Adulting Is Easy: Making Personal Finance & Real Estate Easy

By Lauren K Aumond

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If we make money easier, we make adulting easier. Period. Lauren interviews guests about personal finance topics, like real estate, saving, credit, budgeting, debt, investing, crypto, stocks, dividends, and more. Neither Lauren nor her guests take these topics too seriously though. If you're interested in learning about money and reaching financial independence in an approachable way, this podcast is for you. You'll learn personal finance basics and gain ideas about how and where to invest.

Episode Date
AIE 212: The FINAL Episode
Aug 05, 2025
AIE 211: 8 Money Catalysts
Jul 22, 2025
AIE 210: Investment Mistakes to Avoid
Jul 08, 2025
AIE 209: Win-Win Real Estate: Creative Deals That Help Everyone Win
Jun 24, 2025
AIE 208: Finding PASSIONATE Income (AIE 122 Replay)
Jun 10, 2025
AIE 207: From Illiteracy to Empowerment: A Money Conversation
May 27, 2025
AIE 206: How to Become First-Generation Wealthy
May 13, 2025
AIE 205: Avoiding the Mistakes of the Man Who Did Everything Wrong
Apr 29, 2025
AIE 204: Definition of Courage: Act in Spite of Fear
Apr 15, 2025
AIE 203: REPLAY AIE 120: Go to the Investing Gym
Apr 01, 2025
AIE 202: Work, Save, Rest: Building Wealth for Sabbaticals and Beyond
Mar 18, 2025
AIE 201: Childfree and Charitable: Dying With Zero
Mar 04, 2025
AIE 200: Adulting Is Easy: Interview with Lauren
Feb 18, 2025
AIE 199: 3 Pillars of Prosperity
Feb 04, 2025
AIE 198: One Number Budget
Jan 21, 2025
AIE 197: Success Leaves Clues FOLLOW THEM
Jan 07, 2025
AIE 196: Year in Review 2024
Dec 24, 2024
AIE 195: Life Style Design: The 5 Freedoms
Dec 10, 2024
AIE 194: Real Estate vs Bitcoin
Dec 09, 2024
AIE 193: Credit Cards are Like Fireworks
Dec 09, 2024
AIE 192: Paying Your Home Off is An Investment
Dec 09, 2024
AIE 191: The Government Has Your Estate Plan if You Don't
Dec 09, 2024
AIE 190: How Retiring at 44 Changed My Life
Dec 09, 2024
AIE 189: Fight All Day and Make a Lot of Money
Sep 03, 2024
AIE 188: Budgeting for Dummies (AIE 131 Replay)
Aug 20, 2024
AIE 187: What if You Can't Pay for College and Save for Retirement?
Aug 06, 2024
AIE 186: Generating Side Income: Are You Buying Dividend Stocks?
Jul 23, 2024
AIE 185: Financial Feast: A Smorgasbord of Personal Finance Tips
Jul 09, 2024
Announcement & Happy Independence Day!
Jul 02, 2024
AIE 184: Small Expenses That Add Up Over Time
Jun 25, 2024
AIE 183: Net Worth: What, How, and Why
Jun 18, 2024
AIE 182: Equity Exchange: Selling Stocks to Buy a Home
Jun 11, 2024
AIE 181: Car Wash Cash Flow: Small Business Financial Tips
Jun 04, 2024
AIE 180: The Landlord Who Rents
May 28, 2024
AIE 179: Don't Read Think and Grow Rich (AIE 61)
May 21, 2024
AIE 178: Bitcoin: Have Fun Staying Poor
May 14, 2024
AIE 177: Wedding Venue Business Breakdown
May 07, 2024
AIE 176: Millions Locked in Retirement Accounts… What to Do?
