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My question is, I have a zero interest loan that was a medical expense, and it sits around $15,000.

And is it smarter to pay it off or to just pay it every month since compared to

compared to inflation, you know, I'm making money just by paying it every month.

It would seem that's advice I was given.

What do you make a year?

What's your income?

I mean, make approximately $80,000 a year.

I have several income sources.

I don't know who's giving you this advice,

but you need to stay away from them.

They're not very smart.

Here's why.

Okay.

If you make 10% rate of return

because you didn't pay this off and you kept $15,000 in a 10% investment, you made $1,500.

Okay, $100 a month.

$100 a month.

We have surveyed 10,167 millionaires.

89% of them became millionaires starting from nothing.

The number of them that became a millionaire because they failed to pay off a medical debt

and instead invested the money and made 10% and made $1,500 was precisely zero.

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