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The Ramsey Show
Cut Debt out of Your Life! (Literally)
There's a time in your life and in the baby steps for renting, but you don't want to do it forever because when you rent, you're still paying for a mortgage, just somebody else's. Plus, rent means instability in your budget because it always goes up, never down. So when you're ready to buy, make sure you work with a mortgage partner you can rely on. Churchill Mortgage.
The Ramsey Show
Cut Debt out of Your Life! (Literally)
Churchill is Ramsey trusted to help you make the move from renting to home ownership wisely. Churchill understands that when you buy a home the Ramsey way, your mortgage payment will be a consistent, manageable part of your monthly budget. Plus, when your home is paid off, that was your largest expense.
The Ramsey Show
Cut Debt out of Your Life! (Literally)
Now it's extra money in your pocket and an asset towards turning you into a baby steps millionaire. So get started on the American dream of home ownership today at churchhillmortgage.com. That's churchhillmortgage.com.
The Ramsey Show
Cut Debt out of Your Life! (Literally)
As an investor and a person of faith, when your mutual funds and ETFs put your money into the dark side, you might feel a disturbance. Well, good news. Timothy Plan offers investments for people who want to be intentional about where their money goes.
The Ramsey Show
Cut Debt out of Your Life! (Literally)
As the pioneering force in biblically responsible investing, Timothy Plan entered the investment space to offer clean alternatives to secular funds that invest in stuff you'd never willingly expose your family to. And for more than 30 years, Timothy Plan has offered mutual funds and ETFs that won't contradict your values or sabotage your faith.
The Ramsey Show
Cut Debt out of Your Life! (Literally)
So if you're serious about investing with a clear conscience, Timothy Plan could be just what you're searching for. Contact your financial advisor today to see if Timothy Plan is right for you. Or visit timothyplan.com for more information. Investing includes risk, including possible loss of principal.
The Ramsey Show
Cut Debt out of Your Life! (Literally)
Before investing, carefully consider a fund's investment objective, risks, charges, and expenses contained in the prospectus available at timothyplan.com. Read carefully before investing. Mutual funds distributed by Timothy Partners LTD and ETFs distributed by Foresight Fund Services LLC.
The Ramsey Show
Cut Debt out of Your Life! (Literally)
Yes, I have, George. Sketchy and never trust them.
The Ramsey Show
Cut Debt out of Your Life! (Literally)
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The Ramsey Show
Cut Debt out of Your Life! (Literally)
That's right. And then once they remove your information, then they're going to send you a detailed report telling you where they found your information, when they removed it, how many hours they've saved you. I mean, it is incredible. So detailed and it's beautiful.
The Ramsey Show
Cut Debt out of Your Life! (Literally)
Absolutely amazing. And Winston and I now get fewer texts, weird emails, spam calls, all of it.
The Ramsey Show
Cut Debt out of Your Life! (Literally)
It's amazing. So again, that's joindeleteme.com slash Ramsey. Make sure to check it out, you guys.
The Ramsey Show
Cut Debt out of Your Life! (Literally)
I hate to admit this, but I don't always eat right. I know I need to eat more fruits and veggies, but sometimes I just have to pound some chips because they taste so good. That's why I love my Field of Greens. It helps me eat healthy when I don't have much time. And each fruit and vegetable in Field of Greens was doctor selected for a specific health benefit.
The Ramsey Show
Cut Debt out of Your Life! (Literally)
Heart, lungs, kidney, metabolism, even healthy weight. And folks, I ain't getting any younger. It's super easy to mix with water. And here is the great part of it. I thought it might taste like grass, but it tastes great. And only Field of Greens makes this promise. Your doctor will notice your improved health or your money back.
The Ramsey Show
Cut Debt out of Your Life! (Literally)
So go to fieldofgreens.com slash Ramsey for 20% off your first order. That's fieldofgreens.com slash Ramsey to save 20% on your first order.
The Ramsey Show
Quit Letting Broke People Give You Financial Advice!
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The Ramsey Show
Quit Letting Broke People Give You Financial Advice!
