An Unconventional Journey to Financial Freedom and Education Cost Hacking for Kids - Episode 69

Today, we have a special guest, Gerry Born, also known as The Millionaire Educator. Gerry has taught me so much about managing money, especially how teachers can grow their savings. He's used some smart tricks to save a lot of money even though he started with a small salary as a teacher. Gerry will talk about how he paid off debts, saved money, and even took mini-retirements to travel. He has a lot of great tips on how to use your money wisely and make it grow.

Resources Mentioned:

• Sophia.org - Offers ACE (American Council on Education) accredited courses online, which are generally like college core courses and lower-level electives.
• TEEX.org (Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service) - Provides continuing education courses, including cybersecurity courses, which are also ACE accredited.
• Modern States - A platform designed to prepare students for CLEP (College Level Examination Program) tests, offering courses that can be credited towards college education.
• Excelsior University - Noted for its flexibility in accepting credits from various alternative education sources and offering programs like a one-transcript service to consolidate credits from different programs.
• Study.com - Potential resource for taking upper-level courses necessary for completing a degree.
• Law Shelf - Source for upper-level courses.

About our guest:
Gerry Born and his wife are a retired teaching couple whose journey to financial independence began under challenging circumstances, grappling with $48,000 in student loan debt and unreliable cars in their early thirties. Their financial situation took a significant turn for the better during a five-year teaching stint in Saudi Arabia starting in 1996, where Gerry taught ESL while his wife completed her MBA. This period allowed them to eliminate their student loan debt and save $100,000, laying a solid financial foundation. Upon returning to the U.S. in December 2001, they initially planned to live and teach in Texas but ultimately settled in LaGrange, Georgia, where they lived for seven years. By 2023, despite no longer engaging in "real" work beyond substitute teaching, blogging, and a credit-tradeline side hustle, they managed to fully fund their HSA accounts and grow their wealth to over $2 million

• The Millionaire Educator

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