Daisy 28, Houston, TX
!straggots can you fix her?
Self-described 0.5/10 financials
Had zero financial literacy until started watching tiktok videos this January about how to budget
"I didn't even know what a Roth IRA was up until like January"
650 credit score
Relationship status
single mom
2 kids, oldest is 12, youngest 9 (different fathers)
no child support
- Father of the 9 year old is supposed to pay but doesn't
Career
Store Manager at a construction company (7 years)
52 hours a week
Mostly deal with contractors/dealers but also open to public
No direct reports, it's a two person operation
Hourly $16.50 (around $42k?)
- "I do a lot of OT" (Time and a half)
$3120 after taxes
Current job is very stable and comfy, she's extremely anxious about switching careers and potential instability
Savings/Expenses
Started month $2130
Ended month $6.67
$200 in a different savings (recently opened)
Lots of $26 donut purchases at "Prime Donuts"
Lots of eating out
"I never saw the importance of having money in my checking account"
"90% of my purchases are on crap"
- Claims changed recently (a week so far)
Debt
Credit cards
Didn't catch the % interest rates on these, some of the balances might be off because the sheets are from before she balance transfered them if I understood things right
"Pet credit card"
$620 out of $800
Was 238 (she paid 88 on this), then she made $400 more purcahses with it
Did a balance transfer from this
Capitol One Platinum
Previous Blance 5'070, current 4'920
$121 in interest
Her mother has access to this card (made her an authorized user)
Credit One Grey (1/3)
$1266.67
$65 minimum
Credit One Blue (2/3)
Called to close because they were charging her annual fee
She wasn't making purchases on it
They offered to refund her service fees charged on her other cards so she hasn't closed them yet
Credit One (3/3)
- $372, $30 minimum
Home Depot
$69.96, $29 minimum
Building an enclosure for her lizard
Chase Freedom
- $385, payment in 40s
Chase Saphire
4976 Starting balance
Paid $790, made $672 more purchases
4'966 ending balance, 5'000 limit
$353 minimum payment
Citi Transfer Card
$1400, 1500 limit
4 months without interest
$87.50 minimum payments?
Car
2018 Ford Escape, bought in 2017
9783 left
$451 payment
6.7% interest rate
Personal Loan (this is the refinanced one)
$8100 principal
"97 weekly payments of $133 and 1 payment of $9.53"
26.96% yearly interest
- "I thought that was a pretty standard apr until I started watching your videos and then I was like oh, shit"
Student Loans
- $700 remaining
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Not chasing down the child support is the most thing I've ever heard.
Edit: I think this lady might be actually mentally disabled
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