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John Bodrozic

Co-FounderHomeZada

El Dorado Hills, CA

Member Since April 2023

Skills

Entrepreneurship
Digital Product Management
Financial Software Development

About

John is a Co-Founder of HomeZada, a personal finance software platform dedicated to empowering homeowners to save money and improve value of their residential real estate assets. John was previously a Co-Founder and President of Meridian Systems, a leading construction project management software company. John helped guide the company from bootstrapped startup, to a profitable business, raising both venture and corporate venture funding, growing to a global business with eventually a successful exit to a public company. John previously held various project management positions and has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.

Published content

Six Ways Women Can Overcome Any Financial Obstacles Holding Them Back

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To improve your financial situation, focus on empowering yourself first. Whether it’s limiting cultural expectations, wage disparities or planning for longer-term care, there are some financial challenges women face that their male counterparts may never experience. And while these can be major roadblocks to financial success on their own, these obstacles can be even more difficult to overcome if you don’t have much experience handling finances or knowledge about the best ways to tackle financial issues. However, according to the financial experts of Kiplinger Advisor Collective, the best way to improve your financial situation is to empower yourself through the following six steps. By making each one of these steps a priority, women can take charge of their financial well-being, strengthen their financial literacy and equip themselves with the skills they need to succeed with money now and well into the future.

Nine Common Wealth-Building Mistakes You Might Be Making

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Small mistakes can have a big impact over time. Opportunities abound when it comes to making money. But while there are numerous paths for building wealth, there are just as many paths for making a mistake. And not all mistakes are so obvious. If you’re making or saving more and more money year after year, you’re succeeding in building wealth—right? While this thinking is technically correct, you could be making the process more complicated than it needs to be or are missing out on vital opportunities to build wealth smarter and faster. Here, nine financial experts of Kiplinger Advisor Collective dive deeper on some of the most common wealth-building mistakes that people make and what they would advise people do differently to maximize their wealth-building potential.

Nine Steps You Can Take Right Now to Build a More Financially Stable Future

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Taking even just one of these steps can set you on a better path toward financial success. Financial surprises often seem to crop up at the most inopportune times — your car breaks down, you have an unexpected medical bill, your air conditioner needs to be replaced. All of these situations, paired with poor money habits or a lack of financial planning, can create a major hole in your budget, leaving you feeling scared or anxious about how you’re going to climb back out. But whether you have unexpected expenses, you spend above your means or you feel like you’re behind on saving for retirement, the key to finding stability is intention. Here, the financial and investment experts of Kiplinger Advisor Collective walk through the steps anyone can take right now to start building a more financially stable future and why doing so is key to living the life you want. 

How Generative AI Is Changing Personal Finance for Homeowners

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AI technologies can improve the financial management of homes and provide more value to homeowners.

New to Investing? Six Expert Tips for How to Do It Smartly

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The key to smart investing is to first equip yourself with the right knowledge. For the average person, investing can seem like an intimidating concept. “How do I figure out what to invest in?” “How much should I invest, and how often?” “What are the best accounts to open up?” “What happens if I lose all my money?” These are just some of the questions aspiring investors are likely to ask, but getting answers isn’t always so straightforward. Those attempting to invest without any knowledge of how to do so have the potential to set themselves up for grave financial mistakes in the future. In this way, it’s critical new investors take care before making any decisions or setting any investment goals. But whether someone just wants to dabble in investing or they’re ready to make some more aggressive moves, they should first consider the advice of financial and investment experts. As such, the leaders of Kiplinger Advisor Collective have some sage advice for newbie investors. Below, they each offer one tip that individuals new to investing may not know about how to do it smartly, and why they would so strongly advise taking these cautionary steps before taking any major financial ones.

Retiring Soon? Seven Expert Tips to Ensure Your Money Lasts

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Drawing up an intentional plan can ease your fears about not having enough. One of the biggest fears soon-to-be retirees have is that they won’t have enough money to last them throughout their retirement. And rightly so — with concerns surrounding inflation, recessions and a volatile stock market, over half of Americans feel behind on their retirement savings. These fears may keep them from taking the plunge and quitting their jobs once they hit retirement age, delaying retirement for years or perhaps even indefinitely.  However, with an intentional plan and the right support in place, you can retire comfortably — and confidently — at the age you choose. To provide some guidance on how to prepare, seven financial experts from Kiplinger Advisor Collective discuss their top tips for soon-to-be retirees looking for ways to make their savings last throughout their retirement and banish their fears of not being able to survive financially.

Company details

HomeZada

Company bio

HomeZada is a personal finance / fintech platform for consumers to manage, maintain, protect, improve and eventually sell their largest asset and biggest expense, their home. HomeZada has pioneered this "digital home management" market by combining multiple apps, content, data and AI into a single platform that empowers homeowners to save money, get organized, and improve the value of their residential real estate assets. HomeZada is also a customer engagement and marketing platform for financial services, insurance, real estate and home improvement companies to engage their homeowner clients to build loyalty, increase renewals, and market additional products to homeowners.

Industry

Financial Technology (Fintech)

Area of focus

Financial Technology (Fintech)
Consumer Finance
Real Estate Finance & Investment

Company size

11 - 50