Episodes

Sept. 6, 2023

135. Do High Net Worth Individuals really do that?

According to NerdWallet, although there’s no official definition, most experts agree that a High Net Worth Individual is a person who has somewhere between $1-$5 million dollars in liquid assets. Given that attaining this st…
Aug. 30, 2023

134. Managing Family Finances like a Business

Aaron Shelley is the author of The Family Flywheel: The Secret Business Principles Successful Families Use to Create Sustained Wealth And Happiness. On this episode of CFO at Home, Aaron and Vince discuss the differences and…
Aug. 23, 2023

133. Reaching your Financial “Time Freedom Point” through Real Estate

In nearly every discussion about achieving Financial Independence, one or both of two investments are usually talked about as being keys to a successful plan; investing in stocks and real estate. On this episode of CFO at Ho…
Aug. 16, 2023

132. Weekly Budgeting

At the end of the day, any effective budget is a communication tool. If you’re using it solo, it’s communicating to you where your money is going, and how well your spending aligns with the priorities that you’ve defined. If…
Aug. 9, 2023

131. Preparing your Family Financially

So many of our life’s money goals revolve around the positive; financial freedom, owning your own home, driving a nice car, taking wonderful vacations. But as much enjoyment as we can derive from these types of things, there…
Aug. 2, 2023

130. Budget Like a CFO

Through his business Portal CFO Consulting, Manny Skevofilax works with business owners as an Outsourced Chief Financial Officer to help them gain a better understanding of their business’s financial health. Through this web…
June 14, 2023

129. Traveling on a Budget (Abroad and Otherwise)

Think about it for a minute. It seems like just yesterday we were all social distancing and wondering if travel would ever be as accessible as what we’d all grown accustomed to. Today, travel is back with a vengeance as we h…
June 7, 2023

128. Why Financial Wellness Matters

Vince Shorb is one of the country’s leading advocates for promoting financial wellness, and a thought leader in teaching and scaling financial education programming. On this episode of CFO at Home, the VInces discuss the phi…
May 31, 2023

127. Parenting and Money Part 3: Raising Money Smart Consumers

Teaching kids to earn, save and give are all important, fundamental money lessons. But so is learning to spend wisely, and one the best teachers of that lesson can be to let kids experience first hand, in a kid-friendly envi…
May 24, 2023

126. Sh** Adults Didn’t Teach Their Kids About Money

Even the most caring parents make mistakes with their kids. We do our best but when we don’t know much about a subject ourselves, it can be hard to give the best advice. Or maybe the game is just different for our kids than …
May 17, 2023

125. Parenting and Money Part 1: Reflections from a College Graduation

So last week I attended my youngest son’s college graduation ceremony, an experience that needless to say brings up a lot of emotions; pride, joy, and little sadness about the passage of time. He graduated on a Friday and st…
May 10, 2023

124. Your Encore Career

Regardless of your age, there comes a point in nearly every career where it’s time to change employers or even your occupation. Particularly for those who have been fortunate enough to attain some level of financial independ…
May 3, 2023

123. Automate your Finances!

Even while he worked as a professional in the Financial Services industry, Andy Hoffman struggled to make conventional budgeting work at home. This struggle led him to create a system that is centered around automation, not …
April 26, 2023

122. Financial Freedom for Service Industry Professionals

The majority of today’s conventional personal finance advice is primarily designed to speak to a certain audience; salaried or hourly workers with fairly predictable and consistent incomes, with employers who provide benefit…
April 19, 2023

121. Paths to Financial Independence

For so many of us, Financial Independence, reaching a point where money no longer dictates to us how we live our lives, is our ultimate financial goal. In this episode of CFO at Home, Vince discusses factors that we need to …
April 12, 2023

120. Toxic Relationships and your Money

In her book Out of the FOG Into the CLEAR, Journaling to Help You Heal from Toxic Relationships, Shannon Petrovich helps victims of narcissistic, abusive, or other toxic relationships find their bearings, push past paralysis…
April 5, 2023

119. Is Entrepreneurship really for you?

Entrepreneurship has long been considered one of the primary methods of building wealth, whether it is by going all-in to start your own business, or by creating a side-hustle to help generate multiple streams of income. But…
March 29, 2023

118. Strategies for a Job Layoff

One of the unfortunate business trends of 2023 so far has been corporate layoffs. Even since the recording of this episode, companies as diverse as Disney, Salesforce, and Accenture have announced plans to reduce their workf…
March 22, 2023

117. Money Tips from "Ochocinco" and T.O.?

Chad Johnson was a NFL wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals from 2001 to 2010 and played for the New England Patriots in 2011. You’ll hear him referred to at times as Chad Ochocinco because from 2008-2012 he wanted to be…
March 15, 2023

116. How to Make an Investment Plan Yourself (Step-By-Step)

Thanks in large part to investing apps like Robinhood, awareness of stock trading and investing has never been higher for the average person. But if you’re interested in becoming a real, long-term investor, where do you star…
March 8, 2023

115. We Know Better, Why Can’t We Change?

As much as we rightfully talk about topics like financial literacy, our problems with money are just as often caused by self sabotaging behaviors as by a lack of financial knowledge. On this episode of CFO at Home, Vince tal…
March 1, 2023

114. The Wealth Gap Part 2: Is the System Rigged (and if so, what can we do about it)?

In our last episode we looked at the role that generational poverty has played in maintaining the Wealth Gap, and discussed some possible solutions. Today on CFO at Home, Vince and the founder of Raise Financial and Scholar …
Feb. 22, 2023

113. The Wealth Gap Part 1: Disrupting Generational Poverty

According to Forbes.com, The Federal Reserve reports that as of 2019 the median net worth of Americans based on educational level ranged from $21k for those having no high school diploma, to $309k for those with a college de…
Feb. 15, 2023

112. Real Estate Investing Part 2: Real Estate Syndications

On the last episode of CFO at Home we discussed a number of different ways to invest in Real Estate, both active and passive. In this episode, Vince and Whitney Elkins-Hutten, Director of Investor Education at Passiveinvesti…