Sam Dogen retired in 2012 at the age of 34 with roughly $80,000 a year in passive income. Since then, he’s written over 2,500 articles on his booming website Financial Samurai, where he dives into topics like investing, real estate, retirement planning, career strategies, and more. He’s the author of “Buy This, Not That: How to Spend Your Way to Wealth and Financial Freedom” and “How to Engineer Your Layoff: Make a Small Fortune by Saying Goodbye,” and he’s here today to discuss all things personal finance!

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Check out Sam’s book Buy This, Not That: How to Spend Your Way to Wealth and Financial Freedom

Check out Sam’s website, Financial Samurai

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