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The Ramsey Show Highlights

Use Our House Down Payment To Start a Business?

The Ramsey Show Highlights

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Self-improvement, Education, Investing, Business

4.6682 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:06.5

So my wife and I are on Baby Step 3B, and our question is,

0:11.4

should we use some of our money that we have saved up for a down payment to start a business?

0:16.8

What kind of business?

0:17.9

Yeah, so the business consists in creating an app.

0:22.7

We have been working with some developers,

0:25.3

it would cost of $20,000,

0:27.6

in which we have the option to pay monthly for 12 months,

0:31.5

which is $1,06, $66, $67 a month.

0:34.3

So we can't cash flow these payments without touching our savings, but we know

0:38.9

that eventually we would have to pay for marketing, lawyers, et cetera. So is it okay to use some

0:45.3

of our down payment for our business? Well, I don't think you've given us enough facts for me to say

0:52.4

I'd want to know, okay, I get the 20,000 is for the actual

0:57.5

development of the app.

0:58.8

Does that include testing as well, or is it just they're going to give you an app and then

1:03.2

you start messing with it from there?

1:06.1

No, they'll do all the testing and make sure everything is, you know, on point.

1:11.2

Okay.

1:11.6

And then what are your expenses?

1:13.1

Let's just, let's fast forward $20,000 later out of your house savings fund.

1:18.3

And let's say we got an app.

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