Rogue Retirement Lounge with Matt Franklin: Entrepreneur, Investor, Bitcoin Enthusiast

So just for the hell of it, I thought I'd record a quick episode covering some of the week's retirement-related news. It's a short episode, but have a listen.

Retirement planning is seriously like a part-time job, so I want this podcast to be a one-stop resource for you. Doing a weekly news episode might be part of the plan, so let me know if you get any value out of this.

Meanwhile, this retirement planning podcast does have a website, so pop by and sign up for my mailing list...

What if you can't afford to retire? What if half of your nest egg gets wiped out in the coming economic collapse? Or what if you could retire five years earlier by finding an alternative place to live for less than half the price of the US?

Today I'm very proud to have Tim Leffel on the show. He's an award-winning travel writer and author of The World’s Cheapest Destinations, Travel Writing 2.0, and the living abroad book A Better Life for Half the Price...

One of the best, most simple explanations I've ever heard for economics is from the book “The Armchair Economist,” by Steven Landsburg. He wrote that most of economics can be summarized in four words: “People respond to incentives.”

People respond to incentives.

Here in Portland, we've incentivized homelessness and lawlessness with our attitudes and legislation essentially encouraging our homeless friends to do drugs and commit whatever crime necessary to support their habit...

Do you know Jon Dwoskin? If not, you should. He's a successful business coach and host of the THINK Business Podcast.

Here's Jon's bio: https://jondwoskin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/About-Jon.pdf

Here's where you can find videos of Jon, his books, his blog and more: https://jondwoskin.com/resources/

We don't talk too much about retirement planning in this episode, but if you're self-employed, you'll get a ton of value from Jon...

Inflation And Your Retirement Plan In today's episode of the Rogue Retirement Lounge Podcast, I'm briefly going to cover yet another reason why you shouldn't pay off your home mortgage early and then we're gonna have some real talk about inflation. Inflation and taxes are the two biggest destroyers of your retirement wealth, so it's worth talking about them. I know, nobody wants to talk about inflation, but it needs to be done...

In this episode I will show you how paying an extra $100 a month to pay down your home mortgage could cost you around $85,000. With real numbers and everything!

One of the best and easiest ways to build wealth is simply by owning your house. But in today's low-interest environment, paying off your mortgage early could be an expensive mistake...

Today's episode is an intro to the self-directed IRA. Did you know you can buy cryptocurrencies within an IRA and get tax-free gains on the growth? Or other alternative investments, like cattle, race horses or precious metals.

Log onto E*Trade and try to buy investment real estate within your IRA. You can't do it. And that's why you need to self-direct.

Jordan Sheppherd has helped hundreds of people set up self-directed IRAs and solo 401(k) plans...

James Altucher is an outspoken opponent of buying a home. He wrote a very popular blog post about why here.

In today's episode, I cover a couple reasons why this advice is extremely irresponsible. If you follow it, you could be missing out on the easiest money you've ever made.

According to the Federal Reserve Bulletin that came out in late 2020, the median homeowner has about 40 times the household wealth of a renter...

I've had a couple questions about who I am, what I do, and what qualifies me to give financial advice. Well, the first thing you should all know is that I'm NOT qualified to give you advice and nothing in this podcast should be considered financial, legal, investment, or tax advice.

BUT, I am a semi-legit entrepreneur and I do understand the challenges that we entrepreneurs face when dealing with retirement planning, so this podcast CAN help you as you do your retirement research...

Today’s guest is Andrew Stotz, host of the podcast, “My Worst Investment Ever.” I’m super excited to have him as the first guest of this show, because he’s a very experienced investor and analyst, he’s REALLY smart, and he’s lived in Bangkok since 1992, so he’s an all-around interesting dude.

Andrew is a teacher who has created classes to help simplify investing and to help people becomes smarter investor. See below for links where you can get 50% off of two of his classes...