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Chapter 1: How can I afford to buy my first house?
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. George Campbell, Ramsey personality. author of the number one best-selling book, Breaking Free from Broke. He is my co-host today, and we're here to help you guys. Also, check him out on YouTube. That show's going to Zoom Zoom.
Phone number here is 888-825-5225. Darlene is in Philadelphia. Hi, Darlene. How are you?
Hi, Dave. I'm great. Thanks for taking my call. I feel blessed today talking to the both of you.
Well, we're honored to have you. How can we help?
So I just wanted some financial advice or thoughts. I'm 54. I've never been married. I have no children. I live in a different state than where I grew up. And as I'm aging, I'm realizing that I will likely move back to my home state to have that support in aging in about 10 to 11 years when I retire.
But a job opportunity came up this past fall that I applied for and wasn't expecting to get, but they did offer me the job. And I just have some financial concerns about it and not sure if it's wise for me to move back now. So one is the salary. And this is through negotiation. They're offering me what I was making last year at my current employer. Um, currently I have a pension.
If I leave now, I make, um, right now I make 104, almost 105. Um, but I also, we have a lot of overtime. I work in healthcare and I'll be making like gross about 11,000 in the overtime this year. We have a pension. If I leave now, it'll be about $400 a month as opposed to possibly like, I think I figured out possibly $1,800 a month. So the overtime, they're 403B. They don't start matching.
I have to be there a full year before they start matching. And what are they going to pay you? What?
$102,500.
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Chapter 2: What should I consider before moving for a job?
Texas and Florida are the two primaries, and Tennessee falls in there too. But they land in income tax-free states, and they land in states that were open during the draconian shutdowns. And so freedom issues. Financial and political. I mean, a million people have been displaced. Wow. A million. And left those two states and went somewhere else. So, yeah, that does enter into it.
It turns out you can't tax the rich. They leave. They will just, peace out. I'm gone. They leave. They have options. So much for your theory on that. I'm done. Load up the U-Haul. Oh, wait. I'm rich. I'll let someone else load up the U-Haul.
That's the real flex. That's where I want to be in life. No movers ever again. I'm not doing it. I'm not lifting a finger.
Yeah, and also you need to even, somebody said, Dave, you have a pickup. Do you have those friends that ask you to help move? And I said, no, they wouldn't be friends. No one's ever texted you? I'm not moving anybody. Saying, Dave, can I borrow the truck? You want me to help you move? Do you mean you want me to pay your mover? You want me to help you move? Is that what you mean?
I would rather support a GoFundMe for you to get movers than me help you load up that truck.
I'm not doing either one. If you need a GoFundMe to move, you've got other issues.
Don't ask Dave to borrow his Raptor. He will not allow it. No. Get your own Raptor.
Or my 64-year-old back. Either one. You can't have either one of them. This is The Ramsey Show. Well, I think they call this Cyber Monday. which I'm learning about because my wife was really excited about it.
Really? Is Sharon the online shopper in the family now? Apparently.
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Chapter 3: Is cashing out my whole life insurance policy a good idea?
So I just wanted to come on and just ask a quick question. You know, I took your class last year with a Sunday school class, but I'm a recent graduate from Clemson. I just graduated in May. Congratulations. Thank you, sir. And I wound up in a pretty good situation financially with my present work. But I'm pursuing medical school in the near future.
You know, I'm looking at possibly starting in about two years from right now. Um, but I'm just wondering, you know, how is the best way to save up for something of that magnitude?
Aggressively.
Okay.
Um, I mean, how much are you making? You said a good situation. What'd you land in?
Um, I'm making about 60,000 salary and then, but I, but I think, um, with, when, when overtime comes, which is I'll get salary in overtime, um, I could easily, you know, we're working extra hours, probably wind up in the 70 to 80 range.
Good. Okay. And just live like a college student and bank all of it, right?
Yes. So would it be best to try to knock that down, like pay off all of that, or take out a loan for the four years of medical school?
Caden, you went through our class.
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