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Speaker 1: of Brown Ambition, and today is the ba Qa. I

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Speaker 1: miss Tiffany, y'all. She's saying it so good and I

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Speaker 1: the b a qa, the VK wait the va qa.

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Speaker 1: well let's jump in. Let's see what kind of questions

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Speaker 1: we've got from today. All right, Amanda, Hey, name twin.

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Speaker 1: Amanda says. One of the first episodes of Brand Ambition

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Speaker 1: I heard was was your interview with Jamila su Front

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Speaker 1: from Journey to Launch. You both mentioned that you use

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Speaker 1: that you would recommend. Hey, Amanda, thank you for your question. Listen,

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Speaker 1: the same way that I talk about not being loyal

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Speaker 1: the same way about bank accounts, because, honestly, bank accounts,

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Speaker 1: I think the fact that you're asking this question is great.

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Speaker 1: I think everyone should be shopping for the best bank

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Speaker 1: important than ever to learn about investing and to learn

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Speaker 1: how to invest for long term growth. I highly recommend

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Speaker 1: checking out Our Rich Journey. That's Christina and Amman. We

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Speaker 1: and they specifically have an episode all about fire after

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Speaker 1: forty okay, allie, So I feel like I need to

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Speaker 1: because they truly prove that it's possible and they honestly,

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Speaker 1: We are at Brandabission Podcast. All right, this comes from anonymous.

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Speaker 1: Anonymous says, I am thirty four years old. I have

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Speaker 1: and I just opened up a roth iray that basically

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Speaker 1: So she does specify in her note here. I was

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Speaker 1: Which you know, if you take that five thousand dollars

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Speaker 1: having to worry about any additional interest. So all that

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Speaker 1: money is going toward your principle, which sounds good. But

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Speaker 1: let's think a little strategically here. Your wroth iray is

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Speaker 1: an excellent vehicle to start investing and growing your wealth. Right,

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Speaker 1: you've got your four one k from your previous job.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to assume that you're contributing to your four

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Speaker 1: your roth iray is really for wealth building. You have

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Speaker 1: Your interest rate on your federal student loan debt, you say,

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Speaker 1: it goes up and it goes down. It's just how

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Speaker 1: then make sure that you've got a payoff plan for

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Speaker 1: you're working to pay down. You're thirty four years old.

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Speaker 1: You were able to save you know, ninety thousand dollars

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Speaker 1: and really get that paid off not that long you know,

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Speaker 1: down the road from now. So that is my opinion. Again.

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Speaker 1: until after May of this year, girl, I would just

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Speaker 1: personal opinion. Not a financial advisor. Not your financial advisor,

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Speaker 1: but that's how I'm feeling. I'm feeling a little very

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Speaker 1: much for your question, Anonymous. And that is it, y'all.

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