You Don’t Escape Debt by Waiting—You Escape by Acting

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🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 127 minutes

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0:00.0	Brought to you by the Every Dollar app. Start budgeting for free today.
0:08.5	Normal is broke and common sense is weird, so we're here to help you transform your life.
0:16.4	From the Ramsey Network and the Fairwinds Credit Union Studio, this is the Ramsey Show. Ken Coleman, number one bestselling author, Ramsey Network and the Fairwinds credit union studio this is the Ramsey show
0:21.8	Ken Coleman number one best-selling author Ramsey personality host of the big hit
0:26.7	on the Ramsey network called front row seat he's my co-host today the phone number
0:31.3	here is triple 825 5225 Pat San Boise, Idaho. Hi, Pat. How are you?
0:39.1	Hi, Dave.
0:40.2	Thanks for talking to me.
0:43.0	I'm the executor for my dad's estate.
0:47.8	About six months after his death, I received a letter looking for the person who could act on his behalf.
0:49.4	I looked up the company, and it's a debt collection agency primarily focused on collecting debts related
0:55.7	to deceased individuals. Wow. They utilize technology. Yeah, I've never heard this either. They
1:01.0	utilize technology like probate finder on demand to identify and contact the personal representatives
1:05.8	of the state to recover unpaid debts. So my dad absolutely did not have any debt.
1:11.5	He was Dave Ramsey while Dave was running around in diapers.
1:15.1	He didn't borrow money.
1:17.7	I do know that there is, just from looking at unclaimed property,
1:22.4	I do know that there is a gentleman who lived in the same metro areas.
1:25.4	My dad, for many years years who had his exact name
1:27.6	first name middle initial and last name so i'm thinking i don't know maybe they're looking
1:32.4	for that guy here here's the deal i don't even want to talk to them i don't want to spend time on this
1:38.3	i don't know if you need to know the name of the company but but how worried do I need to be?
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