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Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
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Scott starts this hour in Springfield, Illinois. Hey, Scott, welcome to The Ramsey Show.
Hi, Dave. It's an honor to be talking to you and Ken. I appreciate you guys and what you do, and I'll get right to my question. Okay. So I don't hold you guys up. My question is, me and my wife and my five kids, we have a 40-acre farm and a log cabin that we just recently sold. It's under contract. We signed the papers January 19th.
What we're looking to do is with the cash we get from that, we plan on building a new place over on an acre and a half that we were gifted. And we're trying to figure out where to put the money and why we build. And the build would start, you know, January 19th closing. So more or less, we would try to be in there by September 1st is the goal, to have everything done and built.
I'm being general contractor. Um, and just trying to figure out where we can put that money to have best access to it.
You're going to use the money to build with.
Yes. Use the money. Uh, we have no debt. We have no, we have no debt at all. We are our farm and cabin and everything we have now. Thanks to you guys.
So if I'm understanding you, you're going to use up the majority of the money by September. Yes, correct. Correct. So you're going to draw down on it beginning almost immediately. And, uh, you know, as you put in footings and start to lay block and, uh, start to order your lumber package, which is, as you know, is your, one of your big ticket items.
So, I mean, in the first 60 days, you're going to come out of pocket with a ton. Right? Yes.
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Chapter 2: What should we do with the cash from selling our house?
Jim is in Hawaii.
Hey, Jim, welcome to the Ramsey Show.
Hi, Dave. Aloha.
Aloha. What's up, man?
Well, my wife and I are in a dilemma, and we're trying to figure out if it makes sense for us to sell our home in paradise and move to Florida. I've got details, but I don't want to give them to you until you're ready. So fire away with your questions to help us figure this out.
That's funny. Hawaii's paradise, and we've got to move to Florida. Yeah. Which Yankees from New York think Florida's paradise. Okay, now. Who wants to move most? So why are you moving?
uh primarily for um we could sell our house for 2.5 and buy a house there for about 1.5 put a million in the bank we're debt free she's retired i'm not so we'd save on state income tax put some money in the bank and earn more money that way uh local politics kind of drive us crazy and the cost of living keeps going up in hawaii yeah well if that was me i'd be going to florida yeah
If those were my answers, that'd be enough. Yeah, that sounds like, you know, like you've got a lot of math reasons to leave. And the sad thing is Hawaii, as wonderful as it is, is the third, is in the number three state that people are leaving. Number one's New York, number two's California, and number three's Hawaii.
And the reason they're leaving all three of them are exactly what you've outlined, taxes and politics.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of mortgage rate changes?
Um, and so, but we have the percentage in the store.
Chapter 4: How can we best access our funds while building a new home?
So the big question is, do we stick with the store to where when dad retires in about 10 years, we already have 15%, um, in it, or do we look for something that has a higher income, um, But then we wouldn't own the store. So I don't know. We're torn. And there's some days that we're like, yeah, it's worth it in the long run.
And then some days it's like, but man, it'd be cool to pay off the house in three to four years instead of 10 years. I don't know.
So my question is, what's the long run look like with real numbers? And is it really worth it? I'm not questioning as I don't think it is. I'm asking you if you played that out. What's the store worth? Why is it worth it?
The store, why is it worth it personally or financially?
No, what's the store worth? What's the value of the store if he sold it today?
The value of the store today would be between $2.5 and $3 million.
Okay. So 1% is $25,000. Right.
And so this year we would have three.
How did you come up with that value?
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Chapter 5: What insights can we gain from changing our financial habits?
And then scratching your head while you're getting chocolate cake. That's how it works. You've got to change something if you want something to change. And we're going to show you how, baby. We love you enough to coach you. We love you enough to encourage you. We even love you enough to get up in your face because we want you to win. And we've proven it 30 years of doing this.
So come join us, ramsaysolutions.com slash break the cycle. Matt is in Knoxville.
Chapter 6: How can we effectively manage credit card debt while planning for a ring?
Hey, Matt, how are you?
Hey, Dave. Thanks for taking my call. I just had a quick baby step question with my own variables thrown in, if you don't mind. Sure. So I have these two credit cards. One is at $2,200, one's at $6,800. I make $56,000 a year. It usually comes out in my check about $3,500. When bills are all said and done, I've got about $800 to spend or live life with essentially.
Chapter 7: What strategies are suggested for budgeting and saving?
Um, and on top of this, I have a beautiful girlfriend in medical school and I'm looking to buy her a ring. And, um, one thing I did last year was I maxed the match with my retirement at 7%, I think. So my retirement got up to like nine grand. And obviously with this credit card debt, I'm thinking I couldn't have afforded to do that.
So I took that down to 3%, um, into my retirement to have the extra money to go to, um, the ring and whatnot in my credit card debt. And so I'm just kind of curious in my situation. I'm also looking to gain income. I got some side hustles in the works to gain income and get a new job too. You're 25? Yeah, I turned 26, so that's the other thing.
Chapter 8: How can we maintain motivation during financial struggles?
I'm diabetic, so I'm going to have to pay for my own insurance and not cheat when you're diabetic.
Juvenile diabetes or adult? Yeah, juvenile.
Okay. All right.
Man. Okay, so what do you do for a living?
Fundraising.
Okay, all right. So you're doing what most people do, and we discovered a long time ago doesn't work, and that's trying to do six things at once and none of them get done. Right. You get no traction nowhere. Everything's half-assed. Follow me? Yes, sir. Yeah, so what I'm going to change is just tell you to get totally focused on one thing first. Do you have any money saved?
$500.
When are you going to pop the question? Six months. You're going to wait six months to pop the question? You said don't wait? I said, are you going to wait six months to pop the question? Did I understand you right? That's a long time.
Yes, sir. That's the longest. That's the longest I'll wait. Okay.
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