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How We Retired Early With $540K At 40 In Colorado

I started getting
diagnosed with some fairly serious medical
ailments. I just began to realize
that I had been working for a retirement that I
may never enjoy. We just knew we wanted
the freedom to make our own choices with our
time. And that's where
financial independence came in. Then it turned
into how fast can we do this? Let's get it done
as fast as we can. We started to accumulate
real estate in the vein of let's have an
additional source of income besides my job. We accumulated 19 units
over the span of just from 2016 to 2019. I'm Debbie and I'm Chris. We are 43 and live in
Colorado and retired by the age of 40. I never wanted to be a
millionaire. That was never a goal,
even, you know, now in my forties, I just wanted
to have enough money to be able to pay my bills. When I was 21, 22,
somewhere in there, I remember reading The
Millionaire Next Door. It was eye opening to me
because the stories they highlighted in that book
were very similar to what we do. Once it became in
that realm of reality that I could maybe be a
millionaire, then I did become fascinated with
the idea of being a millionaire in both
healthy and unhealthy ways.

Once Debbie left her
job, we're now completely dependent on my job. Honestly, like, I'm sure
there was more than this, but I tell the story
that basically I just stopped going to Subway. Obviously, that's not
the whole case, but that's all it really
felt like. Once we started tracking
our spending a little bit better with budgeting, I
was the guy that was always trying to turn
the knob down on our spending. Chris used to think it
was fun to like try to spend $100 a month on
groceries and just eat what came out of the
pantry.

So we both kind of had
this thought, what if you want to leave your job
someday? That thought easily
turned into how can we use our money to buy us
more time? I was mainly hearing a
lot of stories about rental real estate. Some people were were
building mega empires with rental real estate.
I wasn't looking to do that. I just wanted to
have additional income. And in the in the
process of going from we don't know anything
about being landlords and real estate owners to
let's buy our first property, I scoured the
Internet and spent a lot of time listening to
podcasts, watching YouTube videos, reading
blogs and forums.

And we got this like
eight and a half by eleven vision board type
of thing. So it was just something
that we could write on with chalk that we had
in our kitchen that would remind us of our goals. And, and as I was
writing those goals down, I believe we had like by
the end of 2016, we were going to have two
properties and by the end of 2017 we were going to
have four properties. We were getting
properties that other people didn't want. There was something that
was a bit of an ugly duckling about them. For me, a very difficult
part of this was a lot of elbow grease, fixing up
the ugly things, working on the houses, getting
smoke, smells out, painting everything,
tearing a bunch of flooring out. I'm
spending full days over there. Chris is getting
off work. He's spending nights and
weekends over at these rental properties to get
them ready for tenants and make them nice
places to live.

And as we were doing
that, I'm still saving 50 to 60% of our income
through my paycheck. All the extra money we
weren't spending out of your paycheck was going
toward buying more rental homes. All of the cash
flow we were getting from rentals was going toward
buying more rental homes. We accumulated 19 units
over the span of just from 2016 to 2019.

So it was a pretty
pretty fast and furious four years. We actually ended up
reaching fire at least three years earlier than
we had projected. So gross income from our
rental properties can vary based on vacancy,
capital expenditure, rehab, repairs, those
kinds of things. But it is between 8 to
10000 per month and our net income from our
rental properties is between 4 to 6000 a
month. So the money we live off
of comes purely from our real estate investments. We do have mortgages on
all of our rental properties that we
consider business debt. Our tenants pay those
mortgages for us essentially, and rents
continue to rise as they do so as the mortgage
goes down. Right now, our
investments look like we have about $350,000 in a
combination of traditional IRAs and
Roth IRAs and a brokerage account, $35,000 set
aside in a 529 account for our girls and
another $20,000 in bonds.

The insurance that she
sells for one month a year provides that extra
cushion of safety or comfort, as well as some
other discretionary spending. Our budget now
in FIRE, it looks very similar to what it was
pre FIRE in that none of our categories really
went any different direction except for
travel. We usually have about
$10,000 in our travel budget over the course
of any time, and it's more than we spend. Instead of having a job
where I would work 48 weeks a year and have
four weeks off, I would say now that I work
probably four weeks a year and have 48 weeks
off.

And we found in our lives
that meaning and purpose are important to our
emotional and physical health. And part of that
is around work. We are really enjoying
having this freedom of time to make
connections, to travel and explore. Our
daughters are getting older whether we like it
or not. They'll be graduating
and I'm excited to be a part of of their lives
as they move forward into their next chapters and
have the abundance of time to be able to be in
their lives as much as they will allow us or as
much as as feels comfortable.

I think when we were
searching for financial independence, what we
wanted was freedom and independence from having
to go to a place and do with things someone else
told us to do. And we still want that
and we value that. But I think what we
found through it is a much deeper, fuller,
richer life..

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How To Save For Retirement: Suze Orman Shares Her Best Money Advice | TODAY

>>> AND WE’RE BACK WITH OUR >>> AND WE’RE BACK WITH OUR SPECIAL SERIES LIVING LONGER SPECIAL SERIES LIVING LONGER TODAY, EXPLORING WAYS TO LIVER TODAY, EXPLORING WAYS TO LIVER NOT ONLY LONGER BUT BETTER. NOT ONLY LONGER BUT BETTER. >> THIS MORNING WE’RE FOCUSING >> THIS MORNING WE’RE FOCUSING ON YOUR FINANCES AND THE NEW ON YOUR FINANCES AND THE NEW ADVICE EXPERTS ARE GIVING TO ADVICE EXPERTS ARE GIVING TO MAKE YOUR MONEY REALLY LAST.

MAKE YOUR MONEY REALLY LAST. >> THE GOOD NEWS AMERICANS ARE >> THE GOOD NEWS AMERICANS ARE LIVING LONGER, WHAT THAT MEANS, LIVING LONGER, WHAT THAT MEANS, A NEW FOCUS ON MAKING YOUR MONEY A NEW FOCUS ON MAKING YOUR MONEY LAST. LAST. >> AS YOU’RE PLANNING FOR YOUR >> AS YOU’RE PLANNING FOR YOUR FUTURE, DON’T UNDERESTIMATE HOW FUTURE, DON’T UNDERESTIMATE HOW LONG YOU’RE GOING TO LIVE. LONG YOU’RE GOING TO LIVE. >> IN FACT, ABOUT ONE OUT OF >> IN FACT, ABOUT ONE OUT OF EVERY FOUR 65-YEAR-OLDS TODAY EVERY FOUR 65-YEAR-OLDS TODAY WILL LIVE PAST 90. WILL LIVE PAST 90. >> THE OLD ADVICE USED TO BE >> THE OLD ADVICE USED TO BE THAT AS YOU’RE PLANNING FOR THAT AS YOU’RE PLANNING FOR RETIREMENT EXPECT TO LIVE INTO RETIREMENT EXPECT TO LIVE INTO YOUR 80s.

YOUR 80s. NOW THE EXPECTATION IS THAT NOW THE EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU’LL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF YOU’LL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF LIVING INTO YOUR 90s, MAYBE EVEN LIVING INTO YOUR 90s, MAYBE EVEN CELEBRATING YOUR 100th BIRTHDAY. CELEBRATING YOUR 100th BIRTHDAY. >> WITH LONGEVITY CAN COME THE >> WITH LONGEVITY CAN COME THE ADDED STRESS TO SAVE MORE. ADDED STRESS TO SAVE MORE. >> PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE HAS >> PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE HAS BECOME A LOT MORE CHALLENGING BECOME A LOT MORE CHALLENGING AND REALLY THE ONUS IS NOW ON AND REALLY THE ONUS IS NOW ON THE INDIVIDUAL MORE THAN EVER.

