Episode #20
#20: Her $305K Overhaul of a $2 Million Apartment in NYC
Laura is a corporate executive who has spent seventeen years at the same company. Her husband is a prosecutor at the Manhattan DA's office, and they are raising three daughters in Tribeca. She is also one of my best friends, and has never talked about her money publicly before. In this episode, she sits down with me to break down how she actually affords the lifestyle. Laura and I walk through the $2.05 million apartment they bought two years ago and the $9,000 a month in charges that come with it, the $75,000 they spent moving walls, the $230,000 they spent furnishing every room, and what the two most expensive pieces in the apartment actually cost. Plus, she shares the four-word negotiation phrase she uses on everything from party vendors to invoices, and exactly what it has saved her. Laura reveals how they actually paid for that apartment, what a nanny, camp, and after-school activities cost for three kids in Manhattan, the single conversation with her employer that produced the biggest income jump of her career, and why she still has no idea what she is inheriting. Plus, what she is working toward affording next. Download Ashley's free "Get Paid What You're Worth" negotiation guide ( https://www.thefiscalfemme.com/get-paid ). Check out Ashley's Money Club ( https://www.thefiscalfemme.com/money-club ) to join a community of women unabashedly going after their money goals. Take this quiz to get a personalized Wealth Building Blueprint ( https://bit.ly/4v94g2C ) Get Tanja Hester's book, Work Optional (https://tanjahester.com/work-optional/).
