Making Cents
Frances Cook
It's time to make the money world make cents. Join Frances Cook, best-selling author and award-winning journalist, to talk about the proven ways to invest your way to financial independence, buy your first home, or just get your spending under control.
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11/13/24 • 34 min
TV presenter Brodie Kane shares her co-ownership journey, and what she learned from hosting the new TV series On The Ladder with Kiwibank.
Buying a house is far from easy, because let’s be honest, they’re expensive
Building up a deposit, getting approval from the bank, then keeping paying it off, it’s all a bit of a mountain to climb
Not to mention, if something goes wrong with the house, you’re now in charge and have to figure repairs, maintenance, and all the other very adult stuff.
Well some people are teaming up to make these problems less scary.
Rather than buying with a romantic partner, you could buy in with family, or friends.
Big commitment there, but for some, the only way to get into property.
So what can go right and wrong with this, and how do you do it smartly?
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The traveller’s guide to staying money smart
Making Cents
10/02/24 • 15 min
Welcome to Ask the Experts, where each week we talk to people in the industry to get the inside word on what’s happening right now, and what that means for the tactics that you should use to make the most of your money.
This week we’ve partnered up with Kiwibank, who has kindly leant us their expert Hayley Tito, senior product manager for everyday banking, and we’re talking travel.
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From women’s refuge to financial freedom at 33
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11/17/24 • 48 min
Angela Strang, property investor and business owner, shares her tips for reaching financial independence.
Sometimes a difficult experience early in life will shape you, for better or worse.
For Angela, it was an early experience of finding herself as a child with her family in women’s refuge, that made her determined she would create financial stability for herself, and any future family that she had.
So as a young adult she looked for highly paid jobs, and funneled that into property investments.
But after hitting financial independence at 33, she didn’t want to stop.
Now she’s on the cusp of buying a business, too.
Why not stop and kick back a bit?
Well, because she wants to help other kids who might be in a similar situation to what she once was.
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From professional poker, to a podcast empire: the realities of starting a business in the internet age
Making Cents
10/20/24 • 60 min
Steve Holloway and Seamus Marten from Between Two Beers share what it takes to make a business work in the internet age.
In some ways, it’s never been easier to start a business. But it’s one thing to start a business, and another to keep it running and making money.
Many entrepreneurs start out in an area that they’re passionate about, but soon realise they have to wear a lot of other hats too that they’re not so passionate about, in order to get the business off the ground.
People might see your business selling one thing, but what they don’t see is the strategy behind the scenes, the marketing, the accounts, the taxes, ugh the taxes.
So what does it take to be in business now, and does making use of the online world make it easier, or harder?
Well, there’s a couple of New Zealanders smashing this right now, so I figured it was time to pick their brains.
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10/23/24 • 6 min
A highlight clip from the September 30th episode, "How house sitting with alpacas turned into a digital nomad dream", with Sarah Kelsey from the OneUp Project.
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10/27/24 • 45 min
Natasha Etschmann, as known as Tash Invests, shares how investing into stocks and the sharemarket created the opportunity to move from working in health, to running her own business.
When you think about starting your own business, the usual advice is to take what you already do for work, and turn it into something you can do on your own.
So what if an opportunity comes along that’s totally different to what you’ve been doing until now?
That’s what happened to Tash Invests, otherwise known as Natasha Etschmann.
One minute she was working as a support worker, finishing her studies to become a full-time occupational therapy worker, and the next her videos about her savings and investments were blowing up online.
Making the leap from health, to finance and content creation, is a fairly big one.
But she eventually decided, it was time to at least try.
Here’s how she made it work.
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10/30/24 • 19 min
Welcome to Ask the Experts, where each week we talk to people in the industry to get the inside word on what’s happening right now, and what that means for the tactics that you should use to make the most of your money.
This week we’ve partnered up with AMP, which has kindly leant us their expert Kate Brownsey, a sustainable investment analyst, and we’re talking about greenwashing and how to avoid being tricked by it... because nobody likes that.
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11/03/24 • 68 min
Glen James, author of The Quick-Start Guide to Investing and host of the Money Money Money podcast, talks money pitfalls and how to invest successfully.
Learning how to invest has to be one of the top questions I get in my inbox each week.
And I love investing - it’s one of the fun parts of taking control of your money, to see it grow as well.
But of course there are pitfalls, and you need to have your financial house in order before you give it a whirl.
So how do you avoid the bear traps? Let’s talk to someone who’s ready to drop... more than a few truth bombs.
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Decoding the housing market's alphabet soup
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11/06/24 • 21 min
Welcome to Ask the Experts, where each week we talk to people in the industry to get the inside word on what’s happening right now, and what that means for the tactics that you should use to make the most of your money.
This week I’ve partnered up with realestate.co.nz, who has kindly leant us their expert Vanessa Williams, and we’re talking all of those acronyms that turn into alphabet soup when you’re just trying to figure out what’s going on in the property world.
So today... we're jargon busting.
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09/29/24 • 56 min
Sarah Kelsey from the OneUp Project shares the highs and lows of digital nomad life, and how she uses house sitting to make the dream a reality.
The idea of taking off to see the world, but still getting to have a career, is an enticing one, and that’s the obvious appeal behind the idea of becoming a digital nomad.
If so many people can work from home, then why can’t you also work from anywhere but home?
Travel is made easier with money to fund it, and if you’re able to keep working remotely, that’s one big tick to help you out.
Another smart tactic is to cut your costs, such as by finding free accommodation by house sitting.
The digital nomad world is, however, often full of hype, with only whispers about how hard it can be in reality.
That’s not what we do here though...
Today, it’s a conversation with someone who’s making this dream a reality, but is also more than willing to share both the highs and the lows of the journey.
Like being surrounded by friendly alpacas one minute, and the next, feeling horribly alone without friends and family.
So how strategic do you need to get to pull off the digital nomad life, and how do you improve the odds of actually being successful?
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FAQ
How many episodes does Making Cents have?
Making Cents currently has 16 episodes available.
What topics does Making Cents cover?
The podcast is about House, Financial Independence, Retirement, Career, Property, Investing, Money, Income, How To, Earning, Podcasts, Fire, Finance, Education, Job and Business.
What is the most popular episode on Making Cents?
The episode title 'How house sitting with alpacas turned into a digital nomad dream' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Making Cents?
The average episode length on Making Cents is 35 minutes.
How often are episodes of Making Cents released?
Episodes of Making Cents are typically released every 3 days, 23 hours.
When was the first episode of Making Cents?
The first episode of Making Cents was released on Aug 26, 2024.
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