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Chapter 1: What is the main theme of this episode?
Live from the headquarters of Ramsey Solutions, it's the Ramsey Show, where we help people build wealth, do work. that they love, and create actual amazing relationships. I'm Dave Ramsey, your host. Jade Walshaw, Ramsey personality, number one best-selling author, is my co-host today. You jump in, we'll talk about your life and your money. We'll talk about you right in front of you.
The phone number is 888-825-5225. The call is free, and some say the advice is worth exactly what you pay for it. Tommy starts off this hour in Reno, Nevada. Hi, Tommy. Welcome to The Ramsey Show.
Good morning and thank you for taking the call. Sure.
What's up in your world?
Chapter 2: How to handle hidden debt in a marriage?
Well, I'm a 75-year-old senior with a 68-year-old wife. And I found a month and a half ago that I was $53,000 in debt on credit cards. I thought I was debt-free for quite a while now. And I come to find out that there was money being put against the credit cards from casinos mostly, uh, for the last five years.
Anyway, right now I'm lined up to borrow $80,000 of the credit union at 6.6 to 5% 30 year amortization, but it's a balloon payment. And the reason I went with that is cause I, I can pay different amounts, at different times because I make $30,000 to $50,000 extra approximately every year over our retirement. Our retirement income is $57.35 a month.
Who racked up the credit card bills? Your wife?
Yes, ma'am. And you didn't know about it? I wasn't smart enough to keep my nose in the books, and I trusted her 100%.
How long have you guys been married?
13 years. It's my second marriage. Okay.
And so approximately half the time you've been married, she's been lying to you. Yes. Because she has a gambling problem. Yes. Okay. Well, you described to me how you're going to try to fix and get out of this. What about stopping the problem? What are we doing about our gambling problem?
Well, she left me because she knew I'd be really upset, and she went to her mother. So she says she's getting counseling every week, but I'm not sure it's for the gambling problem.
What do you think it's for?
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Chapter 3: Should I sell my cryptocurrency now?
that's nuts okay so sorry now i've insulted you completely but oh well uh just that's for the rest of the audience is at a vacation that's all i can say because i don't think i'm going to help you at all oh my gosh yeah clear the air okay let's go and matthew gets to follow that in chicago hey matthew how are you hey mr randy what's up not much uh in the parking lot um
I'm a barber. I'm waiting to go into work after this. But, uh, I called you today, um, cause, uh, last June, um, I was looking for a car vehicle. Um, I kind of get approved for a car for credit. Um, I'm 23 years old. I've been through debt like twice, like in $10,000 worth. And I've read your book, the snowball method.
I got out of like a 10,000 debt twice and then I saved my money a little bit for a down payment for a vehicle. I have a son, I have a fiance. I live with my fiance's mom at her house.
Um, what's your question?
My, my question is I got a loan from my grandpa for like $35,000 for a Jeep grand Cherokee. Um, His folks co-signed for me, but he didn't want the title in his name, so he just paid it off. So I made an arrangement with him to pay him, and he wanted 5% interest. Okay, sounds good, whatever. I paid $687 a month to him with the interest. The principal is like $602.
And it turns out this is not all it was cracked up to be. You're not having fun, are you, buddy? Pardon me? This is not fun, is it? Why did you call us?
Because I feel like I'm throwing money. I realize, okay, this is not an asset. It's a liability. I make a decent amount of money where it's like I'm good at saving, but then I save more. I want to get my own house, my own property with my wife.
Good for you. Get rid of the $35,000 car then.
I know.
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Chapter 4: Is it wise to take a family loan for a car?
When's it due? July 14th. Awesome, man. Good for you. Thank you. I have my own business in pet care. I'm a dog trainer. And I am $300,000 in debt. From what? So my question is... So my question is, do I focus on expanding the business, hiring and trying to be able to make the business self-running so I could be as present of a dad as possible or focus on paying off debts?
Is the debt business debt? Is it from you building this business? Is that where it came from?
Yes.
Yes. That's where it came from. Most of it.
How does it take $300,000 to train a dog?
Yeah.
