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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to another edition of the Chicks on the Right Show.

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<v Speaker 1>We are talking to our friend and sponsor of the show,

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<v Speaker 1>Zach Abraham from Bulwer Capital Management. Zach, there was an

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<v Speaker 1>article in Money Talks News, which is I'm sure a

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<v Speaker 1>publication that you read every single day, and it was

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<v Speaker 1>about the eight expenses that retirees regret not cutting sooner.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I wanted to talk to you a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit about those eight expenses because I myself am spending

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<v Speaker 1>money on all of these things. Of course, so I'm

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<v Speaker 1>freaking out now, totally freaking out, because yeah, there's a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I'm sure that there's probably even more on

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<v Speaker 1>the list because you've been doing this for a while,

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<v Speaker 1>you have been advising people on all things financial. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to give you some of the examples and then

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<v Speaker 1>we can talk a little bit more about it. But

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<v Speaker 1>like phone bills, telecom bills is one of them, Eating

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<v Speaker 1>in nice restaurants or even not nice restaurants, just eating out,

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<v Speaker 1>and bougie grocery. I mean, like, let's face it, you

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<v Speaker 1>don't really need those tiny mini Reese's peanut butter cups

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<v Speaker 1>from that fougie grocer. I mean, they're really good, but

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean. Debt in general was number three.

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<v Speaker 1>Transportation was number four. New cars interests. People like new cars,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, they don't like used cars. Clothing. The average

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<v Speaker 1>American household spends more than two thousand dollars a year

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<v Speaker 1>on apparel and services like dry cleaning, which is kind

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<v Speaker 1>of that's you know, reading materials. I thought this was interesting,

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<v Speaker 1>especially older people they still like to read, whereas these

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<v Speaker 1>young whipper snappers like things in small little bits, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>but they have subscriptions to things that are you know, outdated.

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<v Speaker 2>Then there's a couple more.

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<v Speaker 1>One of them, which I think is very interesting, is

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<v Speaker 1>contributions to traditional retirement accounts. And then there's the whole

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<v Speaker 1>bucket of other stuff, which was the number eight, which

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<v Speaker 1>was like you know, cleaning services, home renovations, stuff like collections,

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<v Speaker 1>lawn services, crap like that description pet food like you know,

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<v Speaker 1>yeah needs. So like, what would you say is the

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<v Speaker 1>first thing that should be cut if you were if

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<v Speaker 1>somebody came to you and said, I want to retire

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<v Speaker 1>in like five to seven years, what what do you

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<v Speaker 1>see in your practice?

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<v Speaker 3>So, first of all, is it relates to is it

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<v Speaker 3>relates to retirement everybody is different, and truthfully, as long

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<v Speaker 3>as you've got a income plan laid out to some degree,

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<v Speaker 3>and you stick inside the confines of that of that

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<v Speaker 3>income plan, meaning let's determine that for whatever year, for

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<v Speaker 3>whatever you're retiring right now, and you're a client of ours, right,

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<v Speaker 3>So we'll have this.

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<v Speaker 2>Conversation at point yep, we will.

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<v Speaker 3>And we're like, okay, so what what are our needs?

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<v Speaker 3>What is that monthly income? And let's say we decide

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<v Speaker 3>with the different things going on that you and your

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<v Speaker 3>husband need to pull And I'm just throwing a number out.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's say it's sixty thousand a year out of your

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<v Speaker 3>retirement assets. And that's right, that's going to be the

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<v Speaker 3>amount of money that we've got going forward, and and

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<v Speaker 3>that's going to be our budget. So sixty grand a year,

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<v Speaker 3>uh five random month income okay, and we plan for

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<v Speaker 3>that as long as you stay inside that budgets. As

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<v Speaker 3>your advisor, I don't really care what you spend it on, right,

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<v Speaker 3>as long as because my whole thing is what is

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<v Speaker 3>your total spend as a percentage of your overall asset base? Right,

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<v Speaker 3>And we want to keep we want to keep that

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<v Speaker 3>number between four to five percent. Okay, Okay, Now different

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<v Speaker 3>conversation is, like you said, I've got five to seven years,

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<v Speaker 3>I want to sock away a lot of extra I

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<v Speaker 3>want to see things as lean as possible. So so

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<v Speaker 3>I would prioritize it this way, and I do that

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<v Speaker 3>with clients. A get rid of as much debt as

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<v Speaker 3>you possibly can.

