Hey converts! It feels good to be back behind the mic! April was a busy month! Taxes were due to be filed and I had and audit for the previous year’s taxes. Yikes! My wife and I Bought two houses using the 1031 exchange program to defer taxes on a house we sold in March. We […]
My wife and I finally bought our third used cash car, after thinking about it for a couple of months, and just in time. My mother-in-law arrived tonight. So, we won’t have to do the car shuffle. After thinking of something sporty or maybe small and super economical, we finally decided on something in the […]
One of the people I planned to meet at FinCon14 was Todd Tresidder. Mission accomplished! Todd has an amazing story. He went from being a high school entrepreneur and mechanic to hedge fund manager. He found himself “retired” at age 35 after selling the hedge fund business he was a partner in. This was in 1998. […]
After my road trip to FinCon14. I recorded this episode, interviewing my friend Jared Easley, at FinCon 14 in New Orleans. FinCon14 is a financial bloggers conference. This is my first trip to FinCon. At this conference, bloggers and podcasters get together to socialize and build a community around helping people with their personal finance. All financial […]
I was going to speak on something else this week, but I wanted to speak on an article that just made me shake my head. The article was published back in November of 2013 and is titled “Five Reasons to Buy a New Car” by Ravi Kumarr at groundreport.com. I am concerned for the people who read this […]
In this episode of the Cash Car Convert Podcast I will cover 10 questions you should ask before going to see a used car. To quote the old Yellow Pages commercial, “Let your fingers do the walking.” Do spend your time or gas needlessly. Prequalify each car before you drive to inspect. 10 Questions to qualify […]
Introduction to James Kinson and the Cash Car Convert Podcast. How Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover changed my life and how I now plan to help others. Click to Listen
Before I get to the tips in this post, let me start by explaining how this blog about cash cars was conceived. It all goes back to when I listened to the audiobook “Total Money Makeover” in 2009, by Dave Ramsey. Since I listened to Dave’s book, I became a regular listener to his radio […]