Five children, a summer home and $11 million: Ramit's 'rich poor people'

Margo and Kevin from Brooklyn take home around $600,000 a year, yet Ramit finds their fixed costs above everything they bring in.

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"We have $11M in assets. Why are we still living month to month?"

How do two people with $11 million in assets end up living month to month? That is the question Ramit Sethi put to Margo and Kevin, a Brooklyn couple with five children who call themselves "rich poor people," and it became the most watched thing he posted all week. The full episode passed 400,000 views in five days.

The description lays out the twist. Their original plan left out private school tuition and summer camps, about $160,000 of it, and once Ramit adds those back their fixed costs climb past 100% of take-home pay. A mold crisis that cost them hundreds of thousands had already eaten much of their cushion. The long conversation then turns to what the couple treats as non-negotiable: the schools, the homes, the traditions of their community.

The comments read like a group therapy session about lifestyle creep. Many viewers thank the couple for being so open, given the circle they move in; others marvel at Ramit's patience, and a running thread keeps circling back to the summer home and whether it should go.

Ramit cut the episode into four shorter clips over the following days, and the car video covered here on Thursday kept moving too, past 110,000 views. Together they lifted the channel well above its usual daily pace. Among money and business channels of similar size, it had the third biggest week, behind Your Rich BFF and Patrick Boyle.

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The videos drawing views on I Will Teach You To Be Rich right now

Why Smart People Buy Cars They Can’t Afford110,013 views · 2026-10-01 $1M a year but can't afford this?22,351 views · 2026-09-30 They're millionaires but struggle to pay the bills18,200 views · 2026-10-01 "We have $11M in assets. Why are we still living month to month?"15,402 views · 2026-09-29 They forgot about $160K of expenses?14,999 views · 2026-10-02

The numbers

Here is how Ramit Sethi's channel moved over the week.

views gained this week, compared with similar channels

Your Rich BFF

19,674,191

Patrick Boyle

3,338,857

I Will Teach You To Be Ri…

1,129,958

Ben Mallah

776,698

BiggerPockets

247,408

Vincent Chan

236,381

The Graham Stephan Show

159,321

Marko - WhiteBoard Finance

75,417

Kris Krohn

60,510

subscribers

1,130,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

126,268,954

views per day

187,349

typical day: 124,587

this week's videos (first-day views)

"We have $11M in assets. Why are we sti…

147,097

Why Smart People Buy Cars They Can’t Af…

74,377

$1M a year but can't afford this?

8,920

They're millionaires but struggle to pa…

4,877

"We have $11M in assets. Why are we sti…

7,493

They forgot about $160K of expenses?

11,960

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

Patrick Boyle

1,350,000

Your Rich BFF

1,290,000

BiggerPockets

1,270,000

The Graham Stephan Show

1,240,000

I Will Teach You To Be Ri…

1,130,000

Kris Krohn

1,120,000

Ben Mallah

1,110,000

Marko - WhiteBoard Finance

1,030,000

Vincent Chan

989,000

As of October 4, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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