Apr 30, 2024
AIE 175: Are Student Loans a Scam? How To Pay for College
Apr 23, 2024
AIE 174: Change Your Own Life: Make More & Pay Off Your Debt
Apr 16, 2024
AIE 173: Passive Income with Andrew from The Personal Finance Podcast
Apr 09, 2024
AIE 172: Hack Your Way to Wealth (Even on Minimum Wage)
Apr 02, 2024
AIE 171: Taking Over Dad's Real Estate Business
Mar 26, 2024
AIE 170: All About Roofs & Don't Ever Skip Inspections (HMP 26)
Mar 19, 2024
AIE 169: Real Money is Made During Downturns - Get Ready
Mar 12, 2024
AIE 168: Keep Finance Personal: Get Your Time, Energy & Financials Right
Mar 05, 2024
AIE 167: Wealth Blueprint: Using Your 9-5 to Buy Assets and Retire Early
Feb 27, 2024
AIE 166: When You House Hack a House Hack
Feb 20, 2024
AIE 165: Personal Finance Questions to Ask Your Sweetheart
Feb 13, 2024
AIE 164: Move Yourself Physically, Mentally, and Financially
Feb 06, 2024
AIE 163: Overcoming Landlord Not So Horror Stories
Jan 30, 2024
AIE 162: Stop Stressing About Money (A How To Guide)
Jan 23, 2024
AIE 161: Beyond Broke: Unleash Your Financial Potential
Jan 22, 2024
AIE 160: Turning Real Estate Investing Into MORE Businesses
Jan 09, 2024
AIE 159: What To Do When You Inherit a Property (or Bequeath One)
Jan 02, 2024
AIE 158: Year in Review 2023
Dec 26, 2023
AIE 157: Regulating Personal Finance Influencers
Dec 19, 2023
AIE 156: Financial Independence Doesn't Have To Be Extreme
Dec 12, 2023
AIE 155: Nerding Out Over Airbnb Stock
Dec 05, 2023
AIE 154: Small Business Exit to Accredited Investor and Beyond
Nov 28, 2023
AIE 153: Doing Your First Deal with Your Family
Nov 27, 2023
AIE 152: Mobile Homes May Be the Future of Affordable Housing
Nov 14, 2023
AIE 151: Our Financial System Runs on Bonds
Nov 07, 2023
AIE 150: Getting Started in STRs and Getting Direct Bookings
Oct 31, 2023
AIE 149: Personal Finance is Personal and So is Investing!
Oct 24, 2023
AIE 148: A Million Bucks by 30
Oct 17, 2023
AIE 147: $51k in Debt to House Hacking to Freedom
Oct 10, 2023
AIE 146: 6x Your Return with Credit Card Rewards
Oct 03, 2023
AIE 145: Entrepreneurial Misadventures to 6 Figure W2
Sep 26, 2023
AIE 144: Where Real Estate Investing & Entrepreneurship Meet
Sep 19, 2023
AIE 143: The Best Form of Passive Income is Dividends
Sep 12, 2023
AIE 142: Invest for Your Kids Born and Unborn with Budgetdog
Sep 05, 2023
AIE 141: All About Short-Term Rental Cleaners
Aug 29, 2023
AIE 140: There's More Than 1 Way to Be an Entrepreneur
Aug 22, 2023
AIE 139: The Future of Short-Term Rentals with Paul from Summer
Aug 15, 2023
AIE 138: Wake Up Call $600k Settlement to $220k in Debt
Aug 08, 2023
AIE 137: Serving Tables, Showing Up, and Hustling to 17 Units by 23
Aug 01, 2023
AIE 136: Should You Invest Your Emergency Fund? with Nexus
Jul 25, 2023
AIE 135: NFL Player to House Hacker to Short-Term Rental Airbnb Host
Jul 18, 2023
AIE 134: Success Mindsets with Clint Murphy
Jul 11, 2023
AIE 133: Retiring Early at 32 While Blind
Jul 04, 2023
AIE 132: Ballers, Bankers, and STR Arbitrage