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The Ramsey Show
Quit Letting Broke People Give You Financial Advice!
There's a time in your life and at the baby steps for renting, but you don't want to do it forever because when you rent, you're still paying for a mortgage, just somebody else's. Plus, rent means instability in your budget because it always goes up, never down. So when you're ready to buy, make sure you work with a mortgage partner you can rely on. Churchill Mortgage.
The Ramsey Show
Quit Letting Broke People Give You Financial Advice!
Churchill is Ramsey Trusted to help you make the move from renting to home ownership wisely. Churchill understands that when you buy a home the Ramsey way, your mortgage payment will be a consistent, manageable part of your monthly budget. Plus, when your home is paid off, that was your largest expense.
The Ramsey Show
Quit Letting Broke People Give You Financial Advice!
Now it's extra money in your pocket and an asset towards turning you into a Baby Steps millionaire. So get started on the American dream of home ownership today at churchillmortgage.com. That's churchillmortgage.com.
The Ramsey Show
Quit Letting Broke People Give You Financial Advice!
I thought you were going to have to phone a friend and see if George would say to sell the donkeys.
The Ramsey Show
Quit Letting Broke People Give You Financial Advice!
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The Ramsey Show
Quit Letting Broke People Give You Financial Advice!
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The Ramsey Show
Quit Letting Broke People Give You Financial Advice!
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The Ramsey Show
Quit Letting Broke People Give You Financial Advice!
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The Ramsey Show
Don’t Become a Victim of Your Circumstances
Okay. You got it? Yeah. Would you recommend what they were saying with like, you know, living at home for a little bit and then giving them money? Or would you say like, get on my own?
The Ramsey Show
Don’t Become a Victim of Your Circumstances
It's great, man. Well, I appreciate everything you have to do. I've been phoning you since I was 18. I just turned 19 not too long ago. So I'm freaking out right now. Uh-oh. What are you freaking out about? Everybody likes to share a little bit of details of their input on life and everything that's going on. And I'm really, really, really trying to get a place to live.
The Ramsey Show
Don’t Become a Victim of Your Circumstances
I'm going to be proposing to my girl soon. So I'm trying to figure out whether I'm renting or buying. I'd really like to buy, but I'm trying to follow you guys as much as I can. And I don't want to have a credit score or a credit card, but I've called too many people.
The Ramsey Show
Don’t Become a Victim of Your Circumstances
Yeah, like I said, I'm proposing to my girl soon, so that's the main one. I mean, I have like a year to figure this all out, but I'm just trying to figure out.
The Ramsey Show
Don’t Become a Victim of Your Circumstances
No, there's no law. No, no, I just don't know. Like, I want to be putting as much as I can into savings, right? So I don't know if I should be, how long I should be renting for if I should. Like, I know I'm okay to do that, but.
The Ramsey Show
Don’t Become a Victim of Your Circumstances
Yeah, yeah. I'm debt-free. I'm working for an amazing company that they'll pay for me to go to school if I want to. I'm going to pursue a career in home adjusting, and they'll pay for me to do that, too. Great. What's your income? Income right now is about $35,000. I work two jobs. I work at a restaurant.
The Ramsey Show
Don’t Become a Victim of Your Circumstances
Savings right now, I have about... $15,000 in my regular savings fund, and then I have $4,000 in retirement and a couple thousand in my emergency fund.
The Ramsey Show
Don’t Become a Victim of Your Circumstances
No, that's just for the house. I actually have a fund for a ring.
The Ramsey Show
Don’t Become a Victim of Your Circumstances
Right now, I know it's lower, but I mean, right now it's about like a thousand and some change a month.
The Ramsey Show
Don’t Become a Victim of Your Circumstances
Yeah. Yeah, I've been saving up for that one for a while. I have about like $3,000 ready for that. Perfect. That's all ready to go.
The Ramsey Show
Don’t Become a Victim of Your Circumstances
Yeah, I'm terrified. I keep hearing stuff. People keep telling me higher interest rates. Even though I can do manual underwriting, but then they'll be like, yeah, I expect higher interest rates, but I don't know.
