{"podcast":{"title":"Parents: Is Your Teen College Ready?","slug":"parents-is-your-teen-college-ready-5437024","podcast_index_feed_id":5437024,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/HyXhW3hM","website_url":"https://parents-is-your-teen-college-ready.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/cd94a5e4-8afc-4acb-8ee9-02061f76ae23/9aae2399-5dd3-4f6c-829e-6466b0ae9eed/3000x3000/logo-podcast.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Shellee Howard","episode_count":153,"summary":"Your teen is in middle school or high school, and college is on the horizon! Do you know where to begin? It can be overwhelming! Which college will be a good fit? Can you afford it? What is my teen passionate about? This can be an exciting time, but a stressful one! College admission is at an all time high in both competitiveness and cost. How do you navigate this? Your host Shellee Howard with College Ready has helped countless families in the college admissions process while saving them thousands of dollars in tuition! In her podcast, she sits down with new and past clients to share their experiences with College Ready, along with financial advisors and other experts who understand the importance of financial awareness when it comes to graduating from college debt free. This year's College Ready seniors earned over 17 million dollars in scholarships and grants! The information you hear on this show is priceless, you really can’t afford to not tune in!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T22:19:40.945796+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/parents-is-your-teen-college-ready-5437024"},"episode":{"title":"How Families Reduce College Costs Without Sacrificing Retirement | Terry Wheeler on Tax Strategies","slug":"how-families-reduce-college-costs-without-sacrificing-retirement-terry-wheeler-on-tax-strategies","published_at":"2026-05-28T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/parents-is-your-teen-college-ready-5437024/how-families-reduce-college-costs-without-sacrificing-retirement-terry-wheeler-on-tax-strategies","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/parents-is-your-teen-college-ready-5437024","url":"https://parents-is-your-teen-college-ready.simplecast.com/episodes/how-families-reduce-college-costs-without-sacrificing-retirement-terry-wheeler-on-tax-strategies-rmU4JZWB","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/1cacd739-1e10-4d6a-8800-3970a12d1545/81be547e-cd65-4642-9b32-8c344b462e0f/episodes/audio/group/ef34bd8a-4e28-4ae2-a6c9-e93bf37e4d6f/group-item/09e41cee-cff8-4cc5-8f3f-125cfc470e77/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=HyXhW3hM","summary":"🎙️ In this episode of Parents: Is Your Teen College Ready?, Shellee Howard welcomes wealth strategist and tax attorney Terry Wheeler for a powerful conversation about how families can reduce college costs without sacrificing retirement or taking on unnecessary debt. 💡 As a father of five, including triplets preparing for college, Terry understands firsthand the financial pressure families face. Drawing from decades of experience in wealth strategy, tax law, and retirement planning, he shares how parents can legally uncover hidden financial opportunities to help pay for college while protecting their long term financial future. 📚 Parents will learn how proactive tax planning, FAFSA strategy, scholarships, and retirement planning can work together to create a smarter path forward. Shellee and Terry also discuss why college planning should be approached like a business decision instead of an emotional one, and why it is never too late to start building a strategy. 🏡 This episode also explores practical strategies involving business ownership, side hustles, short term rentals, and the Augusta Rule, helping families understand that there may be more financial options available than they realize.","meta_description":"🎙️ In this episode of Parents: Is Your Teen College Ready?, Shellee Howard welcomes wealth strategist and tax attorney Terry Wheeler for a powerful conver…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1420,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/parents-is-your-teen-college-ready-5437024/episodes/how-families-reduce-college-costs-without-sacrificing-retirement-terry-wheeler-on-tax-strategies/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/parents-is-your-teen-college-ready-5437024/how-families-reduce-college-costs-without-sacrificing-retirement-terry-wheeler-on-tax-strategies.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}