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When Do You Reach the "Boiling Point" for Investing?

Money Guy Show

Brian Preston, CPA, CFP®, PFS and Bo Hanson, CFA, CFP® | Fee-Only Fiduciary Advisors

Education, Retirement, Moneyadvice, Investing, Savingmoney, Personalfinance, Business

4.62.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

"How do I know when I’m at the boiling point for investing?" We get that question all the time - so let's walk you through that question and more in today's Q&A episode!

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0:00.0

Kyle's question is up next he says I'm currently in the messy middle on step seven.

0:13.2

However, my current housing payment is 30% of my gross income.

0:18.7

Could it make sense to make a lump sum payment to recast my mortgage to below 25% of my gross income per money guy rules.

0:30.0

What do you think?

0:31.0

I do have a question though because if you're in step seven that

0:34.7

means that Kyle's already beyond saving and investing 25% because a hyper-accumulation

0:39.6

means you're saving and if your mortgage is 30% I'm like where where's the rest of life?

0:47.2

It's kind of an amazing thing to think about that you you because you got

0:51.7

taxes you know there's I don't know if there's

0:55.4

any other debt payments whether it's student loans automobiles but and then

0:59.9

the it's pretty amazing but but I think it's an interesting question because he especially

1:06.1

when he self labels as messy middle meaning he's short on time, he's short on money.

1:10.1

What's your what's your takeaway, Bo?

1:11.6

Well, Kyle, there's a few things I want you to do.

1:13.8

One, we do tons of housing content, we put it out there.

1:16.6

So if you're not subscribed to the channel,

1:18.8

I want you to subscribe right now.

1:20.5

So the end we talk about new housing stuff, especially as like

1:23.6

interest rates are changing. We can make you aware of that. We have an entire

1:26.7

house-buying hub and home-buying calculator out there that if you're in Kyle

1:30.8

situation or maybe you want to be in-K call situation, it can help you figure out some of those things.

1:35.8

I agree with exactly what you said, Brian.

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