THE INDIVIDUAL MORE THAN EVER. >> SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE’RE >> SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE’RE FINANCIALLY PREPARED FOR ALL FINANCIALLY PREPARED FOR ALL THOSE EXTRA YEARS? THOSE EXTRA YEARS? IT’S EASY. IT’S EASY. JUST CALL SUZE ORMAN, A PERSONAL JUST CALL SUZE ORMAN, A PERSONAL FINANCE EXPERT. FINANCE EXPERT. SHE HOSTS SUZE ORMAN’S WOMEN AND SHE HOSTS SUZE ORMAN’S WOMEN AND MANY PODCASTS. MANY PODCASTS. >> WE’RE LIVING LONGER. >> WE’RE LIVING LONGER. THAT’S GREAT, BUT THE BAD NEWS THAT’S GREAT, BUT THE BAD NEWS IS, WE SURVEYED OUR TODAY.COM IS, WE SURVEYED OUR TODAY.COM AUDIENCE. AUDIENCE. THEY SAID 60% OF THEM FELT LIKE THEY SAID 60% OF THEM FELT LIKE THEY DON’T HAVE THE AMOUNT OF THEY DON’T HAVE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY’RE SAVING RIGHT MONEY THAT THEY’RE SAVING RIGHT NOW THAT, THAT IT WON’T LAST NOW THAT, THAT IT WON’T LAST THEM THROUGH THEIR RETIREMENT.

THEM THROUGH THEIR RETIREMENT. >> IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, >> IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, YOU GUYS, MOST PEOPLE BARELY YOU GUYS, MOST PEOPLE BARELY HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THEIR HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THEIR BILLS TODAY LET ALONE SAVE IN BILLS TODAY LET ALONE SAVE IN THEIR MINDS FOR THE FUTURE. THEIR MINDS FOR THE FUTURE. >> PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY CAN’T >> PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY CAN’T SAVE. SAVE. >> THEY JUST FEEL THAT WAY, AND >> THEY JUST FEEL THAT WAY, AND THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO SPEND MORE THEY ARE GOING TO SPEND MORE YEARS IN RETIREMENT THAN THEY YEARS IN RETIREMENT THAN THEY EVER DID WORKING IF YOU THINK EVER DID WORKING IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ABOUT IT BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE THINK THEY’RE GOING TO RETIRE AT THINK THEY’RE GOING TO RETIRE AT 65, MAYBE THEY WORK 30 YEARS, 65, MAYBE THEY WORK 30 YEARS, THEY’RE GOING TO LIVE TO 100 THEY’RE GOING TO LIVE TO 100 POSSIBLY.

POSSIBLY. >> OENGWNING A HOUSE WAS ALWAYS >> OENGWNING A HOUSE WAS ALWAYS THE PLAN, BUT FOR THESE THE PLAN, BUT FOR THESE MILLENNIALS, THEY’RE OPEN ABOUT MILLENNIALS, THEY’RE OPEN ABOUT THE FACT THEY THINK THEY’LL THE FACT THEY THINK THEY’LL NEVER BE ABLE TO AFFORD A HOUSE, NEVER BE ABLE TO AFFORD A HOUSE, NEVER MIND SOME LONGEVITY OR NEVER MIND SOME LONGEVITY OR 401(k). 401(k). >> THAT’S NOT SUCH A HORRIBLE >> THAT’S NOT SUCH A HORRIBLE THING. THING. I DON’T THINK THAT THE KEY TO I DON’T THINK THAT THE KEY TO YOUR RETIREMENT IS OWNING A YOUR RETIREMENT IS OWNING A HOME.

HOME. I THINK THE KEY TO YOUR I THINK THE KEY TO YOUR RETIREMENT IS HAVING ENOUGH RETIREMENT IS HAVING ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY WHATEVER YOUR MONEY TO PAY WHATEVER YOUR EXPENSES HAPPEN TO BE SO THE KEY EXPENSES HAPPEN TO BE SO THE KEY IS TO GET RID OF AS MUCH IS TO GET RID OF AS MUCH EXPENSES AS YOU CAN, DON’T HAVE EXPENSES AS YOU CAN, DON’T HAVE DEBT. DEBT. IF YOU DO HAVE A HOME, MAKE SURE IF YOU DO HAVE A HOME, MAKE SURE YOUR MORTGAGE IS PAID OFF BY THE YOUR MORTGAGE IS PAID OFF BY THE TIME YOU RETIRE. TIME YOU RETIRE.

THAT WOULD BE MY NUMBER ONE TIP THAT WOULD BE MY NUMBER ONE TIP TO TELL EVERYBODY THEY HAVE GOT TO TELL EVERYBODY THEY HAVE GOT TO DO IF THEY DO OWN A HOME. TO DO IF THEY DO OWN A HOME. >> WE’RE GOING TO GET INTO THAT. >> WE’RE GOING TO GET INTO THAT. WE HAVE THE THREE W’S. WE HAVE THE THREE W’S. THE FIRST IS WHERE. THE FIRST IS WHERE. WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO INVEST YOUR MONEY SO IF YOU DO INVEST YOUR MONEY SO IF YOU DO HAVE 30ISH YEARS OF RETIREMENT HAVE 30ISH YEARS OF RETIREMENT YOU’RE SET? YOU’RE SET? >> I’VE SAID FOR A LONG TIME, >> I’VE SAID FOR A LONG TIME, JUST FORGET THE TAX WRITE OFFS JUST FORGET THE TAX WRITE OFFS OF YOUR PRETAX 401(k) OR IRA. OF YOUR PRETAX 401(k) OR IRA. FORGET THOSE NOW, AND IF YOUR FORGET THOSE NOW, AND IF YOUR CORPORATION OFFERS IT, CAN YOU CORPORATION OFFERS IT, CAN YOU CO CO DO A ROTH 401(k) OR A ROTH IRA DO A ROTH 401(k) OR A ROTH IRA WHICH ARE AFTER TAX WHICH ARE AFTER TAX CONTRIBUTIONS.

CONTRIBUTIONS. WHY? WHY? YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY WHAT THE YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY WHAT THE TAX BRACKETS ARE GOING TO BE 20, TAX BRACKETS ARE GOING TO BE 20, 30, AND 40 YEARS FROM NOW. 30, AND 40 YEARS FROM NOW. I PERSONALLY THINK THEY’RE GOING I PERSONALLY THINK THEY’RE GOING TO SKYROCKET OVER THE YEARS, SO TO SKYROCKET OVER THE YEARS, SO THEREFORE WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT THEREFORE WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET IN A ROTH IRA OR A ROTH YOU GET IN A ROTH IRA OR A ROTH 401(k). 401(k). AGAIN, IT’S PRETAX VERSUS AFTER AGAIN, IT’S PRETAX VERSUS AFTER TAX, BUT AFTER THAT IT’S TAX TAX, BUT AFTER THAT IT’S TAX DEFERRED VERSUS TAX FREE.

DEFERRED VERSUS TAX FREE. IT’S FOR YOUR BENEFICIARIES IN A IT’S FOR YOUR BENEFICIARIES IN A PRETAX ACCOUNT THEY’RE GOING TO PRETAX ACCOUNT THEY’RE GOING TO PAY TOTAL TAXES ON IT. PAY TOTAL TAXES ON IT. >> LET’S GO BACK TO DEBT FOR A >> LET’S GO BACK TO DEBT FOR A SECOND. SECOND. FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE STUDENT FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE STUDENT LOANS, THEY’VE GOT CREDIT CARDS, LOANS, THEY’VE GOT CREDIT CARDS, THEY’VE GOT THAT MORTGAGE.

THEY’VE GOT THAT MORTGAGE. HOW DO YOU PRIORITIZE THE DEBT? HOW DO YOU PRIORITIZE THE DEBT? WHAT DO YOU PAY AND WHEN? WHAT DO YOU PAY AND WHEN? >> STUDENT LOAN DEBT IS THE MOST >> STUDENT LOAN DEBT IS THE MOST DANGEROUS DEBT YOU CAN HAVE BAR DANGEROUS DEBT YOU CAN HAVE BAR NONE BECAUSE IN 90% OF THE NONE BECAUSE IN 90% OF THE CASES, 99%, IT IS NOT CASES, 99%, IT IS NOT DISCHARGEABLE IN BANKRUPTCY. DISCHARGEABLE IN BANKRUPTCY. SO THEY HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY SO THEY HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO GARNISH YOUR WAGES AND TO TO GARNISH YOUR WAGES AND TO REALLY THEN DECREASE YOUR INCOME REALLY THEN DECREASE YOUR INCOME SO STUDENT LOAN — SO STUDENT LOAN — >> TAKE CARE OF THAT FIRST. >> TAKE CARE OF THAT FIRST.