Jun 27, 2023
AIE 131: Budgeting for Dummies
Jun 20, 2023
AIE 130: Life in a Personal Finance Wind Tunnel
Jun 13, 2023
AIE 129: The Easy Way to Get Wealthy with the Wealth Dad
Jun 06, 2023
AIE 128: Managing Short-Term Rentals on Airbnb from Abroad
May 30, 2023
AIE 127: How To Retire from Your 9-5
May 23, 2023
AIE 126: From Crying Over Debt to $1 Million Net Worth
May 16, 2023
AIE 125: Tactical Short-Term Rental Tips from Former Airbnb Employee
May 09, 2023
AIE 124: NFL Players Side Hustle Too
May 02, 2023
AIE 123: When You House Hack an STR & It Has Mold But You Still Make Money
Apr 25, 2023
AIE 122: Finding PASSIONATE Income and Financial Freedom
Apr 18, 2023
AIE 121: Moving Out of Your STR for Guests is Sweat Equity
Apr 11, 2023
AIE 120: Go to the Investing Gym But Don't Get An Investing Tattoo
Apr 04, 2023
AIE 119: Cost Segregation for Real Estate Investing
Mar 28, 2023
AIE 118: Friends, FOMO, Financials with Money with Katie
Mar 21, 2023
AIE 117: Real Estate as a Side Hustle and Finding Your Tribe Online
Mar 14, 2023
AIE 116: Land Flipping and There's No Such Thing as a Perfect Property
Mar 07, 2023
AIE 115: Padding Your PADI (Predicted Annual Dividend Income)
Feb 28, 2023
AIE 114: Self-Managing 87 Rental Units Because PMs Kind of Suck
Feb 21, 2023
AIE 113: Wait Until Marriage? Separate, Joint, or Hybrid Finances
Feb 14, 2023
AIE 112: It's Not Too Late to Start in Real Estate, Even in 2023
Feb 07, 2023
AIE 111: Work for Tips? Better Learn to Manage That Money!
Jan 31, 2023
BONUS: LIVE Twitter Space: Using Sales to Increase Your Income and Retire Early from Jan 24, 2023
Jan 25, 2023
AIE 110: Real Estate is Tough Out There - Agent Perspective
Jan 24, 2023
AIE 109: FIRE Off the Grid with Steve Adcock
Jan 17, 2023
AIE 108: Add Value to Your House Hack to Change Your Family Tree
Jan 10, 2023
AIE 107: Financial Impacts of Divorce with Chris Heavy Metal Money
Jan 03, 2023
Year in Review 2022 Bloopers and Outtakes - Countries Are Hard to Say
Dec 27, 2022
AIE 106: Year in Review 2022
Dec 27, 2022
AIE 105: Getting Investment Money Out of California
Dec 20, 2022
AIE 104: How a Family of 4 Lives on Less Than $60k and Still Invests
Dec 13, 2022
AIE 103: New Investor Buys 1 LTR and 2 Airbnbs in 1 Year
Dec 06, 2022
AIE 102: Credit Cards are Freaking Useful When Used the Right Way
Nov 29, 2022
AIE 101: Coast FI and Semi-Retirement with Jessica from The Fioneers
Nov 22, 2022
AIE 100: Project Resident to Landlord with Lawrence Briggs
Nov 15, 2022
AIE 99: You Should Have Multiple Income Streams with Yo Quiero Dinero
Nov 08, 2022
AIE 98: From Actual BANK to Short-Term Rental
Nov 01, 2022
AIE 97: Wholesaling is Easier Than Getting Eggs Out of a Chicken's Butt
Oct 25, 2022
AIE 96: Pro Soccer Player Opens First Airbnb with Tesho Akindele
Oct 18, 2022
AIE 95: Entepreneurship - Don't Be Afraid to Start!
Oct 11, 2022
BONUS: Do you believe in you? Success mindset with Litan Yahav from Vyzer (Live)
Oct 07, 2022
AIE 94: What even is financial coaching?!
