Episodes
In this week's episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert and Austin answer your questions! Do I max out my Roth IRA or my 401(k)? How do I best help my dad get ready for retirement? I'm a 39 year old immigrant, what next? I make $110K in the Army, do I buy or rent? I'm up 100%, should I sell my stocks? --- Don't forget to check your email inbox this morning! The ⁠Rich Habits Newsletter⁠ goes out every Thursday :) --- Register for our pre-IPO / angel investing webinar! ⁠Click...
Published 07/25/24
In this episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert Croak and Austin Hankwitz share their three biggest disagreements with Dave Ramsey. Despite popular belief, we're aligned with Dave on a few things... don't have a mortgage in retirement, get rid of the high-interest car debt, etc. However, there are a few things we completely disagree with. In this episode, we dive into them and explain our side of the story and why we believe our perspective will help the average American reach...
Published 07/22/24
Published 07/22/24
In this episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert Croak and Austin Hankwitz answer your questions! --- Don't forget to check your email inbox this morning! The Rich Habits Newsletter goes out every Thursday :) --- Register for our pre-IPO / angel investing webinar! Click here! --- Public has finally launched options trading on their platform! To create an account and begin trading options, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- ⭐ Download our FREE Budgeting Template – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click...
Published 07/18/24
In this episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, we sit down with entrepreneur and real estate mogul Jaspreet Singh. While Jaspreet is the CEO of Briefs Media, you might instead recognize him from his YouTube channel Minority Mindset. Jaspreet shares with us why it's important to work on the business and not in the business, how he began to grow his real estate empire, and his biggest lessons along the way. Here's Jaspreet's Instagram account and YouTube channel! --- 👉 Register for our...
Published 07/15/24
In this week's episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert and Austin answer your questions! --- Should I convert my Traditional IRA into a Roth? What should I do with $500K in savings? What exactly is high interest debt? How should I allocate $120K across investments? How do I DCA a lump sum of cash? What should I do as someone making $10K / month? --- Join our pre-IPO / angel investing webinar, click here! --- Subscribe to the Rich Habits Newsletter, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click...
Published 07/11/24
In this episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert and Austin walk through a 10-point financial checklist every parent needs to complete. Every single one of these points will cause a material change in the financial outcome of your child. Generational wealth is the goal, let's get there together! --- Join us for our pre-IPO & angel investing webinar! August 8th at 4p ET. Register now! --- Invest into physical gold through your Roth IRA using Preserve Gold. Click here! --- Find...
Published 07/08/24
In this week's episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert Croak and Austin Hankwitz answer your questions! Should I buy a house or build my base? When am I ready to buy single stocks? What do I do about this match on my 401(k)? Should I max out my 401(k)? What is a bridge account? When am I ready to trade options? Should I sell my business for $1.5M? --- Subscribe to the Rich Habits Newsletter, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Public has finally launched options trading on...
Published 07/04/24
In this episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert Croak and Austin Hankwitz get personal with their own life situations and past traumas. We share our own perspectives on aging parents, as well as how to prevent the #1 cause of bankruptcy in the USA. --- Learn more about long-term care insurance & term life insurance by visiting Suriance's website: suriance.com/richhabits --- Sign up for your 30-day free trial of the all-in-one personal finance app, Monarch Money! Visit...
Published 07/01/24
In this week's episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert and Austin answer your questions! How should I split my 401(k) between Blue Chip funds and Target Date funds? Should I pay off student loan debt or invest? What are my retirement investing options as a real estate agent in Tampa, FL? How do I increase my passive income if I get laid off at work? I want to cash out my 401(k) to invest in real estate, is this a good idea? How am I taxed on SPYI and QQQI? --- Subscribe...
Published 06/27/24
In this episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert Croak and Austin Hankwitz flip things around. Instead of talking about setting your family up for generations or optimizing your tax situation, they instead wanted to cater an entire episode around the person who's living paycheck to paycheck and trying to dig themselves out of a hole. Personal finance is personal. We all have a unique relationship with money. Some people have it in abundance, others work countless hour every week to earn...
Published 06/24/24
In this episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert and Austin answer your questions! How do I talk to my boyfriend about money? Should I rollover my old 401(k)? How do I pay for $320K worth of tuition? We have $300K in Google, time to diversify? Do I buy my dream home? Where do I buy altcoins? Is the market going to crash? --- Subscribe to the Rich Habits Newsletter, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Public has finally launched options trading on their platform! To create an...
Published 06/20/24
In this episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert Croak and Austin Hankwitz talk about tax loss harvesting. They also welcome Mo, the CEO of Frec.com, to the show to break down direct indexing + tax loss harvesting in a more intricate way. --- Skip the waitlist and invest in blue-chip art for the very first time by signing up for Masterworks: https://www.masterworks.art/richhabitsPurchase shares in great masterpieces from artists like Pablo Picasso, Banksy, Andy Warhol, and more.See...
Published 06/17/24
In this week's episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert and Austin answer your questions! What return assumptions do you use? How should I add Bitcoin to my Roth IRA? What is Section 121? Should I take out a HELOC to invest? Pay cash for school or build my base? Should I use a 3X leveraged ETF? Should I sell my investment property for a loss? --- Subscribe to the Rich Habits Newsletter, ⁠⁠⁠⁠click here!⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Public has finally launched options trading on their...