>> FIRST THAT. >> FIRST THAT. THEN IF YOU HAVE CREDIT CARD THEN IF YOU HAVE CREDIT CARD DEBT THAT NEEDS TO GO BECAUSE DEBT THAT NEEDS TO GO BECAUSE DEBT IS BONDAGE. DEBT IS BONDAGE. YOU GOT TO GET OUT OF THAT. YOU GOT TO GET OUT OF THAT. AND THEN YOU START WORKING, IF AND THEN YOU START WORKING, IF YOU’RE GOING TO STAY IN YOUR YOU’RE GOING TO STAY IN YOUR HOME FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, HOME FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, GET RID OF YOUR MORTGAGE GET RID OF YOUR MORTGAGE PAYMENT. PAYMENT. >> I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. >> I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. YOU DON’T WANT TO HAVE A YOU DON’T WANT TO HAVE A MORTGAGE, A LIVE MORTGAGE STILL MORTGAGE, A LIVE MORTGAGE STILL GOING BY THE TIME YOU RETIRE. GOING BY THE TIME YOU RETIRE. WHY? WHY? >> BECAUSE YOUR MORTGAGE PAYMENT >> BECAUSE YOUR MORTGAGE PAYMENT IS YOUR HIGHEST MONTHLY EXPENSE IS YOUR HIGHEST MONTHLY EXPENSE THAT YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE BAR THAT YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE BAR NONE.

NONE. >> WHEN YOU RETIRE. >> WHEN YOU RETIRE. >> IT’S FAR EASIER TO PAY OFF >> IT’S FAR EASIER TO PAY OFF YOUR MORTGAGE THAN TO SAVER THE YOUR MORTGAGE THAN TO SAVER THE MONEY TO GENERATE THE INCOME TO MONEY TO GENERATE THE INCOME TO PAY OFF YOUR MORTGAGE. PAY OFF YOUR MORTGAGE. YOUR GOAL IN RETIREMENT IS TO BE YOUR GOAL IN RETIREMENT IS TO BE TOTALLY DEBT FREE 100% IN TOTALLY DEBT FREE 100% IN RETIREMENT. RETIREMENT. IF YOU DON’T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, IF YOU DON’T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, DECREASE YOUR EXPENSES, AND THEN DECREASE YOUR EXPENSES, AND THEN YOUR MONEY WILL GO FURTHER.

YOUR MONEY WILL GO FURTHER. >> GOT YOU. >> GOT YOU. >> WHAT ABOUT WHEN, WHEN DO YOU >> WHAT ABOUT WHEN, WHEN DO YOU START? START? I KNOW, WHEN WE’RE BORN WE I KNOW, WHEN WE’RE BORN WE SHOULD START SAVING. SHOULD START SAVING. >> YOU HAVE THE 200 BUCKS WHEN >> YOU HAVE THE 200 BUCKS WHEN YOU’RE 30. YOU’RE 30. >> PEOPLE ALWAYS THINK THEY HAVE >> PEOPLE ALWAYS THINK THEY HAVE TIME, TIME IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TIME, TIME IS THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT IN YOUR RETIREMENT INGREDIENT IN YOUR RETIREMENT RECIPE.

RECIPE. LET’S JUST SAY YOU HAVE 40 LET’S JUST SAY YOU HAVE 40 YEARS. YEARS. YOU’RE YOUNG. YOU’RE YOUNG. YOU HAVE 40 YEARS UNTIL YOU’RE YOU HAVE 40 YEARS UNTIL YOU’RE GOING TO BE 70. GOING TO BE 70. YOU PUT $200 A MONTH AWAY INTO A YOU PUT $200 A MONTH AWAY INTO A ROTH IRA OR ROTH 401(k). ROTH IRA OR ROTH 401(k). AVERAGE MARKET RETURNS, DO YOU AVERAGE MARKET RETURNS, DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU WOULD HAVE KNOW THAT YOU WOULD HAVE $1.1 MILLION AT 70, WHICH I $1.1 MILLION AT 70, WHICH I THINK SHOULD BE THE NEW THINK SHOULD BE THE NEW RETIREMENT AGE, BUT YOU WAIT TEN RETIREMENT AGE, BUT YOU WAIT TEN YEARS. YEARS. >> YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING A >> YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING A SURPLUS OF 200 BUCK WHEN IS SURPLUS OF 200 BUCK WHEN IS YOU’RE 30. YOU’RE 30. SHOULD YOU TAKE THAT 200 AND SHOULD YOU TAKE THAT 200 AND APPLY IT TO ONE OF THESE OTHER APPLY IT TO ONE OF THESE OTHER THINGS.

THINGS. >> YOU NEED TO BE SAVING >> YOU NEED TO BE SAVING ESPECIALLY IN A 401(k), ESPECIALLY IN A 401(k), ESPECIALLY IF THEY MATCH YOUR ESPECIALLY IF THEY MATCH YOUR CONTRIBUTION. CONTRIBUTION. YOU PUT IN A DOLLAR, THEY GIVE YOU PUT IN A DOLLAR, THEY GIVE YOU $0.50. YOU $0.50. I DON’T CARE IF YOU HAVE ANY I DON’T CARE IF YOU HAVE ANY MONEY. MONEY. YOU CAN’T PASS UP FREE MONEY. YOU CAN’T PASS UP FREE MONEY.

IF YOU STARTED PUTTING, JUST IF YOU STARTED PUTTING, JUST LET’S SAY $200 A MONTH AWAY, AND LET’S SAY $200 A MONTH AWAY, AND YOU NOW ONLY HAVE 30 YEARS LEFT YOU NOW ONLY HAVE 30 YEARS LEFT VERSUS 40, YOU’D ONLY HAVE LIKE VERSUS 40, YOU’D ONLY HAVE LIKE $400,000. $400,000. YOU JUST BLEW $700,000 BECAUSE YOU JUST BLEW $700,000 BECAUSE YOU WAITED TEN YEARS. YOU WAITED TEN YEARS. IT WAS ONLY A $24,000 DIFFERENCE IT WAS ONLY A $24,000 DIFFERENCE IN THOSE TEN YEARS. IN THOSE TEN YEARS. BUT THE TEN YEARS, THE SOONER BUT THE TEN YEARS, THE SOONER YOU BEGIN, THE BETTER YOU’LL BE. YOU BEGIN, THE BETTER YOU’LL BE. >> JUST TO CARSON’S POINT. >> JUST TO CARSON’S POINT. IF I HAVE 200 BUCKS TO SPARE,KY IF I HAVE 200 BUCKS TO SPARE,KY CAN EITHER PAY OFF MY CREDIT CAN EITHER PAY OFF MY CREDIT CARD DEBT AND START SAVING IN A CARD DEBT AND START SAVING IN A ROTH IRA, WHAT WOULD MY CHOICE ROTH IRA, WHAT WOULD MY CHOICE BE? BE? >> YOUR CHOICE THERE IS TO PAY >> YOUR CHOICE THERE IS TO PAY OFF YOUR CREDIT CARD DEBT.

OFF YOUR CREDIT CARD DEBT. >> IF YOU DON’T HAVE MUCH MONEY >> IF YOU DON’T HAVE MUCH MONEY YOU MAY BE BEHIND ON YOUR CREDIT YOU MAY BE BEHIND ON YOUR CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS, AND YOUR INTEREST CARD PAYMENTS, AND YOUR INTEREST RATES ARE 15, 18%. RATES ARE 15, 18%. THAT’S A GUARANTEED RETURN. THAT’S A GUARANTEED RETURN. WHEN YOU PAY OFF YOUR CREDIT WHEN YOU PAY OFF YOUR CREDIT CARD DEBT, YOU’RE GUARANTEEING A CARD DEBT, YOU’RE GUARANTEEING A FANTASTIC RETURN. FANTASTIC RETURN. >> WHAT IS THE ONE SMALL THING >> WHAT IS THE ONE SMALL THING YOU WOULD TELL OUR VIEWERS YOU WOULD TELL OUR VIEWERS BEFORE WE GO? BEFORE WE GO? >> HERE’S WHAT’S REALLY >> HERE’S WHAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT. IMPORTANT. MANY PEOPLE HAVE ADVICE FOR ALL MANY PEOPLE HAVE ADVICE FOR ALL OF YOU. OF YOU. SOMETIMES THAT ADVICE IS GOOD SOMETIMES THAT ADVICE IS GOOD FOR THE PERSON GIVING THE FOR THE PERSON GIVING THE ADVICE, AND SOMETIMES IT’S GOOD ADVICE, AND SOMETIMES IT’S GOOD FOR THE PERSON RECEIVING IT.

