Everyone is complaining but… I actually prefer Rachel’s budget over Dave’s extreme. People, this is still a tight budget. 50 dollar a month eating out isn’t going to break their budget (unlike many people spending 500-1k) it gives the person a tiny bit of leeway for once or a few times a month to grab food in case of something happening. I think this is a realistic tight budget. Good job Rachel!
I cannot fathom 500-1k a month eating out. The culture here is extremely different. You go out to eat on a weekend or a birthday once, twice a week tops, often a lot less. I'm always amazed how much Americans eat out
Loved this. Would love to see more of these done. It would benefit those learning how to budget, how to use Every Dollar, and to improve on their current budgets. Thanks ❤
This was awesome! It was great to see the baby steps process out of order. Please continue this segment. Would love to see this process with older adults on a fixed income.
Thank you so much for sharing this Rachel. I'm a visual learner and this helps take the stress out of breaking it down. Please do this monthly with random "pop up" expenses and what that looks like.
IMO, Rachel is the most balanced & realistic of the Ramsey personalities. Unlike Dave, she shows some flexibility while sticking to the overall principles of the Ramsey plan. One example is the "Chick-fil-A" run of $50. Dave would have never supported that. As a result, I think this couple will be more successful under Rachel's coaching vs Dave's. If the plan is too rigid & unrealistic, people will lose interest in the plan and fail.
I am surprised Rachel kept the allocation for savings toward their vacation to the Holy Land. With being in Baby Step 2 and supposedly being gazelle intense, I would have eliminated that savings since a vacation is a luxury, not a necessity.
@@lydiasmith552 Lydia, good point about cutting out restaurants entirely. The $50 Rachel kept in the budget for eating out should have gone toward the debt!
They probably have already signed up for the trip and the group going really depends on all committing to the trip. The Holy Land trips usually take a year of planning ahead with your church group.
I really enjoyed Rachels skill and determination making things happen on day one In relation to the car lease, in Australia the lease payment includes all expensed including fuel (gas), service. tyres, maintenance etc, it is a full budget within the budget, no surprises. Thats why the gas was zero, which Rachel changed to $200. So in reality there is another $200 towards the 2nd debt! David - Melbourne, Australia.
This was SO SO SO helpful a) to see everydollar in action b) to see you cutting things that maybe others wouldn't like lawncare or house keeping VERY VERY helpful ❤❤❤
People on a real budget can’t afford lawn care or housekeeping - to them this is a real luxury! 7K is an amazing income. Try a real figure if $3-3500 per month.
Mobility issues and /or neighborhood ordinances could impact housekeeping or lawn care. But agreed there may be an oppty. to cut some there. I stay getting warnings 😂😂
Love this. Thank you for sharing. I would love to see you create a budget with no debt included; savings towards 401k, retirement, buying a home, etc..
It would be interesting to see how you budget for a single retiree with a fixed income of $2000 from Social Security and pension, no savings or investments, and no debt.
Appreciate the $0 budget example using the app, everyone's situation will be different and look forward (hopefully) to other types of budget situations. I like the "what if" senarios and how you went back and adjusted for the $100 "buffer". This is realistic with a $7k income... I'm sure there are other challenging income situations but, the budget will show if a side hustles and selling stuff for extra income is required to meet your monthly money goals.
I’ve been keeping a budget and working the baby steps since 2019 but next month will be our first month without a paycheck for my husband (who brings in the majority of our income). He is 100% commission and I’ve set aside a chunk of his last paycheck to hold us over a couple of months, but it’s still scary! We’re in BS3 and I feel like we’ll be here forever between the hike in our homeowners insurance (we live in South LA and been affected greatly due to recent storms), my son’s special needs (we have been unsuccessful in finding a summer camp for him the past few summers so we have to pay someone to watch him), hurricane repairs and building up a sinking fund for our deductible now that it’s so high, etc. We also bought a car in cash in October when my husband switched to this 100% commission job since his previous job came with a work vehicle. We’ll get there one day but wish I could feel like we’re making progress other than temporary progress which gets depleted without a paycheck or with hurricane damage, etc.
Love this type of video. Could you please do more for every type of situation, including for those past baby step 2? It’s a helpful visual and applicable to real life. But I’m confused why eating out, a trip, and savings for emergency fund are included? Dave would cut all in baby step 2…….
