveness. He has helped hundreds of people from all walks of life — bus drivers, nurses, teachers, lawyers, doctors, CEOs, accountants, and so on—get out of default, qualify for loan forgiveness, access affordable monthly payments, negotiate settlements, stop garnishments, and discharge student loans in bankruptcy. Check him out at https://www.tateesq.com/Support the show---Grab your spot in my free Financial CPR class and learn the simple steps I used to go from paycheck to paycheck to my first million.Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram, and Facebook.Need help getting started on your path to financial freedom? Start HereJoin the Financially Intentional Community Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get my book Smart Money

Dec 29, 2022 • 48min
Calculating Health Care Cost into Your Financial Independence Number - Episode 6
Send us Fan MailAre you worried about how you are going to pay for healthcare if you retire before Medicare age? This conundrum has stumped early retirees and entrepreneurs for decades. Part of the problem is that we just plain unclear about how much healthcare coverage will cost. Lynn Frair and Ryan Connell have an answer. They have created a a healthcare calculator to help you estimate your costs. This is the nation's first healthcare cost calculator of it's kind through the lifespan for entrepreneurs and early retirees. And it’s available totally free.About our guests:Lynn Frair is a nurse and healthcare expert and personal finance enthusiast who started investing at age 12. After a brain tumor in her 20s wiped out her savings, she re-built up her investments and retired at age 40. She is covered by major media outlets including the WSJ, and MarketWatch. She is the founder of FI Healthcare, where her mission is empowering individuals in the financial independence community with knowledge to choose the right healthcare option for themselves. She is also the Founder of thefinanciallysavvynurse.com where she works with nurses using knowledge of personal finance to empower them to live a life with more time freedom and in alignment with their values.Ryan Connell worked for 15 years as a systems engineer identifying the heart of complex problems and leading teams to solve them. He left his engineering career in 2022 to start living more deliberately and find a new path in life thanks to FIRE (Financial Independence/Retire Early)fihealthcare site: https://fihealthcare.com/Support the show---Grab your spot in my free Financial CPR class and learn the simple steps I used to go from paycheck to paycheck to my first million.Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram, and Facebook.Need help getting started on your path to financial freedom? Start HereJoin the Financially Intentional Community Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get my book Smart Money

Dec 27, 2022 • 49min
Pay Down Debt or Invest? - Expert Edition Episode 4
Send us Fan MailHave you ever wondered which you should do first? I ask our resident CFP his advice. I also share what I feel is my biggest money mistake in paying off my student loan debt. His response might surprise you. About our expert:Dr. Jay Zigmont, CFP®, and his wife are Childfree and live in Water Valley, MS. He has a Ph.D. in Adult Learning from the University of Connecticut and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and Childfree Wealth Specialist. He is the founder of Childfree Wealth, a life and financial planning firm specializing in helping Childfree Individuals and the author of “Portraits of Childfree Wealth”.He has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, MarketWatch, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Business Insider, CNBC, and many other publications.Get your 15 day free trial to the Childfree Wealth Self-Directed Financial Planning SystemVisit Childfree Wealth at https://childfreewealth.comSupport the show---Grab your spot in my free Financial CPR class and learn the simple steps I used to go from paycheck to paycheck to my first million.Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram, and Facebook.Need help getting started on your path to financial freedom? Start HereJoin the Financially Intentional Community Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get my book Smart Money

Dec 22, 2022 • 32min
From 50k in debt to Financially Free in 2 years with Airbnb! - Episode 5
Send us Fan MailBeen wondering if investing in short to medium-term rentals is for you? Our guest today was able to turn around from being 50k in debt to Financially Free in 2 years with Airbnb! This episode is a good starter for anyone thinking of diving in and understanding the space even more.About our guest:Zeona McIntyre has been an Airbnb host since 2012. After 10 years of managing short-term rentals across the globe, she has transitioned to selling Real Estate to investors looking to house hack or live for free. She is an avid Real Estate Investor owning a double-digit portfolio of short and medium-term rentals. In the fall of 2022, she released the book: “30-Day Stay. An Investor’s Guide to Mastering the Medium-term Rental'' coauthored with Sarah Weaver. She teaches listeners how to achieve Financial Freedom through Real Estate on her Podcast: Invest2FI, co-hosted with Craig Curelop. She has been featured on BiggerPockets, Mr. Money Mustache, NPR, Business Insider, and more than 50 podcasts. Zeona has been to 47 countries. She spends half the year in Boulder, Colorado, and the other half traveling the world as an international pet sitter. Websites & Social Media:www.zeonamcintyre.comInstagramFacebookTiktokYoutubeBuzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show---Grab your spot in my free Financial CPR class and learn the simple steps I used to go from paycheck to paycheck to my first million.Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram, and Facebook.Need help getting started on your path to financial freedom? Start HereJoin the Financially Intentional Community Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get my book Smart Money


