Have you ever taken the time to track where your money is going each day? Keeping an eye on this is SO important if you want to grow your wealth. In today’s episode, I’m sharing three tips for determining what your income is and where it’s going.

This will be the last episode for the next month or so while I settle into my new job, grad school, and celebrate my BIRTHDAY! While the podcast goes on a brief hiatus, be sure to listen back to old episodes of the show, take some notes, and follow along with me on Instagram @idontdobudgets!

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For real, grab your notebooks for this one!!! Maya and Raniesha of VendHER and Compass are two Black women who use their 9-5 jobs to fund their "5-9” passions. Both of the platforms they’ve created encourages Black women to participate in creative forms of investing. Maya and Raniesha invest in the vending machine business and are also real estate investors. They teach people how to start and scale their vending business and they also guide Black women who are first-generation homebuyers through the home buying process. This is done through their consulting services, group economics, and Black wealth empowerment. 

WHEW! That interview was FIRE-YERRR. Please tell me that you’re going to start looking up vending machines after this!? If so -- or if you had any other major breakthroughs while listening, be sure to tag me and @_Vendher and let us know your what your biggest takeaways were!

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Have you ever thought about getting into the trucking business? If not, you just may be interested after hearing how Ericka Williams got started! Ericka took money she earned from service-based businesses and working as an apartment manager to invest in real estate and trucking. She now manages 1.9 million dollars in assets via over 12 semi trucks, 9 rental properties, and working on a new project called Texas Ground Zero.

My biggest takeaway was having data and systems in place to ensure that your business is always ready for ANYTHING, whether that’s applying for a loan, seeing where your expenses are, how profitable you are and so much more. What was your takeaway? Tag me and Ericka on social media and let us know!

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Cinneah El Amin is the founder of flynanced.com - a blog at the intersection of financial freedom and travel. As a seasoned traveler to nearly 30 countries across 6 continents, Cinneah created Flynanced™ to inspire readers to achieve financial freedom and see the world on their terms. She documents how to plan, save, and strategize for travel without accruing unnecessary debt. She's on a personal mission to pay off $23,000 in debt this year while cash flowing her vacations to 5 new countries. Through Flynanced, she shows readers that it is possible to travel whether you have bills, debt, or other expenses.

Cinneah was an AMAZING guest! I left this interview with pages of notes and am feeling inspired to travel a ton more once we’re able to. Tag me and Cinneah on Instagram with your top 3 takeaways and let us know your favorite travel hacks we talked about today were! 

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Ashley Copeland is the twenty-something host of Stacks and the City, the podcast dedicated to showing women how to build wealth and increase their net worth. Raised by a single mother in rural North Carolina, Ashley learned early about how money can affect your way of life. She opened her first investment account at age 21 and purchased her first investment home at 24. As a result of her work, Ashley amassed a six-figure net worth without ever earning a six-figure salary!  

This episode with Ashley is SO good. I love the way she breaks down the difference between salary and net worth. My biggest takeaway from this episode is that it doesn’t matter how much money you make - you can still build wealth! Let us know what YOUR biggest takeaway was by tagging us both on Instagram.

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Ree Farrington is the owner and inventor of the natural hair styling tool called The Coil Brush. As a wife and mother of three that wears multiple hats on a daily basis, adding inventor and entrepreneur to the list was an unexpected surprise. In less than a year's time and with no background in engineering, she turned a silly idea into a top-selling product.

It was so great talking to Ree about launching a new product line from the ground up! I learned so much about product development and even where to look for legal resources online. I know you’ll learn a lot too, so be sure to tag us with your top takeaways from this episode!

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On today’s episode, I am talking about being laid off, applying for unemployment, getting a new job, wanting to go to therapy, and rental updates. In this episode I am very transparent about what’s going on with my money, being laid off for the first time, how I was too prideful to apply to unemployment and what made me finally apply.  Honestly, I didn't want to talk about a lot of these things but I wanted to show that even when you think people have it all together... sometimes they don't and it's okay! That’s life and life happens. Sometimes you have to put your pride aside and ask for help. Money has so many emotions tied to it and it’s okay to feel the feels. We got this! 

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Our guest for this episode, Cora Miller, is a perfect example of using the times to your advantage. When looking for a natural hair care product for her young son, Cora couldn't find anything that catered to young Black and brown boys. So she made her own! Shortly after that experience, she founded Young King Hair Care. In this episode, she talks about the manufacturing process, her vision for retail, branding, her super fast growth and so much more. If you are wondering how to get your product out there to the masses this episode IS FOR YOU!

I learned so much from Cora about the product creation process. My biggest takeaway was starting with how you want to finish! Cora knew she wanted to get into retail so that’s exactly how she started. Tag us with your top takeaway on Instagram, and enjoy this episode!

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Today Mark Jones II is bringing some real estate GEMS to the I Don’t Do Budgets show! Mark is an LA native and and witnessed the real estate equity boom prior to the bubble of 2007-2008. He knew then as he knows now that wealth is built in real estate equity. In 2015 he househacked his first single family home in LA County, which allowed him to Live rent-free and to use the equity he received from his first house to get his Los Angeles triplex. He now owns a triplex near the new SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California and has a brand called Livin' Rent Free where he teaches people how they too can live free.

If you’ve ever been interested in the concept of living rent-free, you do NOT want to miss this one. Mark gives us so many good recommendations and got me seriously thinking about eliminating my own biggest expense: rent.

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Today’s guest is Maya Mitchell - she purchased her very first home in Prince George's County, MD at the young age of 24! Since then, she’s become the founder of Ms. Young Homeowner, a resource and community for black millennial women navigating homeownership and the home-buying process. Ms. Young Homeowner is currently focusing on the first time homebuyer and giving them all the info to guide first time homebuyers throughout the homeownership journey.

You’re going to love this episode with Maya if you are going through the home buying process or plan to one day. She provides SO many nuggets and gems that will help you get prepared. Be sure to tag us both with your top takeaways - I know I learned so much!

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Can you imagine making money from real estate investments WITHOUT actually owning any properties?! Today’s guest is teaching us how to do just that, investing in real estate in a less traditional but VERY strategic way. 

Tommy Holt Jr. started his real estate career in 2008 when he became a real estate agent while still working a full-time job as a SWAT officer in Miami. He quickly recognized during the start of the 2008 recession that only the strong and resourceful investors would still be in the game after all the dust had settled. During this time is where his love for real estate INVESTING started to take shape. His first flip resulted in a $10,000 loss, but after a ton of research and support from different mentors, he found massive success in wholesaling. Since then he’s done over 100 wholesale deals and has 7 AirBnB properties in 2 different countries. 

You have to listen to the entire episode because it is mind blowing the way he invests and the way he thinks about real estate investing. 

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