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<v Speaker 2>That's number one.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, because because now and we'll get to other things

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<v Speaker 3>like phones, but you're going to always need a phone,

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<v Speaker 3>so there's going to be a built in cost to that, right. Right.

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<v Speaker 3>Another thing that we talked to clients about, okay, especially today,

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<v Speaker 3>that may or may not mean paying aggressively trying to

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<v Speaker 3>pay down your mortgage. Right, So again I hope we

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<v Speaker 3>mortgage is a debt, okay, but it's a different Cars.

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<v Speaker 2>Our cars a debt. Do you consider cars a debt?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes?

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<v Speaker 1>That was like the whole other thing on this list.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought it was so interesting that they that debt

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<v Speaker 1>was one thing, but then you know, like cars were

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<v Speaker 1>a whole different thing, and I thought cars are a debt.

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<v Speaker 1>Cars a house, I mean those are all come to me,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a debt.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, yes, Now a house again, okay, so we got

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<v Speaker 3>to treat a house a little bit differently, because a

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<v Speaker 3>house is an appreciating asset over a long period of time,

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<v Speaker 3>and we have to live somewhere, and so housing should

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<v Speaker 3>be looked at really in its own category. Okay. But

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<v Speaker 3>what I would say though, and this is why. Look,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not saying this to drive business to us, but

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<v Speaker 3>it's just factually true. This is really why you need

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<v Speaker 3>to start working with an advisor or a planner on

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<v Speaker 3>some level prior to retiring, right, because it's the right.

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<v Speaker 3>The last ten years leading into retirement, quite honestly, are

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<v Speaker 3>more important than the beginning of retirement financially right, making

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<v Speaker 3>sure that we're in the right position, right. So, like

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<v Speaker 3>I said, it's prioritizing it. I can't tell you how

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<v Speaker 3>many times I've looked at clients have been like, no, stop,

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<v Speaker 3>do not pay your mortgage off, Zach. Why wouldn't we

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<v Speaker 3>want to pay our mortgage off because you've got ten

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<v Speaker 3>years left on your mortgage, right, And they go yes,

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<v Speaker 3>And I go, okay, well we can go buy a

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<v Speaker 3>ten year treasury paying twice the amount of interest per

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<v Speaker 3>year that your mortgage costs you. Okay, So what we're

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<v Speaker 3>going to do is we're going to take that money

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<v Speaker 3>you were going to use to pay off your house, okay,

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<v Speaker 3>and we're gonna let We're gonna let that excess interest

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<v Speaker 3>pay off your mortgage for you, and that way you

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<v Speaker 3>maintain both assets. You've got the house and you've got

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<v Speaker 3>the cash. Right now, I'm not saying you shouldn't pay

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<v Speaker 3>off your house. I'm saying you should talk to somebody

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<v Speaker 3>like us to see if that's a good idea.

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<v Speaker 1>Right yeah, Okay, So on that vein, I hate to

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<v Speaker 1>interrupt it, but on that vein, like, do you do

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<v Speaker 1>you recommend that people or do you find it? I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like this is probably common sense. You're probably gonna

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<v Speaker 1>I think I probably know the answer. But would you

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<v Speaker 1>rather have a client who is, you know, fifty five

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<v Speaker 1>and getting ready to retire in ten years or would

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<v Speaker 1>you rather have a client that's thirty five and has like.

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<v Speaker 2>Their whole adult life ahead of them?

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<v Speaker 1>Because I have kids who are at thirty and thirty five,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm like, you got to go talk to Zach

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<v Speaker 1>and then like that, I think, my god, they will

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<v Speaker 1>be able to retire like twenty years, like less than

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<v Speaker 1>twenty years, because you know what I mean, what's like

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<v Speaker 1>what's better? But I'm obviously it's better for them to

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<v Speaker 1>come to you early, right, or come just have a

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<v Speaker 1>financial advisor early.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, for them. I mean, now for me, if you

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<v Speaker 3>give me that quar question, I'm going to take the

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<v Speaker 3>fifty five year old person every single time or older.

