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The Ramsey Show Highlights

I’m Living in My Car, What Should I Do?

The Ramsey Show Highlights

Ramsey Network

Business, Education, Investing, Self-improvement

4.5840 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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0:00.0

brought to you by the every dollar app start budgeting for free today kenneth kicks us off in

0:07.8

houston texas welcome to the ramsay show kenneth hello hey how you doing um i'm doing fine for now

0:16.0

what's going on um so um currently in a situation where I'm living in my car.

0:25.3

I started in November because I racked up about $14,000 in credit cards.

0:32.6

Oh, man.

0:33.2

And I have 16 on my car as well.

0:36.4

So.

0:37.4

16,000? Yes, on my car as well. 16,000?

0:39.3

Yes, on my car.

0:40.4

Okay.

0:40.9

Where were you living before this?

0:43.4

I was actually living in an apartment with my cousin and her boyfriend, but they decided

0:49.4

to get their own place, so I ended up in a car. And right now you can't afford rent because of the debt?

1:00.5

Yes. It's taking about half of my paycheck every two weeks and my car payment is $3.46. So I'm left with

1:09.8

about $200. So I started this debt snowball,

1:16.1

and I managed to pay off one credit card, but it's still not enough. Not enough.

1:23.4

Sounds like we need to get your income up. Are you working full-time right now?

1:27.3

Yes, yes, I am. I actually, I submitted applications to places. I still haven't had, like, I haven't heard back yet.

1:38.3

So what are you doing right now for work?

1:40.3

I'm a sterilization tech. I clean dental instruments.

1:45.5

Okay. And what do you make doing that?

1:48.2

I make 18 an hour on my W-2. It said I made $32,000 this year.

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