Timika Downes and Wendy Mays are personal finance experts the co-hosts of a popular podcast called, House of FI.
Useful links:
- House of FI (iTunes)
- House of FI (Email)
- House of FI (Website)
- GirlFIday.com (Wendy’s Website)
- ReluctantFrugal.com (Website)
Show notes:
- Wendy shares her entrepreneurial beginnings – her solo practice as an attorney.
- Wendy’s foray into RE.
- How they both met.
- Timika’s incredible debt-payoff journey and career as a school nurse.
- Her previous businesses – one was a breastfeeding product that didn’t go to market (but an amazing story) – and one being a head lice clinic.
- “Financial independence gives you permission to dream.”
- Selecting the name House of FI.
- FI = Financial independence
- FI can be overwhelming – how to get there: (1) assess where you’re at and (2) can this be eliminated or cut?
- Benefit of automating savings and payoffs.
- Defining FI