FOR THE PERSON RECEIVING IT. MY ADVICE IS THIS, PLEASE DON’T MY ADVICE IS THIS, PLEASE DON’T DO ANYTHING THAT YOU DON’T DO ANYTHING THAT YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND. UNDERSTAND. IT IS BETTER TO DO NOTHING THAN IT IS BETTER TO DO NOTHING THAN TO DO SOMETHING YOU DO NOT TO DO SOMETHING YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU UNDERSTAND BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU CAN DO SOMETHING AND IT BLOWS CAN DO SOMETHING AND IT BLOWS ALL YOUR MONEY, AND SO IF IT ALL YOUR MONEY, AND SO IF IT DOESN’T FEEL RIGHT TO YOU, YOU DOESN’T FEEL RIGHT TO YOU, YOU HAVE TO TRUST YOURSELF MORE THAN HAVE TO TRUST YOURSELF MORE THAN YOU TRUST OTHERS. YOU TRUST OTHERS. IT’S YOUR MONEY, AND WHAT IT’S YOUR MONEY, AND WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR MONEY IS GOING HAPPENS TO YOUR MONEY IS GOING TO DIRECTLY AFFECT THE QUALITY TO DIRECTLY AFFECT THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE, NOT MY LIFE.

OF YOUR LIFE, NOT MY LIFE. NOT ANYBODY ELSE’S LIFE, SO IF NOT ANYBODY ELSE’S LIFE, SO IF YOU REALLY WANT TO BE POWERFUL YOU REALLY WANT TO BE POWERFUL IN LIFE, YOU HAVE TO BE POWERFUL IN LIFE, YOU HAVE TO BE POWERFUL OVER YOUR OWN MONEY. OVER YOUR OWN MONEY. >> THAT’S GOOD ADVICE. >> THAT’S GOOD ADVICE. IN SOME CASES FINANCIALLY DOING IN SOME CASES FINANCIALLY DOING NOTHING IS BETTER THAN MAKING A NOTHING IS BETTER THAN MAKING A CHOICE TO YOUR DETRIMENT. CHOICE TO YOUR DETRIMENT. >> NEVER TALK YOURSELF INTO >> NEVER TALK YOURSELF INTO TRUSTING ANYONE. TRUSTING ANYONE. YOU WALK INTO A FINANCIAL YOU WALK INTO A FINANCIAL ADVISER’S OFFICE AND THEY FEEL ADVISER’S OFFICE AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY KNOW WHAT YOU’RE LIKE THEY KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING. DOING. THEY MUST KNOW, YOU DON’T KNOW THEY MUST KNOW, YOU DON’T KNOW AND YOU BELIEVE THEM. AND YOU BELIEVE THEM. SOMETIMES THEY GIVE GREAT AED SOMETIMES THEY GIVE GREAT AED VICE AND SOMETIMES THEY GIVE VICE AND SOMETIMES THEY GIVE ADVICE THAT’S NOT SO MUCH.

ADVICE THAT’S NOT SO MUCH. >> THAT STUFF’S TRUE IN >> THAT STUFF’S TRUE IN ANYTHING, RIGHT? ANYTHING, RIGHT? >> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, >> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, SAVANNAH, YOUR MONEY AND YOUR SAVANNAH, YOUR MONEY AND YOUR LIFE ARE ONE. LIFE ARE ONE. WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE IS WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE IS ONE. ONE. IT’S YOU’RE THE ONE WHO EARNS IT’S YOU’RE THE ONE WHO EARNS IT.

IT. YOU’RE THE ONE WHO INVESTS IT. YOU’RE THE ONE WHO INVESTS IT. YOU’RE THE ONE WHO SAVES IT, AND YOU’RE THE ONE WHO SAVES IT, AND YOU’RE THE ONE WHO’S GOING TO YOU’RE THE ONE WHO’S GOING TO LIVE. LIVE. >> WE’LL JUST GO TO YOU. >> WE’LL JUST GO TO YOU. YOU’RE OUR TRUSTED SOURCE. YOU’RE OUR TRUSTED SOURCE. >> COME ON, EVERYBODY, COME JOIN.

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5 Best Fidelity Funds to Buy & Hold Forever

today we're going to talk about the five best fidelity funds to buy and hold forever hi if you're new to the channel my name is tay from financial tortoise where we learn to grow our wealth slow and steady in order to guide our conversation i'm going to use the three fund portfolio strategy to frame the fidelity funds i'm going to recommend in this video the three fund portfolio is one of the most popular do-it-yourself investment strategies and as the name implies it's made up of three simple funds most often an equities fund an international fund and a bond fund so all the funds i'm going to recommend today will fit into at least one of these slots the first fidelity fund you want to buy and hold forever is fidelity's u.s bond index fund fxnax it tracks the bloomberg barclays u.s aggregate bond index which is composed of investment-grade government bonds corporate bonds and mortgage-backed securities it holds approximately 8 400 bonds the top issuers are the u.s treasury or issuers of mortgage-backed securities like fannie mae and freddie mac it has an expense ratio of 0.025 percent which means if you have 10 000 invested in fidelity us bond index fund you're essentially paying 2 dollars and 50 cents for fidelity to manage this fund for you the fund started in 1990 and since then its average annual total return has been 5.33 percent so what are bonds and why do you need them in the simplest term bonds or loans when you buy bonds you're essentially loaning money to someone in this case to a company or a government agency and they're a very important addition to a well-constructed investment portfolio because of how different they are from stocks a good analogy i like to use to frame stocks versus bonds is this think of stocks as your core wealth building engine without it you aren't really going anywhere and bonds are like your brakes without it you could drive yourself off the road when you have bonds in your portfolio it helps to smooth out your investment ride because though they have lower returns they have less volatility during times of market crash where your stock investments can dip by 20 to 30 percent your bond investments will hold steady and ensure your right is so rocky so in order to help you smooth out your investment right you want to start adding them to your portfolio as you get closer to retirement age and if you're invested in fidelity consider fidelity u.s bond index fund as your core bond holding in your portfolio the second fidelity fund you want to buy and hold forever is fidelity total international index fund ftihx the fund tracks the msci all-country world index excluding the united states it represents approximately 5 000 international companies the top companies in this fund are made up of companies like taiwan semiconductor nestle and asml holdings it has an expense ratio of 0.06 percent which means that if you have 10 000 invested in ftihx you're essentially paying six dollars for fidelity to manage this fund for you the fund started in 2016 and since then its average annual total returns has been 5.99 what the fidelity total international index fund will do for you is provide you exposure to the international market outside the united states exposure to different countries sectors and even currencies and we can look at what happened to the japanese stock market as a lesson on why we might want to hold an international fund at the end of 1989 the japanese stock market's capitalized value was considered the largest in the world the nikkei 225 index the index of 225 largest publicly owned companies in japan reached an all-time high of close to 40 000.

