The Personal Finance Podcast

How to Save $100,000 on a Low Salary

The Personal Finance Podcast

Show Notes

Saving six figures on a low salary sounds impossible until someone shows you the timeline. Let Andrew walks you through every one of them in order.

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What You'll Learn in This Episode

Why the first $100,000 is the hardest, and what actually does the heavy lifting to get you there

The 1-3-6 method for building your financial foundation in stages instead of all at once

What counts toward your savings rate and what does not

How to climb from 5% to 20% invested without a giant income jump

The three expense categories that eat most low-income budgets, and how to attack them

Every lever for raising your income, from certifications to overtime to job hopping

How long $250, $500, $1,000, and $1,500 a month each take to reach six figures

The mistakes that quietly reset your progress right when it starts working

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Tool/s Mentioned

How To Negotiate Your Salary https://mastermoney.co/get-that-raise-ebook/

The Ultimate Guide to the 1-3-6 Emergency Fund Method https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wbu4UWoWBKvFcAIYn2IND-twKACWVEE1/view

Episode/s Mentioned

5 Side-Hustles That Can Turn into a Full time Income! https://youtu.be/bEIzgYWLi1I

5 Side Hustles That Can Turn into a Full time Income! Part 2 https://youtu.be/10C4zt9w8NQ

5 Side Hustles That Can Turn into a Full Time Income! (Part 3) https://youtu.be/jEkKQZVYLSg

5 Side Hustles That Can Turn Into a Full Time Income (Part 4) https://youtu.be/DPQwY_U3lKY

The $10K, $100K, $1M Milestones That Change Everything https://youtu.be/oM7FvHv75Hw

How to Negotiate Your Salary (The Step-By-Step System!) https://youtu.be/rIDlLqDI3O0

The Stairway to Wealth 3.0! (The Step-by-Step Order For Your Money) https://youtu.be/_XSUQluC0To

How to Build Your Investment Portfolio (The Portfolio Pyramid!) https://youtu.be/Vn-NXfFWtfU

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How to Build a Vacation Fund That Pays You For Life + (Money Q&A) https://youtu.be/SMDRQkqnA74

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