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start budgeting for free today Julian is
up next and New York City Julian how can
we help hi thank you for taking my call
so my question right now I am around 20
years old I am 20 years old in college
and I'm currently making around 20 to
$225,000 a month and my boss wanted to
give me a pretty big bonus for basically
hitting a pretty big Benchmark in in
sales around 1.5 million and he wanted
to give me a $50,000 bonus to put
towards any gift he didn't just want to
give it to me cash and he wanted to
essentially help me buy a new car and
I'm 20 I'm in college and realistically
financially it wouldn't make a really
big dent for me to put an extra you know
10 to 20 into a car and potentially get
like a 60 to $70,000 car and I was
wondering if it wasn't you know a stupid
financial decision do you think that
would be potentially a good decision for
me to make you know given that I'm I'm
20 and it wouldn't hurt me financially
you have no debt or any debt at all no
debt nothing 200,000 in savings and
you're making 25 20 25 Grand a month
correct and he's gonna put he's going to
give you 50 towards a car and so if you
buy a $50,000 car you don't pay a nickel
if you buy a $70,000 car you pay 20 and
you've already got 200 plus in the bank
am I hearing all this right yes exactly
I know it sounds a little bit crazy but
well what's your what's your concern I
have a concern well let's hear his first
what's your why'd you call us to ask us
about this well I was just wondering
because I think that I'm relatively
mature for my age and I guess going back
to school I'm taking a semester off and
I'm going back to school um you know in
in in in in August in the fall and I was
just wondering you know G given that
I've worked so hard for the last few
years I feel that I I deserve it and I'm
excited to drive around in a nice car
not have to drive around in the Subaru
but I don't know I guess other people
kind of seeing that I don't want to look
like the kind of person who like my
parents bought me a really nice car you
know what I mean even I understand what
you're saying but if I'm in your shoes I
don't give a crap what anybody thinks
about the car I'm driving especially if
it was a gift and if it were me unless
I'm missing something the guy's going to
give you 50,000 towards if he will not
give it to you as a bonus he's going I'm
doing it this way then the rules are the
rules and you're busting it you're
killing it unless I'm missing something
uh but if it were me I wouldn't get
$70,000 car I'd get a $50,000 car and
not pay a nickel I'd take the free car I
wouldn't put any extra money into that
but let me also say if you've been
listen to this program Dave talks about
the ratio Jade can break that down is
when we talk about ratio to what you
make so for you to spend
20 on top of the 50 based on what you
make and what you've got in the bank
it's a no brainer so your if your
concern is I'm worried about what
other's going to say because I'm young
and I'm driving a nice car around first
of all I don't give a crap what they
think and secondly you've got a
legitimate story you're not a trust fund
baby there's nothing you to be ashamed
of you've worked really hard to get to
this point where you're making
incredible Money young man you've been
Frugal you have no debt uh man I'd say
enjoy this bonus I have a question
though uh I have a couple questions um
you mentioned going back to school what
does that mean for your income when you
go back to
school well surprisingly I've actually
been able to balance this pretty well
with school okay I just want to finish
getting the the degree I think that it's
valuable and my parents are you know
very thankful they're paying for it so
you're doing this while in school
correct correct yeah he's making this
money while in school he when you said
going back to school in August it made
it seem like you were gone for a while
or had finished I I may take a bit of a
pay up but realistically I'll still be
able to make a pretty decent uh a pretty
decent amount oh yeah yeah you're you're
you're crushing it that's crazy listen
you're 20 years old what I want to know
what do you sell what do can you tell us
yes so I work with influencers online
who have very big audiences like
anywhere from 200,000 to to a million
followers online and I basically help
sell and market products to those uh to
to basically their Their audience
whether it's real estate or uh make
money online coaching anything like that
Fitness coaching fantastic
awesome Market yeah yeah this just a
no-brainer that's excellent this is
no-brainer get the car hey how much how
much of your own money are G are you
going to add with it or are you just
going to take the $50,000 and get a
$50,000 car I'm thinking if I decide to
get a car I'll just get the car I really
want and if that ends up being 70 I'll
put an extra 20 if it ends up being 50
I'll I'll just stick with 50 Fant just
be smart that's great and who cares what
other haters think they're drinking on
that haterade you worked hard for this
yeah that's fantastic I love that story
you don't get that call very often so
why I ask all the questions want to make
sure I got all the facts but that one's
pretty straightforward way to go young
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