So Money With Farnoosh Torabi

With both home prices and interest rates on the rise, how can buyers compete? Is it possible to still buy a home? Is waiving a home inspection (which some bidders are doing) that risky? How can your real estate agent help expedite a sale? CNET Money Editor Jaclyn DeJohn joins. She has experiences as both a real estate agent and homeowner and provides insights and strategies for first-time buyers looking to secure an affordable home in today's market.Read Jaclyn's latest piece: Yes, You Can Buy a Home in 2022

This week's Ask Farnoosh answers audience questions related to splitting expenses when living with a significant, what to do with extra money after you have all your financial bases covered and whether it's recommended to take out a personal loan to pay for a wedding.Plus: Farnoosh's take on the new Netflix docu-series Bad Vegan and details on CNET's new series Power Money Moves that offers insights on how to build wealth in today's world.Want more articles and videos by Farnoosh? Check out www.cnet.com/somoney.Subscribe to her weekly So Money newsletter for the latest updates and advice.Catch her weekly money videos on YouTube. 

We are in conversation with Alex Cavoulacos and Allyson Downey, the co-founders of Meta Angels, an NFT membership community harnessing the metaverse to unlock real life opportunities. Founded on the values of generosity, transparency, and accessibility, Meta Angels has pioneered the first-of-its-kind NFT lending technology on the blockchain.We discuss how NFTs function and some unique qualities.How Meta Angels helps to bridge opportunity gaps for members.How Alex and Allyson brought in millions of dollars in a matter of days to fund Meta Angels.The behind-the-scenes of the Meta Angels community experience.More about Alex: She is also Alex is co-founder of Angel Labs, a web3 accelerator that takes experienced operators and web3 creators from concept to mint. Prior to her move to web3, Alex co-founded The Muse, a values-based career platform used by over 75 million people to research companies and careers named one of Fast Company's 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World. She now serves on the company’s Boar

Katie Gatti Tassin is the personality behind the blog, podcast, and newsletter brand, Money with Katie. She started writing about money in 2020 after a few years of independent personal finance consulting and consuming all the personal finance content she could get her hands on. Since then, Money with Katie has grown to a community near-100,000 strong, and she focuses on teaching #RichGirls how to make their money work for them.On the show Farnoosh and Katie discuss:Katie's rise to financial fandom and what inspired her to start helping others with their finances.Katie's ambitions to be work-optional by age 30 and how she and her husband manage to live on just 16% of their take-home pay.How fear anchors Katie's financial determination.

This week on Ask Farnoosh, a frustrated listeners shares how employers and recruiters refuse to share salary information but insist you ask for what you want to make. How can you work around this and avoid being low-balled? Also: Should I use emergency savings to cover living expenses? How can couples (with kids) prioritize savings goals? (A replay from February 11, 2022)Want more articles and videos by Farnoosh? Check out www.cnet.com/somoney.Subscribe to her weekly So Money newsletter for the latest updates and advice.Catch her weekly money videos on YouTube.

Bestselling author Caroline Dooner joins with an important message as we enter a new year: Let's get some rest!She is the author of Tired as F*ck: Burnout at the Hands of Diet, Self-Help, and Hustle Culture.Book summary: Offering a frank and funny critique of the cultural forces that are driving us mad, author Caroline Dooner examines how treating ourselves like never ending self-improvement projects is a recipe for burnout. We have become unknowingly complicit in perpetuating our own exhaustion because we are treating ourselves like machines. But even phones need to f*cking recharge.Episode originally aired on Jan 3, 2021.

Guest Liz Lidgett is an art advisor, writer and gallery owner. As Founder of Liz Lidgett Gallery and Design, she works with people to find the perfect piece of art for their style, space, and budget.  Farnoosh and Liz discuss ways to spot worthwhile art "investments" on a budget, how to build a successful business as an emerging artist right now, NFTs and more. Plus: Details on Farnoosh's recent art purchase that 10x'd in value in one year. This episode is a replay from February 14, 2022.Artists mentioned in our conversation: Betsy Enzensberger, Hunt Slonem, Damien Hirst and Elisa Sheehan. Learn more about them and many more artists at www.lizlidgett.com.Want more articles and videos by Farnoosh? Check out www.cnet.com/somoney.Subscribe to her weekly So Money newsletter for the latest updates and advice.Catch her weekly money videos on YouTube. 

