How to increase your credit score (plus analyze and protect it) with Louis DeNicola

#14: The credit score is the metric for how borrower creditworthiness is judged. In episode 14, I talk with Louis DeNicola a consumer credit expert and credit writer who works with clients including Experian, Credit Karma, LendingTree, and Nova Credit. What you’ll learn in this episode: How credit scores are calculated and how each major component is weightedWhy credit scores fluctuate constantly and how lenders and card companies often use proprietary credit scoring models internallyHow to i...

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As a lawyer / engineer / MBA, how can you achieve FIRE (financial independence, retire early) rapidly to quit the rat race, pursue your passions, and live life on your own terms? Andrew Chen – founder of the Hack Your Wealth Blog and lawyer, financial expert (CFA graduate), and tech industry veteran – shows you strategies and tactics to (1) earn, (2) save, (3) invest, and (4) protect as a high earner so that you can build massive wealth and create a portfolio that’s a FIRE machine. Through solo lessons, expert interviews, and side hustle profiles, you’ll learn about tax strategies, retirement account optimization, asset allocation & rebalancing, passive income (real estate investing, side hustling, online business, digital nomading), family finances (e.g., strategizing college education costs), travel hacking, estate planning, and career transitions. Andrew podcasts about the big picture concepts, then adds step-by-step implementation guides downloadable from the Hack Your Wealth website to help you FIRE strategically, methodically, and rapidly.