Dave Ramsey and Rachel Cruze take calls from listeners facing major financial crossroads. Topics include navigating a spouse's secret million-dollar business debt, unwinding a stressful real estate portfolio, whether a financial advisor should weigh in on luxury purchases like a horse, handling a complicated family inheritance situation, and rebuilding financially after a late-in-life divorce.
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Financial Secrecy in Marriage Is a Deeper Problem Than the Debt
Ramsey and Cruze explain that hiding major financial moves from a spouse is a relational crisis that must be addressed before any financial cleanup can succeed.
A wife calls in after discovering her husband secretly accumulated $1 million in debt over three years to fund his vending machine business, and wants to know if they should file for bankruptcy.
A caller who followed aggressive real estate investing advice to build a large portfolio now finds the associated stress unsustainable, and asks if they should sell.
A listener's financial advisor told them they couldn't afford to buy a horse, and the hosts discuss when it's appropriate for advisors to weigh in on spending decisions.
A grandmother gave half of the caller's mother's inheritance directly to the grandchildren, and the caller — one of those grandchildren — struggles with whether to return the money to the mother.