Jerry
Appearances
Stuff You Should Know
The Scribble on Scrabble
You want to hear something funny? What? Every time I looked at that word, I said Colco.
Stuff You Should Know
The Scribble on Scrabble
That's why you strip search. Yeah. Is that in the Scrabble dictionary?
Stuff You Should Know
The Scribble on Scrabble
Mm-hmm. You should have told me this was a bit. Five pointers, you get your K. K. Okay.
Stuff You Should Know
The Scribble on Scrabble
Right. Should we take a break? I like how this is headed. Yeah. All right. We'll be right back.
The Ramsey Show
There’s Always a Way out of a Financial Spiral
I don't know. I mean, honestly, I've had it for a while. It just got worse in the last seven years. And I'm just trying to get things straightened out.
The Ramsey Show
There’s Always a Way out of a Financial Spiral
And I do have my three to six month emergency fund. Great.
The Ramsey Show
There’s Always a Way out of a Financial Spiral
What do you do for a living? I work for the state of Kansas. I'm a barbershop inspector.
The Ramsey Show
There’s Always a Way out of a Financial Spiral
Honestly, it just depends on what part of Kansas I'm going. If I'm going to a city or going to western Kansas where it's all windchill time. Uh-huh. Yeah. I do the whole state.
The Ramsey Show
There’s Always a Way out of a Financial Spiral
My positions are about $2,000 a month. Exactly. I have about $1,000 a month to play with right now.
The Ramsey Show
There’s Always a Way out of a Financial Spiral
Yes, I would guess. And what do you owe on it?
The Ramsey Show
Money Isn't the Problem—Your Behavior Is
So my question is, is it a smart move to pause retirement for three years in order to pay off our mortgage faster, or is paying the two to three more years on the mortgage worth the gain that the retirement funds would make in that time?
The Ramsey Show
Money Isn't the Problem—Your Behavior Is
That is exactly what happened. We sat down and looked at our budget and saw how much money we could save and then how much more we could save by pausing the
The Ramsey Show
Money Isn't the Problem—Your Behavior Is
uh retirement investing i was like wow we could pay our house off in about three three or four years if we if we pause but wasn't sure if that would be the the right move or not well here's what i would do and what i have done instead of pausing investing i go okay what is that number is it a thousand bucks two thousand bucks every month that you would be throwing at the mortgage