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The Ramsey Show Highlights

Should I Buy a House as an Illegal Immigrant?

The Ramsey Show Highlights

Ramsey Network

Business, Investing, Education, Self-improvement

4.5839 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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The Ramsey Call of the Day is a quick, daily dose of advice on life and money in under ten minutes. Hear from experts like Dave Ramsey, Ken Coleman, Rachel Cruze, Christy Wright, Dr. John Delony, and George Kamel. Part of the Ramsey Network. Delivered to you five days a week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Ramsey Call of the Day, part of the Ramsey Network.

0:12.0

Viswas is with us in Cincinnati.

0:15.5

Hi, Viswas, how are you?

0:17.3

Hi, Ms. Dave.

0:18.3

This is a great honor to speak to you.

0:19.5

Thank you so much for taking the call.

0:20.7

Sure. What's up?

0:22.6

I'm a legal immigrant from India. I make about $53 to $50k a year. I have $8,000 in debt.

0:30.8

That is $7,000 in credit card and $1,000 remaining in my personal loan that I took a couple of years ago.

0:40.4

I, due to my visa restrictions, it's a single household income.

0:43.6

I'm the only person out to work right now.

0:45.9

I listened to your shows, and I was trying to try and see if there's any possibility.

0:49.7

I could take up some additional work and kind of reduce my debt.

0:53.1

I have already scrapped off all my credit cards.

0:56.0

I've just kept one just in case that I needed because we might.

0:59.0

I did not have much of an emergency cash.

1:01.0

I have like close to $500, $500.

1:04.0

I just didn't just to be on the safer side and any expenses.

1:08.0

It's a two-part question.

1:10.0

Would you have any suggestions unless otherwise I take a

1:12.9

different job or go back to my country? I don't see any other ways I could tackle my expenses to

1:19.8

become depth snowball and reduce the debt. Do you have any suggestions for that? And the main reason

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