Ask HTM - Going on Vacation While Still in Student Loan Debt, Paying for a Home Renovation, and Credit Card Auto Rental Insurance #136

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🗓️ 4 November 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This week on the pod we’re answering your questions! 1 - How do I justify going on vacation while I still have student loans? 2 - Should I pay for an addition with a home equity loan or by draining my emergency fund? 3 - Is the rental car insurance provided by my credit card a good option? 4 - How can I drop PMI early? 5 - What should I do with my Roth IRA that is currently with a high cost brokerage?

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1:36.8	Welcome to Had a Money. I'm Joel and I'm Matt and today we are answering your listener questions.
1:49.8	Listen to her questions, Joel. May we have five great ones like we do every week. We have a
2:05.2	listener asking if he can save for vacation while he still has student loans. We have another
2:11.2	listener asking if she should drain her emergency fund in order to add on to her house and we have
2:15.4	a question to regarding the insurance that your credit card provides and how that works when it comes
2:20.0	to renting a car. Oh man, that's hard to understand for lots of folks. I feel like that's a big pain.
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