“My Financial Advisor Told Us To Take Out A HELOC For A Tax Write-Off”

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🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 127 minutes

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0:00.0	Brought to you by the Every Dollar app. Start budgeting for free today.
0:13.6	Normal is broke and common sense is weird, so we're here to help you transform your life.
0:19.6	From the Ramsey Network in the Fairwinds Credit Union Studio, this is The Ramsey Show.
0:25.5	I'm Ken Coleman, Rachel Cruz, joins me, and we're here for you.
0:28.5	AAA 825-5-2-2-25-2-5-2-5-2-5 is the number to jump in, and we would love to coach you up today. We start off with Dan
0:39.0	in Grand Rapids. Dan, how can we help you today? My wife and I are preparing to retire.
0:45.5	As a matter of fact, her last day of work is tomorrow. Oh, wow. Beginning of February, so
0:50.8	40 years of effort towards this. Dan, how are you?
0:55.2	Dan, I got to ask you this.
0:56.9	I mean, we men have to unite because we don't do this well, and we got Rachel here to help us on this.
1:01.4	Before we dive in, what is the plan when she finishes the day tomorrow and she wraps it up and comes home?
1:08.0	Do you got something planned?
1:10.6	You know, we don't.
1:12.7	It came on pretty quick. We both had this date in February picked, and then her department
1:18.3	dissolved, and they said you can either take a buyout or you can transfer to another
1:23.1	department. So this all happened for her in the last three weeks.
1:26.0	Okay, but presumably, she's excited about this? Oh, absolutely, yes. Dan, listen, I don't want to spend too much time on this. Rachel's here to back me up. This is where you've got to step up. I mean, this is, you got to do something special. She comes home, maybe a little surprise. If she hates surprises, plan a little something. At least a nice dinner, a gift. 40 years, babe. You're wrapping it up. We've got to celebrate her, is my point. I don't want to. And I'm glad I said this, Dan, because you might have blown it had I not brought this up. You're very much. I appreciate that. She works from home, but I will bring some home and make it monumental.
2:01.2	She works for home.
2:02.2	Okay.
2:17.1	Rachel, what does he do in that situation? I feel like this is your category. Champagne. Pop the bottle. There is. Right outside the door. Neither one of us drink. Oh, man. Boy, we are striking out again. We're striking out. The grape juice, sparkling grape juice. Okay. No, just do something special.
2:17.8	All right.
2:19.8	So we've now helped you there.
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