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The Ramsey Show Highlights

I'm 25 And Already $165,000 In Debt (Not Including The House)

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🗓️ 17 May 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:06.3

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0:09.2

So I'm 25 married.

0:12.1

I got a daughter and about $550,000 in debt, including a mortgage.

0:20.0

Just kind of feels like I have your every dollar

0:23.3

out. I've been trying to use it, but even then, it just feels really overwhelming, trying

0:27.1

to see basically no light at the end of the tunnel. So, right? So it's just a little,

0:33.0

need some guidance based on how to work it out from here.

0:39.3

How much consumer debt do you have?

0:43.2

Let's separate the mortgage out because that'll help take away this mountain of debt you're looking at.

0:44.6

Sure, yeah.

0:56.5

I have $145,000 home equity line of credit, $14,000 personal line of credit on my wife's side that was transferred over from a student loan, $1,000 credit card and a $5,000 credit card.

1:04.0

So $165,000 total.

1:06.0

What was the home equity line for?

1:10.4

Consolidating other debt.

1:11.9

What was that debt?

1:14.8

Two cars that we had, and then some of it too was basically we're obviously

1:23.6

Robin Peter to pay Paul, right?

1:25.3

My wife went on here in Ontario, like you get 18 months of

1:30.1

maternity leave, right? So, but when you are in 18 months, the subsidy that you get from the

1:36.4

government is very low, like it could be maybe $500 a month, right? So I was using that to pay for

1:43.8

our home expenses too on top of that so she couldn't

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