Learn This Couple's Secret to Staying Motivated To Pay Off $80k In 2.5 Years
The His and Her Money Show
Talaat and Tai McNeely
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2020
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of the His & Her Money Show, we're talking with a couple who's done exactly that and hit total debt freedom. Louis and Rachel started their marriage with Louis' student loans, then a car loan and a few credit cards later, they found themselves in some serious debt. But once they decided to tackle it, they went all in, and they eliminated $80,000 worth of debt in just two and a half years!
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- Deciding as a couple to eliminate their debt
- How Louis and Rachel cut back and started saving
- Ignoring distractions and naysayers and keeping your head in the game
- The importance of considering and establishing generational wealth
- The turning point when Louis and Rachel decided they didn't want to be in debt anymore
- Louis and Rachel's secrets to staying motivated going debt-free
- Advice for couples on handling finances as a team
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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 McNeely. |
| 0:15.0 | Hey everybody welcome back to another fantastic episode of the His and Her Money show |
| 0:20.3 | where we're helping you to get better money, become a better couple, and live a better life. |
| 0:26.0 | Glad to have you here with another fantastic edition of the show because we're talking about |
| 0:30.3 | debt freedom. We got an awesome couple on tap today to share with you their |
| 0:37.2 | journey to debt freedom. Their name is Lewis and Rachel and they've had an |
| 0:41.5 | incredible journey to get to the finish line but they got to the |
| 0:46.0 | finish line and they're great to come on the show today to talk about their journey |
| 0:50.0 | in hopes that you'll be inspired to create a journey of your own. |
| 0:55.0 | So let's get Louis, let's get Rachel on so we can hear how they were able to make this happen. |
| 1:02.0 | Hey Louis, hey Rachel, welcome to the His and Her Money Show. |
| 1:06.0 | Hi, how are you? |
| 1:08.0 | Hi. |
| 1:09.0 | Hey, we're doing well. |
| 1:10.0 | Super glad to have you here on the show, man, because you guys have been really going to war against the debt that is in your life and so we're super excited to have you here to talk about your journey. |
| 1:21.0 | Now for those who are being introduced to you for the very first time can you let them know who you are say hello to them and let them know what you're all about. |
| 1:29.0 | Go for it. |
| 1:30.0 | Okay so my name is Rachel so I'm right now my mother have two children and I also have one on the way I'm actually |
| 1:37.9 | due this week. |
| 1:39.9 | Congratulations. |
| 1:40.9 | So hopefully we don't get interrupted. I'm a doula, so I'm a birth worker and educator. |
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