Buying a house? Can you get assistance with your downpayment?

Are there income requirements for getting downpayment assistance?

Do you have to be a first time homebuyer to get downpayment assistance?

What is the difference between MIP and PMI?

On this week's episode, we talk to Michael Banner for his fourth appearance on the show. You can hear Michael on episodes:

• 400 - Sleeping Giant of the Senior Real Estate World - HECM for Purchase
• 384 - The Secret to Moving Forward in Reverse
• 120 - Safely Using a Reverse Mortgage

Michael is also the host of the 62 Who Knew Podcast, which you can find where you listed to the Crushing Debt Podcast. He is also a national speaker on logevity. You can reach Michael at MBanner@APMortgage.com.

Let us know if you enjoy this episode and, if so, please share it with your friends!

Or, you can support the show by visiting our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/crushingDebt

To contact George Curbelo, you can email him at GCFinancialCoach21@gmail.com or follow his Tiktok channel - https://www.tiktok.com/@curbelofinancialcoach

To contact Shawn Yesner, you can email him at Shawn@Yesnerlaw.com or visit www.YesnerLaw.com.

Although the PanCAN Purple Stride walk is over, we will be gearing up soon for the 2027 walk. The link to donate for this year's walk will be active until June 1, 2026, MY Legacy Striders: http://support.pancan.org/goto/MyLegacy2026

AI is becoming a financial "advisor"… but does it know you?

Are you using AI for budgets, investing, medical or even legal advice?

Should you trust AI with your money?

AI can give you answers… but it can't give you accountability."

On this week's episide Shawn & George asked AI for Financial Advice:

• What AI Gets RIGHT (Be fair and exciting)
• What AI Gets WRONG (or Dangerous)
• AI & Investing: Opportunity vs Risk
• AI & Bankruptcy / Debt Decisions
• AI & Jobs
• The Money Impact Everyone Feels
• How to Actually Use AI the RIGHT Way in finance and debt situations.

Let us know if you enjoy this episode and, if so, please share it with your friends!

Or, you can support the show by visiting our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/crushingDebt

To contact George Curbelo, you can email him at GCFinancialCoach21@gmail.com or follow his Tiktok channel - https://www.tiktok.com/@curbelofinancialcoach

To contact Shawn Yesner, you can email him at Shawn@Yesnerlaw.com or visit www.YesnerLaw.com.

If you get this on the day or it's release, there is still time to donate to Pancreatic Cancer research and education by joining Shawn's team at MY Legacy Striders: http://support.pancan.org/goto/MyLegacy2026

What are some confessions about money that you don't want to admit?

What were you taught about money versus what is reality about money?

If you could start over with money, or had to start over with money, what would you do?

Financial literacy isn't about being "smart with money"… it's about unlearning bad habits we picked up growing up, on TikTok, or just by surviving life. April is Financial Literacy Month… so we're confessing all the things we should've known but didn't—and what to actually do about it.

Let us know if you enjoy this episode and, if so, please share it with your friends!

Or, you can support the show by visiting our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/crushingDebt

To contact George Curbelo, you can email him at GCFinancialCoach21@gmail.com or follow his Tiktok channel - https://www.tiktok.com/@curbelofinancialcoach

To contact Shawn Yesner, you can email him at Shawn@Yesnerlaw.com or visit www.YesnerLaw.com.

And please consider a donation to Pancreatic Cancer research and education by joining Shawn's team at MY Legacy Striders: http://support.pancan.org/goto/MyLegacy2026