Estate planning

9 episodes about this topic

She's 20 and Her Parents Want Her To Buy Them A House

Hosts George Campbell and Rachel Cruze take live calls from listeners navigating difficult money decisions that are tightly intertwined with family dynamics, relationships, and life transitions. Callers ask about everything from a 20-year-old pressured by her parents to buy them a nicer house, to high vehicle and student loan debt, to whether an aging parent should invest or stay in cash, and how to handle condos, weddings, and grad school. Throughout, the hosts stress boundaries, rapid debt payoff, clear communication in relationships, and prioritizing long-term financial stability over short-term comfort or people-pleasing.

Nov 6, 2025 Business

You Can Rebuild No Matter Where You Are

Hosts Jade Warshaw and George Kamel take live calls about money and life issues including parents overspending on gifts while in debt, job loss and career transitions, caring for aging relatives, and navigating debt as young adults. They also address marital disagreements over cars, career changes, and large inheritances, along with practical guidance on budgeting, housing decisions, tithing, and basic estate planning. Throughout, they stress boundaries, avoiding new debt, increasing income, and making unified, thoughtful decisions within families.

Oct 27, 2025 Business

It's Time To Stop Surviving And Start Winning With Money

Hosts George Kamel and Jade Warshaw take live calls about handling money using the Ramsey "baby steps" framework. Callers navigate issues including divorce and business ownership, large RV and housing debts, career and income problems, retirement planning, insurance products, and moral questions around inheritances. The episode emphasizes staying out of debt, building emergency funds, investing wisely, and avoiding complex or risky financial products and decisions marketed as "opportunities."

Oct 24, 2025 Business

Stop Letting Other People Wreck Your Finances

Rachel Cruze and George Kamel take calls from listeners dealing with financial stress that often stems from other people's decisions or expectations: predatory car loans, low church salaries, expensive houses, parental pressure, and in‑law demands. They walk callers through concrete next steps like selling cars, picking affordable colleges, setting boundaries with family, aligning spouses on money, and escaping financial abuse. The episode closes with a debt-free scream and guidance on what to do with an unexpected six‑figure bonus.

Oct 23, 2025 Business

You Can Still Take Charge Of Your Financial Future

This episode features Dave Ramsey and co-host Ken Coleman taking live calls about debt, budgeting, family financial conflict, and long-term planning. Callers deal with issues like a father-in-law committing investment fraud using his son's Social Security number, overwhelming student loans from multiple degrees, questions about whether to sell or keep vehicles, handling co-signed car loans, HELOCs and housing decisions, late-in-life debt payoff, and whether to voluntarily repay discharged bankruptcy debts. The hosts emphasize boundaries, increased income, strict budgeting, and avoiding rationalizations for staying in debt.

Oct 17, 2025 Business

You Won't Win With Money by Accident

This episode features a series of caller-driven money questions ranging from predatory HVAC leases, paying a parent's property taxes, and first-time homebuying costs to dream college tuition, secret marital debt, and large inheritance planning. The hosts walk callers through concrete next steps like where each debt belongs in the Baby Steps, how to prioritize insurance and cash when expecting twins, and how to structure wills and trusts in high‑net‑worth families. The show also highlights long, difficult journeys to becoming debt‑free and underscores that winning with money requires intentionality, boundaries, and perseverance, not wishful thinking.

Oct 14, 2025 Business

You Can Stay Broke Or Start Changing

This episode of The Ramsey Show features hosts Dr. John Delony and Jade Warshaw taking live calls about money decisions intertwined with relationships, housing, and long-term goals. Callers wrestle with issues like manipulative parents offering large cash gifts, retirees drowning in credit card debt with an unaffordable house, planning for adoption or surrogacy, and how to buy cars or renovate homes without sabotaging financial peace. Throughout, the hosts emphasize setting boundaries, avoiding debt, prioritizing safety and peace over arbitrage schemes, and following the Baby Steps framework for budgeting, debt payoff, and investing.

Oct 10, 2025 Business

Everyone Deserves A Good Death

The hosts explore the concept of a "good death" and how modern hospice care aims to provide comfort, dignity, and holistic support to people who are terminally ill. They trace the history of hospice from its modern origins with Cicely Saunders and Florence Wald through the creation of the Medicare hospice benefit, explain how hospice works today, and discuss its strengths and structural problems, including caregiver burdens and for‑profit abuses. The episode closes with practical end-of-life planning advice and a listener mail segment on Gen Z communication and the "Gen Z stare."

Do the Right Thing Even When It's Hard

Hosts Rachel Cruze and Dr. John Deloney take live calls about complex money and relationship decisions, from inheritance conflicts and potential divorce to overwhelming debt and family housing arrangements. Throughout the episode they emphasize integrity, shared values in marriage, clear boundaries with family, and choosing disciplined financial action even when it's emotionally difficult.

Sep 19, 2025 Business