Oct 04, 2022
AIE 93: Short-Term Rental Arbitrage with Sarah Glidewell
Sep 27, 2022
AIE 92: HOW and WHY to Pay Off Debt from a Bankruptcy Lawyer
Sep 20, 2022
AIE 91: Financial Impacts of Car Accidents with Joshua Schwadron
Sep 13, 2022
AIE 90: Stock Market History with Brian Feroldi
Sep 06, 2022
AIE 89: Retiring Your Husband with Amazon FBA
Aug 30, 2022
AIE 88: Goal-Setting: No Mistakes, Only Learning Opportunities
Aug 23, 2022
AIE 87: Real Estate: Getting Started in STRs and How to Get Direct Bookings
Aug 16, 2022
AIE 86: When Entrepreneurship Pays Off with Litan Yahav from Vyzer
Aug 09, 2022
AIE 85: FI and Leaving Your 9-5 with Tom The Frugal Gay
Aug 02, 2022
AIE 84: What NOT to Do as a New Investor with Jesse Cramer
Jul 26, 2022
AIE 83: Real Estate: Short-Term Rental Regulations with Marianne from Spokane
Jul 19, 2022
AIE 82: How to Create Financial Samurai Net Worth
Jul 12, 2022
AIE 81: Success in Real Estate Investing is About Mindset
Jul 05, 2022
AIE 80: How to Set Up Your Airbnb, Step by Step
Jun 21, 2022
AIE 79: Treat That Job like a Casino and Cash Out after Only 15 Years
Jun 07, 2022
AIE 78: How to Create Airbnb Syndications All Over the Country
May 24, 2022
AIE 77: Retire in Your 20s With Real Estate, Yes, It's Possible
May 10, 2022
AIE 76: Lawyer Shocks Everyone He Knows By Retiring Early
Apr 26, 2022
AIE 75: You Must Brand Your Short-Term Rental Business
Apr 12, 2022
AIE 74: Empathy and Shame: We Can All Do Better
Mar 29, 2022
AIE 73: Financial Independence Starts When You're Young, Like in Your 20s
Mar 15, 2022
AIE 72: I Can't Believe I Bought an Apartment Building
Mar 02, 2022
AIE 71: Adulting Is Easy's Path to Short-Term Rentals and Airbnbs
Mar 02, 2022
AIE 70: Personal Finance Lessons from a Personal Finance Podcaster
Feb 15, 2022
AIE 69: Buying 7 Real Estate Investment Properties in 2 Years
Feb 01, 2022
AIE 68: Wanna Be Rich? Better Check That Mindset!
Jan 18, 2022
AIE 67: Start Your Own Business, Move Abroad, and YOLO
Jan 04, 2022
AIE 66: Year in Review 2021
Dec 21, 2021
AIE 65: Real Estate: First Rental Property with Hugo
Dec 07, 2021
AIE 64: Dividend Stocks with Dividend Hero
Nov 23, 2021
AIE 63: Personal Finance 101 with The Frugal Expat
Nov 09, 2021
AIE 62: Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin with Your Friend Andy
Oct 26, 2021
AIE 61: Think and Grow Rich with Kurtis Hanni
Oct 12, 2021
AIE 60: Using Side Hustles to Fund Real Estate and Build Wealth with The Frugal Gay
Sep 28, 2021
AIE 59: Real Estate: Overcoming Financial Setbacks and Owning $9mil in Real Estate with Clint
Sep 14, 2021
AIE 58: BONUS CONTENT: Stephen Wealthy Part 2
Aug 31, 2021
AIE 57: Real Estate: Flipping Houses with Stephen Wealthy Part 1
Aug 17, 2021
AIE 56: Simple Financial Advice with Jrod Money
Aug 03, 2021
AIE 55: 6 Money Personalities with Jenny
Jul 20, 2021
AIE 54: Real Estate: House FIRE with Alan Corey
Jul 06, 2021
AIE 53: FIRE and Real Estate with Meg Nordmann
Jun 22, 2021
AIE 52: Stupid Debt and Budgeting with Paul
