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Chapter 1: Why should I stop investing while paying off debt?
Live from the headquarters of Ramsey Solutions, broadcasting from the pods, moving, and storage studios, it's the Ramsey Show, where we help people build wealth, do work that they love, and create actual amazing relationships. Jade Walsh, our Ramsey personality, is my co-host today as we answer your questions about your life and your money. Joanna's with us in New York. Hi, Joanna.
Welcome to the Ramsey Show.
Hey Dave. Hey Jade. I'm a little star struck right now. So, well, we're honored to have you.
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Chapter 2: How do I manage debt while considering a career change?
Okay. So the facts simply Dave are, uh, I'm a 55 year old single mom and I have an incredible job and I make a, an amazing salary. Um, and I am in debt to my salary. Uh, not probably. And, uh, it took a lot of humble pie to call it today. Um, But anyway, it's really been hard. And I'm just trying to find out in my journey of the step snowball, would I stop the 401k?
I'm matching at 6% to get my company match. And yes,
Chapter 3: What should I do if I inherit assets but there's no will?
put my two 401k loans that I took to the top of the snowball, and I'm very embarrassed. I'm sorry to call.
That's okay. You're fine. Hey, believe me, the dumbest person on this call is me. I've done dumber than you've done, so we're okay.
You're going to make it. You're in third place.
You're going to make it.
Joanna, you're in third place.
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Chapter 4: How do I split an inheritance fairly with a sibling?
It's Dave, me, and then you.
Okay, so what's your salary?
Okay.
I make, with overtime, well, overtime depends on about 140, and I am an executive assistant.
Good for you. Well done. Yeah. Well done. And how much debt have you got?
So, between, and I'm also a breast cancer survivor.
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Chapter 5: What are the risks of supporting adult children financially?
Way to go. So, yeah, man, got to keep on keeping on, and I am doing it. So I'm about $156,000 in consumer debt, including the medical and the 401ks, and I owe $247,000 on the house.
Okay. Break the $156,000 down for me a little bit. How much on the 401k?
401ks are $25,000 altogether, and I have about $240,000 in my 401k. And I do, from a former job, have about $40,000 in like a 403b thing.
You have any money not in retirement?
That would be negative, Dave.
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Chapter 6: How can I prioritize paying off debt versus saving for retirement?
That's all right. So what is the other $125,000?
Well, it is a fair amount of survival as a single mom. It is a lot of stupid and really bad.
Not what caused it. What kind of debt is it?
Credit card debt.
How much credit card debt?
Probably $100,000. No, no, no.
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Chapter 7: What steps should I take to create a budget after paying off debt?
I'm sorry. I owe about... 80 on credit cards and the rest would be the cars the cars yeah plural how many cars do you have we have one paid for car and we have two I'm paying on currently why so many cars are you paying are you buying your kids cars Well, yes, that's exactly right. So my daughter just graduated college, and she is a teacher, and we have the student loan.
Oh, and part of that is a piece of the student loan that I am helping her pay that I agreed to do.
So how expensive is your daughter's car that's in your name?
We owe $15,000 on that one.
And what do you owe on your car?
I just, well, because we had a car crap out, so we had to move down cars.
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Chapter 8: How can I navigate financial decisions after a divorce?
So mine is about $24,000. Okay.
And what about the other car?
The other car is paid for.
That one's paid for. Who drives that?
My son drives that, and he's in school right now and working at school right now. So he's in Pennsylvania away from us.
And so he's in college?
Yes.
And what is that car worth?
Honestly, probably about $7,500, I would imagine. It's a Subaru.
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