The Ramsey Show
Don’t Become a Victim of Your Circumstances
Yeah, and they suggested what I could do is I could pay a little bit of money. I have a track record to my mom and dad. Exactly.
The Ramsey Show
Make Money Choices Today That You Won’t Regret Tomorrow
I'm well. So I've just been doing research with my financials, and then I came across George Camel on YouTube, and then that's how I saw the Randy show. Yeah, you got to love George.
The Ramsey Show
Make Money Choices Today That You Won’t Regret Tomorrow
Yes, sir. He's very amusing on YouTube. So if you guys ever see him, please give him a thank you for how humorous he is.
The Ramsey Show
Make Money Choices Today That You Won’t Regret Tomorrow
How can we help? My, uh, my question is I, so with the baby steps, I feel like I'm in limbo between baby step two and baby step three. I, I have $6,000 right now in my HYSA. So I feel step one is definitely complete. So my financial situation, my wife and I, we closed on a home in June of 2023 out in California. Our mortgage is, uh,
The Ramsey Show
Make Money Choices Today That You Won’t Regret Tomorrow
Sorry, expense-wise, we're stocking away $5,200 a month into another HYSA to cover the mortgage, property taxes, and insurance.
The Ramsey Show
Make Money Choices Today That You Won’t Regret Tomorrow
No, I'm moving out to California. You're moving out to California.
The Ramsey Show
Make Money Choices Today That You Won’t Regret Tomorrow
So that's the mortgage there. And then I have non-traditional student loans. My parents had a 529 plan for me and my siblings. And they want half of the money back of what they totally spent for my college university. And then...
The Ramsey Show
Make Money Choices Today That You Won’t Regret Tomorrow
They only want 50% back of what my costs were. Which is what? Which is $75,000 now.
The Ramsey Show
Make Money Choices Today That You Won’t Regret Tomorrow
No, this was when I was a teenager in high school.
The Ramsey Show
Make Money Choices Today That You Won’t Regret Tomorrow
No, no, no. I moved from baby step one. And now I feel like I'm in limbo between baby step two and baby step three.
The Ramsey Show
Make Money Choices Today That You Won’t Regret Tomorrow
The, yeah, for the, so we, when my wife and I closed on our home, we don't have PMI. So we, The other 10% came from a loan from her parents.
The Ramsey Show
Make Money Choices Today That You Won’t Regret Tomorrow
That now I believe is, I think it's $50,000 now. Ooh, sir. Okay.
The Ramsey Show
Make Money Choices Today That You Won’t Regret Tomorrow
My gross salary last year was 137 and I'm predicting it. It'll go up. It's not a predictable, it's predictable in that the salary will increase, but it's not a predictable number per year. What about your wife? She's predictable at around, I think her gross last year was $80,000.
The Ramsey Show
Make Money Choices Today That You Won’t Regret Tomorrow
That sounds about correct with our gross income for last year.
The Ramsey Show
Make Money Choices Today That You Won’t Regret Tomorrow
The mortgage is $4,252 a month. Okay. And then we also sock away extra money. Property taxes are now increasing. It was... It's about eighty four hundred dollars a year now. And then California does its two percent increase from Prop 13.
The Ramsey Show
Make Money Choices Today That You Won’t Regret Tomorrow
And then we also sock away extra money for the insurance. I have a question. Last year was.
The Ramsey Show
Make Money Choices Today That You Won’t Regret Tomorrow
Yeah, I think it's about 50% to 60%.
The Ramsey Show
Make Money Choices Today That You Won’t Regret Tomorrow
I know it's supposed to be 25%.
The Ramsey Show
Make Money Choices Today That You Won’t Regret Tomorrow
I have, but now I've accepted the terms of it and I feel relaxed because of the nature of my job. I feel content that my wife, she is 20 minutes away from her parents. In the nature of my job, I'm gone for two weeks at a time, so emotionally I feel okay because I know she has somebody to rely on while I'm gone.
