How This Couple Disciplined Themselves To Pay Off $22,000 of Debt
The His and Her Money Show
Talaat and Tai McNeely
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2019
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
A couple committed to a debt-free journey is a force to be reckoned with…
In this "In the middle" episode, we talk with Walter and Latasha about the strategies and inspiration that helped them knock off $22,000 out of their $66,000 worth of debt within months.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE
- Why Walter and Latasha decided to make their debt-free journey a family affair
- The sacrifices Latasha and Walter made to stay on their debt freedom plan
- Getting your spouse on board when you're on a debt-free journey
- Why April decided to sell her home (for a good profit) to knock thousands of dollars in debt
- The big step Walter and Latasha took to save money while paying off debt
- How to adjust your debt freedom plan with your pay schedule
- The mindset shift about debt that transformed how Latasha and Walter felt about the debt
- The medical wake-up call that helped Latasha see the importance of having a back-up plan
- The financial legacy Walter and Latasha wants to leave for their children
- Walter and Latasha's plans for the future
- Finding opportunities to pay for your goals while paying off your debt at the same time
- Dealing with emergencies and new bills on your debt freedom journey
- Why your debt-free journey affects more than you
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| 0:00.0 | This is the His and Her Money Show, where we show you how to have better money, be a better couple, and live a better life. |
| 0:11.0 | Now, here are your hosts, Talent and Time McNealing. |
| 0:15.0 | Welcome back to the His and Her Money show where we are helping you to get better money, |
| 0:19.0 | become a better couple and live a better life. We are glad to have you back in the saddle with us for another fantastic edition of the show. |
| 0:28.0 | We are here to inspire you and we're going to do that again today. |
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| 0:58.8 | This is one of our in the middle episodes where we are going to be talking with people who are in the middle of their journey to debt freedom and they want to share the lessons that they've learned along the way from the front lines of the battle. |
| 1:11.0 | We're going to be talking with Walter and Latasha and they're going to tell us about their journey to debt freedom thus far. |
| 1:18.0 | So let's take a listen. |
| 1:20.0 | Hey Walter, hey Latasha, welcome to the His and Her Money Show. |
| 1:23.8 | Hey you guys. |
| 1:24.8 | Good evening. |
| 1:26.8 | We're so glad to have you guys here because you guys have been on a journey to debt freedom |
| 1:30.9 | and we can't wait to hear about your journey up to this point. |
| 1:34.6 | But before we get into your incredible journey thus far, |
| 1:38.2 | can you just take a moment and say hello to everyone that's tuned in right now and let them know what you are all about. |
| 1:44.4 | So I'm Walter. I'm a cybersecurity engineer married to my wife, |
| 1:49.5 | Natasha here, we're married for about, or I'm in about, but we just celebrated 14 years just last June. |
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