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Money Guy Show

Can I Use 0% Financing for a Home Repair?

Money Guy Show

Brian Preston, CPA, CFP®, PFS and Bo Hanson, CFA, CFP® | Fee-Only Fiduciary Advisors

Investing, Education, Business

4.73.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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With cash paying 4-5% right now, is it alright to use 0% financing for a major home repair? We'll walk you through that question and more in today's Q&A episode! Jump start your journey with our FREE financial resources Reach your goals faster with our products Take the relationship to the next level: become a client Subscribe on YouTube for early access and go beyond the podcast Connect with us on social media for more content Bring confidence to your wealth building with simplified strategies from The Money Guy. Learn how to apply financial tactics that go beyond common sense and help you reach your money goals faster. Make your assets do the heavy lifting so you can quit worrying and start living a more fulfilled life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Next up is a question from Chris. He says, how do you feel about using 0% financing

0:14.0

for a major home repair, like HVAC,

0:16.8

even if you have the cash to pay it?

0:18.7

Knowing cash is paying 4 to 5%,

0:21.8

plus general added flexibility.

0:25.0

All right, here's where my initial thought goes, Brian.

0:31.0

I want you to encra, like, what are your feelings

0:36.1

on using chainsaws, right? My feeling on using a chainsaw is that it can be effective.

0:41.7

It can allow you to accomplish something you're trying to

0:45.0

accomplish but if you're not careful with it it can hurt you. It can hurt you really

0:50.1

bad and I don't think everybody should use chainsaws. There are some very

0:54.4

specific people out there that can be trusted with a chainsaw and can use a

0:58.6

chainsaw effectively and can make that a tool that allows them to accomplish whatever is they're trying to accomplish in a more efficient manner.

1:07.0

There are some people out there that can't use chainsaws either because they'll get carried away, they don't have attention to detail,

1:13.3

they'll get too aggressive, that you know they're not in a place right now

1:17.8

where they ought to be wielding a chainsaw, they should still be figuring out

1:21.8

how some smaller cutlery works.

1:25.0

I think that that's what you have to assess for yourself.

1:27.5

Where am I in my financial journey?

1:30.0

And based on my current financial track record and my current financial behavior,

1:35.0

am I someone who could consider doing this?

1:38.5

Because if done incorrectly, it can be bad.

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