This did not feel like a baby steps budget. Shouldn't be taking a trip overseas while still in debt. (I wouldn't consider that trip "giving.") Adding $25 to the emergency fund isn't necessary if they already have $1000. And leaving money in for restaurants? Since when is that recommended? Dave should come in and critique Rachel's critique.
I LOVED this video! I would love for you to do my budget. I have $183k in debt (almost all student loans), and I'm currently making $3600 in take-home pay. Looking to increase my income, but in the meantime, any tips I can get about how to tweak my budget would be REALLY helpful!
Hey @gryffinkat would love to help you with this. Could you post your email here? We can message you directly and get more of your budgeting details so that we could better serve you.
Yes I would love for you to show us a variety of income examples. Also, a great show idea is to show us how to live on less than you make. For example, if your income is $75k, how can you live on 50k?
@@Pickedpurposely I'm seriously thinking of going back to this, as well. It's easier for me to consider what I am spending per paycheck (paid twice a month), rather than over the month.
2 thoughts - 1) $7000 a month is not a realistic figure for most people as many, including myself, live on much less money a month. 2) I tried to use the app but I have different banks that I switch the funds to along with two accounts at the same bank. The app kept thinking I had almost twice as much income than I did. It counted all deposits as income when they were transfers between accounts. It was so frustrating that they would not keep the accounts & separate the funds (like adding my emergency fund monies as if it was available funds. Uugghhhh!!)
100k isn't a crazy high income anymore, and 1/3 of US households make that much or more annually. It's just a solid income. I don't use every dollar, so I agree it's not good. Ynab made me realise I only need a single bank account.
Rachel this was helpful but could you do a video on how to record money going in and out of your budget. When you pay a bill how do you record that money going out
@katycarmack-7642 you could right. They could live in a flood zone or just live in a ridiculously low property tax area. I was going off of the property tax. For them to pay less than 6k a year in PT I assume the house isn't big and shouldn't cost that much to replace. But that's all just an assumption.
@@Supafly1906hat can be the monthly cost. Mine is just a bit over that 😢Home insurance prices have been going up like crazy in the last couple of years.
@@donna3302car also. I have a garage now and it still went up. Meanwhile my car was swiped often when parked on the street. You would think less risk but that’s as an individual not the pool of ppl insured by the company.
We make $8k a month. Family of 8. We do have a nice home in a nice neighborhood. We eat very intentionally. Lots of fresh produce and organic grains from a wholesaler. Still challenging to save each month.
I’m a Muslim so I don’t know. But if you’re in debt, you’re NOT religiously obligated to give any donations. God says PAY YOUR OWN DEBT FIRST!! Get yourself on the boat then help other people not drown.
Whether or not it’s smart to cut off the small 401K contribution depends on whether or not their company has a match for that contribution. Even if it’s a 50% match, that’s a much better return than the cost of 20% credit card interest. This is why the money guy channel prioritizes putting money toward the 401K match above paying off high interest debt.
My husband and I have health conditions where we eat healthy, fresh and frozen. And have higher expenses for medical like item. We make ~$5,500 and have a mortgage. Budgeting is a bit trickier for us… but we also went through bankruptcy to get ride of credit cards so the amount of debt we need to pay off is wayyyy less now.
I had a hard time wanting to click on this video because we make nowhere near $7000/mo. We live off 20% of that, so budgeting for an extra $5600 a month does not seem like a hardship. We have 2 houses paid off, no debt, fully funded emergency fund, etc, we are just frugal and choose to live off 1 self-employed income
Is there a reason to first pay off the lowest debt instead of first paying of the highest interest debt? (The only benefit I can imagine is psychology)
Psychologically it’s more motivating but it would save money on interest to pay the highest. I’m currently paying off debt and I am prioritizing credit cards first and then personal loans from lowest balance to highest to keep up the motivation.
I like strict budgeting and agree with budgeting and avoiding consumer debt. I like Rachel. I noticed this budget was $7,200 income and of that $140 is being given to the church. With the tithe being traditionally 10%, that would be $720 for a tithe. Does the Ramsey debt snowball allow for reducing the tithe below 10% of take home pay to provide more money for the snowball?