So we started mobile. So I started the business when I was 19, doing it mobile, kept costs low, did it out of my truck. And then as we expanded, we decided that we needed a facility. So we rented and then kind of renovated a 4,000 square foot facility. That was in April of last year. So I took a home equity line of credit loan from my dad, which I know now from listening to you guys is a no-no.
Just give me a quick synopsis. If I bring my dog to you and say I'm dropping my dog off, train him, what does it cost me? What do you cost for a service? I'm just curious.
Our lowest package is $33.75, and our most expensive package is $8,000. Okay.
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Chapter 5: How do I manage debt while expanding my business?
Yeah.
That's why you brought in 300 K and you're only, and you're only making 12% margin on a service oriented business because you've used it all up. Your margins ought to be double, triple what they are in a service business. You don't have any cost of goods sold except dog food for God's sakes.
He needs your book, Dave.
And so, um, yeah, uh, I'm going to send you a copy of the entree leadership book, but, um, and, um, Jump in on the Entree Leadership Podcast and start listening to it that I do on small business and so forth because we've coached people exactly like you for 20 years, and I love small business people.
But the disease that you have is the idea that if I spend more, I'm always going to make more, and that is a disease that doesn't work in business. Spending does not equal income. And so you've bought everything fresh and shiny and new, and now you need to go make some money. And you probably ought to dump the $30,000 van and get rid of it and get some of the money back towards your dad.
Anything you can get rid of and still operate the business and get money back towards your dad. I want you to concentrate on making money, not spending money. And quit telling yourself you just need one more marketing plan or you need one more purchase for this to break through. In business, if you are not the secret sauce, you're screwed.
The other stuff around the dog training is window dressing. Your ability to look at an animal and teach it to behave is the secret sauce. And your ability to teach other people to do that that work for you is the secret sauce. It is not whether you have a van, and it's not whether you have a rental property with a kennel in it. It's your ability to do your job.
And so if you'll go do that and make a bunch of money, you're going to be a great dad financially, and you're going to be fine. But you've got a lot of work to do, and it's not unusual for a young dad to be working. It's not a bad thing. This is The Ramsey Show.
Rachel, do you ever get these sketchy text messages that are like, hey, you need to update your address and verify so we can get you the package you didn't order?
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Chapter 6: Why should I use Delete.me for privacy?
But if that's still in place, you can use up some of her estate tax exemptions by against her gift tax. So she would not have gift tax if she files that document. But I've got a feeling this bunch of people doesn't file documents. They just kind of make up whatever they want to do and think it works.
And that's how it's been.
Yeah, that's their problem, though. They have the gift tax, not you. So I'm going to go over there and say, Auntie, here's two quick claim deeds. I need you to sign these so the properties are in my name. Okay. That's the easiest, cleanest thing you can do here. And your brothers and sisters do the same thing.
Because I'm afraid, because otherwise this is going to go to your kids, and that's not fair. I need you to sign them right now. I'm not getting up from this table until you sign these. Because they were supposed to go to my dad, and they're supposed to go to me, and you know that. And I need you to sign these and put these properties in my name. That's a one-page document, a quit claim deed.
Go see an attorney, have that drawn up for each property, and then have a notary notarize them, and then you file them at the courthouse, and the property is then in your name. It's over. Now, she technically would be due gift tax on that, and she can avoid that within 12 months of her signing that over to you if she files under the Unified Estate Tax Credit Program.
But I got a feeling this lady's not doing any of that. Mm-hmm.
she doesn't this is a lady she's never even i never had a job yeah i know i can tell me she i mean she's raised she's raised kids i mean that's work too i mean no i don't mean that she's not got any level of financial um sophistication not at all yeah and so i'm like yeah and so you got it you got to roll over there and you're otherwise you're going to lose four hundred thousand dollars
That's the problem here. Folks in America, everybody needs a will. Hello? Everybody needs a will. If you've got a simple estate, go to MamaBearLegalForms.com. It's very inexpensive. You can have it done by morning. If you've got a complicated estate, sit down with an estate planning attorney. But everybody needs a will. It's not fair to the people.
Look at what his dad and his grandmother have done to him by screwing around and not writing his stuff down. That's wrong, y'all. You need to take care of your family better than that.
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