Sadly 22 years later the nikkei was under 8 500 and to this day has yet to reach its all-time high again but satur is a japanese investor who failed to invest in international stocks outside of japan the us-based companies are currently the world leader in market capitalization and revenue but who can confidently say that will stay like that in the future it would be unfortunate but the same thing could happen to the u.s stock investors i personally still have strong confidence the u.s economy and u.s based companies as a whole but i also have to continuously check my assumptions financial writer larry swegel had a saying never treat the highly likely as certain and the highly unlikely as impossible as you get more comfortable with the international market you can start adding them to your portfolio and the fidelity total international index fund is a great option to represent your international holdings the third fidelity fund you want to buy and hold forever is fidelity zero total market index fund fzrox the fund tracks fidelity's in-house fidelity u.s total investable market index it represents approximately 2 700 u.s based companies the top holdings in this fund are apple microsoft and amazon it has an expense ratio of zero percent yes you heard me right zero dollars to invest in fidelity zero total market index fund thus the zero in its name the fund started in 2018 and since then its average annual total returns has been 11.82 the fidelity zero total market index fund is a total market index fund which means it tracks the total u.s stock market so this will be a great option as your core equities holding in your three fund portfolio however there are a couple things i do want to note with this fund especially in comparison to the two other equities options i'll cover here in a bit one is the fact that the index it is tracking is fidelity's in-house index fidelity u.s total investment market index this necessarily isn't a bad thing but there are actually more than 2 700 publicly traded companies in the united states than what this fund represents what this fund has done is exclude really small companies from its index in a big scheme of things this doesn't make that much of a difference in performance since the representation is based on market capitalization so the excluded companies would only represent maybe one percent or even less than that of the total fund but this is still something to note the total market here isn't quite the total market a second item to note with the fidelity zero total market index fund is the fact that you can't transfer your shares to another firm without selling your holdings and when you sell your holdings you have to pay taxes on your capital gains the fidelity zero total market index fund was designed with zero percent expense ratio in order to gain more customers so fidelity doesn't want you to move your money to a different firm and this limitation creates that barrier paying zero percent is nice but you won't understand that free comes with some strings attached but if you're planning to stay with fidelity for life fidelity zero total market index fund is a great equities fund to hold the fourth fidelity fund you want to buy and hold forever is fidelity total market index fund fskax the fund tracks the dow jones u.s total stock market index it represents approximately 4 000 u.s based companies the top holdings in the fund are apple microsoft and amazon essentially the same as fidelity zero total market index fund it has an expense ratio of 0.015 percent which means that if you had 10 000 invested in fidelity total market index fund you're essentially paying 1.50 for fidelity to manage this fund for you the fund started in 1997 and since then its average and annual total return has been 8.29 it's fidelity's original total market index fund prior to the introduction of fidelity zero total market index fund and fidelity total market index fund does exactly what his name implies invest in the total u.s stock market essentially every u.s based companies out there when it comes to investing in the stock market the key principle you want to abide by is diversification many people tend to think the only way to make money in the market is to beat the market by either selecting good stocks or good actively managed mutual funds unless you're a professional investor with hundreds of analysts working for you around the clock analysts who are constantly interviewing and researching companies and industries we can't win in the stock picking or fun picking game the odds are just stacked too high against the individual investor so the best strategy to beat wall street is to just track the market and at the lowest cost and fidelity total market index fund is a great fun to hold as your core equity is holding in your portfolio if you want more flexibility from the fidelity zero total market index fund the fifth fidelity fund you want to buy and hold forever is fidelity 500 index fund the fund tracks the s p 500 index which represents the 500 largest publicly traded companies in the united states at the time of this video there are exactly 508 publicly traded companies in this fund the top holdings in this fund are apple microsoft and amazon essentially the same as fidelity zero total market index fund and fidelity total market index fund not a surprise given the company representation is based on market capitalization and these big companies represent a good percentage of the market as a whole it has an expense ratio of 0.015 percent same as fidelity total market index fund so if you have ten thousand dollars invested in fidelity 500 index fund you're essentially paying dollar fifty for fidelity to manage the fund for you the fund is the oldest of the bunch it started in 1988 and since then its average annual total returns has been 10.66 percent when most people talk about the stock market they're most often referring to the standard and poor 500 not the total market index and the reason is because it's so much older it was created in 1926 when it began tracking 90 stocks and in 1957 the list expanded to 500 and for the past century it has been the go-to index to represent the stock market when you turn on any financial news reporters are always discussing how the s p 500 is up 50 points or down 100 points it essentially represents the 500 largest u.s corporations weighed by the value of the market capitalization and because it's weighted by market cap though there are approximately 4 000 publicly traded companies in the united states total these 500 stocks represent about 80 to 85 percent of market value of all u.s stocks and the weight within the index automatically adjusts based upon the changing stock prices to this day the s p 500 remains a standard to which professional mutual fund managers and investment firms compare their returns against so if you want your equities holding to match the performance the largest u.s stocks since they're essentially what moves the market hold fidelity 500 index fund as your core equities holding but i do want to say this whether you choose the fidelity 500 index fund the fidelity total market index fund or the fidelity zero total market index fund as your core equities holding you really can't go wrong with any one of them they're all great funds you just want to understand exactly what you're buying that's it guys i know i normally advocate for vanguard funds but sometimes you may not have the ability to choose the investment firm that you want because maybe your employer doesn't offer it that was the case for me and therefore most of my 401k is actually invested in fidelity fidelity is a great investment firm if you're looking to invest with them pick any of the five that i mentioned here and you can't go wrong if you'd like to learn more about the three fund portfolio and why you might want to consider it as your strategy check out my video here thank you guys for watching 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in today's video we're going to talk about the number one wealth killer in america our cars hi if you're new to the channel my name is tay from financial tortoise where we learn to grow our wealth slow and steady you might be thinking hey what are you talking about aren't there so many other things that should come before a car payment that is destroying our wealth how about the rising cost of health care or stagnating wages and what about the crazy inflation rate that is destroying our purchasing power yes all true and i don't disagree that many of these items impact our wealth in detrimental ways however if you can hear me out for the rest of this video i want to help you understand why i believe our cars are really the number one wealth killer here in the united states but first let's start out with some history lessons so we have context regarding cars in america let's face it we as americans are obsessed with cars and nothing says american as our cars these days it's hard to see the distinction between car culture and american culture as cars have become such a significant part of our lives since they first came to be and a big reason for why they stuck around for so long is that they're the epitome of status this allura status that keeps drivers hooked dates all the way back to the ford model t the first affordable american car that changed america as we know it over 100 years ago and since then cars have continued to represent itself as an extension of ourselves and therefore our identity and our status symbol a way to show the world how successful we are when someone parks their lamborghini right next to our 10 year old honda civic don't many of us think man what does this guy do for a living how is he so wealthy he is so cool in my mid-20s i made one of the biggest purchases of my life a brand new volvo s40 i had just gotten my recent promotion in the army and i was making decent money of course i was still living paycheck to paycheck i justified the purchase by saying that i deserved it and i worked hard for it and while that might have been true the truth is that i could have bought a much cheaper car and used that extra money to pay down debt or invest in my future but i didn't because i wanted that status symbol i wanted the car that would churn heads when i drove by now a volvo wasn't really associated with turning heads but at the time i sure felt like i was somebody and that is really the core problem with cars they're most often emotional purchases we buy them with our heart not with our heads and when we do that we often end up overpaying and making poor financial decisions just like i did all right now that you had a good laugh at my money mistakes let's actually look at some numbers and see how cars are literally killing our wealth let's try to understand the average cost of owning a car at the time of this video the average price of a new car in the united states is around 48 000 and given that most new cars are purchased financed the average monthly car payment hovers around 700 however when we consider the ongoing costs like insurance gas or maintenance the true cost of ownership is actually much higher and we aren't even factoring depreciation when purchasing a brand new car a new car can lose up to 20 of its value the moment you drive it off the lot and it doesn't stop there on average a car will lose about 11 percent of its value every year for the first five years so if you bought that 48 thousand dollar car in just five years it'll be worth less than half of what you paid for and after 10 years you'll be worth less than a third so it's not a surprise that many people are upside down on their car payments the bottom line is that car payments in general are a bad idea especially big car payments like 700 a month there might be unique situations where a car payment might make sense for example you originally plan on buying a new car with cash but you chose financing instead because they were offering a zero percent interest however these situations are not normal the vast majority of people aren't using car payments to help out their cash flow situation imagine an average person who started their first job at the age of 25 and settled into a 700 car payment for their entire life this person would trade his or her car over the years but would always have that car payment each time the car is paid off we would head straight to a dealership to pick up a new one and if we did this for 30 years we would have paid over 250 000 in car payments alone and in the end we would only have an older car worth almost nothing to show for it and worse as i mentioned earlier this figure doesn't include the extra money we paid for maintenance insurance and other associated costs with owning a car now imagine that we did something radical and decided to forego or reduce this hefty new car payment for our entire life we decided to purchase a smaller new car or a reliable used car or even more radical use alternate means of transportation and rented cars only when we needed one in these scenarios let's reduce our monthly car expense by half the national average car payment instead of spending 700 a month we instead spend 350 per month and we invest the extra 350 in a good low cost index fund for next 30 years how much do you think we'll have in our investments after 30 years at an average eight percent rate of return over half a million dollars the total contribution amount is around 126 000 but the compounding added close to additional four hundred thousand dollars for investments for half a million dollars i personally don't mind driving a humble economical vehicle versus a car that supposedly shows my wealth to the rest of the world that really doesn't care about me anyways car payments are not a way of life and if we think that since we had one ever since we could remember it's time to change that mindset it's easy to blame external factors for our life and money problems but what is interesting is that most often we blame everything else but our high car payments for our inability to get ahead we blame our employers for not giving us the raise we deserve or our parents for not educating us enough we blame health insurance premiums the price of groceries the housing market and even the price of gas but how often do we focus our efforts on high car payments most often not so many of us myself included have become socially conditioned to believe that a huge car payment is a fact of life because having a nice car is a way of life it's an extension of who we are we wouldn't go out to the mall wearing tattered clothes so how can we be on the road with a rundown vehicle we tell ourselves that everyone has a car payment and that is normal and okay and if we're going to have a car payment anyways we might as well get the car we want right this kind of thinking is so widespread and so embedded into our culture that it's almost an epidemic the fact is that we don't need to think this way and in actuality it is very harmful to think this way because it's detrimental to our wealth alright now that we recognize the detrimental impact of having a car payment is to our wealth what can we do let me share with you some practical tips number one tip is a bit general but it is to delay gratification or learning delayed gratification if this is something we struggle with and i totally empathize with people who like buying new cars if we're completely honest with ourselves myself included buying a new car is fun not only do you get to enjoy the coveted new car smell but you get to show off in front of your family and friends and no matter how much the privilege costs it feels so good to drive your new car off the lot and cruise down the street unfortunately that is a short term thinking as many of us myself included might have experienced first hand the new car smell the excitement you feel when you get to drive a new car to work i'm sorry to say but these feelings are temporary and they're fleeting after a fairly short amount of time the new car excitement turns into mundane uneventful reality soon your car isn't so new anymore it's just something that you drive to costco on a weekly basis if we want to do something different and build our wealth in the process we need to change our new car mindset let's learn to delay gratification if you currently have a car and have been thinking about getting a new one see if you can drag it out for several more years the simple act of delayed gratification can mean hundreds of thousands of dollars in the long run second tip is a bit more practical and that is to consider buying used as i mentioned earlier one of the greatest negative financial impact of buying a new car is its depreciation a new car can literally lose up to 20 of his value the moment you drive it off the parking lot after five years it'll be worth no more than half of its original value a used vehicle depreciates at a much slower rate than a new vehicle this is because once you're behind the will of the car it will have already gone through the majority of its depreciation and it's much cheaper thus your monthly payment if you choose to finance will be much lower if you're worried about the condition of a used vehicle because you never purchased one consider a certified pre-owned vehicle you'll still save money by buying a used car but gain additional confidence the reliability of the vehicle in essence certified pre-owned or cpo are vehicles that meet manufacturers establish standards and carry some form of guarantee against defects similar to a new car warranty the third tip is to never lease a car leasing a car is tempting because the monthly payments are much lower than purchasing a car however it gets quite expensive in the long run when you lease you're basically paying for the use of the vehicle for the first two to three years of his life when the car depreciates the most when your lease is over you either have to lease another car or purchase one starting the cycle all over again buying a new car might be expensive initially but once you paid off the loans you at least own the car and won't have any car payments as long as you continue to drive it with leasing you don't have this option you will always have a car payment the fourth tip may sound a bit extreme but is to consider no car if you live in an area where there is a good public transportation and you don't have to commute long distance for work it might be feasible to ditch your car altogether not only will you save on car payments but you also save on gas insurance and maintenance cost it may not be the most glamorous solution but it is a practical one that can free up a significant amount of money each month cars are one of the biggest wealth killers out there if you really want to build true wealth you need to be mindful of your car choices and avoid the temptation to overspend there's nothing wrong with owning a car but there is something wrong with letting the car own you think carefully about your needs and make smart financial choices that will help you grow your wealth over time thank you guys for watching if you'd like to learn more about some other ways to save money check out a few of my videos here until next time all the best [Music]

