'The house is burning down': Money expert's advice for a couple with over $620,000 in debt

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Kevin and Michelle have a young child and another on the way. But credit card debt and two big auto loans are preventing them from saving for the future.

They both drive luxury vehicles, own their home and are preparing to welcome their second child."We're in a really bad financial position," Michelleon a recent episode of his "I Will Teach You to be Rich" podcast. The couple's last names were not used.

Each month, they pay $3,700 for their mortgage, $3,342 on their credit card debt and $2,495 on their auto loans. That's a monthly total of over $9,500 before they've even gone grocery shopping. Including their $251,000 mortgage, the couple has around $628,500 in debt. is not the point," Sethi said. "That's a total distraction from what's really going on here, which is the house is burning down."

The couple shared an example of a time when Michelle was on vacation and left Kevin to make the mortgage payment. When she saw he didn't, she got angry and did it herself.

Source: Loan Digest (loandigest.net)

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