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Financial Audit Podcast Episode Notes
Episode Title
Financial Audit’s Dumbest Guest Ever
Episode Overview In this episode, the host Caleb Hammer conducts a financial audit with a guest named Julia, who presents a myriad of financial issues stemming from poor spending habits and lack of financial awareness. The episode highlights key moments of confrontation, revealing Julia's financial mismanagement, her struggles as a single mother, and a shocking revelation about her past relationship.
Key Takeaways
- Financial Mismanagement: Julia's spending exceeds her income, leading to significant debt and late payments on credit cards.
- Income and Expenses: She earns approximately $50,000 annually, with a monthly net income around $3,600 after taxes. However, her spending often surpasses this amount.
- Child and Custody: Julia is a single mother with a seven-year-old son, relying on a modest child support payment of $514/month.
- Emotional Spending: Julia acknowledges that her spending habits are partly driven by emotional needs, particularly in relation to her son's desires and her own self-care.
- Confrontation: Caleb confronts Julia about her spending habits, emphasizing her lack of awareness and discipline in managing her finances.
- Insurance Issues: Julia faces a potential $48,000 claim for medical expenses due to a lapse in her car insurance following a minor accident, which adds to her financial woes.
- Debt and Payments: Julia is behind on multiple credit card payments, facing additional fees and interest due to her late payments.
Discussion Points
- Income vs. Expenses:
- Julia's monthly income: Approximately $3,600.
- Average monthly spending: Around $4,000, leading to further debt accumulation.
- Lack of budgeting: Julia admits to not having a concrete budget and often spends recklessly.
- Financial Literacy:
- Julia demonstrates a significant lack of understanding about basic financial concepts, such as the importance of timely payments and budget creation.
- Caleb emphasizes the need for a structured budget and ongoing education in personal finance.
- Emotional Factors:
- Julia links her financial habits to emotional states and circumstances surrounding her relationship with her ex, highlighting the impact of personal issues on financial decisions.
- Future Financial Planning:
- Discussion of creating an actionable plan to manage debt, including the snowball method to pay off smaller debts first.
- Importance of establishing an emergency fund to avoid future financial crises.
- Post-Show Revelations:
- The episode concludes with hints of a dramatic confrontation in the post-show regarding Julia's ex-partner, suggesting further personal turmoil.
Resources Mentioned
- Budgeting App: Caleb promotes his budgeting app designed to simplify personal finance management.
- Financial Education Programs: Information about Caleb's various financial courses aimed at helping individuals manage budgeting, investing, and debt more effectively.
Conclusion This episode serves as a stark reminder of the importance of financial awareness and the consequences of poor financial habits. It combines education with personal storytelling, ultimately aiming to equip listeners with the insights needed to improve their financial situations effectively.
Call to Action Listeners are encouraged to assess their financial situations, consider joining financial education programs, and take proactive steps towards better budgeting and financial health.
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Transcript
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0:30of your money once and for all. Hi, my name is Julia. I'm 27 years old from Nashville, Tennessee, and this is financial audit. Thanks for coming down from Nashville. What do you do for a living up there? I do customer service. Okay. Just flatline customer service, customer service manager where are we in that scale um i just do like kind of yeah um it's like customer service it's not like the
1:05i help customers uh-huh okay and what are you paid through helping customers wait can we start over No. Oh, okay. It's okay. You're okay. You're okay. Okay. Take a second. You can breathe. You can breathe. It's okay. But what do you make? I make$50 ,000 a year. Oh, okay. Not bad. Nashville, a little expensive. As far as the Tennessee area. I did just get a 3 % raise, though, so it'll be like$51 ,000. It's kind of like just a cost of living raise. Or, yeah. But even still, that is good. It's better than no raise, for sure. so what hits your account on a monthly basis um so i actually just like switched my w2 so it's going to be a little bit different going forward switched yeah not switched but like i think i had filled it out incorrectly so like i was getting more taxes taken out than i should have had okay sure which gave you a bigger refund but obviously that's not how we want to do it right um so now that that's updated it should be closer to 1750 per check okay perfect 1750 but that's not what the raise also so so maybe like 18 yeah i would say 18 every two weeks every two weeks cool so we're looking at about 3 600 how we living in that tennessee off of 3 600 bucks a month sometimes a little more um it's pretty good pretty good yeah it can't be pretty good i mean you're you've been accepted to come on the show it literally cannot be pretty good yeah it could be better let you know now yeah it could be so what's what's wrong what's going on so this is single household income yes okay are there any dependents or anything yes i do have a son okay how old's your kid he's seven you're so you're a single mom yes you get child support yes oh what do you receive there that is 514 a month not much are you full custody um we have joint so it's 80 me and then like 20 with his dad oh with the kid's dad okay so that's why it's kind of low at that 514 a month yeah yeah because he does have a little bit more time with him what's going on what's going on because this is It's f**k.
3:32It's f**k. Buddy. You're like not f**king paying your debt. Are you kidding me? It's f**k. You don't know it's f**k. Well, you don't know it's f**k. She doesn't know it's f**k. Okay. That's okay. So what's going on in your, just in your version of your life? In your perception of reality? What we got going on? It does, it does feel a little bit f**ked. you just said everything was pretty chill or all right well i'm still like alive and yeah i'm paying my bills yeah but you're also not really providing much of a future for the kid as well at the same time i know there's not really any savings for you i know there's not any kind of support system for him right
4:26You're getting into a more dangerous situation As you're going out and throw out all These literally no payment Debts I'm trying my best You are? Yeah
4:43What's trying our best? Um We had almost 700 bucks To just miscellaneous bull spending 700 Yeah, is that trying our best? Is missing a, you know,$40 payment trying our best? When we have a kid? Is that trying our best? Sometimes, like, things happen, and it's not, like, all the time. Things happen? Mm-hmm. Well, yes, you are a human being on this planet. Things happen. so we act like an adult and we be prepared for these things to happen okay so you are not doing that um i should be
5:37i guess my spending could be probably a little bit more controlled like on certain things why aren't you controlling your spending what's happening um i'm just trying to get a little of perspective a little microscope into that life of yours what is going on well i you say you're trying yeah we're missing very small payments and we're spending about 700 dollars on miscellaneous bullshit so i would say incorrect what is going on i guess i just don't pay enough attention to where my money is going what does that mean what does it look like on a monthly basis when money goes places what does that look like how does that happen for you basically whenever my like bills are paid like rent is paid and then like any money that i have left over i just kind of spend spend it okay so how much came in income wise are you asking me oh um i'm asking them the the camera was over i pointed at the camera yes how much came in um 35 3800 yeah 39 39 okay good livable nice how much did you spend Probably$4 ,000.
7:08Why would you spend more than came in? $3 ,900 comes in,$4 ,000 out. Why would you spend more? Because I feel like I can. Huh? You feel like you can spend more than comes in? Well, I am. Are you okay? You were talking that Celsius. Are you like, where's the brain right now? It's here. Yeah, you spent$6 ,414. How much? $6 ,414. $6 ,414.
