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Speaker 1: All right, so question numero you now, hey, ladies, love

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Speaker 1: have four kids. The question is where does their credit

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Speaker 2: Than a snicker, that credit score, that credit file thicker

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Speaker 1: So if you want that thick credit score, like pay

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Speaker 2: Like sinking that all in one time into investments, I

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Speaker 3: Or Tiffany, but go see your grandma.

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Speaker 2: Yes, this is so, this is my new advance. I

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Speaker 2: So that's no, that is insane. Do you still have

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Speaker 3: Would not invest in it in individual stock. That's just

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Speaker 2: but it's not what I personally would do. I'm a

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Speaker 1: The idea of investing excess money is a says, I

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