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>>> AND WE’RE BACK WITH OUR >>> AND WE’RE BACK WITH OUR SPECIAL SERIES LIVING LONGER SPECIAL SERIES LIVING LONGER TODAY, EXPLORING WAYS TO LIVER TODAY, EXPLORING WAYS TO LIVER NOT ONLY LONGER BUT BETTER. NOT ONLY LONGER BUT BETTER. >> THIS MORNING WE’RE FOCUSING >> THIS MORNING WE’RE FOCUSING ON YOUR FINANCES AND THE NEW ON YOUR FINANCES AND THE NEW ADVICE EXPERTS ARE GIVING TO ADVICE EXPERTS ARE GIVING TO MAKE YOUR MONEY REALLY LAST. MAKE YOUR MONEY REALLY LAST. >> THE GOOD NEWS AMERICANS ARE >> THE GOOD NEWS AMERICANS ARE LIVING LONGER, WHAT THAT MEANS, LIVING LONGER, WHAT THAT MEANS, A NEW FOCUS ON MAKING YOUR MONEY A NEW FOCUS ON MAKING YOUR MONEY LAST. LAST. >> AS YOU’RE PLANNING FOR YOUR >> AS YOU’RE PLANNING FOR YOUR FUTURE, DON’T UNDERESTIMATE HOW FUTURE, DON’T UNDERESTIMATE HOW LONG YOU’RE GOING TO LIVE. LONG YOU’RE GOING TO LIVE. >> IN FACT, ABOUT ONE OUT OF >> IN FACT, ABOUT ONE OUT OF EVERY FOUR 65-YEAR-OLDS TODAY EVERY FOUR 65-YEAR-OLDS TODAY WILL LIVE PAST 90.

WILL LIVE PAST 90. >> THE OLD ADVICE USED TO BE >> THE OLD ADVICE USED TO BE THAT AS YOU’RE PLANNING FOR THAT AS YOU’RE PLANNING FOR RETIREMENT EXPECT TO LIVE INTO RETIREMENT EXPECT TO LIVE INTO YOUR 80s. YOUR 80s. NOW THE EXPECTATION IS THAT NOW THE EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU’LL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF YOU’LL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF LIVING INTO YOUR 90s, MAYBE EVEN LIVING INTO YOUR 90s, MAYBE EVEN CELEBRATING YOUR 100th BIRTHDAY. CELEBRATING YOUR 100th BIRTHDAY. >> WITH LONGEVITY CAN COME THE >> WITH LONGEVITY CAN COME THE ADDED STRESS TO SAVE MORE. ADDED STRESS TO SAVE MORE. >> PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE HAS >> PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE HAS BECOME A LOT MORE CHALLENGING BECOME A LOT MORE CHALLENGING AND REALLY THE ONUS IS NOW ON AND REALLY THE ONUS IS NOW ON THE INDIVIDUAL MORE THAN EVER.

THE INDIVIDUAL MORE THAN EVER. >> SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE’RE >> SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE’RE FINANCIALLY PREPARED FOR ALL FINANCIALLY PREPARED FOR ALL THOSE EXTRA YEARS? THOSE EXTRA YEARS? IT’S EASY. IT’S EASY. JUST CALL SUZE ORMAN, A PERSONAL JUST CALL SUZE ORMAN, A PERSONAL FINANCE EXPERT. FINANCE EXPERT. SHE HOSTS SUZE ORMAN’S WOMEN AND SHE HOSTS SUZE ORMAN’S WOMEN AND MANY PODCASTS. MANY PODCASTS. >> WE’RE LIVING LONGER. >> WE’RE LIVING LONGER. THAT’S GREAT, BUT THE BAD NEWS THAT’S GREAT, BUT THE BAD NEWS IS, WE SURVEYED OUR TODAY.COM IS, WE SURVEYED OUR TODAY.COM AUDIENCE.

