BONUS call: Inheritance
Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger
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🗓️ 6 June 2017
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
This week on the BONUS call we’re talking to Chris from Florida who recently inherited 30k from his grandmother. By the way, can I just say what a nice lady his grandma was! Okay, back to Chris…his first move was a smart one as he paid off the remainder of his student loans, about 12k. So now he has 18k and isn’t quite sure what his next move should be. Here’s a hint…he badly needs a car… Have a finance question? We want to hear from you! Email us at askjill@betteroffpodcast.com and we'll arrange to get you on. Don't forget, a brand new episode of the Better Off podcast comes out Thursday so stay tuned for more listener questions plus an informative interview. Better Off is sponsored by Betterment. Please let us know what you think by leaving a rating or review in iTunes. Connect with me at these places for all my content: http://www.jillonmoney.com/ https://twitter.com/jillonmoney https://www.facebook.com/JillonMoney https://www.instagram.com/jillonmoney/ https://www.youtube.com/c/JillSchlesinger https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillonmoney/ https://soundcloud.com/jill-schlesinger http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jill-on-money http://betteroffpodcast.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/better-off-jill-schlesinger/id431167790?mt=2
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Better Off Bonus Call of the Week. |
| 0:06.2 | We're sponsored by Betterment, the smarter way to invest your money. |
| 0:09.7 | Now remember, this is the extra episode, the fun little, I don't know, |
| 0:14.2 | little cherry on top to your Sunday of the week. |
| 0:17.4 | This is where we answer your financial questions. |
| 0:19.7 | If you have any issue that has cropped up in your money life just shoot us an email |
| 0:25.1 | ask Jill at betteroff podcast.com we've got two chances for you to get on the air every |
| 0:29.8 | week every Tuesday |
| 0:34.0 | you can always tweet your question at Jill on money hashtag better off. |
| 0:38.0 | Let's go to Chris from Florida and find out what's going on. |
| 0:41.0 | Hi Chris welcome to better off. What can I do for you? |
| 0:44.7 | Hi Jill, thanks for the call. Sure. So I am 27 years old and my grandmother passed away a couple years ago. |
| 0:54.1 | Oh, I'm sorry. |
| 0:55.1 | And yeah, thank you. |
| 0:56.8 | She was nice enough to give me and my siblings and other cousins the proceeds from the sale of her |
| 1:07.0 | house once my dad was finally able to turn it around and my share of it happened to be around 30,000. |
| 1:15.8 | Wow. |
| 1:16.8 | So yeah so I'm trying to figure out what I should be doing with it. |
| 1:24.0 | At this point, I, so I actually got the funds early this year, |
| 1:29.5 | and I had about 12 grand left in student loans and I paid that off so now I'm sitting on |
| 1:34.6 | 18 just trying to figure out what it is I should be doing with it. |
| 1:38.6 | Okay great well congratulations I'm paying off that loan but did that feel great or what? |
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