I like this new video idea! But I don’t know Rachel, I feel like you are giving too many fantasy budget numbers. The sacrifice is real, as you mentioned, but I find it hard to expect both parents, who have kids, to find a side hustle of $500/mo each after you just took out a lot of their free time which is now spent cooking, cleaning, and yard work. I do all my own yard work, it is never $0. At least put $20/mo to round out for fertilizer etc required throughout the year (especially if they have an HOA to keep happy). I’d be curious to know a few more unique facts about the family, like, what industry they work in or if they have major health problems they are working around.
I make almost $7,000 per month as a single person who works the graveyard shift at a hotel making about $21 an hour, plus I rent out rooms in my house for a total of $2,650 a month. People talking about $7,000 a month as impossible should probably seek better pay or some passive or side income, because I doubt that many millennial workers work less hard than me if they work at all. Moving to a place with lower expenses and similar income or a place with higher income and comparable costs is also a good idea, if one doesn’t have the skills to make over 70K a year from their full time job. That said, it is very true that how much you keep is more important than how much you make. It is still very conceivable for someone making more money than me to be bad financially. When I made about 40k a year, I never would have thought that someone making over 80K a year like me could still feel like they live on a tight margin. But about 48% of my money goes toward housing and utilities. This sounds bad until you remember that this permits me to make my side income of around 30K a year. I put about 20% of my income towards investments, and that leaves me with about 32% for taxes, other necessities, transportation, savings and fun. That’s not a lot. After taxes, 401K, the money I put toward my Roth IRA per month and the housing per month that comes of my non-landlord job, I’m left with about $960 a month for food, transportation, savings and fun from my full time job paycheck. That’s not a lot. I could easily see someone like me not having side income from a home purchase, not contributing much to their investments and paying themselves first for more than $960 a month. I could see someone overpaying on a car, or doing other dumb stuff to end up paycheck to paycheck. It’s also very conceivable for someone house hacking like me to underestimate how much money per month really goes towards housing. My mortgage is about $2,200 a month. But housing is about $3,250 a month when I factor in everything for housing. A lot of people just assume that their mortgage covers about 90-100% of their housing costs. In reality it’s closer to only 70%. I also was able to qualify for my home thanks to my parent’s co-signing for me. They also covered about 20% of the down payment and closing costs. I was able to save for 80% of the necessary housing investment total by living at home for cheap for about 5 years. A lot of other people aren’t in that same situation. It is very true that it’s super hard for young people to buy a home without help from their parents. Especially if they want to buy in a high cost of living area like me. And I bought with a 3% interest rate. If I had waited and tried to buy my house today, I wouldn’t qualify. I’d need to get a smaller cheaper place. And that would get me less side rental income if any, and reduce the amount of equity that I would be making with my home purchase.
Can you do this but in other incomes? 2k, 3k, 4K, etc… maybe use percentages for all the categories. 25% housing….
*cries in $1100* 😅😂
agreed
That would be great idea. This is a good video but it would be interesting to see something closer to the average income.
I’ll give you one right now. 25% housing, other 25% is your food, gas, groceries and utilities. 20% entertainment, 15% 401k, 15% emergency savings
@reaper-sz5tm insurance adds up quick too!
Everyone is complaining but… I actually prefer Rachel’s budget over Dave’s extreme. People, this is still a tight budget. 50 dollar a month eating out isn’t going to break their budget (unlike many people spending 500-1k) it gives the person a tiny bit of leeway for once or a few times a month to grab food in case of something happening. I think this is a realistic tight budget. Good job Rachel!
I cannot fathom 500-1k a month eating out. The culture here is extremely different. You go out to eat on a weekend or a birthday once, twice a week tops, often a lot less. I'm always amazed how much Americans eat out
i do too
Loved this. Would love to see more of these done. It would benefit those learning how to budget, how to use Every Dollar, and to improve on their current budgets. Thanks ❤
That couple had a TON of extra money flying out the door they needed to tighten up.
This was awesome! It was great to see the baby steps process out of order. Please continue this segment. Would love to see this process with older adults on a fixed income.
Thank you so much for sharing this Rachel. I'm a visual learner and this helps take the stress out of breaking it down. Please do this monthly with random "pop up" expenses and what that looks like.
IMO, Rachel is the most balanced & realistic of the Ramsey personalities. Unlike Dave, she shows some flexibility while sticking to the overall principles of the Ramsey plan. One example is the "Chick-fil-A" run of $50. Dave would have never supported that. As a result, I think this couple will be more successful under Rachel's coaching vs Dave's. If the plan is too rigid & unrealistic, people will lose interest in the plan and fail.