The Ramsey Show
Make Money Choices Today That You Won’t Regret Tomorrow
I've come to terms with it and accepted it.
The Ramsey Show
Debt Isn't The Problem - Your Mindset Is
I hate to admit this, but I don't always eat right. I know I need to eat more fruits and veggies, but sometimes I just have to pound some chips because they taste so good. That's why I love my Field of Greens. It helps me eat healthy when I don't have much time. And each fruit and vegetable in Field of Greens was doctor selected for a specific health benefit.
The Ramsey Show
Debt Isn't The Problem - Your Mindset Is
Heart, lungs, kidney, metabolism, even healthy weight. And folks, I ain't getting any younger. It's super easy to mix with water. And here is the great part of it. I thought it might taste like grass, but it tastes great. And only Field of Greens makes this promise. Your doctor will notice your improved health or your money back.
The Ramsey Show
Debt Isn't The Problem - Your Mindset Is
So go to fieldofgreens.com slash Ramsey for 20% off your first order. That's fieldofgreens.com slash Ramsey to save 20% on your first order.
The Ramsey Show
Face Debt Head-On Before It Destroys Your Family
This show is sponsored by BetterHelp. All right, you've heard me say it a thousand times and I'm going to keep saying it. You're worth being well. And listen, therapy can help. I see a therapist, and let's be honest, a lot of you should too. But let's be real. Taking that first step to see a therapist can feel overwhelming. Maybe it's the time.
The Ramsey Show
Face Debt Head-On Before It Destroys Your Family
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The Ramsey Show
Face Debt Head-On Before It Destroys Your Family
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The Ramsey Show
Face Debt Head-On Before It Destroys Your Family
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The Ramsey Show
Face Debt Head-On Before It Destroys Your Family
My house shall be called the house of prayer, but you make it a den of thieves!
The Ramsey Show
Stop Letting Other People's Problems Ruin Your Finances
I hate to admit this, but I don't always eat right. I know, I need to eat more fruits and veggies, but sometimes I just have to pound some chips because they taste so good. That's why I love my Field of Greens. It helps me eat healthy when I don't have much time. And each fruit and vegetable in Field of Greens was doctor selected for a specific health benefit.
The Ramsey Show
Stop Letting Other People's Problems Ruin Your Finances
Heart, lungs, kidney, metabolism, even healthy weight. And folks, I ain't getting any younger. It's super easy to mix with water. And here is the great part of it. I thought it might taste like grass, but it tastes great. And only Field of Greens makes this promise. Your doctor will notice your improved health or your money back.
The Ramsey Show
Stop Letting Other People's Problems Ruin Your Finances
So go to fieldofgreens.com slash Ramsey for 20% off your first order. That's fieldofgreens.com slash Ramsey to save 20% on your first order.
The Ramsey Show
Stop Letting Other People's Problems Ruin Your Finances
It's Holy Week in Jerusalem. Crowds welcome Jesus as King. Rebellion is in the air. Jesus operates outside our jurisdiction. Rome will descend on us all. But instead of taking the throne, Jesus turns the tables.
The Ramsey Show
Stop Letting Other People's Problems Ruin Your Finances
My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you make it a den of thieves.
The Ramsey Show
Stop Letting Other People's Problems Ruin Your Finances
the world will never be the same. Coming soon to theaters, The Chosen Last Supper. Get your tickets now.
The Ramsey Show
Stop Letting Other People's Problems Ruin Your Finances
Everything above the nose, John and George. How's this day finding you?
The Ramsey Show
Stop Letting Other People's Problems Ruin Your Finances
Excellent. I need some advice. We're going to tread a little bit carefully because I am trying my best to thread the needle with my mother-in-law. She keeps giving financial and career advice to my family, specifically my wife, that do not work for our family situation and really do not work in 2024.
The Ramsey Show
Stop Letting Other People's Problems Ruin Your Finances
I would think that you are probably correct. I am worried that my wife is going to listen to her mother. My mother-in-law was able to raise four children in the Midwest through the 80s and 90s without working. She, I don't believe, has ever worked a 40-hour-a-week job in her life. A couple of days helping out at this nursery school, a couple of days here.