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<v Speaker 3>Why is that they have more money?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Right, it's a great okay, yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>So and so I get it, you know, and I

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<v Speaker 3>get it. The other thing, truthfully, outside of just financial

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<v Speaker 3>is that they look, if you're thirty to thirty five

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<v Speaker 3>years old, having an awesome retirement is a choice. It

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't take any and and because of that, it's weird

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<v Speaker 3>because it seems like I'm selling our own services down

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<v Speaker 3>down the road. I'm not. But what I'm saying is

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<v Speaker 3>we can deliver substantially more value to somebody that already

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<v Speaker 3>has saved a significant amount of right, and and somebody

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<v Speaker 3>that is time constrained. Right. So, like a fifty five

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<v Speaker 3>to sixty year old person, the clock is ticking. They're

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<v Speaker 3>going to retire at some point in the next ten, ten,

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<v Speaker 3>twelve years right now question yeah, right, and so and

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<v Speaker 3>so risk management at that point becomes much more important, right. Diversification,

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<v Speaker 3>laying things out, planning, that incomes strategy where when I

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<v Speaker 3>look at a young person, do I think that they

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<v Speaker 3>would do better with us over the next twenty or

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<v Speaker 3>thirty years? Sure, but do I think it's going to

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<v Speaker 3>be life changing? No? And I tell all these young people,

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<v Speaker 3>I go, look, if you want an unbelievable retirement, do

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<v Speaker 3>one do one thing and one thing alone. Max out

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<v Speaker 3>your retirement plan every single year yep. And anytime the

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<v Speaker 3>market drops more than twenty percent, throw more money at

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<v Speaker 3>it period end of story. And they're like, well, I

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<v Speaker 3>don't want to lose. I go, You're not going to lose.

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<v Speaker 3>This is all money that's stuck in a retirement account anyway,

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<v Speaker 3>like it eventually will come back. And they're like, you're

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<v Speaker 3>saying the market's going to always go up, And I go, yes,

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<v Speaker 3>if for no other reason, just for inflation over time, right,

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<v Speaker 3>And the people are like, well, if you think that's

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<v Speaker 3>your take, why do you think you need to manage risk?

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm like, well, because guys, there are multiple times

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<v Speaker 3>in the history of our country where stock markets have

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<v Speaker 3>been negative for you know, for over twenty five years.

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<v Speaker 3>So eventually is a eventually is on the side of

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<v Speaker 3>a thirty five year old e thirty five years.

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<v Speaker 2>Old can do that? Yeah, totally do that.

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<v Speaker 3>Well. Well, and here's the thing you can they can

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<v Speaker 3>actually make really good progress too. So for instance, from

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<v Speaker 3>the years of two thousand to twenty thirteen, the stock

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<v Speaker 3>market was flat. Okay, it didn't go anywhere for thirteen years. Hey,

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<v Speaker 3>Yet at the same time, I've got several clients who

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<v Speaker 3>saw substantial gains in their four oh one K. Why

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<v Speaker 3>well because during the downtimes they kept contributing into their

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<v Speaker 3>four oh one k. So when the markets got back

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<v Speaker 3>up to their highs, their account balance was significantly greater. Right,

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<v Speaker 3>And so you can you can even make significant progress

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<v Speaker 3>in a flat market. Well, if you're pulling money out

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<v Speaker 3>of your account every single month, it doesn't work the

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<v Speaker 3>same way, right of a flat market for thirteen years

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<v Speaker 3>will kill you, right because you're just you're pulling money out,

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<v Speaker 3>you're not putting any back in.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 3>So in getting back to what we look at, so

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<v Speaker 3>I would say, look that the number one most onerous

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<v Speaker 3>and odious type of debt is credit cards. Okay, so

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<v Speaker 3>get get rid of that credit card expense.

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<v Speaker 2>And then cars, yep, car cars.