I don't think Dave is against eating out every once in a while. Envelope fun money lol.
Exactly. If you are $20-30k in debt (or more), it's unrealistic to have no social life for 2-3 years.
This is great, would love to see this video becoming a full on series !
I love this real life budget!!! I would love to see more with varying incomes, debts, goals, retirement positions, etc. Love it!
Rachel, you need this every month please.
Really like a series for real life budgetting as you go through the steps.
I am surprised Rachel kept the allocation for savings toward their vacation to the Holy Land. With being in Baby Step 2 and supposedly being gazelle intense, I would have eliminated that savings since a vacation is a luxury, not a necessity.
Agree. Dave would have cut the eating out & the trip in baby step 2. Interesting to see she doesn’t follow?
@@lydiasmith552 Lydia, good point about cutting out restaurants entirely. The $50 Rachel kept in the budget for eating out should have gone toward the debt!
She probably considers it donating to the church.
🤔Could it because they’ve achieved Baby Steps 1,5,6 already.
They probably have already signed up for the trip and the group going really depends on all committing to the trip. The Holy Land trips usually take a year of planning ahead with your church group.
This is the best video!! I’d love to see these a couple times a month with all different baby steps and incomes.
I really enjoyed Rachels skill and determination making things happen on day one
In relation to the car lease, in Australia the lease payment includes all expensed including fuel (gas), service. tyres, maintenance etc, it is a full budget within the budget, no surprises.
Thats why the gas was zero, which Rachel changed to $200. So in reality there is another $200 towards the 2nd debt!
David - Melbourne, Australia.
I love that you showed the Every Dollar budget for those of us that are visual
This was SO SO SO helpful a) to see everydollar in action b) to see you cutting things that maybe others wouldn't like lawncare or house keeping VERY VERY helpful ❤❤❤
Keep posting different budgets very helpful.
People on a real budget can’t afford lawn care or housekeeping - to them this is a real luxury! 7K is an amazing income. Try a real figure if $3-3500 per month.
Mobility issues and /or neighborhood ordinances could impact housekeeping or lawn care. But agreed there may be an oppty. to cut some there. I stay getting warnings 😂😂
Awesome real world examples Rachel, please keep doing this!
Love this. Thank you for sharing. I would love to see you create a budget with no debt included; savings towards 401k, retirement, buying a home, etc..
Don't worry "Never see the inside of a restaurant" is when the drive-thru comes in REAL handy...
Loop hole! Haha!
Yessss!!! 😂haha finding those loop holes 🤣
Just keep looking forward
Great video. Would love to see more content with lower income values. Social security, retirement, fixed or irregular income examples. :)
Yes, next time do someone who is struggling like 2-3k
Most people make far less than that. People who are struggling usually make minim wage or not much above it.
as mentioned before: it's an avg salary per household (aka 2 people/family), it's not that crazy.
It would be interesting to see how you budget for a single retiree with a fixed income of $2000 from Social Security and pension, no savings or investments, and no debt.
Rent/mortgage?
@@sharonfleshman6961I’m assuming they would own their home outright and just be on the hook for taxes.
$7000 budget and the house is paid off?
If you make 2k in the US in retirement you are better off moving to South America / Asia . Much better life with that kind of income
@@ericl6386 No family and a language barrier from most of the society? Nope.
Are you kidding me?
I would have a wonderful time budgeting 7 grand a month. I would be able to do and help so many people. Wow.
Exactly lol After taxes have about $3700 a month
@@Pickedpurposelytwo people exactly like you getting married is how people get to $7k. It's not as unrealistic as it seems.
@@gilligan1350 exactly! i think people get too personal on the fact that they think this is one person salary/income
Great video Rachel! I would love to see more of these.
I want to see Dave do one of these videos 😂
Appreciate the $0 budget example using the app, everyone's situation will be different and look forward (hopefully) to other types of budget situations. I like the "what if" senarios and how you went back and adjusted for the $100 "buffer". This is realistic with a $7k income... I'm sure there are other challenging income situations but, the budget will show if a side hustles and selling stuff for extra income is required to meet your monthly money goals.
I would love to see these at different income levels!!
Hi Rachel! I love your channel and SMHH! I’d love to see you do more of these with more debt or less income, etc. Fantastic video!
I don't know how I got here, but starting loving it
Thanks Rachel, This is a great video. Every Dollar has been the most incredible game changer for me; been using it for several years now.
