A real Gen X dad and his real Gen Z son, arguing over the real numbers from their own household — then translating every one of them for the two-thirds of you who rent.
Finfluencers sell a take. We show you a spreadsheet. Every episode opens with a real bill from our house in Katy, Texas, and ends with what it means whether you own, rent, or still live with your parents.
25 years in energy and tech, and almost everything he knows about money he learned ten years later than he should have. This show is that conversation, with real numbers.
He moved back home this year, and his dad wants him to have the tools nobody handed him at 24. So Jackson's a full co-host, not a guest — his job is to ask the "dumb" question and translate every homeowner lesson into a renter's reality.
Every episode links back to a free calculator on this site, built to answer one specific question with your own real numbers — not ours.
Our house is paid off. It still costs $31,750 a year. And thanks to a rate hike ten days before we hit record, buying that same house today would run about $70,000 a year. This is the number nobody shows you.
Listen / watch the episode →Add up what it actually costs you to exist where you live, and see how far off your gut guess was.
See what a house costs to finance at today's rate versus any other rate you remember.
Compare two bills and see exactly how much — and how fast — a cost is climbing.