7:53How? How? How? We'll go through your documents and we'll find out how, but I already told you you spent$700 just on miscellaneous bull. If you spend$700, let's see, the income is$38, normally$36, so let's call it$36. That's already 20 % of your income right there. 20%.
8:1920%.
8:23Okay. I just need you, just please explain what is going on in your life. something bad happened to me i got in a small fender bender with another car okay um i was like at a red light and i was coming to a stop but i didn't stop like right in time so my car kind of like bumped into the back of another car how fast uh it wasn't fast it was like maybe like five miles an hour okay um there was like no damages or like anything that happened um nobody okay yeah um but the issue there the issue is that there was like a lapse in my insurance coverage no yeah why um how much of a lapse um probably like a couple weeks why aren't you on top of it.
9:25I think I forgot to pay it. You forget to pay everything. Everything in here is forget to pay. Sometimes, uh, yeah, there's things that... Sometimes as in almost everything in here. Almost everything? Oh my f***, I don't know. You, you, you, you legitimately don't know. Well, the, my insurance, it was like a kind of like a pay-by-week type of thing. Weekly insurance? Yeah, it's like cheaper that way. No! No. Yeah. No way. You only pay when you're driving. Because if you pay biannually, that's how it's cheaper. Are you saying like per mile that you're driving? No, like the days I'm driving.
10:08What was your insurance payment on average on a weekly basis? Like$30 or$35 a week. $45? Yeah. But that's not crazy. It's like$180. Why can't you just pay that monthly? I feel like it's gonna be more expensive Okay why is it on auto pay then Yeah That's probably my Kid child seven Kid child seven Kid child seven I should probably have better insurance Yeah you should probably have Insurance In general like maybe we don't have laps In that when we're smashing into bumpers Okay so what happened Basically like since I didn't have insurance I nothing happened at the scene but then like a couple months later i got a letter in the mail um it was from a subrogation company okay and they told me that i owe for medical damages since i didn't have insurance i have to pay that medical for the person you hit but there was there was no what are they claiming um 48 000
11:21yeah i don't understand how that's possible because there nothing happened like everybody was fine there was yes but they may have gone to like an urgent care how for 45 000 i don't know american medical expenses are crazy maybe if zada network who even knows i don't know did you not see what it was for though you just saw the number you didn't see what it was for yeah they said they just said medical expenses yeah but you didn't see what it was for no the lady when she called me she was do you want to go ahead and like set up a payment plan and i was like no no i'm not gonna pay that like there was no injuries like this is like a scam so they said if i don't start paying that somehow they're gonna take my driver's license away is this this isn't do you have this Did you bring it?
12:11I sent a picture of the letter, yeah. You sent it? Could I get that in Slack? I don't know. Okay. I want to make sure, one, you're not getting scammed. Two, they have the authority. Well, I think, like, I did, like, some research on it, and I think, like, they have to, like, technically take me to court for it and then, like, sue me. Yeah. And then, like, if it's, like. That would be my guess, but that's what I want to confirm. Yeah. And so I guess they're going to keep, like, sending me letters. Hey, make your payments. How about we do that and not get f***ed? I'm trying to make my payments. You don't make any f***ing payments.
12:49What are you talking about? You spend$2 ,500 or$3 ,000 more than you make on a monthly basis? Maybe sometimes they're late. You don't know the word try. No, no, no, no. Objectively, no. First document right here, lady. You are behind by... I don't spend on the credit cards. There's only one credit card that I don't give a f***. You're not paying on the credit cards.
13:20What? I cut up all the cards. You're behind five payments on this. I make my payments. Behind five? Probably, just about. If I included the monthly fee and the payments, yeah, you'd go about five. I don't think that's correct. Well, you're not over the credit limit. there's you're almost there you will get above which one are you looking at there's 40 there's 40 dollars of fees being added on a monthly basis because you're not paying in the payment and the payment is 42 dollars I see also they don't see the letter oh I sent it in a text message oh okay to Lindsay Lindsay will get that so you combine both the fees and the minimum with the payment that you should be making combine them by two and then divide that by the 431 you're about five months five months behind mind.
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15:18That's pages.sandermind.com slash Caleb or head to the link in the description below to check out Sandermind and make mental health a priority in 2025. Oh my gosh. Okay. We're starting at the bottom because it is okay to be ignorant. that is not like a crime. And ignorant is better than knowing what's going wrong and purposely doing bad. So don't get me wrong. I feel like I know what's going on. The f*** are you talking about? No, you don't. Explain what's going on with this card. Go ahead. Which one is that? What's the balance? It's a capital one, quick silver one.
15:55Is it like 4 ,000? Is it 4 ,000? What is going on with this card? You said you know what's going on with the card. Okay, it should be like$4 ,000. More than just a number. Tell me what the f*** is going on with the card. Okay, so this actually just happened to me recently. I've never had a missed payment ever before. This is the first time I have a missed payment, and I only know that because it's on my credit report now. Yeah. That's beyond late because you can have late payments and not get that reported. You now have missed payments reported. that's when it gets that means you're behind that means you're behind behind alright I have the letter that was slacked uh Wilburn Associates oh you see it yeah so they're probably a legal group let's see I think so yeah have you heard of that company before no but I'm about to look them up oh they're handing the claim offer on behalf of the USA of the actual company Why did she fucking do this?
16:59Oh, my God. Is it actually, like, real? Like, are they really going to try to... Please report this loss to your insurance character and provide us with the claim number. See? So you could have done that. Yeah, but I didn't have it then. And they've already talked to you on the phone? Mm-hmm. I think I might have, like, messed up on that. Because, like, if I never answered the phone, like, maybe they would have never found me. Did you give them your address? They asked me to confirm... Well, okay, so they, like, listed out three... Why the... They... What? Why are you having that conversation and giving them that number?
17:29Is that bad? No, why would you give them information regarding you, no matter who they are? They listed out, like, three addresses, and they were like, are these one of your addresses? And I was like, no, my address is this. It's a debt collections agency. Hmm. Hmm. Will they sue you for how much? $48 ,000. That's a lot of money. They actually might. Oh, my God.
18:00you're surprised but i'm yeah because 48 000 for what it was like it was like the it was like a tap yeah yeah yeah like there was not a dude probably went and just got checked up or something i don't know um i don't know i don't know was i there so what if like i just keep ignoring them and then i don't well it'll certainly um Okay. Is this on your credit yet? Um, no. There's no collections on my credit right now. Will they sell this or will they pursue legal? What do you mean sell it? They could sell it for pennies on the dollar to a collections agency. But aren't they a collections agency? Kind of.
18:48They're probably almost working as almost like an internal. Trying to get the full amount. hired out. Well, hmm.
19:02Debt collection. I'm not paying that. That's crazy. what if the court says you do? They'll take your...
19:14I can get a lawyer and then prove that that was... And what way are you going to afford to get a lawyer? Spend double your income on a monthly basis. um i can still prove probably that that is not accurate you got into a reported crash it was small but you got into a reported crash we don't know where the bill's coming from that's what i wish we could do yeah um okay i know i i wish we had a connection with the legal group what i will do is get you connected with our uh uh with domain money financial advisors to at least see if they can have some extra guidance for this. You get a free session for being a guest on the show.