This is pretty much my budget! Thank you for sharing! ❤
I love this. I like that you showed the every dollar on a lap top. I’ve only tried it on my phone and didn’t care for it. But this I liked.
MORE BUDGET REVIEW PLS!!! Love seeing real examples!!
I’ve been keeping a budget and working the baby steps since 2019 but next month will be our first month without a paycheck for my husband (who brings in the majority of our income). He is 100% commission and I’ve set aside a chunk of his last paycheck to hold us over a couple of months, but it’s still scary! We’re in BS3 and I feel like we’ll be here forever between the hike in our homeowners insurance (we live in South LA and been affected greatly due to recent storms), my son’s special needs (we have been unsuccessful in finding a summer camp for him the past few summers so we have to pay someone to watch him), hurricane repairs and building up a sinking fund for our deductible now that it’s so high, etc. We also bought a car in cash in October when my husband switched to this 100% commission job since his previous job came with a work vehicle. We’ll get there one day but wish I could feel like we’re making progress other than temporary progress which gets depleted without a paycheck or with hurricane damage, etc.
Love this type of video. Could you please do more for every type of situation, including for those past baby step 2? It’s a helpful visual and applicable to real life. But I’m confused why eating out, a trip, and savings for emergency fund are included? Dave would cut all in baby step 2…….
This did not feel like a baby steps budget. Shouldn't be taking a trip overseas while still in debt. (I wouldn't consider that trip "giving.") Adding $25 to the emergency fund isn't necessary if they already have $1000. And leaving money in for restaurants? Since when is that recommended? Dave should come in and critique Rachel's critique.
Agree. Dave would have cut out these items. Why isn’t she following?!
That’s just not very realistic. $25 a month is not going to make or break the goals here, considering their income.
@@flyinggeckos123but it’s the 25 dollars here and there that DO break the budget. Those things add up quickly and can sneak up on you.
Exactly. It’s being “Dave-ish” 😂
@@lydiasmith552 YES!!!!!
This was fun! Thanks Rachel!!
I LOVED this video! I would love for you to do my budget. I have $183k in debt (almost all student loans), and I'm currently making $3600 in take-home pay. Looking to increase my income, but in the meantime, any tips I can get about how to tweak my budget would be REALLY helpful!
There are already lots of vids about this. Good luck
Hey @gryffinkat would love to help you with this. Could you post your email here? We can message you directly and get more of your budgeting details so that we could better serve you.
They probably have electric vehicles. The high electric bill and $0 gas budget would make sense then.
The budget had the car lease listed twice. There is an extra $400 to throw at their debt.
I caught that too!
Me too!
Unless there are 2 cars?
Yes I would love for you to show us a variety of income examples. Also, a great show idea is to show us how to live on less than you make. For example, if your income is $75k, how can you live on 50k?
I love this idea and would love to see this every month!
This was sooo helpful!! More of these please :)
Even if you take out pool cleaning and do it yourself, you still have to buy chemicals.
This is a fun series!!! Do more of these !!
I really liked this Rachel!
My only complaint with everydollar is there's no weekly or biweekly budgeting option
Same ! That’s why we ended up still using our excel spreadsheet because we do a budget per check
@@Pickedpurposely I'm seriously thinking of going back to this, as well. It's easier for me to consider what I am spending per paycheck (paid twice a month), rather than over the month.
Why is that a problem? Why not just use last months money?
Yes, agree. Paycheck planning is supposed to help with that but I haven't tried it yet.
Some people really need you! thank you for sharing
2 thoughts - 1) $7000 a month is not a realistic figure for most people as many, including myself, live on much less money a month. 2) I tried to use the app but I have different banks that I switch the funds to along with two accounts at the same bank. The app kept thinking I had almost twice as much income than I did. It counted all deposits as income when they were transfers between accounts. It was so frustrating that they would not keep the accounts & separate the funds (like adding my emergency fund monies as if it was available funds. Uugghhhh!!)
Yup, I have the same issue with it thinking all my transfers are income. Or bringing money out of savings. 🫠
you can delete transactions.
I just delete those transactions
100k isn't a crazy high income anymore, and 1/3 of US households make that much or more annually. It's just a solid income. I don't use every dollar, so I agree it's not good. Ynab made me realise I only need a single bank account.