The Ramsey Show
Stop Letting Other People's Problems Ruin Your Finances
Well, yes. Basically, all of the advice that she's giving involves things around we have two children under six. And it's comments along the lines of, you know, when both the kids are out of daycare, my wife works as a daycare teacher as well. When the kids are out of daycare, you can leave that job and just teach music lessons.
The Ramsey Show
Stop Letting Other People's Problems Ruin Your Finances
I make 60 an hour teaching music lessons, and that's great, but that doesn't make up for the income that we need in order to live where we do it. Okay, but here's the thing, James.
The Ramsey Show
Stop Letting Other People's Problems Ruin Your Finances
Yeah, and at this point we're having to have this conversation about every six to nine months or so, and I've tried showing my wife the math and that it does not work.
The Ramsey Show
Stop Letting Other People's Problems Ruin Your Finances
I think that she gets the impression that she is working to pay for daycare and nothing else, and that once the children are out of daycare that that need might disappear.
The Ramsey Show
Stop Letting Other People's Problems Ruin Your Finances
I think so. I think part of it may be a byproduct to that's the home environment that she was raised in, so she has seen it work, but that... I don't think is realistic or sustainable.
The Ramsey Show
Stop Letting Other People's Problems Ruin Your Finances
My wife, no. She's a music teacher by trade.
The Ramsey Show
Stop Letting Other People's Problems Ruin Your Finances
I am a program director for a medium-sized nonprofit.
The Ramsey Show
Money Stress Isn’t Always About Money
As an investor and a person of faith, when your mutual funds and ETFs put your money into the dark side, you might feel a disturbance. Well, good news. Timothy Plan offers investments for people who want to be intentional about where their money goes.
The Ramsey Show
Money Stress Isn’t Always About Money
As a pioneering force in biblically responsible investing, Timothy Plan entered the investment space to offer clean alternatives to secular funds that invest in stuff you'd never willingly expose your family to. And for more than 30 years, Timothy Plan has offered mutual funds and ETFs that won't contradict your values or sabotage your faith.
The Ramsey Show
Money Stress Isn’t Always About Money
So if you're serious about investing with a clear conscience, Timothy Plan could be just what you're searching for. Contact your financial advisor today to see if Timothy Plan is right for you. Or visit TimothyPlan.com for more information. Investing includes risk, including possible loss of principal.
The Ramsey Show
Money Stress Isn’t Always About Money
Before investing, carefully consider a fund's investment objective, risks, charges, and expenses contained in the prospectus available at timothyplan.com. Read carefully before investing. Mutual funds distributed by Timothy Partners LTD and ETFs distributed by Foresight Fund Services LLC.
The Ramsey Show
Money Stress Isn’t Always About Money
Hey guys, I'm Jade Warshaw and I want to talk to you for a second about student loan refinancing. Okay, if your payment and interest rate are burying you and you feel like you can't dig out, refinancing your student loan might make sense because a lower rate could help you free up more money in your budget and a shorter term could help you pay down your debt faster.
The Ramsey Show
Money Stress Isn’t Always About Money
So reach out to the student loan refinancing experts today at laurelroad.com slash Ramsey. There, you'll find helpful resources like a student loan rate table, a refinancing calculator and other tools. Plus, you can get an initial rate in just a few minutes. Laurel Road offers low competitive rates starting under 5%. You can even get your interest rate lower if you sign up for auto pay.
The Ramsey Show
Money Stress Isn’t Always About Money
If your situation is more complex, though, sign up for a free 30-minute consultation with one of their student loan refinancing experts to get your tough questions answered. Listen, not everybody should refinance their student loan. So make sure you run the numbers. But for some people, it's the right move.
The Ramsey Show
Money Stress Isn’t Always About Money
Learn more at laurelroad.com slash Ramsey to find out more about their student loan refinancing. That's laurelroad.com slash Ramsey.