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<v Speaker 3>And hey, and and you know, be smart about cars

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<v Speaker 3>I tell this to you know, I tell this to

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<v Speaker 3>as many people as you you will listen. Every time

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<v Speaker 3>you see a car, just see a money incinerating pit.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, you just literally just set it on fire.

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<v Speaker 1>You set you on fire when you buy a car.

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<v Speaker 3>It is and it is so it is so shocking

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<v Speaker 3>to me when you see people that make good money too.

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm not saying this isn't you know, there's a

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<v Speaker 3>good income. But even even if you go to people

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<v Speaker 3>that are making let's say in the range of two

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<v Speaker 3>hundred and fifty to four hundred thousand dollars a year,

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<v Speaker 3>the average car loan right now is over one thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my goodness.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't like that.

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<v Speaker 3>I still I think it's average new car loan or

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<v Speaker 1>But it's old where it pains me because I live

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<v Speaker 3>great level of income total, Okay, And let's and let's

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<v Speaker 3>say you've got twenty three hundred dollars a year in

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<v Speaker 3>eight thousand dollars a year. Okay, Yeah, so you're you're

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<v Speaker 3>four hundred grand, right, let's carve off thirty percent right

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<v Speaker 3>off the top. So you're you're four hundred grand. You're

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<v Speaker 3>fifty two sixty take home pay because a tax, that's right, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>because Texas, so ten percent of your take home pay,

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<v Speaker 3>ten percent you're making thousand dollars a year, ten percent

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<v Speaker 3>chance to deliver you a positive net return, right and

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<v Speaker 3>so so quote unquote can you afford that payment? Well, yes,

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<v Speaker 3>but it what cost?

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<v Speaker 2>Right?

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<v Speaker 3>If you have a car payment, it should be a

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<v Speaker 3>rounding error on your annual income, a rounding error and

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<v Speaker 3>buy that. I'm talking like less than five percent of

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<v Speaker 3>your take home Yeah, okay, agree if it's If it's not,

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<v Speaker 3>don't buy that car. If it's not, save up for

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<v Speaker 3>an extra year, right, or buy a lesser car. It

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<v Speaker 3>is like it it just kills me because you sit

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<v Speaker 3>there and you watch it, and you go, look, if

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<v Speaker 3>you made a different decision today, I guarantee you your

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<v Speaker 3>outcome will be better down the road. And yet and

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<v Speaker 3>yet we still do it. I mean, like, think how

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<v Speaker 1>And I see people do it all the time. I know,

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<v Speaker 1>I see people around me do it all the time,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's like, what.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you doing?

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<v Speaker 3>It's the norm and I and but.

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<v Speaker 1>Again I still go back to the whole I'm I

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<v Speaker 1>I remember when you could buy a condo for one

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<v Speaker 2>Thousand dollars, I'm like, I just can't. I can't do it,

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<v Speaker 2>and they can't.

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<v Speaker 3>I know, it's crazy, it's all.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all crazy.

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<v Speaker 3>So on the phone thing too, on the phone thing too,

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<v Speaker 3>there's another one right there where I sit there and

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<v Speaker 3>go look at the phone plans. There's all these other

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<v Speaker 3>phone plans out there right now, and they're competing.

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<v Speaker 2>They're all eating with one another.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing with that with my mom, who is I

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<v Speaker 1>guess considered elderly. She would really get mad if I

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<v Speaker 1>called her that. But we do that with our mothers.

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<v Speaker 1>My husband and I try to get them better plans

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<v Speaker 1>because they you know, there's no reason that a person,

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<v Speaker 1>one individual, should be spending one hundred fifty dollars a

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<v Speaker 1>month on a phone. So it's like, there's just no

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<v Speaker 1>reason because there's a lot of people, a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>companies competing with one another to get your business. Do

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<v Speaker 1>your research because you can probably get a phone for

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<v Speaker 1>like fifty.