7k is certainly very realistic for a lot of americans. TBH in any HCOL or edium to HCOL thats the bare minimum for a normal household income.
I love this series!!!
This was terrific!
Please do more of these!
WTH, get rid of the pool, car, and do your own housework. Boom, $1,000 saved per month.
Love this! Please do this more often!!!!
Do 2500/mo please
We make about $4k a month and family of 4 groceries(not including toiletries) is approximately $400-600 depending on the month
?1?
Just me and hubby need $600/mo. Nothing fancy either
I do mine on a spreadsheet. That app looks pretty neat though.
Rachel this was helpful but could you do a video on how to record money going in and out of your budget. When you pay a bill how do you record that money going out
More of these please!
Love this! So helpful ❤ thank you!
This is really cool to see the hard numbers
Loved this! Please do more!
Such a down to earth personality, love to see baby steps out of order. What is the app used?
Every dollar
Car payment is paid 2x, under Transportation and the debt category, technically have another $499 to put towards the snowball debt.
One is probably financed
Yes do this monthly, please! 🩷
Very helpful. If your do this again will you explain each line item as you go instead of I’m going to take this and not being specific
i love how rachel is so non-judgemental.
That Home owners insurance of $675 has got to be the annual amount. So monthly that’s only $60 .
@supafly1906 unfortunately maybe not. Our homeowners insurance just went up over double what it was. Our annual now is $5500
@katycarmack-7642 you could right. They could live in a flood zone or just live in a ridiculously low property tax area. I was going off of the property tax. For them to pay less than 6k a year in PT I assume the house isn't big and shouldn't cost that much to replace. But that's all just an assumption.
@@Supafly1906hat can be the monthly cost. Mine is just a bit over that 😢Home insurance prices have been going up like crazy in the last couple of years.
@@donna3302car also. I have a garage now and it still went up. Meanwhile my car was swiped often when parked on the street. You would think less risk but that’s as an individual not the pool of ppl insured by the company.
Great video. Budget critique: A vacation shouldn’t be in the giving category just because it’s a vacation in Israel 🤣
Amen! 😁
Awesome budget example Rachel.
Who has 7k a month? Do someone with 2k
Yes. I second that
I look forward to seeing more of these done with all kinds of different incomes.❤
i do but i have to work alot
We make $8k a month. Family of 8. We do have a nice home in a nice neighborhood. We eat very intentionally. Lots of fresh produce and organic grains from a wholesaler. Still challenging to save each month.
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Hi Rachel :) I hope we can also use the every dollar budget app here in the Philippines. Thanks for all your help.
I use every dollar. The free version. So much easier then using a spreadsheet.
How do I submit to Rachel my budget on EveryDollar? Would love to find out what she would say about my budget.
I’m a Muslim so I don’t know. But if you’re in debt, you’re NOT religiously obligated to give any donations. God says PAY YOUR OWN DEBT FIRST!! Get yourself on the boat then help other people not drown.
lol love how she was generous with a fast food run
Whether or not it’s smart to cut off the small 401K contribution depends on whether or not their company has a match for that contribution. Even if it’s a 50% match, that’s a much better return than the cost of 20% credit card interest.
This is why the money guy channel prioritizes putting money toward the 401K match above paying off high interest debt.
They have 8 Credit Cards and they're leasing a car? I'd cut those credit cards up and get out of that lease. No bueno.
We made 40k together and had 120k in debt. In Europe where you make less.
Today we owe 25k and make almost 100k a year. Keep going guys.
Please do more of these!!!❤
Would love to see these with the same income at different steps. Like $7k income budgets if in bs1,2,3; or bs4,5,6; bs3b; or bs 7
I could watch an entire series on this. It might be better to have the person with you though so they can get on board with the plan
My husband and I have health conditions where we eat healthy, fresh and frozen. And have higher expenses for medical like item. We make ~$5,500 and have a mortgage. Budgeting is a bit trickier for us… but we also went through bankruptcy to get ride of credit cards so the amount of debt we need to pay off is wayyyy less now.
How will they have time for a side hustle is they are learning how to clean the pool and maintain the lawn. Time is more valuable than money.
I agree nothing can pay for my time
@@pamelalima5401agreed but in my younger years I didn’t feel that way. I hustled hard.
Probably better to have paid off the other debt first before the mortgage. Most mortgages have some of the lowest interest rates!
