Should I Help a Fella Out?

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Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Spencer is torn. His heart says he should help out a young relative in need, but his head is telling him to rent his home to someone more responsible. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11. Spencer, welcome to the program.
0:14.1	Hey, Dr. Laura, how are you doing? Good, Spencer. Thank you for asking. How can I help?
0:19.9	Well, I just wanted to tell you that my wife and I
0:22.5	listen to you often, and we really appreciate your straightforward, just the chase type of advice.
0:29.2	What I'm dealing with is typically situations come at me fairly quick and I handle them,
0:35.3	and it's no big deal. I can kind of roll on my feet with things. But I've got one that has hit me and it's, it's taken me a minute to get back with the situation. And I feel like I've been overthinking it. I'm trying to, it's just swirling around in my head too much.
0:55.1	So I figured, you know what?
0:56.4	Let's call Dr. Laura.
0:57.3	See what she has to say.
0:59.2	What's going on is I have a rental house that is just a cheap old farmhouse that is nice for young couples to start out in and just get their feet wet until they can buy a home.
1:12.5	And it's becoming vacant.
1:15.6	This is the first time I've got.
1:17.0	And what is your monthly, so that I can anticipate what's coming, what is the monthly rental on this?
1:24.7	It's $800.
1:27.0	And it's a two-bed, one bath. Yeah. What about, I'm not asking you for my purposes. So it's $800, but what about maintenance, stuff like that?
1:37.9	So the thing with it is, it's a little older home, and so you typically want to use the woodburning fireplace for heat.
1:47.0	Otherwise, it's strictly electric heat.
1:50.4	And that's probably the biggest qualm with it.
1:53.1	Aside from that, it's on a well.
1:55.3	There's no other utilities aside from the power bill.
1:58.7	Oh, it's a pretty good deal.
2:00.1	And how far is it away from civilization, it's a pretty good deal. And how far
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