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<v Speaker 2>Bucks a month, honestly, yeah, or loss even in some.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, one other quick one to look if you can

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<v Speaker 3>afford it, and it works long term health, long term

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<v Speaker 3>care insurance, right, long term care. Everybody's freaked out about

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<v Speaker 3>long term care costs. If it works, it can be

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<v Speaker 3>a wonderful thing. Okay. The problem is is if you

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<v Speaker 3>are considering that. Again, I'm not saying this to drive

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<v Speaker 3>people to us, but you need to speak to somebody.

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<v Speaker 3>Because long term healthcare, long term care insurance that you

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<v Speaker 3>could buy fifteen twenty years ago, it was incredible, okay,

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<v Speaker 3>but it was so good that it actually drove several

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<v Speaker 3>of the companies issuing it out of business. Really, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>since then, because people are living so much longer since then. Basically,

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of these quote unquote long term care insurance

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<v Speaker 3>plans that you see effectively, what they are is their

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<v Speaker 3>pre paid long term care. So meaning if I've got

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<v Speaker 3>to put in and this is common, if i have

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<v Speaker 3>to put in two hundred to two hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 3>thousand dollars into a long term care policy, okay, and

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<v Speaker 3>that gives me a million dollars of coverage. Okay. When

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<v Speaker 3>you start doing some math over a fifteen or twenty

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<v Speaker 3>year period of time, what you start seeing is that

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<v Speaker 3>you're what you're doing is you're be paying the insurance cost.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not really giving you a big insurance You know

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<v Speaker 3>what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep, So there's another place that people need to be Yeah, it'd.

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<v Speaker 3>Be it'd be sort of like paying it'd be sort

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<v Speaker 3>of like paying the equivalent of five hundred thousand dollars

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<v Speaker 3>for a million dollar life insurance policies.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my gosh.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 2>That's such a rate. That's a great analogy.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, if something happens to you, it's going to work out,

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<v Speaker 3>but chances are it's not going to and you'd be

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<v Speaker 3>better off because remember seven percent returns your money, double

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<v Speaker 3>your money every ten years. Right. So if I'm buying

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<v Speaker 3>a long term care policy, let's say at the age

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<v Speaker 3>of fifty five, and I'm putting up two hundred thousand

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<v Speaker 3>dollars in that policy, Well, if I just get a

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<v Speaker 3>seven percent rate of return, that two hundred thousand dollars

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<v Speaker 3>is going to be four hundred thousand by the time

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<v Speaker 3>I'm sixty five. Okay, then it's going to be eight

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<v Speaker 3>hundred thousand by the time I'm seventy five. Well, most

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<v Speaker 3>most cases do not. You're not going to run into

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<v Speaker 3>long term care needs typically before seventy three seventy four,

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<v Speaker 3>So you know, then you're looking at it and going, Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>I've got eight hundred thousand dollars of cash sitting here

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<v Speaker 3>versus a million dollars in a long term care policy.

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<v Speaker 3>But the cash I can use for anything the long

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<v Speaker 3>term care policy is you know, if I pull money

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<v Speaker 3>out of it, it affects the it affects the coverage,

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<v Speaker 3>it does all these things. So again it's it's cutting

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<v Speaker 3>back on expenses but also making sure that we're positioning

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<v Speaker 3>our money to where it's giving us, you know, for

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<v Speaker 3>lack of a better term, the biggest bang for our buck,

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<v Speaker 3>and that this is.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the good stuff. I love this stuff. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's I turned out over this stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>I totally geek out over it, Like the where can

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<v Speaker 1>I because listen, I Like I was telling our producer

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<v Speaker 1>at Kuran before we got on that I am the

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<v Speaker 1>person who buys all the Starbucks mugs from every single

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<v Speaker 1>that I need to stop spending money on that stupid crap, right,

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm guilty of it too. We're all guilty of

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<v Speaker 1>places where we could save money. At certain places and

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<v Speaker 1>people need to come talk to you. I know you're

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<v Speaker 1>saying I'm not trying to sell this or anything, but

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<v Speaker 1>you are the person to talk to Zach. You are

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<v Speaker 1>the guy to talk to you about money. If people

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<v Speaker 2>Get a hold of you.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, So easiest way is go to Borwercapitalmanagement dot com

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, good stuff, you guys. Check them out.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks Bach, Thanks as always. Investment advisory services offered through

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