Jun 08, 2021
AIE 51: Real Estate: House Hacking with Patrick McLaughlin
May 25, 2021
AIE 50: MISSION to FIRE with 7 Dollar Millionaire
May 11, 2021
AIE 49: Real Estate: Short Term Rentals with Contrarian Saver
Apr 27, 2021
AIE 48: 3 Mistakes Investors Make with Michael Eakman
Apr 13, 2021
AIE 47: Real Estate: Investing in Single Families with Doug
Mar 30, 2021
AIE 46: Annuities with David Lau
Mar 16, 2021
AIE 45: Paying Off $83k in Student Loans in 3 Years with Jamila
Mar 02, 2021
AIE 44: Coast FI with Jessica from The Fioneers
Feb 16, 2021
AIE 43: Life Insurance with Sarry Ibrahim
Feb 02, 2021
AIE 42: Intelligence Pyramid with Amar Shah
Jan 19, 2021
AIE 41: Financial Coaching with Kristen Ricupero
Jan 05, 2021
AIE 40: Year in Review 2020
Dec 22, 2020
AIE 39: Grocery Shopping with Jessie May
Dec 15, 2020
AIE 38: Financial Abuse with Amanda Cassar
Dec 08, 2020
AIE 37: How Financial Advisers are Paid with Jude Boudreaux
Dec 01, 2020
AIE 36: Value Investing with Courtney Blodgett
Nov 24, 2020
AIE 35: Money Mindsets with Tracey Bissett
Nov 17, 2020
AIE 34: Compound Interest with Money Sensei
Nov 10, 2020
AIE 33: 5 Talks To Have with Your Parents with Catherine Hodder
Nov 03, 2020
AIE 32: How to Talk with Your SO About Finances with Jonathan P Bednar II
Oct 27, 2020
AIE 31: Financial Planning for Women with Cathy Curtis
Oct 20, 2020
AIE 30: Gaining Choice with Paul Benson
Oct 13, 2020
AIE 29: Negotiation Mindset with Kathleen Burns Kingsbury
Oct 06, 2020
AIE 28: Assembling Your Dream Team with Chip Munn
Sep 29, 2020
AIE 27: Teachable Moments for Kids with Anisa Kurji
Sep 22, 2020
AIE 26: Student Loans and Life as a Digital Nomad with Brett Holzhauer
Sep 15, 2020
AIE 25: Behavioral Finance with Robert Frick
Sep 08, 2020
AIE 24: Steps to Take When Buying a Home
Aug 18, 2020
AIE 23: Life Cycle Planning
Aug 03, 2020
AIE 22: 8 Things to Do Before Selling Your Home
Jul 23, 2020
AIE 21: Reasons to Buy an Investment Property
Jul 09, 2020
AIE 20: New Real Estate Adventure
Jul 01, 2020
AIE 19: HELOC vs Home Equity Loan
Jun 01, 2020
AIE 18: Auto Insurance
May 15, 2020
AIE 17: Why Credit Card Debt Is BAD
Apr 27, 2020
AIE 16: Saving for Education
Apr 13, 2020
AIE 15: Personal Finances During Covid-19
Apr 07, 2020
AIE 14: Bad Real Estate Deal
Mar 24, 2020
AIE 13: Overview of Mortgages (US)
Mar 09, 2020
AIE 12: 8 "Alternatives" to an Emergency Fund
Feb 10, 2020
AIE 11: 8 Ways to Increase Savings
Jan 27, 2020
AIE 10: 8 Things to Do When You Get Your First Job
Jan 13, 2020
AIE 9: Debt Consolidation
Dec 31, 2019
AIE 8: Budgets
Dec 16, 2019
AIE 7: Real Estate: Our Story
Dec 09, 2019
AIE 6: 10 Things I Wish I Could Tell My Younger Self About Money
Dec 02, 2019
AIE 5: Reasons to Use a Credit Card vs. Debit Card
Nov 25, 2019
AIE 4: Health Insurance
Nov 18, 2019
AIE 3: Preparing for a Meeting with a Financial Advisor
Nov 11, 2019
AIE 2: A Brief Intro to Debt, Savings, and Retirement
Nov 04, 2019
AIE 1: Credit
Oct 29, 2019