1097-Friday Q&A: Build or Buy, Signaling Theory, Switching Jobs, Moving From Canada to USA

Radical Personal Finance

Joshua J. Sheats, MSFS, CFP, CLU, ChFC, CASL, RHU, REBC, CAP

Finance, Retirement, Insurance, Business, Money, Education, Self-improvement, Financial, Independence, Growth, Advice, Investing, Family, Personal, Radical, Christian, Faith

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🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

On today's Friday Q&A we cover:

1:30 Should I build a new house or buy an existing one?
14:19 My YouTube channel is struggling. What now?
30:13 Should I move with my girlfriend to the USA for a work assignment?
57:10 How can I apply Signaling Theory to modern dating?
1:13:41 Should I switch jobs to one that seems better but has less potential?
1:23:45 Should I pay cash for a house or borrow for it?
1:33:55 How do I move from Canada to the USA?
1:42:24 Should I add a CFP to my CPA designation?

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0:00.0	Today, radical personal finance, today on Radical Personal Finance, it's live Q&A.
0:07.3	Welcome to Radical Personal Finance, a show dedicated to providing you with the knowledge, skills, insights, and encouragement you need to live a rich and meaningful life now while building a plan for financial freedom in 10 years or less.
0:32.7	My name is Joshua Sheets. I'm your host today. It's Friday, May 23, 2025. And on this Friday, as we do on, I can't say
0:40.5	most Fridays, because I've missed a few weeks, which is why that's now the third time that I've
0:44.5	recorded this intro. We started off today, and I had everyone muted out, amateur hour around here
0:50.0	today. So practice makes perfect. We've got to keep that going. Today on the show, we have
0:54.3	live Q&A. And as we do on many Fridays in which I can hook up a microphone and have everything
0:58.7	ready to go, we have live Q&A. You can call in, talk about anything that you want, ask any question,
1:03.6	raise any topic of conversation. The direction of the podcast is yours. If you would like to join me for one of these live Friday
1:11.0	Q&A shows, you can do that by becoming a patron to the show. Go to patreon.com slash radical
1:14.9	personal finance, Patreon.com slash radical personal finance. Sign up to support the show on Patreon
1:20.4	and that will gain access for you to these shows. Got a great set of callers today.
1:25.2	We had seven. One just dropped off. We'll see if he comes back, but we'll start
1:28.1	with Timothy in Virginia. Timothy, welcome to the show. How can I serve you today?
1:32.7	Hi, Joshua. Thanks for taking my call. My pleasure. I've got, I guess, this sort of real estate
1:37.3	and home buying question. I was considering that maybe it's a little bit far afield, but I don't
1:41.6	know that there is something that's really far afield in these calls.
1:45.1	So I'll just give it a stuff.
1:45.8	You got me. I think he's got some help for me.
1:48.1	So a little bit of background.
1:51.3	I have three kids, age four, two, and three months.
1:56.8	I've been moving around the country with the Navy for a while.
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