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Why You Should Follow These Baby Steps with Extreme Caution!
Financial literacy is way more than baby steps. It's a lot of challenging adult wealth-building. You will be pushed and this will change you.
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The Next Recession and Taking Advantage of the Rebound
Getting into and out of a Recession is no easy feat. On this episode of the Financial Griot podcast, the team discusses how we got to this point in which recession fears are looming and also what you can do pre-, during- and post recession to thrive. Millionaires are made during recessions. Learn how to position yourself to win.
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Why Modern Black Culture Became So Toxic & Expensive
In this episode of the Financial Griot Podcast, the hosts share their thoughts on modern Black culture, building wealth and changing priorities and narratives. Currently median Black household wealth seats at $24k. Another recession would bring that number to $12k. According to The Road to Zero Wealth report, the median wealth of black Americans will fall to zero by 2053 if current trends continue. With spending up and credit card usage bolstering lifestyle creeps on social media, is Modern Black cultural zeitgeist detrimental to long term wealth building and wealth preservation. Do we really want to have generational wealth?
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Making Sure You Benefit From The Student Loan Cancellations
TFG Crew is back! (And recording the episode again since Lawrence forgot to hit record) On Wednesday, August 24th, President Biden announced a massive student loan debt relief that directly impacts over 60 million Americans who hold an extensive amount of federal student loan debt. We discuss the groundbreaking news, the hidden details, massive opportunities to reengage in your tax planning strategy and more. Opportunities come and go. It comes down to how you play the cards to lower your expenses and increase your wealth.
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Here are TFG’s Top Ten Audible Recommendations for 2023
Finally, an episode that is simple. The Financial Griot crew is cooking up major heat with their Book recommendations. That being said, these are masterclass books that you need to get you in motion this year. Don't miss out on these life changing authors and let us know your recommendation as well.
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How We Set Our Million-Dollar Wealth Goals for 2023
While we fell short in 2022, after some recalibration we created our million-dollar wealth strategy for 2023. Here's hoping we hit the mark.
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How to Get Credit Card Companies To Pay You
Going through how we reversed our relationship with our credit card companies. Not all debt is bad debt. Leverage points and benefits. Don't hate the player, learn to play the game.
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Improving Your Cash Flow is the Key to Wealth
For starters, welcome to The Neighborhood Finance Guy website where we discuss financial literacy topics such as How to Grow Your Wealth, Building a Better Cash Flow Strategy, Investment, Retirement and more. My goal is to help you make effective decisions and set S.M.A.R.T+E.R. goals with your money. As always, the information is FREE but the struggle is not sold separately. Ever Heard About Cash Flow? The first time I ever heard of the term cash flow was in Cost Accounting class. Even then, it was kinda abstract. By definition, a cash flow statement provides data regarding all cash inflows that a company receives from its ongoing operations and external…
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The Rise of the Slumlord First Time Real Estate Investor
With all the wealth building conversation centered around Real Estate Investing, the Financial Griot podcast tackles how not to be a Slumlord RE investor. Lawrence shares his journey to becoming a first-time real estate investor. His approach to investing in real estate; location, opportunity, and intentionally building wealth. Thinking ahead and investing for the future and the next generation; with the right level of help.
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How to Bring in $45k of Passive Income by Q4 2022
Reviewing The Neighborhood Finance Guy's (TNFG) not so passive income and what generated $45,000 through 2022. Extra Money is Good Money! With the market slowing through 2024, get creative and earn more.