AUDIENCE. THEY SAID 60% OF THEM FELT LIKE THEY SAID 60% OF THEM FELT LIKE THEY DON’T HAVE THE AMOUNT OF THEY DON’T HAVE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY’RE SAVING RIGHT MONEY THAT THEY’RE SAVING RIGHT NOW THAT, THAT IT WON’T LAST NOW THAT, THAT IT WON’T LAST THEM THROUGH THEIR RETIREMENT. THEM THROUGH THEIR RETIREMENT. >> IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, >> IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, YOU GUYS, MOST PEOPLE BARELY YOU GUYS, MOST PEOPLE BARELY HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THEIR HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THEIR BILLS TODAY LET ALONE SAVE IN BILLS TODAY LET ALONE SAVE IN THEIR MINDS FOR THE FUTURE.

THEIR MINDS FOR THE FUTURE. >> PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY CAN’T >> PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY CAN’T SAVE. SAVE. >> THEY JUST FEEL THAT WAY, AND >> THEY JUST FEEL THAT WAY, AND THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO SPEND MORE THEY ARE GOING TO SPEND MORE YEARS IN RETIREMENT THAN THEY YEARS IN RETIREMENT THAN THEY EVER DID WORKING IF YOU THINK EVER DID WORKING IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ABOUT IT BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE THINK THEY’RE GOING TO RETIRE AT THINK THEY’RE GOING TO RETIRE AT 65, MAYBE THEY WORK 30 YEARS, 65, MAYBE THEY WORK 30 YEARS, THEY’RE GOING TO LIVE TO 100 THEY’RE GOING TO LIVE TO 100 POSSIBLY. POSSIBLY.

>> OENGWNING A HOUSE WAS ALWAYS >> OENGWNING A HOUSE WAS ALWAYS THE PLAN, BUT FOR THESE THE PLAN, BUT FOR THESE MILLENNIALS, THEY’RE OPEN ABOUT MILLENNIALS, THEY’RE OPEN ABOUT THE FACT THEY THINK THEY’LL THE FACT THEY THINK THEY’LL NEVER BE ABLE TO AFFORD A HOUSE, NEVER BE ABLE TO AFFORD A HOUSE, NEVER MIND SOME LONGEVITY OR NEVER MIND SOME LONGEVITY OR 401(k).

401(k). >> THAT’S NOT SUCH A HORRIBLE >> THAT’S NOT SUCH A HORRIBLE THING. THING. I DON’T THINK THAT THE KEY TO I DON’T THINK THAT THE KEY TO YOUR RETIREMENT IS OWNING A YOUR RETIREMENT IS OWNING A HOME. HOME. I THINK THE KEY TO YOUR I THINK THE KEY TO YOUR RETIREMENT IS HAVING ENOUGH RETIREMENT IS HAVING ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY WHATEVER YOUR MONEY TO PAY WHATEVER YOUR EXPENSES HAPPEN TO BE SO THE KEY EXPENSES HAPPEN TO BE SO THE KEY IS TO GET RID OF AS MUCH IS TO GET RID OF AS MUCH EXPENSES AS YOU CAN, DON’T HAVE EXPENSES AS YOU CAN, DON’T HAVE DEBT. DEBT. IF YOU DO HAVE A HOME, MAKE SURE IF YOU DO HAVE A HOME, MAKE SURE YOUR MORTGAGE IS PAID OFF BY THE YOUR MORTGAGE IS PAID OFF BY THE TIME YOU RETIRE. TIME YOU RETIRE. THAT WOULD BE MY NUMBER ONE TIP THAT WOULD BE MY NUMBER ONE TIP TO TELL EVERYBODY THEY HAVE GOT TO TELL EVERYBODY THEY HAVE GOT TO DO IF THEY DO OWN A HOME.

TO DO IF THEY DO OWN A HOME. >> WE’RE GOING TO GET INTO THAT. >> WE’RE GOING TO GET INTO THAT. WE HAVE THE THREE W’S. WE HAVE THE THREE W’S. THE FIRST IS WHERE. THE FIRST IS WHERE. WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO INVEST YOUR MONEY SO IF YOU DO INVEST YOUR MONEY SO IF YOU DO HAVE 30ISH YEARS OF RETIREMENT HAVE 30ISH YEARS OF RETIREMENT YOU’RE SET? YOU’RE SET? >> I’VE SAID FOR A LONG TIME, >> I’VE SAID FOR A LONG TIME, JUST FORGET THE TAX WRITE OFFS JUST FORGET THE TAX WRITE OFFS OF YOUR PRETAX 401(k) OR IRA. OF YOUR PRETAX 401(k) OR IRA. FORGET THOSE NOW, AND IF YOUR FORGET THOSE NOW, AND IF YOUR CORPORATION OFFERS IT, CAN YOU CORPORATION OFFERS IT, CAN YOU CO CO DO A ROTH 401(k) OR A ROTH IRA DO A ROTH 401(k) OR A ROTH IRA WHICH ARE AFTER TAX WHICH ARE AFTER TAX CONTRIBUTIONS.

CONTRIBUTIONS. WHY? WHY? YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY WHAT THE YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY WHAT THE TAX BRACKETS ARE GOING TO BE 20, TAX BRACKETS ARE GOING TO BE 20, 30, AND 40 YEARS FROM NOW. 30, AND 40 YEARS FROM NOW. I PERSONALLY THINK THEY’RE GOING I PERSONALLY THINK THEY’RE GOING TO SKYROCKET OVER THE YEARS, SO TO SKYROCKET OVER THE YEARS, SO THEREFORE WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT THEREFORE WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET IN A ROTH IRA OR A ROTH YOU GET IN A ROTH IRA OR A ROTH 401(k). 401(k). AGAIN, IT’S PRETAX VERSUS AFTER AGAIN, IT’S PRETAX VERSUS AFTER TAX, BUT AFTER THAT IT’S TAX TAX, BUT AFTER THAT IT’S TAX DEFERRED VERSUS TAX FREE. DEFERRED VERSUS TAX FREE. IT’S FOR YOUR BENEFICIARIES IN A IT’S FOR YOUR BENEFICIARIES IN A PRETAX ACCOUNT THEY’RE GOING TO PRETAX ACCOUNT THEY’RE GOING TO PAY TOTAL TAXES ON IT. PAY TOTAL TAXES ON IT.

>> LET’S GO BACK TO DEBT FOR A >> LET’S GO BACK TO DEBT FOR A SECOND. SECOND. FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE STUDENT FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE STUDENT LOANS, THEY’VE GOT CREDIT CARDS, LOANS, THEY’VE GOT CREDIT CARDS, THEY’VE GOT THAT MORTGAGE. THEY’VE GOT THAT MORTGAGE. HOW DO YOU PRIORITIZE THE DEBT? HOW DO YOU PRIORITIZE THE DEBT? WHAT DO YOU PAY AND WHEN? WHAT DO YOU PAY AND WHEN? >> STUDENT LOAN DEBT IS THE MOST >> STUDENT LOAN DEBT IS THE MOST DANGEROUS DEBT YOU CAN HAVE BAR DANGEROUS DEBT YOU CAN HAVE BAR NONE BECAUSE IN 90% OF THE NONE BECAUSE IN 90% OF THE CASES, 99%, IT IS NOT CASES, 99%, IT IS NOT DISCHARGEABLE IN BANKRUPTCY. DISCHARGEABLE IN BANKRUPTCY. SO THEY HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY SO THEY HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO GARNISH YOUR WAGES AND TO TO GARNISH YOUR WAGES AND TO REALLY THEN DECREASE YOUR INCOME REALLY THEN DECREASE YOUR INCOME SO STUDENT LOAN — SO STUDENT LOAN — >> TAKE CARE OF THAT FIRST.

>> TAKE CARE OF THAT FIRST. >> FIRST THAT. >> FIRST THAT. THEN IF YOU HAVE CREDIT CARD THEN IF YOU HAVE CREDIT CARD DEBT THAT NEEDS TO GO BECAUSE DEBT THAT NEEDS TO GO BECAUSE DEBT IS BONDAGE. DEBT IS BONDAGE. YOU GOT TO GET OUT OF THAT. YOU GOT TO GET OUT OF THAT. AND THEN YOU START WORKING, IF AND THEN YOU START WORKING, IF YOU’RE GOING TO STAY IN YOUR YOU’RE GOING TO STAY IN YOUR HOME FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, HOME FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, GET RID OF YOUR MORTGAGE GET RID OF YOUR MORTGAGE PAYMENT.

