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You Can't Borrow Your Way To A Better Life

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Matthew in Buffalo — Should We Sell the Farm?

At 1:31:10 · chapter starts 1:24:10

Matthew's call plays out in two parts after a phone drop. The farm's appeal is real — it's a lifestyle, an identity, a legacy. But the math tells a different story: a $3,000/month mortgage on a $120K single income, with 4 kids currently in daycare, means his wife's income is essentially spoken for by childcare. Selling the farm, land, and equipment generates roughly $800K — enough to buy a home in cash and eliminate the mortgage entirely. George walks through both paths: sell and simplify (wife stays home, no mortgage on $120K), or keep the farm (student loans paid by year-end, land debt paid in 3 years, but mortgage persists). He leans toward selling after noting that the wife's real goal is peace and presence, not farm life.

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