Roth Conversion Ladders and Accessing Retirement Money Early| Brandon Renfro -

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Did you know you could access your retirement money early? I know! I didn’t realize this was a thing until well into my 20s. So I’m stoked for you to learn more about investing and retirement and couldn’t think of a better person to have this discussion with than today’s guest.

About Our Guest

Brandon Renfro is a fee only financial advisor and Assistant Professor of Finance at East Texas Baptist University. He has also been serving in Arkansas Army National Guard since 2009 and is an Infantry Captain in the 39th Infantry Brigade.

Brandon teaches courses on investments, economics, personal financial planning, corporate finance, international finance, and money and banking and writes really in-depth and well articulated articles on financial topics.

What You’ll Learn

Where Brandon’s background lies and his perspective on FIRE
Why Brandon went into financial planning
A simple breakdown of what an IRA is and clearing up common misconceptions about them
How to decide between a traditional IRA and a Roth IRA
Why any IRA is better than no IRA
How we can access IRA money legally early
Red flags to be aware of when investing
Addressing the rationale of investing fear
Good resources for learning more about investing
Why a fee-only advisor may be generally preferable