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This podcast combines financial advice, personal stories, and product promotions to guide listeners on building financial resilience. Host Richard McDonald features financial strategist Laura Finney, who emphasizes the value of fiduciary advice, early planning, and honest conversations about money—especially regarding supporting aging parents and managing retirement. She stresses that setting aside consistent savings (like 30% of income) and prioritizing emergency funds are foundational, while avoiding debt-heavy decisions that could jeopardize future financial stability. The show also addresses common pitfalls like financial scams and misinformation, warning against relying on unverified influencers. Promotions for financial tools—such as Chime’s fee-free banking, Kroger’s grocery delivery, AutoTrader’s car shopping, and Indeed’s job listings—highlight practical solutions for daily life and career needs. A central message is that financial confidence comes not from luck or late-stage decisions, but from proactive, informed, and transparent planning. The episode concludes by reinforcing the importance of personal responsibility and truth in financial decisions, urging listeners to take ownership of their money and future.
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I have not spoken to her in a long time and I've been chasing her down for like two years to get her back on my show.
Please work with the Money Making Conversations Masterclass. Laura Finney, I had to put that out there Laura.
I mean, I've been chasing, I've been chasing, the last time we talked, you used an invest fast.
You said, "Resha, I'm going to invest fast."
And, "Oh, okay, I'll make some time to talk to you."
And you have not made time to invest fast.
Two years ago, the talk to Richard McDonnell, I've been running reruns on your podcast.
I've been running reruns on your episode. I'm so happy.
So, if you heard people say, "Scary Sean is interviewing me." You go, "Girl, that was two years ago."
That's me, my friend.
That's me, Laura. I've been running repeats of you. That's how I impressed I am by you.
You are fantastic. Thank you for coming back on my show and making time for Little Low Reshawn Macdonnell and Money Making Conversations Masterclass.
How are you doing, Laura? You're doing wonderful, wonderful. So good to be back connected with you.
Well, you know, I would say, the reason I always enjoy my interview with you two years ago was that you were a straight shooter.
And you tell, you broke it down to people because nobody wants to hear the truth.
It's her ages. And, you know, at the 23rd, you really don't hear anything about financial planning. You try to get the next car, the next clothes, the next hamburger.
You don't hear nothing because I didn't hear anything. Now, I'm gonna tell you something.
I started rolling them up on 40. I started listening a little bit, but I was caught in the middle. I'm gonna just tell you I was caught because I was kind of mad.
I didn't start earlier in my 20s and 30s, but I wasn't. I didn't understand it. We saw you can start anywhere.
You can start anywhere making your financial dream come true. Come true. Talk to us, Laura.
You can't start anywhere at any age in your right. Our 20s and 30s. It's about the career. It's about the grind.
It's about keeping up with our social lifestyles. It's all of the things except retirement or saving for the future.
And that's always been a big deal in our community. But I am thankful that I am seeing more younger people take it a lot more serious than what you and I probably did at that age.
Mainly because there are more resources available for them to learn that this is what they should be doing.
So I'm excited about it. I really am.
Cool. Now, because it's interesting because I think that, you know, first of all, in our 20s and 30s, we didn't have an internet.
We didn't have YouTube. We didn't have every social media for sure. And we didn't have cell phones.
So you have the ability to see success, to research success. But that can also lead to problems because we have these wannabe people you might be watching on social media who aren't licensed.
Talking about all this wealth and how to flip this and flip that.
You are a professional. When you see that, does it make you mad or are you just or forces you don't want to get in front of more people so they can see what you bring to the table and the reality of what you bring is authenticity and experience.
That's true on both points. I get very angry. I don't and we typically don't talk about other people's things.
But I just recently heard a 72-year-old call in who's on an oxygen tank and so security son pays a mortgage.
And she's already in her words live in very forego. You know what they told her to do, which is also what her son told her to do.
Based on her investments, you're going to run out of money in seven years, so you need to get a job.
72. Yeah, on oxygen has limited income. Seven years worth of investment, supporting to their numbers, her son and this person she called in to and they told her she needed to give her job, get a job and they gave her the resources.
So it makes me angry because one you haven't really looked at that person's full financial picture. There's some amazing books out there, some amazing podcasts.
But these people don't know your entire financial situation, they just have a clip of it. And then you put that kind of power in someone's hands and by the time they come to me, I have to correct those mistakes.
You know, that what scares me nowadays, Laura, is just scams.
You know.
Yeah.
And I'm just gonna say it.