I had a hard time wanting to click on this video because we make nowhere near $7000/mo. We live off 20% of that, so budgeting for an extra $5600 a month does not seem like a hardship. We have 2 houses paid off, no debt, fully funded emergency fund, etc, we are just frugal and choose to live off 1 self-employed income
Is there a reason to first pay off the lowest debt instead of first paying of the highest interest debt? (The only benefit I can imagine is psychology)
Psychologically it’s more motivating but it would save money on interest to pay the highest.
I’m currently paying off debt and I am prioritizing credit cards first and then personal loans from lowest balance to highest to keep up the motivation.
Save four thousand, pay bills, buy food, l pay tithe, put aside for insurance, dental, eye care, property taxes, and Christmas with rest. Easy peasy.
I like strict budgeting and agree with budgeting and avoiding consumer debt. I like Rachel.
I noticed this budget was $7,200 income and of that $140 is being given to the church. With the tithe being traditionally 10%, that would be $720 for a tithe.
Does the Ramsey debt snowball allow for reducing the tithe below 10% of take home pay to provide more money for the snowball?
They don't teach that, no. They do, however, tell people not to give much over 10% until they're past BS3
Do 10k please!!
I like this new video idea!
But I don’t know Rachel, I feel like you are giving too many fantasy budget numbers. The sacrifice is real, as you mentioned, but I find it hard to expect both parents, who have kids, to find a side hustle of $500/mo each after you just took out a lot of their free time which is now spent cooking, cleaning, and yard work. I do all my own yard work, it is never $0. At least put $20/mo to round out for fertilizer etc required throughout the year (especially if they have an HOA to keep happy).
I’d be curious to know a few more unique facts about the family, like, what industry they work in or if they have major health problems they are working around.
My thoughts as well
I welcome all ideas. Thank you.
Did I see a car lease? If so, is there someway that they can return the car and get a cheap car with no payment?
I would put $3500 for vices. That is top priority.
Lol
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What about taxes?
To pay off debt, all you have to do is… change a bunch on numbers around on your your spreadsheet.
Easy peasy
I make almost $7,000 per month as a single person who works the graveyard shift at a hotel making about $21 an hour, plus I rent out rooms in my house for a total of $2,650 a month.
People talking about $7,000 a month as impossible should probably seek better pay or some passive or side income, because I doubt that many millennial workers work less hard than me if they work at all. Moving to a place with lower expenses and similar income or a place with higher income and comparable costs is also a good idea, if one doesn’t have the skills to make over 70K a year from their full time job.
That said, it is very true that how much you keep is more important than how much you make. It is still very conceivable for someone making more money than me to be bad financially.
When I made about 40k a year, I never would have thought that someone making over 80K a year like me could still feel like they live on a tight margin.
But about 48% of my money goes toward housing and utilities. This sounds bad until you remember that this permits me to make my side income of around 30K a year. I put about 20% of my income towards investments, and that leaves me with about 32% for taxes, other necessities, transportation, savings and fun. That’s not a lot. After taxes, 401K, the money I put toward my Roth IRA per month and the housing per month that comes of my non-landlord job, I’m left with about $960 a month for food, transportation, savings and fun from my full time job paycheck. That’s not a lot.
I could easily see someone like me not having side income from a home purchase, not contributing much to their investments and paying themselves first for more than $960 a month. I could see someone overpaying on a car, or doing other dumb stuff to end up paycheck to paycheck. It’s also very conceivable for someone house hacking like me to underestimate how much money per month really goes towards housing. My mortgage is about $2,200 a month. But housing is about $3,250 a month when I factor in everything for housing. A lot of people just assume that their mortgage covers about 90-100% of their housing costs. In reality it’s closer to only 70%.
I also was able to qualify for my home thanks to my parent’s co-signing for me. They also covered about 20% of the down payment and closing costs. I was able to save for 80% of the necessary housing investment total by living at home for cheap for about 5 years. A lot of other people aren’t in that same situation. It is very true that it’s super hard for young people to buy a home without help from their parents. Especially if they want to buy in a high cost of living area like me. And I bought with a 3% interest rate. If I had waited and tried to buy my house today, I wouldn’t qualify. I’d need to get a smaller cheaper place. And that would get me less side rental income if any, and reduce the amount of equity that I would be making with my home purchase.
can someone explain to me, please! what does Rachel mean by ‘’ giving ‘’
Cool. More videos like this!