Save for Retirement or Pay Off Mortgage
Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger
Audacy
4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2018
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
So you just got a raise and are trying to decide if you should put that extra money into the retirement pot or put it toward the mortgage? I love this question. Paying down the debt seems like a no-brainer, right? Take a listen my friends as we walk through it with Nick from the Bay Area. Have a money question? Email me here. “Better Off” is sponsored by Betterment. We love feedback so please leave us a rating or review in Apple Podcasts. "Better Off" theme music is by Joel Goodman, www.joelgoodman.com. Connect with me at these places for all my content: http://www.jillonmoney.com/ https://twitter.com/jillonmoney https://www.facebook.com/JillonMoney https://www.instagram.com/jillonmoney/ https://www.youtube.com/c/JillSchlesinger https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillonmoney/ http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jill-on-money https://apple.co/2pmVi50
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Better Off Bonus Call of the Week. |
| 0:06.0 | We're sponsored by Betterment, the largest independent online financial advisor. |
| 0:10.0 | Now, you know the drill by now, but maybe you're a new listener and we love new |
| 0:13.7 | listeners you've got two chances every week to come on the air with us. Tuesdays we do |
| 0:19.4 | this better off bonus call of the week. After the longer show on Thursdays, presuming I don't blab on too long, |
| 0:26.0 | we have the listener question of the week. |
| 0:28.0 | If you would like to get on the air, |
| 0:30.0 | all you have to do is send an email. |
| 0:32.8 | Ask Jill at better off podcast.com. |
| 0:36.1 | Ask Jill at better off podcast.com. |
| 0:38.9 | Nick is from the Bay Area and he is first up today. Nick what can we do for you welcome to the show |
| 0:46.1 | Hi Jill how you doing today great what's up so I was calling in today to see |
| 0:51.8 | Just got a small raise and was curious whether it'd be better off putting a little |
| 0:57.2 | extra towards the principal payment on my mortgage or putting it towards retirement. |
| 1:03.1 | Okay. |
| 1:04.1 | I love paying down debt, but figured I'd ask the question. |
| 1:07.6 | All right, any other debt that's out there, |
| 1:09.6 | any student loans, any car or any credit card, anything else? |
| 1:14.0 | Thankfully, no. |
| 1:15.0 | All right, that's great. |
| 1:17.0 | Tell me about yourself. |
| 1:19.0 | How old are you? |
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