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The Ramsey Show

Should I Pay Off My Boyfriend’s Debt? (Hour 3)

The Ramsey Show

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Self-improvement, Education, Business, Investing

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🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Dave Ramsey & Jade Warshaw answer your questions and discuss: Renting vs. buying a home, "Should I pay off my boyfriend's debt?" "Does it make sense to retire outside the US?" "When should I get term life insurance?" from the blog: What Is Term Life Insurance? Intensity vs. intentionality. Support Our Sponsor: Neighborly Have a question for the show? Call 888-825-5225 Weekdays from 2-5pm ET Want a plan for your money? Find out where to start: https://bit.ly/3cEP4n6 Listen to all The Ramsey Network podcasts: https://bit.ly/3GxiXm6 Learn more about your ad choices. https://www.megaphone.fm/adchoices Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy

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0:00.0

Today Weработly

0:15.2

5. From the headquarters of Ramsey Solutions, broadcasting from the pods of moving and storage

0:33.2

studios, it's the Ramsey show where we help people build wealth, do work that they love

0:42.2

and create actual amazing relationships. This is the Ramsey show. The phone numbers

0:47.2

triple 8, 825-225. Jade Washall Ramsey personality is my co-host. Nate is in Baltimore.

0:55.2

Hi Nate, how are you? Hey Dave, how are you guys? Better than we deserve. What's up?

1:02.2

Great. I'm calling because my wife and I recently got out of debt after a long dirty

1:11.2

year and we're wondering if we should continue to rent and remain debt free or if we should recommend

1:21.2

us to rent a buying house every morning for a long time. If so, are you cool with us

1:28.2

to rent a house in the house? If we rent a house in the house, we would rent a house in the

1:35.2

house. If we buy what should we work on next? Is it the mortgage or what would you recommend?

1:42.2

I mean, are you guys, it sounds like you kind of have been, are you a listener of our steps?

1:47.2

It sounds like you've been walking through the steps. You're out of baby step two. Do you have

1:52.2

a month saved of expenses? We do. That's good. Have you worked on a down payment separate from

2:01.2

that three to six months? Our down payment is going to be end of three to six months. It's all

2:09.2

lumped into what we obtained from the sale of our house. That's how we finished off our debt.

2:16.2

It's all lumped in from, sorry, missed that last part. Let me say all of the chow.

2:20.2

How much money is there account right now? About 160k. How much of that is your, how much

2:28.2

is that should be your rainy day fund? I didn't do math left. Three to six months of your monthly expenses.

2:38.2

What's your household income? So, with 280k. Probably three to six months of expenses might be like

2:46.2

40k. You set that aside and never touch it. It's just for emergencies. You said you had 160

2:54.2

in there. So, at least it's 120 to put down. Did I do that right? That's right.

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