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There’s lots of places to go for financial advice but very few places that are going to bring you references to, sex, video games, and the undead. That’s what you’re in for today on the More Money for Beer and Textbooks Podcast. Any personal finance book that starts with a Homer Simpson quote and has […] MMFBT 031: Robert Brown – “Wealthing Like Rabbits” is posted originally on My University Money.

The More Money for Beer and Textbooks Podcast is back and ready for an exciting 2015.  If you get anything at all out of the podcast (and I hope you do considering the quality of guests we bring on) please do us a favour and let your buddies know what this podcast thing is all […] MMFBT 030: John Robertson – “The Value of Simple” is posted originally on My University Money.

Today on the MMFBT podcast we feature someone who paid off tens of thousands of dollars in student loan debt before he was charged a cent of interest.  His name is Daniel Dickin and you can view his full writing portfolio over at danieldickin.ca.  He is currently finishing his MA in Public Administration after receiving […] MMFBT 029: How to Pay Off $32,000 In Student Loans the Day After You Graduate is posted originally on My University Money.

I introduced Rob Nettleton to our audience last week when we chatted about how to ignore the stigma of being a money-conscious young person and student lines of credit. After we wrapped up that podcast we decided to make Rob the first ever guest to record back-to-back shows because I wanted to ask him about […] MMFBT 028 – The Advantages of Canada’s Small Schools w/ Rob Nettleton is posted originally on My University Money.

Today’s guest came to my attention when I was reading the Globe and Mail one morning.  Suffice to say, when you read a headline such as, “He’s 26 with $32,000 in savings. Here’s how he did it,” you think to yourself that there might be something worth exploring there. It turns out that Rob Nettleton is pretty much just […] MMFBT 027 – The Undeserved Stigma of Being “Cheap” w/ Rob Nettleton is posted originally on My University Money.

Another episode of the More Money for Beer and Textbooks Podcast and another cool guest to share some unique insights. Sean Cooper is a professional freelance financial writer and blogger with 5 years’ experience in the financial industry. His areas of expertise include real estate, mortgages, personal finance, pensions, retirement, and financial news. His articles […] MMFBT 026 – How To Own a Half-Million Dollar Home by the Time You’re 31 – With No Mortgage! is posted originally on My University Money.

Today on the more money for beer and textbooks podcast we’re bringing in special guest Jeaninne Mitchell to look at the ins and outs of student loans in Canada.  Jeannine runs the website debt101.ca and has written an eBook that you can find on Amazon, titled Ka-Ching – How your family can cut thousands off […] MMFBT 025 – Jeannine Mitchell on the Twilight Zone that is Canada’s Student Loan Programs is posted originally on My University Money.

You’ve graduated from school, decided the European or Australian travel circuits weren’t for you (perhaps you didn’t properly understand the meaning of YOLO?).  Now what? Your parents and the world would say not only is it time to get a job – it’s time to act like a Canadian grown up and buy a house […] MMFBT 024 – Time to Get Your Own Place? is posted originally on My University Money.

Today on the More Money for Beer and Textbooks Podcast we’re talking about the stock market and if it’s a good thing that young Canadians are so afraid of it.  Peter Hodson joins us to give his insights into the millennial brain and why we might be making illogical decisions when it comes to our […] MMFBT 023 – Peter Hodson on Why Young People Don’t Need to be Afraid of Stocks is posted originally on My University Money.

This week on the podcast we have one of my favourite guests yet.  Melissa Leong from the Financial Post drops by to talk about making the jump from college and/or university to the working world. Many young adults I talk to are having an incredibly difficult time bridging the jobs gap that is quickly becoming […] MMFBT 022 – Transitioning From School to the Working World is posted originally on My University Money.

“Don’t call it a comeback – we never left!” Yah… So about that whole “short break” thing… Justin and I apologize for our tardiness.  We know that it has been awhile since we tossed out a new one of these things.  The good news is that now have a bunch of interviews in the hopper […] MMFBT 021- Take It To the Bank is posted originally on My University Money.

We’re very pleased to welcome back to the podcast Dr. Ken Coates from the University of Saskatchewan.  This is our first time inviting a guest to join us for a second time and the reasoning behind the bro-mance is because I think so highly of the material that Dr. Coates and his partner in crime […] MMFBT 020 – What To Consider If You’ve Considering University is posted originally on My University Money.

“I got it all figured out man… Sure I’ll be in school for a bunch of years, but I’ll live the good life off of student loans!  The government is so dumb that they’re going to pay for me to become a lawyer/engineer/doctor and then when it’s done I’ll just declare bankruptcy and the slate […] MMFBT 019 – Doug Hoyes – Can Bankruptcy Erase Student Debt? is posted originally on My University Money.

Tom Drake enters our studio headquarters on this week’s edition of The More Money for Beer and Textbooks Podcast and lays down some insights in regards to hustling on a side gig in order to get your feet wet in the world of entrepreneurship. We half-jokingly refer to Tom as The Godfather of Canadian personal […] MMFBT 018: Tom Drake – The Godfather of Canadian Personal Finance Bloggers is posted originally on My University Money.

It’s been really cool and rewarding to see our podcast steadily gain a following over the past few months.  We’re now at the point where people have heard enough of us and our all-star panel of guests, that there is enough trust to reach out with specific situations.  We think this is a really cool […] MMFBT 017 – Case Study: Sandra the Mature Student is posted originally on My University Money.

We only made Canadian Financial Podcast history this week – No Big Deal.  After exhaustively searching through the archives I determined that no one had done a back-to-back tag team podcast before when it came to financial podcasts in Canada.  To be honest, I couldn’t even find an example of two Canadian podcasters doing each […] MMFBT 016 – Preet Banerjee is posted originally on My University Money.

Welcome back to the More Money for Beer and Textbooks podcast! Before we start today I thought I’d quickly explain how the easiest way to get our podcast every couple of weeks.  While you’re more than welcome to keep coming here to the site and hitting “play”, I personally prefer to get my podcasts delivered […] MMFBT 015 – It’s Okay To Change Your Career Path is posted originally on My University Money.

Happy New Year everyone! The More Money for Beer and Textbooks Podcast is raring to go in 2014 with the goal of helping young Canadians and their parents across Canada with this whole post-secondary deal. While we certainly have not run out of top-shelf guests for the program, we decided to take  brief hiatus from […] MMFBT 014 – Benefits Of Getting Involved In Student Government is posted originally on My University Money.

Does this whole investing thing still make you queasy?  Today on the More Money for Beer an Textbooks Podcast we hear from one of Canada’s most popular DIY investors on what he wishes he might have done differently when he was starting out. Mark Seed is the brains behind MyOwnAdvisor.ca and a successful DIY investor.  […] MMFBT 013 – Mark Seed – Avoid My Investing Mistakes is posted originally on My University Money.

You might not think the skills you’re developing at school have any real value. Today on the podcast we’ll chat about how you can start a freelance writing career in order to make some cash on the side and possibly even transition into a well-paying career.  We bring in an expert in the field – […] MMFBT 012 – Miranda Marquit: How to Become a Freelance Writer is posted originally on My University Money.