BONUS call: Mortgage Pay Off
Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger
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4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2018
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
On the latest BONUS call we talk to Kevin from California. Kevin and his wife were recently gifted $25,000 and have been contemplating various ways to use it. As a young couple with decades ahead of them before retirement, their initial thought was to pay down the mortgage. Good idea? You'll have to listen for the answer! 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 in iTunes. Have a question? Email us at askjill@betteroffpodcast.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Better Off Bonus Call of the Week. We're sponsored by Betterman, the largest independent online financial advisor. |
| 0:10.0 | I love taking these calls. I was actually recently down in Washington DC speaking to a group of folks at the |
| 0:17.1 | certified financial planner board of standards a CFP board and one of the questions that I got from an audience member was, you know, how do you stay on top of all this stuff when you're covering things like tax reform and breaking news at CBS? And the answer is, I get to talk to real people and I get to talk to you real people and if you want to actually ask us a question we'd love to hear from you because you're making us better at what we do |
| 0:44.5 | and you're helping everyone else who's listening. Just send us an email. Ask Jill |
| 0:48.8 | at better off podcast.com. Ask Jill at better off podcast. You've got two chances to get on the air. We do the |
| 0:55.9 | special bonus on Tuesdays and then we frequently put a call at the end of our |
| 1:01.2 | interviews which we drop on Thursday the bigger episode. |
| 1:04.6 | So give us a holler, we'd love to help you out. |
| 1:07.2 | Today we've got Joe from Chicago on the line. |
| 1:10.5 | Hey Joe, welcome to Better Off. |
| 1:12.4 | What can I do for you |
| 1:13.2 | hey Jill thanks for taking my call love the podcast listen to almost all of them in the |
| 1:18.4 | last like three weeks since I discovered you guys wait a minute you're a binge |
| 1:21.7 | listener I love you. |
| 1:23.8 | Yes, and it's actually weird because sometimes I listen at double speed, so your voice is a little |
| 1:27.3 | slower on the real call, but I don't get as much as I can. |
| 1:30.8 | I've been told that I actually speak quickly quickly so I try to slow it down a tiny bit for people who are not used to New Yorkers who talk too quickly. |
| 1:39.0 | So first of all, what has been your favorite episode so far who's your favorite guest I think I was |
| 1:44.6 | really fascinated I'm a history guy I love the episode I forget her name when you talked |
| 1:48.7 | about the 1987 craft uh... Diana Henriches, she's awesome, right? |
| 1:53.8 | Fantastic. |
| 1:54.8 | Yeah, that was great. |
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