His advice works well in an era of high interest rates and low money printing. 30 years ago, Ramsey had good advice.
If you spent 7 years paying off your debt before buying a house when interest rates were less than 3%, and then the interest more than doubles, you would have been better off buying the house before paying off the debt.
Ask me how I know.
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