19:53And then just to talk about this whole situation, take advantage of three free sessions with Sondra Mind for therapy as well. Okay. But even still, they might give you a good direction there. $38 ,000, right? $48 ,000. Okay. What was the minimum monthly payment they suggested? They didn't even suggest that. They were probably going to figure out how much you could reasonably make. Yeah. first okay that's crazy dude do you have insurance now i do i do and then back to this card again that you're behind dramatically quicks over one so let's get the whole information for the sake of the audience oh dude this is come on this is crazy you can't be living your life like this with a kid.
20:43Okay. $4 ,240 and 99 cents. The minimum monthly payment of$431 and 14 cents, normally$42, but you're behind behind about four or two.
20:57Why? And you say, you know what's going on with cards. Why would this possibly be behind so much again? Another$40 fee right there. A hundred dollars in interest borderline on the credit limit. And you'll be there. And it's this past two fee, past two fee, past two fee forever, forever, forever and ever. Why? Why are you just not making a damn payment? Why not be on auto pay? You don't make no money. Well, like I said, this is like the first time that that's happened. No, it's not. It's five months. Are you sure it's five months? That's how the math is at least working. I know it's probably like two months.
21:38Math wouldn't add up like that. Well, I guess I ran out of money and it got behind. Why? You make money. Why'd you run out of money? Because I'm paying everything by myself. What's everything by yourself? You do get child support and you don't make insignificant amount of money, especially for your age. I know you're a single mom. That part's harder than a seven-year-old requires a little more at that point because maybe they're doing some sports, extracurricular activities, school supplies, all that good stuff. I get it. Yeah. But even still,$700 in miscellaneous bullshit. Bullshit. We'll go through it.
22:10Yeah, I have a spending problem. So you didn't run out of money because you have to take care of all the bills that I have to take care of alone.
22:22Yeah, I like to buy things for myself, and I like to buy things for my son. Which I get the heart for. Great, good. When he asks me for something, it's hard for me to tell him no. Sure, will it be hard to tell him no when you're like, oh, shit. Wait, we got to leave because we're getting evicted because we can't pay our rent. Yeah, that would be worse. Yeah, that'd be worse. But that wouldn't happen. Why? Because I always make sure that my rent is paid. Yeah, for now, you just quote, I ran out of money. That was after my rent was paid. Yeah, what if it happens before your rent is paid next time?
22:57Do you not understand that sometimes things are a little different? Remember when you also told me at the beginning of the conversation, things have happened. Yeah, what if things happen? Well, I'll just figure it out. don't be that creature i'll just figure out what is i just figure it out what do you mean how are you gonna figure it out what is figuring it out that doesn't make sense i'll just figure it out you know who hasn't just figured it out people who get evicted and that happens endlessly throughout this country throughout almost every country you think they just figured it out no they're gone well i i don't think they care about figuring it out you're saying they don't give a shit about their house and the roof over their head and the kids that live there who the f***er you?
23:37What do you mean? I just feel like it's not gonna happen to me. I just feel like it's not gonna... That's a f***ing everything. That is every emergency. No one thinks an emergency is gonna happen. Why do you think this is not gonna happen to you? Why do you think you're special? Why do you think you're unique? You're unique in terms of you're not paying your debt like a f***ing responsible adult. Even Americans with high credit card debt, they at least pay their minimum monthly payment. You're not. You're unique. You're a unique failure. In that case, absolutely. Congratulations. Why do you think you're gonna be unique in terms of success?
24:04There's nothing to indicate any kind of success here. There's no success. What's the success? Can you show me a pattern of success that would prove that you would be the person that is able to get out of that situation? I don't think so. I don't think so. 3.7 million eviction cases filed annually in the United States. Well, I'm not going to. I'm sure some of them thought they could just figure it out. Well, I'm not going to lose my job, so I'm always going to have enough money to cover. No, you. lady do you not remember your own words that are coming down your mouth i ran out of my but then i get paid again yeah what if you don't okay what happens when a 48 000 bill hits because you refuse to have insurance huh how about that i guess i'll file bankruptcy bio bankruptcy like that's nothing how can you afford bankruptcy bankruptcy isn't cheap you think you just walk outside i declare bankruptcy no um i think you i know that you have to find like a lawyer to to do that and pay a lawyer to help you with it um and you're ready to start giving some things up potentially probably not your car we wouldn't go down that route but also if you ever need to reapply for a lease and look somewhere else that's going to be on your credit for seven to ten years well it's better than paying 48 000 i would think major channel announcement budgety budgety budgety it's a new year we're all trying to budget we're all trying to make it a little better trying to improve our life a lot of people on the show A lot of people out there that I've heard from, they try to start a budget.
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27:07And because I love you guys and it's a new year, literally anyone who signs up for the month of January gets all of this, including premium for free for a month. It's time to actually make a budget and stick to it for the first time ever. Let's take control of our 2025 and make this the best year ever. Download the Simpler Budget app today. A link in the description below. This budgeting app will change your life. Potentially, I'm just saying that happens and maybe a court orders you to pay it and then uh-oh now i can't pay rent you're saying just figure it out i have a payment plan so i can just do the payment plan you don't know what the payment plan is lady and guess what you're not paying on your things that have payment plans you're five months behind so what the are you talking about the reason i'm here is because you have a kid it's not cute and funny anymore once you have a kid you're right why'd you have this kid were you guys just like just like diddling it up or were we ready for the full future or what was going on at the time i was right i thought i was ready and you guys were together for a while we were together um for about a year and then after i got pregnant we broke up Was it purposeful pregnancy?
28:27No. Why weren't you guys using protection at 20? I guess it was a poor decision.
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28:39Yeah. And you just let him wherever? He tried to pull out. But he failed? Yeah. And you didn't go get the thing? What thing? The plan B? Plan B. No, I did not. Why? Because I didn't think that I would be pregnant. Not thinking things happen, the consequences of our own actions, seems to be a pattern in your life. And I'm not saying you should have taken plan B. I'm not saying having a kid was the wrong choice. You can do whatever the fuck you want. For sure, it definitely has to be on. You can do whatever the fuck you want. I'm not saying that. I'm just saying no preparation and a constant pattern of thinking that nothing will happen and the consequences of the actions that we do seems to be the definition of you.
29:25And now, it's a responsibility to take care of this kid who did not choose to come into this world. And guess what? Mommy is not paying her bills. Kid would like to do things, would like to move up in life, would like to maybe go to college. Good luck mama applying for any parent plus loans or anything or for his first car or whatever there might be. anything that you might want to do for a kiddo, good luck. Because you're saying no. Fuck my life now. I'm not saying fuck my life now. Your actions are. Not your words. Your actions are. Also, your words kind of are because you don't think anything bad will happen.
30:03But guess what? It happened last time. I make sure that the important things are paid. How do you determine the importance of bills? Rent. So roof. Okay. Yeah, food, groceries. Yeah. Utilities, probably. Car payment, utilities. Okay. Where do you think you are? On a scale of zero to ten, zero being the worst finances you can think of, ten being the best finances you can think of, where do you think you are? Self-assessed. Deep in that heart. I would probably say a zero. Yeah. Sounds about right. You're okay with that? No, I'm not okay with that. Then why have you done nothing to fix it? because I feel like I keep making my payments, but they're not, the balances are not going down.
