Student Loan Payoff Strategies and Becoming Race Sharp with Lauryn Williams

Pay off debt first or invest in real estate? That’s a question we discuss with today’s guest! We are excited to sit down with Lauryn Williams, four-time Olympian, student loan advisor, and certified financial planner, to discuss how you can strategically deal with student loan debt and still invest in real estate and achieve your goals. Lauryn takes the skills learned from her road to gold and applies them to building financial wealth and running her business. We cover so much with Lauryn like student loan payoff strategies, how to break bad habits that limit your success, and the power of being intentional with the way you speak about budgeting and your goals. Lauryn also delves into finance and budgeting apps that help track spending and automate your savings.  Lauryn Williams is a CFP® and student loan advisor at Student Loan Planner. To date, Student Loan Planner has consulted on over half a billion in student debt. Prior to joining the SLP team, Lauryn was a four-time Olympian athlete and three-time Olympic medalist. Lauryn owns a financial firm called Worth While and is the host of the Worth Listening podcast. Lauryn has been featured in Journey to Launch, Paychecks & Balances, Financial Grownup, the Student Loan Planner podcast, Trailblazers.FM, Work Your Wealth, and Hope Sports to name a few. On today’s episode, we discuss a ton with Lauryn, including: –      Which student loan payoff strategy is best for you –      The three skills needed to run a successful business –      How much money should be in your emergency and financial freedom funds –      The importance of time-block your schedule –      How to invest in real estate with student loan debt Books/Resources Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez Mint You Need a Budget   Contact Information StudentLoanPlanner.com Worth-Winning.com Worth Listening Podcast   We are so beyond EXCITED to share that we are hosting the first ever Real Estate InvestHER® Summit on Friday, June 12th! We are bringing together KICK ASS InvestHERs to share their knowledge and experience to help you take your real estate investing to the NEXT level! You will learn how to creatively finance deals, construction strategies, how to improve your biz, how create balance in your life NOW and MUCH more!! Click here to save your seat!    Looking for Funding? Ladies, you need to check out Fund That Flip! We are excited to tell you about Fund That Flip, a company we are very proud to call our sponsor. Fund That Flip is the leading provider of fast, convenient, affordable capital for experienced real estate investors who buy and rehabilitate residential properties. To date, they have helped hundreds of real estate investors grow their businesses by funding thousands of deals. You deal directly with them, getting your deal funded in as few as 10 days.  85% of their customers come back to do more business with them because of their dedication to exceptional service. It’s why they were named No. 42 of Inc.’s fastest-growing companies in America.  What do they fund? ·     Fix-and-flip ·     New construction ·     Buy and Hold Properties ·     Cash-out refinance projects from 1-4 units Real Estate InvestHERs, Get $500 towards your next closing! Check them out by visiting – www.fundthatflip.com/investher    InvestHER Community Our mission is to support and inspire women real estate investors around the globe to live a financially free and balanced life. We are dedicated to creating empowering online and in person communities where women have a non-intimidating environment to ask questions and receive the support they need. Our vision is to see all woman investors achieve her financial freedom goals on her own terms. How To Join the InvestHER Movement   1) The Real Estate InvestHER Podcast - The weekly show details the journey of some of the most amazing women real estate investors around the world, who open up their lives and share practical and strategic tools for growing a rental portfolio, flipping houses and the mindset that allows them to run a successful investing business while taking care of their families and most importantly taking care of themselves.  • Subscribe via Itunes  • Subscribe via Android • Subscribe via Stitcher  2)  InvestHER Community on Facebook  We have 2k+ members in our Facebook InvestHER Community (and growing!) This is a safe place for women to ask real estate investing questions and gain the support they need to achieve their goals!  3) InvestHER Meetups Around the Globe We have over 4k+ meetup members attending close to 25 InvestHER Meetups across the country and Canada. Meetups are being held monthly by experienced InvestHER Leaders! Learn more about our InvestHER leaders, meetup locations, and how to become an InvestHER Leader HERE! Follow us on: Facebook: @therealestateinvesther Instagram: @therealestateinvesther