The Ramsey Show
Money Stress Isn’t Always About Money
I hate to admit this, but I don't always eat right. I know I need to eat more fruits and veggies, but sometimes I just have to pound some chips because they taste so good. That's why I love my field of greens. It helps me eat healthy when I don't have much time. And each fruit and vegetable in Field of Greens was doctor selected for a specific health benefit.
The Ramsey Show
Money Stress Isn’t Always About Money
Heart, lungs, kidney, metabolism, even healthy weight. And folks, I ain't getting any younger. It's super easy to mix with water. And here is the great part of it. I thought it might taste like grass, but it tastes great. And only Field of Greens makes this promise. Your doctor will notice your improved health or your money back.
The Ramsey Show
Money Stress Isn’t Always About Money
So go to fieldofgreens.com slash Ramsey for 20% off your first order. That's fieldofgreens.com slash Ramsey to save 20% on your first order.
The Ramsey Show
Are You Ready To Go Scorched Earth on Your Debt?
Okay, here's the hard truth. Your investment dollars could be winding up in the pockets of companies that hold positions you don't agree with. People are unknowingly putting money into tech giants and household brands that don't match up with their core values. But here's good news. Timothy Plan is at the forefront of biblically responsible investing.
The Ramsey Show
Are You Ready To Go Scorched Earth on Your Debt?
That means Timothy Plan uses a strategy that lets investors chase competitive returns while staying rock solid in their beliefs. So if you're ready to invest with a clean conscience, it's time to check out Timothy Plan. Request information at timothyplan.com to learn more or contact your financial advisor today to see if Timothy Plan is right for you.
The Ramsey Show
It’s Time To Cut Debt out of Your Life!
As an investor and a person of faith, when your mutual funds and ETFs put your money into the dark side, you might feel a disturbance. Well, good news. Timothy Plan offers investments for people who want to be intentional about where their money goes.
The Ramsey Show
It’s Time To Cut Debt out of Your Life!
As the pioneering force in biblically responsible investing, Timothy Plan entered the investment space to offer clean alternatives to secular funds that invest in stuff you'd never willingly expose your family to. And for more than 30 years, Timothy Plan has offered mutual funds and ETFs that won't contradict your values or sabotage your faith.
The Ramsey Show
It’s Time To Cut Debt out of Your Life!
So if you're serious about investing with a clear conscience, Timothy Plan could be just what you're searching for. Contact your financial advisor today to see if Timothy Plan is right for you or visit timothyplan.com for more information. Investing includes risk, including possible loss of principle.
The Ramsey Show
It’s Time To Cut Debt out of Your Life!
Before investing, carefully consider a fund's investment objective, risks, charges, and expenses contained in the prospectus available at timothyplan.com. Read carefully before investing. Mutual funds distributed by Timothy Partners LTD and ETFs distributed by Foresight Fund Services LLC.
The Ramsey Show
It’s Time To Cut Debt out of Your Life!
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The Ramsey Show
The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
Hey, how's it going? Good, how are you? I'm doing all right. But starting off, so I'm a 22-year-old in Nashville currently. I'm originally from Indiana. I am living paycheck to paycheck as of right now, but I have every now and then I get like a little bit spare some money to put aside. And I'm trying to start my own two businesses.
The Ramsey Show
The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
So my main question is, should I put that money aside and put it towards the businesses, or should I invest it in something else to get me and my old lady a house? Considering I have no credit card debt, I have no debt to my name, I have always paid cash for everything, I'm just trying to figure out what I should do.
The Ramsey Show
The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
Roughly about $1,200, I'd say, at the job that I'm at currently. My old job I made more, but I'm going back to that job at the end of this year. I'm going back to Indiana to go to that job.
The Ramsey Show
The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
Roughly, I mean, I made $1,200 a week, so I'll be making roughly $5,000 a month at that job.
The Ramsey Show
The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
So the job that I took down here, it's actually the same job. It's a traffic flagging position. I'm not making years much money, and it's not union-based, so it's not like a laboring job, I guess.
The Ramsey Show
The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
Roughly, yeah. I mean, I'm not making much, and I don't know why.
