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Alabama couple owes $40,000 on a car worth only $27,000. The Ramsey Show hosts say it’s time to rework their loan
Yahoo Finance· 2026-03-26 11:00
Katie and her husband make $147,000 a year, almost double the average U.S. household income of $74,000. But they’re “upside down” in car debt, so the 41-year-old called into The Ramsey Show for advice. The couple and their twin 15-year-olds live in Alabama. Katie said they’re on Baby Step 2 of Dave Ramsey’s approach — paying off all debt, from smallest to largest. She told (1) co-hosts George Kamel and Jade Warshaw that she’s been working 25 hours’ overtime every week to do it, and they’ve trimmed their ...