30:56If I didn't have credit card debt, I feel like, which my credit card debt isn't even that bad. It's not even that high. Are you stupid? What do you mean? Any kind of credit card debt that is accruing interest that you cannot pay off that is being pushed to the credit limit is bad. What the are you talking about? $2 ,500? No, so what's going on though? $4 ,240. You think that's not bad? That's horrendous. That's horrendous. I'm not spending on it. So that's what would make it bad is if you're spending on it? It would make it worse. That would make it worse. Doesn't mean it's good. I don't think it's good.
31:30I don't think it's good, but I think. You just said it's not that bad. It's not that bad. It's pretty bad. Yes, it is. How can you think it's not that bad? If you don't think it's not that bad, then why would you ever do anything to fix it if you don't think it's not that bad? I am doing things to fix it. No, you're not. You're behind. Lady, what are you talking about? You are so delusioned in your life. The f*** are you talking about? You won't even hold insurance and make the payments for that in time.
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32:38Oh, I. You're confused on your lack of payment on this card So The payment was late but I still pay it Yeah but you're behind five You haven't caught up Look at it lady There are numbers Whether or not you're able to read them is unknown to me so far but They're there
33:08you think the math is adding up yeah about three to four late late late payments on here this year so far $1 ,200 rounded interest this year on one card one card you're okay with that no I don't want to pay that yet you allow it and don't change any behavior ever to solve it.
33:44Okay, we have an Amazon card. This is dangerous for you to have. Isn't it? Yeah, but... Let me see your Amazon order history. Right now? Okay. We'll see it. The credit limit isn't very high. Nor should it be for you. Oh, good. we're over the credit limit so on amazon yeah isn't it five hundred dollars you're five hundred twelve dollars again numbers are convenient to look at sometimes i do look at that i look at it like well incorrectly or upside down i don't know
34:20yeah that's been maxed out for a while then why are you purchasing forty dollars on here mom it's it's been maxed out for a while so let me go ahead and purchase $40 on there wise sometimes I guess I can make some impulsive how about I look at that Amazon account what is going on I've seen you push the screen like 50 times did you connect to the wifi out there no I didn't $40 to purchases $13 dollars and seven cents of interest accruing. How long does this take to pay off? Just doing the minimum payments. Just the minimum payments. Probably like two years. Yeah, 16 months. Pretty close. Go ahead, scan that QR code.
35:09The last card. The last card alone. Just the minimum payments. How long do you think that takes? Which is, by the way, better than you're currently doing. Are you talking about the$4 ,000 one? Yes, the Capital One Quick Silver One. Probably like 10 years. 20. And that's if you actually do it and you're not. Can I scan that again? I'm sorry. So we struggle to use the phone as well. Okay. So$40 minimum fee payment on this Amazon card.
35:42With a over limit. Yep. So. Yep. I'm connected. Sorry. $512.23 is owed. Okay. Um, do you want to see this? Yes. Okay. Start a screen recording. Screen recording? Okay. What? Nothing. Men's oil tan leather? That was a Christmas gift for my dad. Some Christmas pajamas for you and the kid. Mm-hmm. Some deep vitamin C golden. Moisturizer. Your skin's okay. Real deep bio collagen thing. Oh, it's all skin, skin, skin, skin, skin. Makeup, makeup. You are wearing a lot of makeup, so I didn't see that. You returned something. We got a cable. We got some booty pants. Booty pants. Yeah, and silky tights.
36:38Shoulder bag. Shoes and, yeah, children's things and tea oil. That's not that crazy. Let me see your nails. They're just short. yeah you're no longer wearing the press on pink nails yeah i got those to try to like stop going to the nail salon undetect table thong techable undetectable undetectable while we're here let's see what subscriptions you have oh my god what are you looking at your subscriptions oh on what your phone oh uh read open your damn emails and get rid of that Get rid of those readings. I know. I hate looking at that. I just need to get on my computer and, like, mark them all as red.
37:25You have so many subscribers. No, I don't. What am I subscribed to? You don't know anything. What am I subscribed to? You don't know anything. First of all, you're subscribed to fucking Tinder. That's not for me. That's not for me. I don't even have a Tinder account. Whose Tinder are you paying for? You're not chasing dick? No. Not currently. Yeah, I don't have a Tinder account. Okay, why do I see... And it's not... Oh, you're right. Sorry, these are inactive. You're right. You actually don't have any paid... Oh, so you just canceled Tinder. Yeah, but it's... Why the fuck do you have Tinder? It's not for me.
38:00Oh, sorry, paid Tinder. Why are you paying for someone else's Tinder? It was like... It's a profile that I created, but it wasn't like me. You are paying for... You paid for Tinder. I did because there was something that happened. I had like an ex-boyfriend. and we actually just broke up recently because of something that happened, and that's why I got the Tinder account and paid for the premium. What happened? So he went out of town like two months ago for, like, work, and he was going to be gone for, like, a month, and we've had, like, some issues, like, of things he's done in the past. What?
38:43Like Instagram liking. Can't like on Instagram?
38:51no okay why would he be liking other women i don't know maybe it's art who knows but go ahead go ahead well he knows that i didn't like that and he kept doing okay well you vocalized it okay yeah yeah okay i kind of had some suspicions and this is like the first time he's ever had to go away for like a long period of time so we actually met on tinder but that's the last time i've ever used it which is like three years ago um so i felt like maybe until november 17th but okay yeah i felt like maybe he might still be using it but i wasn't sure um what gave you the suspicion just liking posts on instagram that and like certain people that he followed okay and then like some messages that i saw what between him and people what this is huge for financial audit For a year now, my team and I have worked with experts to create what I truly believe are the three best educational programs in the financial space online.
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41:51I'm sure that's what every Ashley Madison guy said. Yeah. Okay. And so I did pay for that, but then I, like, got it refunded. Did you break up? Yeah. Yeah. Good. We broke up. Good. CyberGhost, safe and private something, November 9th. Oh, okay. Free text call number, November 11th. ExpressVPN, November 9th. Apple Music just canceled. Yeah. Which ones are they? Second phone number, October 17th. What are you doing? Why are there so many different phone number things? What are you sneaking around? Surfshark VPN. Why do you have so many VPNs and phone numbers that you're, what are you doing? Those are also something probably to do with him.
42:33I was a little. You don't know? No, I do know. What? So basically, like, I created some fake numbers. Oh, lady. And then, like, I pretended like I had seen him out in, like, public and then wanted to see if he would, like, text them back. And? he didn't but he also had a lot of like okay your suspicions actually ended up becoming correct yeah what if they weren't like you're just kind of like the fuck bad ex in that case you actually were correct in the end so well i wouldn't do things like that if i didn't think that yeah but from instagram likes well well no saying you're so pretty and stuff that that's fair actually yeah but even still this is a big he was just like a bad person so i kind of are you guys together um we were like on and off for three years you invested a few hundred bucks to catch this thing okay all right yeah and he also lived with me for for a while and didn't pay any rent oh when did when was he out um probably like two months ago my gosh why was he paying rent that's not a red flag enough yeah and then that's like when my finances started to get kind of worse Okay, worse, because trust me, they were already bad.
