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#700: Q&A: A $30K Promotion Near FI, Learning Put Options, and Scaling a 16-Unit Portfolio

Tuesday, March 24, 2026Paula PantView original

Should you take a $30,000 raise right before you retire? It’s the kind of question that forces you to ask what you’re really optimizing for—money, or something else entirely.

In this Q&A episode, Joe and I answer three questions: Melanie is four years from FI but a high-stress job with a big raise just opened [...]