Don't Settle for Living Paycheck to Paycheck

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🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 126 minutes

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📈⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Are you on track with the Baby Steps? Get a Free Personalized Plan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dave Ramsey and Jade Warshaw answer your questions and discuss: "How do I navigate $1.8M in debt with no income?" "My employment is directly tied to my FICO score. How can I pay off debt and keep a good score?" "I'm 51 with no retirement savings and I am currently carrying my daughter's student loans I cosigned on..." "Is it too late for a 47-year-old man to find financial peace?" "My husband's gambling has us late on our bills. Do I have to go back to work, or can I still be a stay-at-home mom?" "Our advisor is telling us to take out a HELOC on our vacation home to invest and supplement our income" "How can I convince my wife that we don't need to invest while paying off debt?" "How do we navigate family dynamics without seeming like the cheap family?" "How do we wisely manage a $100K gift from my parents?" "I was recently diagnosed with a rare cancer, how do I get my finances in order?" "I'm $400,000 in debt, at what point should I declare bankruptcy?" "We're debt-free, can we afford to buy a business?" "What's the best way to invest our 15 year old son's earnings?" Next Steps: ✔️⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Help us make the show better. Please take this short survey.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📞 Have a question for the show? Call 888-825-5225 weekdays from 2–5 p.m. ET or⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠send us an email.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📱 Get episodes early in the free Ramsey Network app! 💵⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💗 Two Weekends. One Life-Changing Experience. Get away with your spouse in Nashville. 📈 Free Tools & Resources to Help You With Investing Connect with our Sponsors: Stop paying more and start shopping smarter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠ALDI⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get 10% off your first month of⁠⁠⁠⁠ BetterHelp⁠⁠⁠⁠ Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠Boost Mobile⁠⁠⁠⁠ to switch today! Learn more about⁠⁠⁠⁠ Christian Healthcare Ministries⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get started today with⁠⁠⁠⁠ Churchill Mortgage⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get 20% off when you join ⁠⁠⁠⁠DeleteMe⁠⁠⁠⁠ Go to⁠⁠⁠⁠ FAIRWINDS Credit Union⁠⁠⁠⁠ for an exclusive account bundle! Find top Health Insurance Plans at ⁠⁠⁠⁠Health Trust Financial⁠⁠⁠⁠ Use code RAMSEY to save 20% at ⁠⁠⁠⁠Mama Bear Legal Forms⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit⁠⁠⁠⁠ NetSuite⁠⁠⁠⁠ today to learn more For more information, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠SimpliSafe⁠⁠⁠⁠ Use promo code RAMSEY for 18% off at ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Nokbox⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get started with ⁠⁠⁠⁠YRefy⁠⁠⁠⁠ or call 844-2-RAMSEY Visit⁠⁠⁠⁠ Zander Insurance⁠⁠⁠⁠ for your free instant quote today! Explore more from Ramsey Network: 💸 ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ramsey Show Highlights⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🧠 ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dr. John Delony Show⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🍸 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Smart Money Happy Hour⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💡 ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Rachel Cruze Show⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💰 ⁠⁠⁠⁠George Kamel⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🪑 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Front Row Seat with Ken Coleman⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📈 ⁠⁠⁠⁠EntreLeadership⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ramsey Solutions is a paid, non-client promoter of SmartVestor Pros. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Brought to you by the Every Dollar app.
0:06.5	Start budgeting for free today.
0:13.3	Live from the headquarters of Ramsey Solutions, it's the Ramsey show, where we help people build wealth, do work that they love and create actual amazing relationships.
0:27.9	I'm Dave Ramsey, your host.
0:29.8	Jade Washall, number one bestselling author, Ramsey personality, is my co-host today.
0:35.1	The phone number is AAA 8255-2-2-25.
0:38.9	Tom is in New Jersey.
0:40.1	Hey, Tom, how are you?
0:42.4	Hey, Dave, how are you?
0:43.6	Better than I deserve.
0:44.7	What's up?
0:46.5	I can't believe this.
0:48.6	I'm a huge fan.
0:50.1	Unfortunately, I found your stuff a little too late,
0:52.6	and I have quite the financial mess.
0:56.3	Okay. Tell me about it.
0:58.0	So I have four mortgages, a car loan, and one credit card, and I started listening to
1:05.8	your stuff. I was working. I was meeting my wife, we were building an emergency fund,
1:09.8	and I have been trying to get rid of these rental properties for some time now.
1:14.2	And I've made some leaves and strides in the last few months. And my question is pertaining to the remainder of our money, our savings.
1:23.2	My wife is still currently working, and she brings in $130,000.
1:28.5	I am not working.
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