In today's Ask Farnoosh episode... questions about buying a home close to retirement and co-mingling bank accounts in your relationship.

91: Ask Farnoosh: Ok to Buy a Home When Nearing Retirement?

I have a guilty pleasure. And that guilty pleasure is an entire channel&hellip; known as Bravo. &nbsp;From the Real Housewives of Beverly Hilss to Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. And today, we have one of my favorite Bravolebrities:&nbsp;Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger. She is the star and executive producer of the network&rsquo;s hit series &ldquo;The Millionaire Matchmaker&rdquo; currently in its eighth season. If you&rsquo;ve never watched the show Patti connects high net worth clients with women seeking love. The idea being that busy successful men don&rsquo;t have time or the wherewithal to really make a meaningful connection on their own&hellip; And she flips it sometimes, too. I&rsquo;ve watched her match millionaire women with men... and she&rsquo;s also connecting same sex couples too, which is wonderful.
What I admire most about Patti is her business savvy. She&rsquo;s an experienced third-generation matchmaker. She founded her company, the Millionaire&rsquo;s Club, in January 2000 and 15 years later it boasts more than 100,000 members available for its clients. Prior to launching this business Patti&nbsp;served as the Director of Marketing for Great Expectations, one of the oldest dating services in the United States. Early in her career, she spent 10 years in the fashion industry.
Patti is also an accomplished author, columnist, radio show host&nbsp;and recently getting into the wine and spirits&nbsp;industry.
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92: Patti Stanger, The Millionaire Matchmaker

In researching my latest book&nbsp;When She Makes More, I reached out to some of the most renowned experts in the field of money and relationships. I came across Dr. Corey Allen who is our guest today. Corey is a husband, father, author, speaker, as well as a Marriage and Family Therapist and a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Ph.D. in Family Therapy.
He has a private practice in McKinney, TX and is the founder of&nbsp;simplemarriage.net, an online resource aimed at helping marriages not just survive, but thrive.

93: Corey Allan, Founder of SimpleMarriage.net

Today's guest is the "Money Girl" Laura Adams. Laura is a personal finance expert and award-winning author of multiple books, including&nbsp;Money Girl&rsquo;s Smart Moves to Grow Rich. She&rsquo;s been the host of the popular&nbsp;Money Girl Podcast, a top weekly show in iTunes, since 2008.
Laura is a go-to expert in the media. She&rsquo;s been featured on NBC, CBS, ABC, NPR,&nbsp;USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and so much more.
Her mission is help over 100 million students and consumers live richer lives through her podcasting, speaking, spokesperson, teaching, and advocacy work.

94: "Money Girl" Laura Adams

If your budgeting is not where you want it to be&hellip; and you are wondering what else you can do, today&rsquo;s guest might be able to help. He is the founder and CEO of&nbsp;YouNeedABudget.com&nbsp;or YNAB, Jesse Mecham. Fueled by the desire to survive as a 20-something newlywed and a full-time student, Jesse developed a budgeting system to help him track expenses. What was a simple expense recorder evolved into something quite useful, which allowed him and his family not only to survive but also save a substantial portion for a rainy day.
Fast-forward to 2015, YNAB is a full-blown software enterprise, driven by a small, passionate team, helping tens of thousands of people all over the world pay down their debt, save more money, and break the paycheck to paycheck cycle. When Jesse is not fine-tuning software, doing his own budgeting or helping others get a hold of their finances, he is gardening, playing the piano and honing his golf swing&hellip; as well as hanging out with 5 amazing children.
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95: Jesse Mecham, Founder of YouNeedABudget.com

My guest today is the diversely talented Jenni Pulos. Like a lot of us she has a maxed out to-do list. She is best known as&nbsp;Executive Assistant&nbsp;to Jeff Lewis on&nbsp;Bravo&rsquo;s Emmy nominated hit show Flipping Out&nbsp;and it's spinoff show Interior Therapy. Flipping Out is currently filming it's eighth season with Jenni adding Co-Executive Producer to her very long to-do list which includes&nbsp;working as an actress, comedian, writer and rapper. Yes! She in fact won Showtime At The Apollo and was inspired to produce a rap album that just came out called Old School Kids Beats. She&rsquo;s also the author of the book Grin and Bear It: How to be Happy No Matter What Reality Throws Your Way.
I respect and love Jenni. A lot. Watching her on TV I feel as though we&rsquo;d connect and you can probably tell that I had a huge giant smile on my face during this interview. She&rsquo;s extremely down to earth, funny and real. She&rsquo;s a business woman, wife, mom and all around cool chick. And for all those reason and more, I&rsquo;m super excited to have her on the podcast.
Several takeaways from our interview:
-- Jenni&rsquo;s biggest financial mistake right out of college&hellip; involving passing up an offer for a downpayment on a house!
-- What it takes to succeed in the entertainment industry.
-- How to spend and invest without fear&hellip; emotions she had to overcome.

96: Bravo TV's Jenni Pulos

Farnoosh Torabi is the award winning host of the new daily 30 minute podcast - So Money. The show brings intimate conversations about money with some of the world's top business minds, authors and influencers. For more check out www.SoMoneyPodcast.com