Don’t Let Money Drama Keep You Broke

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🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 128 minutes

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0:00.0	Brought to you by the Every Dollar app.
0:07.1	Start budgeting for free today.
0:11.3	Normal is broke and common sense is weird, so we're here to help you transform your life.
0:19.1	From the Ramsey Network and the Fairwinds Credit Union Studio, this is the Ramsey Show.
0:25.0	Ken Coleman, number one bestselling author, Ramsey Personality, host of the big hit on the
0:29.8	Ramsey Network called Front Row Seat.
0:31.7	He's my co-host today.
0:33.5	The phone number here is AAA 825-5-225.
0:37.5	Pat's in Boise, Idaho.
0:39.1	Hi, Pat.
0:39.5	How are you?
0:41.0	Hi, Dave.
0:41.9	Thanks for talking to me.
0:43.5	I'm the executor for my dad's estate.
0:46.1	About six months after his death, I received a letter looking for the person who could act on his behalf.
0:52.2	I looked up the company, and it's a debt collection agency primarily focused on collecting
0:57.7	debts related to deceased individuals.
1:00.1	Wow.
1:00.5	They utilize technology.
1:01.7	Yeah, I've never heard of this either.
1:03.6	They utilize technology like probate finder on demand to identify and contact the personal
1:08.0	representatives of the state to recover unpaid debt. So my dad absolutely
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