Published 06/13/24
In this episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert Croak and Austin Hankwitz break down three financial concepts you need to know. Dividend Reinvestment Savings Rate vs. Rate of Return Net Income vs. Free Cash Flow There are of course several other concepts that are important for building wealth and analyzing new investments, but these concepts will get anyone moving in the right direction! Don't forget to subscribe to the new Rich Habits Newsletter! 2,300 of you already have since...
Published 06/10/24
In this episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert Croak and Austin Hankwitz answer your questions! Should I roll over my IRA for Robinhood's match? How do I roll over my old retirement accounts? Should I pay off my car or my student loans? Can I use a promotion as an excuse to switch 401(k) providers? What do I do with $70K in settlement money? Should I sell my rental with $385K of equity? --- Subscribe to the Rich Habits Newsletter, ⁠⁠⁠click here!⁠⁠⁠ --- Public has...
Published 06/06/24
In this episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert Croak and Austin Hankwitz sit down with Jeremy Schneider from @PersonalFinanceClub on Instagram! Jeremy sold his software company for $5M in 2015. He quickly had $2.2M deposited to his checking account. Since the exit of his company, he's grown his net worth to over $5M. Austin and Robert ask Jeremy how he invested his money, his biggest money mistakes, and his new company. Follow @PersonalFinanceClub on Instagram Check out Nectarine,...
Published 06/03/24
In this episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert Croak and Austin Hankwitz answer your questions! What are the best budgeting apps? Should I want growth or income? Am I too late to retire wealthy? Mega Backdoor Roth Solo 401k? Should I buy stocks or real estate? Difference between SPYI and real estate? How do I pay off $100K in student loans? HYSA vs. T-Bills? What happens to ETFs when a stock splits? --- Subscribe to the Rich Habits Newsletter, ⁠⁠click...
Published 05/30/24
In this episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert Croak and Austin Hankwitz share their financial playbook for recent graduates. How to retire a multi-millionaire, excel in your career, and get across the finish line. --- Skip the waitlist and invest in blue-chip art for the very first time by signing up for Masterworks: https://www.masterworks.art/richhabits Purchase shares in great masterpieces from artists like Pablo Picasso, Banksy, Andy Warhol, and more. See important Masterworks...
Published 05/27/24
In this episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert Croak and Austin Hankwitz answer your questions! How should I invest for my kids? How to optimize real estate assets. Investing $50 / month as a college student. Should I make double mortgage payments? How do I handle $68K in student debt with a $100K salary? Should I prioritize a Traditional IRA or Roth IRA? Handling your idle cash when preparing to buy a house. --- Subscribe to the Rich Habits Newsletter, ⁠click...
Published 05/25/24
In this episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert Croak and Austin Hankwitz sit down with Jay Jacobs, the Head of Thematic Investing and Active ETFs at BlackRock to discuss their IBIT Spot Bitcoin ETF. To learn more about IBIT, click here! --- Subscribe to the Rich Habits Newsletter, click here! Join us for an Options Trading Webinar, click here! --- ⭐ Download our FREE Budgeting Template – ⁠⁠click here⁠⁠ ⭐ Earn 5.1% on your savings with a High-Yield Cash Account – ⁠⁠click here⁠⁠ ⭐...
Published 05/20/24
In this episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert Croak and Austin Hankwitz answer your questions! How do I house-hack a condo? What are the best dividend ETFs? I'm 18 and need help. Why do you all like VTI and QQQ? How do I make $100K / year in passive income? How do I buy my first investment property? --- Subscribe to the Rich Habits Newsletter, ⁠click here!⁠ --- Public has finally launched options trading on their platform! To create an account and begin trading...
Published 05/16/24
In this episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert Croak and Austin Hankwitz are joined by Katie Stockton of Fairlead Strategies. Katie is a statistician with decades of experience reading price action and technical indicators. Katie shares with us a few of her favorite strategies to identify potential winning stocks as well as how anyone can begin hedging against market volatility with (TACK). --- To learn more about Fairlead Strategies, click here. To sign up for the Fairlead...
Published 05/13/24
In this episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert Croak and Austin Hankwitz answer your questions! Should I buy a house or continue to live with my parents? Do you have any book recommendations? I'm about to get a $21K bonus, what do I do with it? Will SPYI or QQQI ever go to $0? Should I max out my Roth 401k? I want to buy out my uncle for $7M, what do I do? --- Subscribe to the Rich Habits Newsletter, click here! --- Public has finally launched options trading on their...
Published 05/09/24
In this episode of the Rich Habits Podcast, Robert Croak and Austin Hankwitz talk about the three most important mindset shifts everyone must make to become a millionaire. --- Discover Yahoo Finance's redesigned website and sync your existing brokerage accounts, click here! --- Skip the waitlist and invest in blue-chip art for the very first time by signing up for Masterworks: https://www.masterworks.art/richhabits Purchase shares in great masterpieces from artists like Pablo Picasso,...
Published 05/06/24