If you own a home and then sell it, you may owe taxes on the sale if the home has appreciated in value. There are some exceptions to this, however, and a lot depends on how long you've been in the home and how you're using it. Here's an overview of capital gains taxes on home sales.

In this session, we dive deeper into insurance & budgeting with Anna (from We're Not Kidding) & her husband Grant.

As people age, the likelihood of needing long term care increases. Long term care can refer to a range of services and support. However, long term care can be costly, and without proper planning, it can deplete one's retirement savings and other assets.

Property taxes boil down to paying somebody for the honor of living somewhere. And as property taxes fund local services like libraries and firefighting, they are worth paying. A major debate in the Childfree community is over whether it's fair for people without children to pay for schools that they won't use, but everyone pays for police and firefighters and hope never to use their services. Here's a few considerations for property taxes.

Childfree Wealth Podcast is a show hosted by Bri Conn and Dr. Jay Zigmont, PhD, CFP®, focusing on finances for childfree and permanently childfree individuals. The show covers a wide range of financial topics, including budgeting, investing, saving, and planning for the future. In this episode, Bri and Dr. Jay use their expertise and experience to provide listeners with practical advice and strategies for building wealth and achieving financial independence.

As we've already discussed, Childfree Americans pay a lot of different taxes, and this includes those charged not just at the federal level, but also at the state and local level. So there's really no escaping taxes in some form or another, even if you move to one that does not charge state income taxes (there are nine: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming). You'll have to pay into the state coffers in other ways. Let's discuss a few tax considerations to make based on where you live.

When you're part of the Childfree community, you're also free to design a living situation that works for you. For some people, this could be forming a group for the purposes of finances and potentially homeownership. Let's take a look at some of the considerations for figuring out finances as a group.

Saving and investing your money are two major parts of personal finance 101, and it's natural to wonder how to approach them. Let's take a look at planning for the future, picking the right accounts, and whether you should tackle your debt before working towards other financial goals.