Building Wealth Requires Trusted Principles, Not Popular Opinions
7/3/20262 hr 5 min
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Jade Warshaw and John Delony answer your questions and discuss:
- I'm 48, have nothing saved for retirement, and I can't rely on my husband financially
- I feel like my husband's new employer is engaging in shady business practices
- My husband follows a TikToker who promotes getting a first lean HELOC, is this a good idea?
- We're paying off our home in 3 weeks, what does that process look like?
- My property is not cash flowing but I will take a loss if I sell it
- I don't understand investments, where should I put my money?
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Jade Warshaw· Host0:06
[upbeat music] Normal is broke and common sense is weird, so we're here to help you transform your life from the Ramsey Network in the Fairwinds Credit Union Studio, this is the Ramsey Show. I'm Jade Warshaw. Next to me, Dr. John Delony, taking calls from you for the next couple hours at least. 888-825-5225 is the number that you call if you want to ask your question, and we sure hope that you do. All right, we've got Maria, who's in San Diego, California. Beautiful. How can we help out today, Maria?
Maria0:39
I, um, I'm 48 years old. My husband's 33. We've been married 13 years. We have one son who's 12. I, um, been a stay-at-home mom since he was born, and- Maria ... do not have... Yes?
Jade Warshaw· Host0:54
Maria, you're breaking up a good bit. If you can go to another part of the house or just speak directly into your line to make sure we can really hear you.
Maria1:00
Okay. Uh, should I repeat myself?
Jade Warshaw· Host1:04
No, I heard you up until then.
Maria1:05
Okay. Um, so I've been a stay-at-home mom. I do not have any savings, nothing, retirement. And, um, I, my, uh, husband and I, our marriage is not in good terms, so I, I, I think I'm gonna be walking away- Mm ... with nothing. So I wanna know, um, what I need to do to, um, help myself.
Jade Warshaw· Host1:26
Okay, that's a good question.
John Delony· Host1:28
What happened with your marriage? What's going on?