felt. first, hearing from ice saying that they are not going to be notified that he is going to be released. and i fought until the very end. i wasn t going to give up. because everybody feels threatened by having another family loan released back felon released back into community. i was filled with so much emotion. i felt like a plugged pipe filled with emotions. he had been taken by e enforcement removal officers. thank you to them and ice. he had been deported yesterday. they put him over the fence over to mexico where he belongs. and hopefully he will never come back to victimize somebody else. rachel: right. have you actually had the chance to meet with president trump multiple times to thank him for his positions and his positions on illegal immigration and deportations and working with ice. have you met with careful
but i owe $18,000 in student loans and $24,000 to a family member, which i m paying back at 3% interest over 15 years. that seems like a lot. wow. should i use the bonus toward my student loans or the family loan? all right, chris, what should he do? thomas, first of all, i want to congratulate you that you re being intentional with this holiday bonus. if i m in your shoes, i would definitely attack the student loan first. it s only $18,000. if you pay 15 toward it, that s only going to leave you 3,000 left over. if you take on an extra job, you could have this student loan, you could get sally mae out of your life for good. now, the caveat to this is if this family loan is a low-pressure situation, then that s great. if your family is giving you grief about this, then maybe you would look at paying on the family loan first. but in general, you guys always talk about dave ramsey s show. i know you work for dave. y all always talk about tackling the smaller loan first so you c
depends on the amount of money. if we re talking about tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands it would be nice to get a friend and family loan or potentially a small business loan. really the value of once you get into angels and vc i hope you get more than the money. you re trying to get mentorship, connects, getting openings into distribution, sell better, because like the other commentator said you re getting somebody involved in your business and you need to be ready and prepared for that. they people don t go away. the last question, about staying on top of trend as you grow. how do we find what other industry people in our industry are doing? one of the traps you can get caught into is trying to copy and replicate what other people are doing. it s really hard to get ahead when that s your nature. that said it s really important to understand the competitive environment and to under the innovations that are happening around you. it s always critical to evaluate the other