275: The Most Common (and Rarely Discussed) Money Mishaps w/ David Pere

Lifestyle creep, budget hesitancy, and cash scarcity are problems you’d likely hear from someone just getting into the realm of financial independence /literacy. But, funnily enough, these wealth woes aren’t coming from newbies—they’re coming from two asset-stacking veterans, Mindy Jensen and David Pere from The Military Millionaire Podcast . While on the outside David and Mindy may look like squeaky clean financial figures, they’ve realized recently that they have to tighten up their systems to maximize wealth. Mindy has seen a slow and steady lifestyle creep, and although her income can support her, she still wants to have a strong sense of strategy when it comes to budgeting and expense tracking . David has tried time and time again to budget, but it’s never really gone to plan. He also is feeling a bit stressed at times due to his “ cash poor, asset rich ” lifestyle that has allowed him to build so much wealth. Our two hosts serve as financial therapists for one another other in this episode as they dive deep into how each other can re-strategize their financial situations . Even the gurus don’t always get it right! In This Episode We Cover How to turn budget hesitancy into expense-tracking mastery Stocking up your emergency reserve so you (and your business) can survive life’s hiccups Entrepreneur income and why you should go lean on your business spending, without compromising quality Lifestyle/income creep and how to fight it so you can save and invest more Why everyone (even our money gurus) make mistakes from time to time And So Much More! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices