Twin Towers: Lessons in Financial Freedom from Wall Street to Main Street | The Wealth Twins | 92

Catching Up to FI

08/18/24 • 74 min

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Meet Nadia and Nicole, the Wealth Twins! Raised by a single mother in New York City's toughest projects, these twin sisters overcame obstacles to graduate from Columbia University, work on Wall Street, and ultimately achieve early retirement. In this episode, they recount experiences from 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis, discuss multifamily real estate and dividend investing strategies, and offer practical tips for late financial starters. Learn how they built the Wealth Twins platform to share their knowledge and drive towards financial independence.

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00:00 Defying Expectations: From Guidance Counselor Doubts to Ivy League Success

00:40 Avoiding Financial Scams: Tips for Beginners 02:29 Introduction to Catching Up to FI: Meet the Hosts and Guests 03:24 The Wealth Twins: From Humble Beginnings to Financial Independence 05:39 Discovering Twin Identity: The Twins Festival Experience

09:17 Money Management: Different Approaches to Saving and Spending

12:40 The Influence of a Single Mom: Education and Financial Lessons

18:14 Navigating Tragedy: 9/11 and the Financial Crisis

31:50 Building Passive Income: Real Estate, Dividends, and Entrepreneurship

36:36 Budgeting for Business and Personal Finances

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08/18/24 • 74 min

Catching Up to FI - Twin Towers: Lessons in Financial Freedom from Wall Street to Main Street | The Wealth Twins | 92

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the guidance counselor said, you shouldn't try for Columbia. You need to try for a city college or Brooklyn college, because it's going to be too expensive and you're not going to be able to get in. And he said that to us. And I was like, you know what? I'm going to try anyway. And on the other end of that, we were playing basketball at the time. We had their parents saying, you should try for Columbia. So we didn't let that guidance counselor stop us. And we both tri

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