43:45But why wasn't he paying rent? I guess because he didn't have enough money. What was he doing? He had, like, this job with one of his family members. I think he was only making, like,$400 a week. I kind of want to call him in the post show. Should we call him in the post show? Oh, my God. Okay, we're going to call him in the post show. Are you serious? Yeah. Oh, my God. That'll be fun. We'll have some Springer in the post show and our YouTube membership. It helps support the channel, guys. and there's thousands of hours of extra content and other shows as well uh okay so amazon yeah the interest of growing uh it was yeah it was three amazon purchases probably all the skincare makeup and all the you're doing
44:29fees this year like 70 bucks and interest what
44:38those fees are probably late fees that's probably too late fees on which one on the amazon over the course of this year over the course of the year yes too late fees probably yeah i i don't like paying those i'm gonna be honest like yeah like it's a like that's what we get that we get to choose what we like no we don't but hey guys guess what i don't like paying my property taxes i'm just not going to. And there's going to be no consequences because I don't like it. What the f*** are you talking about? You have a seven-year-old kid. I like paying for everything for him. Yeah, you have to be responsible.
45:18Do you not understand? Just like the... I feel like I'm pretty responsible. In what world? I feel like you never matured past 14. No, legitimately, based on your language. Do you think... yeah the words you're saying the phrases your mentality well that's your opinion my opinion dude it's in the numbers this isn't an opinion this is like objective reality right here the whole i don't like making payments on this that's what a child says i still make them though you missed two this year shut the up two out of the year That's not that many. Are you actually like. I feel like that's not that bad.
46:07Missed 15 % of the payments this year. Okay. Substantial percentage. I don't want to be rude. Yeah. A mature person, an adult, pays 100%, by the way. I legitimately would like to know just for my own information, not to be rude, but out of legitimacy. Did you graduate high school? I did. Okay. Did you? Yes. Okay. But am I giving off any indication that I didn't? I, I, I, I, I, I, I. That you, um, you had, you, you, I, I, I, I. No. Am I? Yes. Oh. Okay.
46:54Okay. Capital One. $128.36. cents. Very low balance for what we've looked at so far with the$25 minimum of detainment. Okay, so you made the minimum and then interest accrued. Okay, so that's all that happened on this card. But she did say at the beginning, haven't really had mispayments this year so far until recently. We learned that that wasn't the case on the Amazon one already, but let's see if that's the case on this card. Should we? Shall we? Oh, there it is! There's a little fee that's happened this year so far! Sounds like you're a liar or just don't know any f***ing thing? You said there was a late one on that?
47:33Yes. This year. This year? Yes. This year. How many? You know what year it is? Yeah, 2024. Okay. Tomorrow will be 2025. Oh, wow. Fresh start. New me.
47:48What was your question? How many was it? One. One. Okay. That counts. It does count. Yeah. Yeah, it does. That's, um... Is anyone keeping the math? Five, six, seven, eight. Ah, ah, ah. All together. Eight missed payments this year so far. Yeah, um, it was a rough year. It was a rough year. Yeah, sounds like it was like the cheating dude, but again, that was a couple months ago. The f*** out. Um, I'm spending money to make myself happy and my son happy. And how's that working? It's ending in misery, ending with eviction, ending with bankruptcy, ending with your kid not having a good future. Yeah, that's more misery.
48:31So maybe we do a little temporary sacrifice like an adult, a mother, a responsible parent.
48:3927.99 % interest rate. Basically$100 in interest accrued so far this year. The balance has never been high on that card. You're just late on a payment for no f***ing reason. Why do you not set up auto pays? Yeah, that's a thing. I don't know. I just feel like that's a thing. Okay. Yes. I should probably set up autopay. But why haven't you then? Because I feel like what if I just like I want to pay it like whenever I want to pay it. I think that's not how this works. That's not how contracts work. You signed a contract. Do you get that? With the credit cards? Yes. Well, I want to get rid of those.
49:21So I don't have to worry about that. Yeah, you can close the accounts. You're still going to have to make your payments. You owe the money that you borrowed. Right. I'm just saying like I'm trying to like get to where I can actually pay them all off and then never like. How are you going to do that when you spend double what you make? Well, that's why I stopped spending on them. You spend double what you make and that's not true. We already looked at the Amazon card where you're spending and you push it above your limit. Shut the. You're like everything you're saying is legitimately incorrect.
49:48Okay, so the Amazon and the Apple ones. Yes, I still. So also known as some of the cards. Yeah. But the big ones, like the$4 ,000 one. So I guess the other ones don't matter that are above the credit limits and not making payments on time and has interest accruing because other ones have bigger numbers. Yeah. You can use the Fizz card. I will allow that because it only allows you to spend what's in your checking account. It's like a debit card and it builds your credit. I would close these other accounts because you're not a credit card person. You cannot be trusted with it. I would not trust you with a single cent of debt that's fine who gives a f*** it doesn't matter it's okay that you can't be trusted with debt just don't allow yourself to have it don't allow yourself to have a tool that can f***ing smash in your own fingers if you don't know how that if you don't have the proper training okay okay
50:41what is it you tell me where'd you get Fashion Nova and Amazon on oh it's definitely a pay later um is it like Klarna or like Afterpay? You tell me. Probably Klarna or Afterpay or Affirm. I use all of those. Oh, I'm sure you do. You've never met a debt you don't love. But those are fine. Those are fine? Yeah. $49.75 overdue. They're fine, guys. Everything's great. Lady, you know nothing. You know nothing. Any account we talk about, you talk about and you have no idea what you're talking about. Not a single inkling of brain cell connection for any document. No, okay, I do remember that. I do remember that.
51:32Oh! Yeah. She remembers! Yeah.
51:40I guess I was out of money and... Oh, oh, guys, it happened again. It happened again. Yeah, nothing, nothing ever went wrong. Nothing will ever go wrong because this isn't the second time in this entire conversation that you said you ran out of money, right? Right? Right? Right? So you'll never ever miss a rent payment, right? Right? Right? You'll never miss any critical payment. You'll never miss a utility payment. You'll never not have enough money for groceries, right? Right? Right? Because we've never talked about in this conversation not having enough money. It's never possible. Having a dude bust will never result in a pregnancy.
52:14I don't know where my money is going. I feel like I... Why have you never made a budget? Why have you never tried? Because, okay, I get that you didn't know where your money was going, but that's fine. When you recognize that, then you're like, hmm, maybe I should do something. What's that something called? How to figure out my money. Make a budget is usually what comes up. Why would you not make a budget? Why would you not attempt? Why has there been no attempt? I have thought about making a budget. Oh, you've thought about it. No, I think about this a lot. Like every month I'm like, okay, now I should make a budget.
