Joe have you ever drained the money into your brokerage accounts for any reason?

No, but, but back when I was really bad with money, I would have been happy to have had a bank account to drain.

Instead I just drained all my credit card limits.

Oh, even worse.

Even worse. Okay, well.

Well, we're going to be answering some questions from this community today, kicking off with,

I guess someone who's in a better situation than you were.

So we're going to start with that.

Welcome to the Afford Anything Podcast, the show that understands you can

the A4 Anything Podcast, the show that understands you can afford anything but not everything.

So every choice that you make carries a trade-off and that applies to any limited

resource that you need to manage, whether it's your time, your money, your

focus, your energy, and so this is a show all about figuring out what matters most and

how to make decisions accordingly. I'm your host Paula Pan. Every other episode we answer

questions that come from you, the community, and my buddy the former financial planner

Joe Saul C. High joins me to answer these questions. What's up Joe? I am ready to serve.

Ah, I think we're gonna have some fun with these. We're gonna have an amazing time.

So a little sneak peek of what's coming up. We've got our first caller who is thinking about

draining her brokerage account in order to make a bigger down payment on a very expensive property in today's high

interest rate environment. We've got another caller who wants to take a pay cut in

order to pursue his passions, but 75% of his net worth is in real estate.

So is he ready to take a pay cut?

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