I see stuff look like American Express, you know?
I see stuff look like Bank of America.
I see stuff look like that sometimes on my Facebook.
They'll tell me, I don't matter, say I violated the copyright.
Click this link here so we can fix it right away.
That is really, especially, this is not,
this is, I'm pretty alert guy.
I'm pretty smart guy.
And I'm gonna tell you, I think I'm sharper now,
but about two years ago, I was scared to death
when these threats came across my screen.
And that's really was traumatizing a lot of people
of these look alike scams that look very real,
but are really like the traps
that can suck your bank accounts dry, correct?
- It happens quite a bit and unfortunately
for those professionals who are licensed
and who really do want to help,
we are the ones that get looked at, like, you know, side-eyed.
We get the side-eyed look because so many people
have been burned, you know, they trust someone
for whatever reason or another.
And especially in our community,
because we don't know what it looks like
to trust a financial professional
that they don't know what that looks like.
So when you offer that to them,
they look at you as the scam versus that ad
that popped up or that 22nd TikTok that popped up.
Yeah, when you have someone that's willing to sit in front of you
and give them their time and care about you,
those are the ones that they typically shy away
from sitting down with because again,
you go back to being in that microwave society,
you know, a sound bite sounds much more appealing
than hey, we need to sit down for about 40 minutes
and go over everything.
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- Right, I'm talking Laura Finney of Laura Finney Enterprises.
She is helping individuals and business owners
create financial security, retirement readiness,
and long-term confidence through strategic planning.
Here we go.
When extra money becomes available, Laura,
how would someone decide between paying off debt,
saving or investing?
- Oh, that's a good question.
(laughs)
'Cause that's another misconception.
You have people that wanna pay off debt first, right?
- That's me.
That's me, I'm just doing right there.
I would pay off my debt.
(laughs)
- I just hate seeing that debt,
but if that emergency fund is improperly funded,
then guess what you're going to do
when an emergency happens.
- I'm trying to figure out how to get that debt
off of that, I'll pay it all back.
- Yeah, you have to go back to the debt
that you use that extra money for to pay off
the emergency that should have been funded
in a separate account.
So always say, we go back to, you know,
pay yourself first.
I don't care if it's a short leak and you did work over time,
but it's consistency paid.
I don't care if it's $10 or $100 or $1,000
that you're putting away.
But the more you pay off that debt
without having that emergency fund secured,
the more likely you are to have to go back into debt
to pay for an emergency.
- Mm-mm, mm-mm, you know, I haven't told you some Laura.
I'm talking to Laura Fenty of Laura Fenty
in the process here, I hadn't talked to her in two years
'cause she's been busy.
I've been just running reruns of my interview idea
with her, just educating the world on her wisdom.
So I'm happy to have you back on my show live.
And if that not be two years,
for I speak to you again, Laura.
- It will not be two years yet.
- Thank you.
Now, I have a daughter, and she listens to all my shows
'cause she's an editor at my company.
And so she's a 29, she has a purchased a lovely townhouse
and she has a car, no car payments.
With that advice, what can advice would you give to my daughter
to save or how you approach her about saving money?
So when she gets to her 40s, 50s, she's in a good,
she's in great shape.
What advice would you give her?
- Yeah, yeah.
I love my 20 something year olds that have that sort of
stability in their life and in their finances.
It's a big, the world is theirs at that point.
She's in an amazing position.
She should definitely be talking away
pretty much a good portion of it
because her biggest debt that car is paid off.
Her investment piece, which is her home,
if she decides to use it as such,
it's still a bit of security there for her.
So she has that cover.
Now she has to look at the long term planning
of what my retirement life is going to look like.
What do I want to live off of?
How do I want to live?
And what measures should I have in place
for the long term, like when I turned 70,
who's going to take care of me tight money?
- Now.
- Because at 29, most 29 years old that I know
want to retire between 40 and 45.
- But I'm gonna tell you something.
When I was in my 20s, I could see 70.
Yeah, I'm being honest with you.
It was like 70, 60, I didn't even see 50.
So it's really, you really have to be mature.
I'm just used that right.
I was just very immature.
You have to be really mature to sit down
and be focused on your future, focus on.
Let me tell you something.
I did go to college, okay?
Got my degree in mathematics, right?
It took me seven years.
I'm going to be honest with everybody.
I wasn't a four year guy because guess what?
I was immature at the time I said, yeah.
And so, but being a focused person, understanding budgets,
understanding finance, understanding longevity,
understanding planning and setting aside money.
