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Speaker 1: So Isabella says, Hey, Mandy and Tiffany, I recently found

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Speaker 2: We love that Isabella.

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Speaker 1: My partner and I have a goal of buy a

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much in advance, Love you girls, Ea Saba.

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Speaker 3: La all right, okay, so high Yield Savings account is hyssay?

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Speaker 1: So if your credit card debt interest rate is twenty percent,

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Speaker 1: not if I was Isabella, because the Sabella got to

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Speaker 3: Yeah, assue me. I mean the more I think about it,

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Speaker 3: if you wanted that separation for your your down payment fund,

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Speaker 3: then you've got five years or more. So open that CD.

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Speaker 3: You can google and you'll probably find an old article

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Speaker 1: Basically what we're saying is there's no wrong answer, as

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Speaker 3: A little bit about all of it. She's like, just

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Speaker 1: Yes, It's like, that's probably what I would do. I

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Speaker 3: Helpful all the info. Good luck on saving for the

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Speaker 3: house though, very exciting, and thank goodness you're not in

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Speaker 3: a rush because I don't know. This is a tough

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Speaker 3: and come right back with another question from Carolina.

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Speaker 1: Carolina Catalina. That was my best friend from elementary school.

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Speaker 1: That was her name, Carolina.

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Speaker 3: All right, let's get into this question number two. I

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Speaker 3: you Ktalina. Catalina says, Hi, Mandy and Tiffany, I love

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Speaker 3: your podcast. I hope you can give me advice. I

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Speaker 3: to many wrong decisions I took. I was living Inmany

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Speaker 3: just to have a good life. I'm debt free, but

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Speaker 3: You're a Latina fan, you can call me Catalina.

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Speaker 1: Oh oh, Darlena. Well forst of starting over, don't beat

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Speaker 1: yourself up. Talking about many wrong decisions doesn't sound wrong

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Speaker 1: to me. You don't moved back with moms smart and

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Speaker 1: I just want to like encourage you, Catalina to first

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Speaker 2: And mommy, Like, would you would you? I know you are.

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