Dec 252012
 
End of an Era - Dave Ramsey radio show to switch stations in Nashville

The two-decade long relationship between Super-Talk FM WTN and Dave Ramsey has come to an end. The nearly 21 years of broadcasting on the flagship station for the Dave Ramsey Show, 99.7FM in Nashville, ceased on December 21, 2012 due to the inability to come to an equitable agreement. History of WTN and Dave Ramsey [...]

Dec 212012
 
Epic Lampo Party 2012

Every year I hear about this epic Christmas party held in Nashville. I don’t actively seek out information about the event but somehow stumble across it on Twitter as it is happening about 500 miles from my home. The Buzz I don’t sit there and monitor my Twitter stream. I don’t have any instant notifications [...]

Dec 182012
 

I remember listening to a gentleman that called into the radio show to share a story about the last conversation he had with his father. It was a talk about money, which they had never had before. This young man had taken Financial Peace University and made great strides to regain control of his money. This [...]

Dec 152012
 
A Castle of Debt - Debt Free Scream December 2012

Ryan and Robyn built a castle of debt. It didn’t have a moat with alligators circling the perimeter – it was worse! The castle that debt built This normal couple from southern Ohio built it with furniture, credit card debt, a lot (property), and a vehicle – $51,000 worth! Ryan and Robyn realized they had [...]

Sep 292012
 
Dave Ramsey Show Day

September 28th, 2012 was a big day for celebration. It commemorates 20 years of Dave Ramsey helping people with their personal finances. But did you know it has its own day now? The Celebration The Financial Peace Plaza parking lot was set up with a huge tent, food trucks were brought in, and Dave signed [...]

Sep 122012
 
My favorite Debt Free scream - September 2012

Jeremy and Elizabeth from Pasadena are debt free! They celebrated their first wedding anniversary by screaming about debt freedom in Financial Peace Plaza. What is most surprising about this couple is not that they paid off $49,000 while making over $80,000, it is that they are both 22 years old and they paid off in [...]

Aug 262012
 
Dave was right - The Debt Snowball works best

Take that! A recent Time article said it all: The best way to successfully pay off credit card debt is the Debt Snowball. A team of Kellogg School researchers has found that people with large credit-card balances are more likely to pay down their entire debt if they focus first on paying off the cards with [...]

Aug 032012
 

Dave Ramsey “commented” on an article on CNN Money called “Income Inequality: Are you poor if you have a flat-screen TV?” Some of the statistics from a survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy that were used in this article are eye-opening: 62% of households earning less than $20,000 annually owned between 2-4 televisions [...]

Aug 012012
 
FPU co-host Chris Hogan interview

Chris Hogan started his young adult life as a professional football player before moving into the consumer finance world. His first job was as a collector so he saw the effects of money on people who didn’t have a plan. He then moved in to mainstream banking where he began to see the same issues but [...]

Jul 222012
 
10 Things We Should Say That Keep Us From Being Broke

Dave Ramsey read my post “10 things we way that keep us broke” on his radio show at 1:53pm on July 23, 2010. Being that this is the anniversary of that day I thought I’d give you a behind-the-scenes look at that popular post. My original design As I was writing the “10 things” list [...]