That's the key, setting aside money at the bare minimum.
If she's 29, what would you say the bare minimum?
She should set aside a month.
If you were recommending,
you don't know her, just a general conversation.
- If I had to take a number off the top of my head,
it would be 30% of her income.
- Okay, cool.
All right.
She gonna hear this.
- 30%.
- Yeah, 'cause I want her to be able to live
like her father, 'cause that's the question I'm gonna ask.
- I'm going to completely get her out.
Be what that age looks like, even getting the example.
So they get to choose if they want to live
like my mom and daddy.
- Absolutely.
And I'm gonna tell you something.
One day she was, I was sitting down with my wife
and she wanted to travel like us.
My wife just looked at the girl, really?
Oh, now you want to travel like us?
But again, we'll be back with more
of money making conversation masterclass.
Thank you for coming back on my show, Laura.
I missed you.
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Let's get back into it.
- Cool, hi, welcome back to Roshan McDonnell,
the host of Money Making Conversation Masterclass.
I'm seeking the law of finney,
a law of print, finney enterprises.
Law, how can we get in touch with you?
- You can go to my website,
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- Cool, it's a couple of questions.
I'm gonna ask that I know a lot of people
listening that didn't see it coming.
Like, how can adults support aging parents
with our jeopardizing their own financial future?
- It comes down to the conversations
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- Now, here's the flip side of that.
You know, you're sacrificing your retirement savings
to pay for your child's education.
- Oh, we're showing.
(laughing)
You know, one of the questions always as clients,
you know, when it comes to, you know,
how much money you wanna have in the future,
are you gonna contribute to your child's education growing up
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- You know, it's really interesting you say that
because like I said, you can be hit on both sides.
Like I wanted to show that example, you know,
your aging parents, you know, you,
they are potentially could either way
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- Well, I have to ask, who's problem is that though?
Is it the parent's problem or the kids problem?
- Well, it's a little bit of both I think when you,
because you know, we as a parent,
I'm just picking as a parent,
I want my child to have a better life than I had.
Okay.
And so, you know, that's the American dream.
And so, but I think the thing that we never see coming
that's happening is taking care of our parents.
I don't think we see that.
That's the new debt.
I wouldn't, let me be call us and say they'll use the word debt
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They can't stay at their home by themselves.
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All these are expenses that you may have to encounter.
And you don't want your mom or dad staying just anywhere.
So those decisions and they can come back
and eat into your kids' dreams or your dream
because of the fact that, you know,
you're in a situation where you didn't plan.
And so, these are the difficult conversations.
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You said the key word plan.
And that is so important.
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is because we do more on the consultation
than most people, advisors and the same people
in within the industry.
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that is a question on my intake.
Is, do you see yourself having
to financially support your parents in the future?
And if the answer is yes,
the parents have to be included
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Mr. McDonald, what would you want to do?
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I leave no stone unturned because like you said,
it becomes a surprise later on, a surprise, a burden.
And then, in the end, I'm going to go to the next one.
in many cases, how can I make this up?
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how am I gonna make more money to keep the lifestyle I have
and be able to take care of my parents.
- And I've learned, you can't turn back the clock
to make more money.
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- With that being said, tell everybody about who exactly
Laura Finney is.
- You're right.
I'm a straight shooter.
I'm so glad my friends love me
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I guess, you know, I believe in the truth.
- Absolutely.
- And the truth, I believe, sets you free
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And the decisions that they make
and getting them to understand why that's so important
in having, I like to call it a financial coach.
Somebody you have on feedback of about the 60 clients
I have, I may get, I don't know, four calls a year.
- Love it.
- From people who are just in a bind
or about to make some different decisions
and changes and we talk through that.
I don't put my clients on a 20 minute timer, never.
- Well, you know. - 'Cause the more you talk,
the more I'm gonna learn some about what you're doing
that you shouldn't be doing it,
then we're gonna turn around and this is that.
- This is a lot going to be Laura.
She's gonna be Laura then.
- I'm just saying that.
She's the one that calls that if you,
if you're over there, you will, you know.
And the one I'm saying is that,
here's my whole thing about your money.
You don't want anybody to have your money
or work with your money that don't care about your money.
And- - That's right.
- That's important.
I'm just talking in general.
Because I know some people that go ahead and invest
'cause it's rolling, right?
But that might not be the person that cares about your money.
She uses the word fiduciary.
Can you explain to people what that means, Laura?