The Ramsey Show
The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
Yeah, exactly. That's what I'm saying.
The Ramsey Show
The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
I'm actually in the current, I'm in the current of doing that right now. Okay. I'm in talks with my company.
The Ramsey Show
The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
Currently, no, I do not, because I had to use it to pay for bills whenever they came around, because I ran into an issue.
The Ramsey Show
The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
Yeah, no, I mean, I'm paying on a trailer, but it's not under credit. I have no credit at all. I don't have a credit line. I've always paid for cash.
The Ramsey Show
The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
Roughly $1,600 to a trailer dealership.
The Ramsey Show
The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
I already made it. I think it was like a $200 down payment. My first payment comes out next month.
The Ramsey Show
The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
Hi, thanks for taking my call.
The Ramsey Show
The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
Yep. So I'm age 31 and, uh, currently married, no kids yet, but that's coming up around the corner, maybe a year out. Um, I'm currently on baby step four, I've been saving for retirement and, um, had a luck of fortune or strike a fortune. Uh, in the past year, I've been investing in a brokerage account for a 401k and, uh,
The Ramsey Show
The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
That's a growing actually to just shy of a million dollars in the span of a year. Whoa. Really, really lucky. What are you invested in? COVID recovery and some technology growth. And I was very fortunate there.
The Ramsey Show
The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
Two years ago, it was about 50 or 60K.
The Ramsey Show
The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
So being on Baby Step 4 and having this locked in a 401k account, I'm trying to understand how can I use this to looking forward ahead to Baby Step 5 and 6? It is still, you know, it's in a 401k account. I understand mathematically it makes sense to keep it in there, but psychologically using that net worth towards some freedom.
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The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
I'm curious on your thoughts there, what makes sense and when it makes sense to tap that resource.
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The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
It was, and I've diversified that out to kind of lock in.
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The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
I'd say about 230K as well.
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The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
That would be phenomenal. Absolutely. Yep. Okay.
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The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
So me and my wife have been married for a year now. We're on baby step two. We're tackling her student loans. And then about three years ago, I bought a house from my aunt and uncle, and they were in some tax problems. They couldn't sign the house over to me.
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The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
I know. But so we've got two years left until they can – sign the house over to me, deed it over to me, and I will, right now, currently, I still owe them $60,000. And I'm just curious if I should sock that money away after I'm done paying student loans off and then just keep it in a bank. And then that way, two years from now, I can just, you know, deal's done.
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The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
I don't have to take a mortgage out. Or should I go into investing after we pay off student loans?
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The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
Well, it wasn't on my... It's a handshake agreement? Yeah, pretty much.
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The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
Yeah, we did write something out that we all signed.
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The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
So the way I justify it to myself is... Hey, can I just say right now?
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The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
And that's what I'll have to tell myself if something bad happens.
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The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
No. So in two years, so they had to go to court with the IRS. The IRS said, fine, we're going to forgive everything. You cannot make any extra money for five years. So three years, and this was three years ago. So they had this house. I said, okay, well, I need a house. We agreed on a price, and I gave them some money down, and then I pay them a monthly payment.
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The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
And at that five-year mark, the agreement is either I'll take out a mortgage to finish paying what I owe, or I'll have the money, or whatever it takes. And then they can deed it over to me.
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The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
sure oh that makes it george okay hey it's just a national radio show what do i know okay so what is your question timothy uh if uh if i should sock what i owe them away into a savings account so when the day comes that they can beat the house to me i could just pay them off or uh should i be investing and then take out a mortgage you're talking about not paying them anymore
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The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
No, I would still make the monthly payment, but just put extra away every month.
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The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
That would take about another three to four months.
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The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
Okay. I could have all of the money in about 25 months. That includes student loans and the house, all in 25 months.
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The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
I think so, yeah. We save about $5,000. Well, we pay about $5,000 a month now towards student loans.
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The Baby Steps Break You out of the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
So we agreed at $105,000. I had a realtor out a few months ago and they put it at $248,000.