This week's Ask Farnoosh answers listeners' questions related to negotiating salary when your employer recently got acquired. When is a good time to ask for a pay increase? Also: How to start investing for retirement for the first time if you're in your 40s? Can you add your child to your business' payroll? What are the benefits? Plus: Insights into I-Bonds, a popular savings vehicle that helps during inflationary times.Want more articles and videos by Farnoosh? Check out www.cnet.com/somoney.Subscribe to her weekly So Money newsletter for the latest updates and advice.Catch her weekly money videos on YouTube. 

Today we go behind the scenes of one household that shifted their careers, income streams and childcare in the pandemic ... and the changes have been for the better. Lee Bonvissuto is our guest. She is an entrepreneur and Founder of Present Voices, where she helps people access and articulate their best ideas in their most important moments through communication coaching, consulting, and community. In our conversation, Lee speaks candidly about the decisions that she and her partner made in the pandemic to reorient the economics within their marriage, to have her husband step away from his career and become the primary caregiver to their daughter. How was that decision made? How did it work out? How is it continuing to work out?Lee also shares professional advice for those that want to harness anxiety to be more effective communicators at work.Fun fact about Lee, she was raised in the theater. Her father was a mime. She takes us to her childhood and some of the money memories that she has growing up in an art

Brynne Conroy is founder of Femme Frugality and the book The Feminist Financial Handbook. She joins to share the financial and professional hardships endured during the pandemic, as a single mother to two young children. And why the battle is not nearly over.Read Brynne's personal essay at Too Ambitious.Want more articles and videos by Farnoosh? Check out www.cnet.com/somoney.Subscribe to her weekly So Money newsletter for the latest updates and advice.Catch her weekly money videos on YouTube.

How to save and invest in your 30s? How badly will a car refi damage my credit score? How to best afford a new home for my parents? This week's Ask Farnoosh addresses audience questions with guest co-host Georgia Lee Hussy, CFP and founder of Modernist Financial in Portland, Oregon.Want more articles and videos by Farnoosh? Check out www.cnet.com/somoney.Subscribe to her weekly So Money newsletter for the latest updates and advice.Catch her weekly money videos on YouTube.

Elisa Camahort Page is an entrepreneur, speaker and author. She is also co-founder of BlogHer, an online community for women bloggers. On the episode, Elisa shares how to align your personal values with your financial mission and create profit and progress. How to make a social impact when your income is inconsistent? How to use social capital and time to move the financial needle for yourself and your community? [Random: We also dive in being a vegan and the cost of following that diet!]Want more articles and videos by Farnoosh? Check out www.cnet.com/somoney.Subscribe to her weekly So Money newsletter for the latest updates and advice.Catch her weekly money videos on YouTube.

Guest Dina Kaplan is Founder of the The Path, which teaches meditation for the modern mind. The Path has taught thousands of people to meditate around the world and at festivals including SXSW and Sundance. She offers advice on how through meditation and elevating consciousness, we can attract more richness in our lives.Want more articles and videos by Farnoosh? Check out www.cnet.com/somoney.Subscribe to her weekly So Money newsletter for the latest updates and advice.Catch her weekly money videos on YouTube.

Back to regularly scheduled programming this Friday, with the return of a solo-hosted episode of Ask Farnoosh. Farnoosh answers your top money questions related to real estate (should I buy right now?) to retirement (where to invest if I don't have a 401k through work?) and best ways to invest for "fun?" (Is there even such a thing?) Also: Farnoosh's thoughts on recession forecasts and why she's not a fan of April Fool's or any pranks for that matter.Want more articles and videos by Farnoosh? Check out www.cnet.com/somoney.Subscribe to her weekly So Money newsletter for the latest updates and advice.Catch her weekly money videos on YouTube.