52:45That is a lot of thinking for you. Once a month? And then, um, like you keep saying about, I'm going to like get evicted or like miss my rent payment. It happens to millions of people. Well, I'm not, that's not going to happen because I have like earning. Is that the pay f***ing advance thing? Uh-huh. That's actually a really big problem right now. Every, every, every time you get. I'm stuck in like a loop. Yeah, that's what I was just going to f***ing say. You're stuck in a loop. So what happens if you can't pay that? Actually, that's probably where my money's going. Then you're double f***ed.
53:22Then you're double f***ed. Yeah. So... Choo-choo! Well, so I'm trying to make it to where I don't have to use that ever again. But it's like so much... Try, try. This is what you've already said. Try, try. What's your try? I've thought about making a budget. You know what? I accomplished something this time. I thought. No. I just get kind of overwhelmed, I guess. You're going to get more overwhelmed, but worse this gets. Yeah. It's a confront it now or make it even worse later. It's always going to be worse. That's what I would like to happen. But... And I would like to have... Okay, so I'm going to do something to change it.
54:09What? I'm going to make a budget. Oh. And stick to it. Oh. Because I can do that. You can? Mm-hmm. Any inkling of proof that that is something I can reliably take as the truth? Do you not believe me? No. You don't? You're missing payments. You're not a reliable narrator on any document that we've talked about so far. You have no idea what your finances are, and you're uncontrollable spending in every way possible, and you have no discipline, and you can hardly form a coherent thought. I don't know. I do not trust you or believe you. I want you to do better. But that doesn't mean I'm just going to say I trust you to make you feel good.
54:55Right. Nothing has been shown to me that would give me trust. I have hope. It's lacking. But I want you to, especially for the sake of your kid. Yeah, I mean, I feel like I make decent money. You do. That's not the problem. Yeah. So you don't think I need to make more money? More money is always great, I guess, but not if you spend even more than you make extra, which is what you would do. Well, yeah. I'm very happy with my job. Okay.
55:28They treat me very well.
55:33I didn't suggest leaving that job. I don't know. No, I'm not saying you did, but. Okay. Well, we're over on Klarna again. So$82.
55:49Well, actually, Fashion Nova bullshit. Stupid. Fashion Nova? What the fuck are you doing with Fashion Nova? What is a Fashion Nova? It's okay because I actually returned all that stuff. And you got refunded? Mm-hmm. Yeah. Well, actually, no, I didn't. No. You seriously just made me fucking cross it out of my document and now I have to write it again. No okay I did return everything But for some reason Am I writing it in here or not Um no Why No sorry yes What are you doing How Yeah you can write it It's fine Now let me ask this High school question again I'm glad you graduated high school But it didn't take you until you were 26 No Okay
56:46When your kid attends school Are you required to attend with him? What do you mean? What do you mean? No He's in school He's in second grade He's doing really well Just like I did I did I made really good grades in school So you returned it But you just didn't get a refund Right, yeah I didn't get a refund Because for some reason They don't do refunds they only do like credit in store credit did you get that? yeah but it doesn't really your monthly payment is$132 and something else
57:27apple card this is one of your self confessed I still spend money this one's like this one's really bad I do some bits maxed out and sometimes like I'll this is like the only credit card where you can like if it even if it's maxed out you can like make a payment you cannot be trusted with that you cannot be trusted with that you mean make a purchase yeah you cannot be trusted with that you cannot know how to manage that you cannot be trusted with that not for a single second in real life look at you I because they allow you to spend you just oh my gosh me dude I just I
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58:56Not as an insult. I'm just like blown away. That my finances were fucked and I got them corrected, but I never had the mindset you have. Because you understand it. I didn't even realize what was happening. Once I did, I fixed it. I just don't get it. I don't get it. And it just blows my mind. This show has been just the ultimate, I'm not ending it. I sound like I'm ending it. I'm not. But this has been like the most crazy wake-up call. Crazy wake-up call. And you applied from the audience, yeah? Yes. So you watch the show? Yeah. This blows my mind. That's where 98%, I think, actually 100 % these days come from the audience.
59:40This blows my mind. Okay. Neremonauty payment, 27 bucks.
59:46Oh, so many transactions. On which one? Amazon? Oh, no, Apple. Sorry, Apple.
59:58Tinder. there it is i got that refunded though tinder more apple bill paypal voodoo um yeah that was probably a movie for like my son to watch a firm tinder three tinder purchases yeah i i was kind of crazy yes i would say so you did actually were right in the end about your assumptions, but you did also kind of act crazy. My fake accounts kept getting banned, so I had to make... Well, no, shit, fair enough. I had to make two more to actually find them on there. So as many of you know, I've been a big supporter of Course Careers for a long time. I'm not just a partner. I actually own stock, and I'm an investor.
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1:02:25They were kind of like stock images. Other people's pictures. Yeah. Netflix. The Lash Lounge. The Lash Lounge. Yeah. They look like eyelashes. I don't know. Do they look good? Um. No? Okay. I don't know what count as good lashes. They look kind of clumped up in, like, areas. Oh, really? Well, they look like there's, like, it looks like there's, like, five. Like, big clumps. Like, horns. But maybe that's what good lashes. No. Lindsay, can you tell me? I don't look at eyelashes. Her lashes look beautiful. Okay. I complimented her before we started. Okay, your lashes look good. I don't know what good lashes look like.
1:03:07That's not something I look at for people. Yeah. Okay. Well, it's on your eyes, so it's, like, the main thing that you're, like, looking at. please what I'll look at everyone's feet first oh I couldn't tell where I wanted to take that you have$400 spent in that month that's crazy dude on just Apple just Apple$229 of interest this year so far I don't see any fees but I don't see a section for fees either I have a problem with that card you have a problem with every card There is not one that doesn't have a problem. If you don't know that at this point, I'm deeply concerned. So you're saying, like, if I were to just, if there was no missed payments, then there wouldn't be a problem.
1:03:53Not that there wouldn't be a problem, but your problems are exacerbated. Yeah. Do you know what that word means? Yeah, like they're more extreme. Okay, yes. Yeah. I wanted to make sure you didn't think I said, like, master. No. Is that what you're thinking about? No. I just want to make sure you're able to understand the words okay yeah no I got it I want to make sure I'm communicating correctly yeah I got it it's more extreme
1:04:22auto vroom vroom drive drive they let you drive what are you talking about okay what's your car oh it's a 2012 Honda Accord mom mobile It only has like 120 ,000 miles. Hold on. Wait, is this a lease? Wait. It's actually almost paid off. Yeah, it's kind of close. It's still two years away. I don't know what you're talking about. Almost paid off. Well, I'm planning on like trying to get it paid off sooner. Yes. While you spend double your income. And the monthly payment on that. And don't make payments on anything else. I don't know what you're talking about. It's only like$150 a month for my car payment.
1:05:02Your plan's a joke though. My car payment's like really low. I get it. But you say I plan to. but that does not make sense to the rest of everything else we've looked at so far. I don't get how you get that. It's worth about$8 ,413 in its current condition. So you do have positive equity on this. It would be the one thing I'm not freaking out about other than it's close to an 11 % interest, which sucks. You're likely halfway through that interest paying period where Moore is now going to principal. But even still, it's not great. It's not great. But you have positive equity. Yeah. How's it doing?