- It means that I'm licensed and,
according to the old I took,
I have to put my clients needs first.
It also means that I don't provide investment and vice.
I look at a complete financial picture
with the goal of getting you to what your ultimate goal is,
whether it's saving, whether it's getting out of debt,
whether it's setting up, you know,
income in various accounts
and being able to tell you what those options are.
And knowing that, for me more than anything,
is that you understand it.
If you don't understand it, I can't help.
I'll kind of let people go on their own
and probably wouldn't answer their calls,
'cause I don't want my name behind bear mistakes.
But it's so important to me
that people understand the products that they have.
- She's my favorite person.
I know, you know, an NPR, you can't say favorite,
you can't say you like people.
It's a lot of apologize, I apologize.
We shall back down here.
But when you come across people that,
you know, you want the people to hear.
And this is what this show is about.
You know, the truth about how you should look at your life,
prepare your life.
We all are gonna get old.
That's a ticket we came run from.
And we all are gonna die.
But we all can get old in a certain way
and we all can prepare to die a certain way.
That's what this show is about, preparing you for life.
Hopefully the information you get,
the law offenders of the world are waiting on you out there.
Laura, as we close, tell them about your website
so we can know how to reach you
if some people want to call your contact.
- Okay, the website is, again,
morethinnieinterprises.net.
For my women out there that are listening,
it's she prospers with an S at the end.net.
That's solely focused on women with financial education,
which is huge.
And then I can be reached if they want to call me directly
at 404-692-1824.
- Laura, thank you for taking the time.
I'm gonna come and speak to Richard McDonald again.
(laughing)
I miss you, my friend.
We talk soon, okay?
- Likewise.
- Bye-bye.
And thank you everybody for listening
the money making conversation masterclass.
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It's a joy to come on this show.
It's a joy to, and a blessing to have WCLK
to allow me this hour weekly to be able to tell everybody
who's listening to me to keep winning.
- Thank you for listening to this episode.
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Podcast Summary
Key Points:
Chat GPT Work Mode helps users turn goals and project details into actionable outputs like decks, trackers, or workflows while staying in control through review and approval.
Financial expert Laura Finney emphasizes the importance of fiduciary advice, honest financial planning, and early action to secure long-term wealth and support for aging parents.
Key financial decisions—like debt payoff, saving, or investing—should prioritize building an emergency fund and setting consistent, automatic savings (e.g., 30% of income).
The show highlights common financial pitfalls, including scams, misinformation, and lack of planning, stressing the need for trusted, licensed advisors over social media influencers.
Resources like Chime, Kroger, AutoTrader, and Indeed are promoted as tools to improve personal finance, convenience, and hiring efficiency.
A recurring theme is the importance of proactive financial conversations, especially around supporting parents and managing retirement goals.
The host underscores that financial freedom starts with self-awareness, honesty, and planning—especially at midlife or later.
The podcast advocates for transparency, real talk, and client-centered advice to empower individuals in making informed, long-term financial decisions.
Summary:
This podcast combines financial advice, personal stories, and product promotions to guide listeners on building financial resilience. Host Richard McDonald features financial strategist Laura Finney, who emphasizes the value of fiduciary advice, early planning, and honest conversations about money—especially regarding supporting aging parents and managing retirement. She stresses that setting aside consistent savings (like 30% of income) and prioritizing emergency funds are foundational, while avoiding debt-heavy decisions that could jeopardize future financial stability.
The show also addresses common pitfalls like financial scams and misinformation, warning against relying on unverified influencers. Promotions for financial tools—such as Chime’s fee-free banking, Kroger’s grocery delivery, AutoTrader’s car shopping, and Indeed’s job listings—highlight practical solutions for daily life and career needs. A central message is that financial confidence comes not from luck or late-stage decisions, but from proactive, informed, and transparent planning.
The episode concludes by reinforcing the importance of personal responsibility and truth in financial decisions, urging listeners to take ownership of their money and future.
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Always prioritize building an emergency fund first. If you have debt, pay it off, but only if your emergency fund is secured. A core principle is 'pay yourself first' — consistently saving a portion of income regardless of amount.
A fiduciary financial professional puts client needs first and is legally required to act in the client’s best interest. This means they provide full financial transparency, avoid conflicts of interest, and help with long-term financial planning.
Have open, planned conversations about financial support early. Set clear monthly or quarterly amounts, explore subsidized options, and include parents in financial planning to avoid unexpected expenses that impact your retirement.
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