Award-winning filmmaker Tanya Selvaratnam bravely recounts the intimate abuse she suffered from former New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, using her story as a prism to examine the domestic violence crisis plaguing America. Her book is called Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate Violence.. She and Farnoosh discuss the inadequate accountability of powerful abusive men and advice for victims of abuse. If you or someone you know needs immediate help, please reach out to the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE.More about Tanya Selvaratnam: She is a writer and an Emmy-nominated and multiple Webby-winning producer. She is the Senior Director, Gender Justice Narratives for the Pop Culture Collaborative; and the author of THE BIG LIE. Her essays have been published in the New York Times, Vogue, Glamour, ELLE, Cosmo, CNN, NBC News, and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency.Want more articles and videos by Farnoosh? Check out www.cnet.com/somoney.Subscribe to her weekly So Money newsletter for th

While it's never been a better time to start a business, it's also never been harder to grow a business. Guest Lara Hodgson is coauthor with long-time business partner Stacey Abrams of the new book LEVEL UP: Rise Above the Hidden Forces Holding Your Business Back. In it they share intense behind-the-scenes stories of building their own businesses—two of which failed, and the third successful company, NOW. Lara provides actionable, get-it-done principles for founders—especially those who have been historically disadvantaged in entrepreneurship like women and people of color—to break free and get to the next level. Want more articles and videos by Farnoosh? Check out www.cnet.com/somoney.Subscribe to her weekly So Money newsletter for the latest updates and advice.Catch her weekly money videos on YouTube.

How to prepare your young adult child for the real financial world and ensure they set themselves up for success? Bobbi Rebell joins to share insights from her personal experiences and her new book Launching Financial Grownups: Live Your Richest Life by Helping Your (Almost) Adult Kids Become Everyday Money Smart.Want more articles and videos by Farnoosh? Check out www.cnet.com/somoney.Subscribe to her weekly So Money newsletter for the latest updates and advice.Catch her weekly money videos on YouTube.

Guest Emily Ladau, disability rights activist joins to share her personal experiences, as well as insights from her book, Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally. She discusses how we ought to redefine the term disability, the opportunity gaps for people with disabilities and how individuals, companies and lawmakers can help advance professional and financial opportunities for the community.Want more articles and videos by Farnoosh? Check out www.cnet.com/somoney.Subscribe to her weekly So Money newsletter for the latest updates and advice.Catch her weekly money videos on YouTube.

What's your money story? We're discussing "narrative intelligence," a powerful technique that can help us rewrite and reclaim our money stories and, in turn, our financial livelihoods. My guest is Christina Blacken, a public speaker, performer, and founder of The New Quo. The New Quo is a leadership development and equity consultancy, helping leaders create inclusive practices, habits, and goals through their narrative intelligence.More about Christina: She helps leaders identify the psychological impact of historical, cultural, and personal narratives on beliefs, bias, and behaviors to improve their bias recognition, as well as providing them with leadership tools to create more equitable communication, goal setting, decision making, and relationship building skills. She's applied this methodology to a variety of equity problems, from social media content moderation, to creating equity goals and practices for every area of a business, to helping companies create more inclusive language in their content and s

On today's show: What is imposter syndrome and why are more women led to believe they suffer from it? How does this prevent women and women of color to excel at work and build financial independence? Guest Ruchika Tulshyan is an award-winning inclusion strategist, former business journalist, and CEO of Candour, which works with organizations to create diverse teams and inclusive cultures. Her new book is INCLUSION ON PURPOSE: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work. The Harvard Business Review article, "Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome" Want more articles and videos by Farnoosh? Check out www.cnet.com/somoney.Subscribe to her weekly So Money newsletter for the latest updates and advice.Catch her weekly money videos on YouTube.