1:05:36it's fine it's really great 120 000 okay and you do maintenance yeah when i got it i actually um i put like ten thousand dollars down so what when'd you get it like three years ago but i put how much i think it was kind of overpriced it was like during that time where like all the cars were like super overpriced yeah and i think it was like selling for like 16 000 maybe and then i put 10 thousand down and finance like six thousand yeah majority is by far going to principal today 113 and then 30 goes to interest so you're in the good half of this loan okay so not fantastic having a minimum payment for someone that can't do minimum payments i can do them stop the cap i would say we're like nine missed payments this year or something And if I could see in this car, if you were ever late or missed, I don't know.
1:06:39If I'm able to look back in time. That one's actually on auto pay. That one is on auto pay. Good, but what if you had one that bounced? Well, then I would just use earning. What if you didn't have enough in earning?
1:06:54Okay, city double cash. I actually quite like this card. Oh, you're abusing it. Well, it's abusing you now, actually. I think that one got closed. Why? For why? Oh, wait, closed or sent to the collections? No, no, just closed. Good. They closed the account. Good. Good. Because guess what? Uh-oh, late fees. Who would have thought? Minimum fee payment, usually$107, but you're behind by two. Behind by two? Yes. Yeah. Like I said, the last couple of months have been kind of bad. Like, that's when everything really started. He was never paying for rent. You spent a couple hundred bucks on dating apps and VPNs and texting things.
1:07:35But what got so bad? He didn't pay for anything. Sometimes he would. Like, he would just be kind of inconsistent. Well, now you're changing your damn story. No, okay. So he would do, like, certain things that kind of helped out, but it wasn't, like, directly paying rent, if that makes sense. Like, he would buy food, but I would pay the rent. Okay. Or he would, yeah. Okay. Interest accruing, fees accruing,$2 ,600.13. Takes 10 years to pay off only the minimum of the payment. Late fee, there it is. Total fees charged this year so far. Looks like you've had about three late fees. We're now to 12 late fees.
1:08:16How many months are there in a year? 12. Oh.
1:08:23You also have, like, advanced purchases as well. What is that? Cash advance purchases. Hmm? Cash advance purchases. Where I took money out of the credit card? Yes, that. Or you had that pull into your checking account to prevent a bounce. That might have been what I did. Or a withdrawal, which is also horrendous. Yeah. Yeah. Sick, dude. I'm crazy. Do you realize just where you've gotten your life? Like, this is such a scary. My life is great. I'm happy. I'm buying my happiness. No, no, no. And I'm still making sure things are getting paid. Maybe they're late, but they're still getting paid. You're delusional.
1:09:08You're not happy. You're delusional. I probably am delusional. You are delusional. Have you heard this conversation so far? From my ex, yeah. He said the same thing about me. $529.84 owed on, Let's call this one... What was the Klarna 2? I don't know. It doesn't matter. Oh, God. Yeah. Oh, my God. Does that say NFL? Yes. I bought him, like, a$300 NFL hoodie, but I did return that. And was it refunded? Yes, it was. Okay, what do you owe on this now? Can I look at it right now? Yes. Okay. So, I'm sure you racked it back up. What does it say on there? Just tell me the f***ing thing 800 800 You're right you didn't rack it back up You f***ing almost doubled it You don't know anything You don't know anything This conversation is mind blowing This conversation is literally mind blowing You said 890?
1:10:17Um Yes 800 What's your payment minimum? My payment minimum on Klarna? Yeah. The one you just pulled up, dude. It depends on which purchase that you're talking about. All of them. Okay, so in the next seven days, it's$30. And then in January, it's$500.
1:10:41There's like four Sephora purchases on here. What are you getting? And then there's like some... I like to buy things for my son. So far, not in the purchases. No, like that's what I was... I saw one like pajama set for him. Other than that, it's all for mommy. No, that's what I was going to say next. It's a kid's footlocker. That's expensive one, though, is it? It was, like,$100. Okay, so that's not the$500 payment. No, no, no. $500 is, like, the total of everything. Everything owed? Yeah. The minimum payment? No, no, no. That's just how many minimum payments... That's what all the minimum payments equal in January.
1:11:15So they're just... Yeah. Sorry. $500. Mm-hmm. Oh, lady. with a Verizon card. I used to work at Verizon. It was good back then. It was good for me back then. How? Again, you're not a reliable narrator about any of this. How is it good? Do you know what the word good means? Not good, but it gave me benefits to my job when I worked there. So the job was good? Yeah. We're talking about the card. Okay,$539.14 with a$30 minimum payment. It takes 15 months to pay it off. Interest was$4.19. Yeah.
1:12:05Total interest paid,$114. Surprisingly, no late fees on this card this year so far. The first one, by the way, that is true. One. You did one out of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. One.
1:12:27Over 30 % interest. Is that all your debt? Yeah. That's it. My phone is financed, but. It sure is. Cash app, okay. 3 in, 3 10 in, 3 10 out. Let's see. Transferring, transferring from people, blah, blah, blah. Artisan nail lounge. You do nails every second of your life. More artisan nail lounge. But I got this stuff on Amazon to do it myself. The nails, the press-ons that you saw. Yeah, and then you didn't do it because you're not wearing them. Yeah. Well, but these are just short. They didn't do this at the salon. I did it.
1:13:09Where's all this cash going to who and why and where? On Cash App? Well, okay. Sometimes my dad cash-ups me. I think I receive more than I send. Where are you sending it to? I don't think I've sent any on cash-ups. We had some money being sent. It was about at least 40. Does it show you the name? We blacked it for privacy reasons I cannot see. You want me to check? No, it's fine. I was hoping you could be able to tell me something. But it's beyond clear in our 20 minutes and that you are unable to do that. It was probably my sister. $735 in your checking account. Why? Your sister. What? Oh, my sister?
1:13:51No. I don't remember what it was for, but I think she just needed to borrow some money. Did she pay it? Did she pay me back? No. I told her it was fine. Sister like sister. Sephora. Going in and getting some bulls**t from Circle K. Amazon, Amazon, Amazon. Amazon, Hollister, Macy's, Sephora, Sephora, Steve Madden. Going and getting some BS. Amazon, Starbucks, cash app out,$30. Oh, well, no, actually, that's the Artesian. Scooter Coffee. Oh, okay, yeah. It was probably to the nail salon. No, that one was. Oh, okay. Afterpay, McDonald's, Target, Amazon, Prime. I don't know if that was video or just Amazon and then Amazon.
1:14:41Sephora Apple Cash sent out Starbucks Sephora you're really gonna to be fair me yeah we just went through Christmas and a lot of that Sephora stuff was also from you can't afford Christmas you can't afford your bills Christmas is not an entitlement oh good Twizy transaction on your main checking account Twixy to buy Instagram followers not for me I did like one of those pranks that where you like Like, buy your ex, like, a thousand followers to make it look like they bought themselves followers. That classic prank that everyone knows. Have you guys, is this just me? You got him. He deleted his Instagram after that.
