{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65675c71c3ca8a0012804645/65675c79c3ca8a0012804bba?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"881: Ask Farnoosh: Maximizing tax deductions, paying down student loans and evaluating stock options","description":"<p>This week: How to maximize tax deductions, paying down student loan debt and evaluating stock options.</p><p>Special co-host and listener Michael Reynolds, founder of <a href=\"https://www.elevationfinancial.com/\">Elevation Financial,</a> joins the show.</p><p>Michael Reynolds (Principal of Elevation Financial) is passionate about entrepreneurship and financial education. He has founded/co-founded a number of successful businesses, including a training company, a software company and a virtual staffing firm. After 23 years as the co-founder/owner of SpinWeb, a digital marketing agency, he sold the agency in order to focus on what he loves — helping people improve their financial health and advising entrepreneurs.</p><p>Years ago Michael developed an itch to work in financial services. He became licensed to help people with investments and financial needs, purely as a passion project. His clientele grew organically and he developed a strong attachment to the process of managing money and helping others do the same — all while running his agency, starting new businesses, getting married and becoming a new dad.</p><p>In 2018, he founded Elevation Financial, an independent Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) focused on helping entrepreneurs with financial planning and investi</p>","author_name":"Farnoosh Torabi"}