1:15:28Oh, actually? Mm-hmm. Cash App, Starbucks, Sephora, McDonald's, Klarna, Baskin-Robbins, or Dunkin' Donuts. Venwaying out 21 bucks Sephora Hollister, Amazon, McDonald's, Prime Video Billy Harwick Uber Trip, Apple Cash I'm out, oh my This really just keeps going doesn't it Oh good, oh wonderful Oh good Nothing like a good overdraft fee Nothing like overdrafting on a fucking checking account Not even your checking account Not even your checking account can be good Literally not one account is allowed to be without just absolute fuck. Usually that never happens. I don't give a fuck. It happens. Usually.
1:16:13Usually I never murder someone. That doesn't get me out of a murder. Can I explain? Okay. Sure, try. When me and my ex broke up, I was like always comes back to ex. Guess what, guys? We're not responsible for anything. I was really depressed and I kind of just didn't care about everything for a while. And I didn't check my penis. to the damn therapist at Sondermine. They're great. Use your free sessions. I think these are cheaper than therapy. These purchases. I think free therapy is pretty cheap. Free? Do you hear words? I don't know. I feel like... I don't really... Maybe it would be... I haven't tried it.
1:16:52Maybe it would be good. Buddy! You're a lost cause. Coach? Oh, like bag coach? Mm-hmm. Great. I'm sure you didn't have any bags. Went in and got some BS and TJ Maxx. You look great. Fuck, man. This is fucking crazy. All right, let's get your budget. Let's figure out your minimum fee debt payments. Only now. I'm going to get your... I'm going to get what your minimum fee payments are on the cards once you catch up. Okay. Once you catch up on them instead of owing that big back crap. crap oh even when you catch up your total minimum payments it's a third of your income it's a thousand about a fourth after child support everything a thousand forty seven dollars and 81 cents okay what's your rent my rent is 1350 utility uh let's get gas gas and uh gas and electric um for utilities um that would be like six all my company like groups everything together like rental company okay so they group like the rent with uh utilities so utilities is included in the 1300 no no it's not okay what is it how much for your utilities lady lady lady utilities number 200 does that include the internet no how How much for internet?
1:18:21$40 a month. Gas, vroom, vroom, drive, drive. $80 a month. Car insurance? $150. TP, fun, anything else you need to survive, going to do$200 for you and your kid. Necessary food, you and your kid,$500. Use the meal plan, meal prep. He's not going to be very happy. I don't give a f***. He's going to eat his food. He's really picky. You got to make it work. Again, talk to the therapist about it. The fact is you just can't afford it. And you got to meal prep. Make his favorite foods. Meal prep his favorite foods. but you just got to meal prep a couple days a week. It's the only way to do it. You can do it at$500.
1:18:55Medical? Anything medical healthcare on a monthly basis? No, it's already taken out of my check. I know, but do you have prescriptions or anything? No, no. Gym? Not yet, but I want to start. Okay, I'll give you$40. Okay, that should be fine. I'm not going to have any Subscriptions for you Do you have any pets? No Thank you Any other payments That I have not taken into account That need to be in your budget? Um My The childcare No that needs to be an expense An expense? In your budget Do you know what a budget is? Yeah I'm saying include the childcare Into your income? No Oh sorry sorry sorry Childcare So like after school care?
1:19:42Mmhmm Okay how much? It's$50 a week. That's not bad. 200 bucks a month. Mm-hmm. Okay. $3 ,757.81. And then with your average income on an average month with the child support, we're at about$4 ,114 net. Mm-hmm. Good. Okay, so with the$356 left over on a monthly basis, first order of business is to get caught up on all the minimum payments. So that has to do with your Quicksilver card,
1:20:15and your double cash. Once you're caught up on those, then we prioritize. Let's just do snowball to keep you prioritized. Smallest balance to largest balance. Smallest balance to largest balance. I actually did just pay off one credit card. Which one? It was a... Oh, so one I don't even have? Yeah. Okay. I didn't include that one. Great. Well, we're behind on payments, so... But, okay, cool. Very good. Well, how much was it that you paid off? The balance on that one was pretty low, so I, like, kept making payments toward it, and it was like. Okay, smallest, after you catch up on your payments after about two months, okay?
1:20:53Mm-hmm. And everything's back to just normal minimum fees. You're gonna, smallest to largest. This should take three years. Okay. But. So I'll be 30. Mm-hmm. I feel like that's a good place to be. You did math on your own. No, I'm just excited. No, I'm kidding. I'm sorry. I'm being a dick.
1:21:22I'm thirsty. Whatever the hangry version of. Yeah, why don't you just rub that in my face? Yeah, three years. But you can boost that. Continual raises, obviously. And if you get like a part-time job, maybe some customer service from home, you know, call center stuff. If you're able to do some stuff in the evening once you put the kid asleep, even. work just a few hours whatever it might be or just email support we pay a customer support representative for our classes and stuff like that and she's remote you know she's just going through our emails so anything you can pick up dude literally if you bring in an extra 356 dollars a month you double this process you make it a year and a half instead of three and all you have to do is bring in an extra 316 dollars a month I think that's worth it isn't it?
1:22:05it is worth it yeah bring an extra thousand let's get this over in a year then get a fully funded six month emergency fund that's critical for you and your position as a single mom. So you need to get a six-month emergency fund, everything you need to survive, six months, or 10 ,000 hours, whichever one is higher. That's the step. I would try to go get a little more money. I'm not saying leave your job, but let's try to get this taken care of in a year and a half, get a fully funded emergency fund, pay off all our bad debt by two years. Two years total. Then you're going to contribute 20 % to retirement until you die.
1:22:33Well, until you retire. 20 % on a monthly basis. To my 401k? Honestly, it might be easier for you to just, yes, call it your 401k, 20%. Okay. Let's leave it there. You can go through the investing class and the budgeting class and the debt class. So you get all the education around this. Take all the quizzes. You guys get it for 15 % off all bundled together, by the way. Highly recommend it. Tens of thousands of people have taken it. All right. So make sure you go through that, and that'll help with that. But as we do follow-ups on the Financial Audit follow-up channel along the way, I'll help lead you through that process once we get there, okay?
1:23:07Okay. That's what you have to do now. It's time to grow up and take control. And if not for you, for your kid at the very least. Yeah. Stick around for the post show, guys. Join our YouTube membership. It really helps this channel. We're going to call the X. It's going to be a juicy one. It's going to be such a good post show. I'm so excited. I'm scared. I'm scared, too. See you guys in the post show. Oh, Hammer Financial Score. Let's do that as well. You said you're 0 out of 10. That sounds about right. But Hammer Financial Score.
1:23:39spending a bunch of you overspend 0 out of 10 debt yeah with that insurance thing that's going to count as collection I'll give you a 1 out of 10 though merchants fund nothing in savings 0 out of 10 retirement barely got it started I'm going to say about a 2 out of 10 probably real estate 0 out of 10 it's going to be a hammer financial score rounded up just barely you barely got over 0.5 but oh my god rounded up 1 out of 10 a 1 okay see you guys in the post show it'll be a good one Join link in the description below. He stole. Should I tell the police? I want to confront this mother. Cheating.
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