PAYMENT. >> I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. >> I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. YOU DON’T WANT TO HAVE A YOU DON’T WANT TO HAVE A MORTGAGE, A LIVE MORTGAGE STILL MORTGAGE, A LIVE MORTGAGE STILL GOING BY THE TIME YOU RETIRE. GOING BY THE TIME YOU RETIRE. WHY? WHY? >> BECAUSE YOUR MORTGAGE PAYMENT >> BECAUSE YOUR MORTGAGE PAYMENT IS YOUR HIGHEST MONTHLY EXPENSE IS YOUR HIGHEST MONTHLY EXPENSE THAT YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE BAR THAT YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE BAR NONE.

NONE. >> WHEN YOU RETIRE. >> WHEN YOU RETIRE. >> IT’S FAR EASIER TO PAY OFF >> IT’S FAR EASIER TO PAY OFF YOUR MORTGAGE THAN TO SAVER THE YOUR MORTGAGE THAN TO SAVER THE MONEY TO GENERATE THE INCOME TO MONEY TO GENERATE THE INCOME TO PAY OFF YOUR MORTGAGE. PAY OFF YOUR MORTGAGE. YOUR GOAL IN RETIREMENT IS TO BE YOUR GOAL IN RETIREMENT IS TO BE TOTALLY DEBT FREE 100% IN TOTALLY DEBT FREE 100% IN RETIREMENT. RETIREMENT. IF YOU DON’T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, IF YOU DON’T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, DECREASE YOUR EXPENSES, AND THEN DECREASE YOUR EXPENSES, AND THEN YOUR MONEY WILL GO FURTHER. YOUR MONEY WILL GO FURTHER. >> GOT YOU. >> GOT YOU. >> WHAT ABOUT WHEN, WHEN DO YOU >> WHAT ABOUT WHEN, WHEN DO YOU START? START? I KNOW, WHEN WE’RE BORN WE I KNOW, WHEN WE’RE BORN WE SHOULD START SAVING.

SHOULD START SAVING. >> YOU HAVE THE 200 BUCKS WHEN >> YOU HAVE THE 200 BUCKS WHEN YOU’RE 30. YOU’RE 30. >> PEOPLE ALWAYS THINK THEY HAVE >> PEOPLE ALWAYS THINK THEY HAVE TIME, TIME IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TIME, TIME IS THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT IN YOUR RETIREMENT INGREDIENT IN YOUR RETIREMENT RECIPE. RECIPE. LET’S JUST SAY YOU HAVE 40 LET’S JUST SAY YOU HAVE 40 YEARS. YEARS. YOU’RE YOUNG. YOU’RE YOUNG. YOU HAVE 40 YEARS UNTIL YOU’RE YOU HAVE 40 YEARS UNTIL YOU’RE GOING TO BE 70. GOING TO BE 70. YOU PUT $200 A MONTH AWAY INTO A YOU PUT $200 A MONTH AWAY INTO A ROTH IRA OR ROTH 401(k).

ROTH IRA OR ROTH 401(k). AVERAGE MARKET RETURNS, DO YOU AVERAGE MARKET RETURNS, DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU WOULD HAVE KNOW THAT YOU WOULD HAVE $1.1 MILLION AT 70, WHICH I $1.1 MILLION AT 70, WHICH I THINK SHOULD BE THE NEW THINK SHOULD BE THE NEW RETIREMENT AGE, BUT YOU WAIT TEN RETIREMENT AGE, BUT YOU WAIT TEN YEARS. YEARS. >> YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING A >> YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING A SURPLUS OF 200 BUCK WHEN IS SURPLUS OF 200 BUCK WHEN IS YOU’RE 30. YOU’RE 30. SHOULD YOU TAKE THAT 200 AND SHOULD YOU TAKE THAT 200 AND APPLY IT TO ONE OF THESE OTHER APPLY IT TO ONE OF THESE OTHER THINGS. THINGS. >> YOU NEED TO BE SAVING >> YOU NEED TO BE SAVING ESPECIALLY IN A 401(k), ESPECIALLY IN A 401(k), ESPECIALLY IF THEY MATCH YOUR ESPECIALLY IF THEY MATCH YOUR CONTRIBUTION. CONTRIBUTION. YOU PUT IN A DOLLAR, THEY GIVE YOU PUT IN A DOLLAR, THEY GIVE YOU $0.50. YOU $0.50. I DON’T CARE IF YOU HAVE ANY I DON’T CARE IF YOU HAVE ANY MONEY. MONEY. YOU CAN’T PASS UP FREE MONEY.

YOU CAN’T PASS UP FREE MONEY. IF YOU STARTED PUTTING, JUST IF YOU STARTED PUTTING, JUST LET’S SAY $200 A MONTH AWAY, AND LET’S SAY $200 A MONTH AWAY, AND YOU NOW ONLY HAVE 30 YEARS LEFT YOU NOW ONLY HAVE 30 YEARS LEFT VERSUS 40, YOU’D ONLY HAVE LIKE VERSUS 40, YOU’D ONLY HAVE LIKE $400,000. $400,000. YOU JUST BLEW $700,000 BECAUSE YOU JUST BLEW $700,000 BECAUSE YOU WAITED TEN YEARS. YOU WAITED TEN YEARS. IT WAS ONLY A $24,000 DIFFERENCE IT WAS ONLY A $24,000 DIFFERENCE IN THOSE TEN YEARS. IN THOSE TEN YEARS. BUT THE TEN YEARS, THE SOONER BUT THE TEN YEARS, THE SOONER YOU BEGIN, THE BETTER YOU’LL BE. YOU BEGIN, THE BETTER YOU’LL BE. >> JUST TO CARSON’S POINT. >> JUST TO CARSON’S POINT. IF I HAVE 200 BUCKS TO SPARE,KY IF I HAVE 200 BUCKS TO SPARE,KY CAN EITHER PAY OFF MY CREDIT CAN EITHER PAY OFF MY CREDIT CARD DEBT AND START SAVING IN A CARD DEBT AND START SAVING IN A ROTH IRA, WHAT WOULD MY CHOICE ROTH IRA, WHAT WOULD MY CHOICE BE? BE? >> YOUR CHOICE THERE IS TO PAY >> YOUR CHOICE THERE IS TO PAY OFF YOUR CREDIT CARD DEBT.

OFF YOUR CREDIT CARD DEBT. >> IF YOU DON’T HAVE MUCH MONEY >> IF YOU DON’T HAVE MUCH MONEY YOU MAY BE BEHIND ON YOUR CREDIT YOU MAY BE BEHIND ON YOUR CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS, AND YOUR INTEREST CARD PAYMENTS, AND YOUR INTEREST RATES ARE 15, 18%. RATES ARE 15, 18%. THAT’S A GUARANTEED RETURN. THAT’S A GUARANTEED RETURN. WHEN YOU PAY OFF YOUR CREDIT WHEN YOU PAY OFF YOUR CREDIT CARD DEBT, YOU’RE GUARANTEEING A CARD DEBT, YOU’RE GUARANTEEING A FANTASTIC RETURN. FANTASTIC RETURN. >> WHAT IS THE ONE SMALL THING >> WHAT IS THE ONE SMALL THING YOU WOULD TELL OUR VIEWERS YOU WOULD TELL OUR VIEWERS BEFORE WE GO? BEFORE WE GO? >> HERE’S WHAT’S REALLY >> HERE’S WHAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT. IMPORTANT. MANY PEOPLE HAVE ADVICE FOR ALL MANY PEOPLE HAVE ADVICE FOR ALL OF YOU. OF YOU. SOMETIMES THAT ADVICE IS GOOD SOMETIMES THAT ADVICE IS GOOD FOR THE PERSON GIVING THE FOR THE PERSON GIVING THE ADVICE, AND SOMETIMES IT’S GOOD ADVICE, AND SOMETIMES IT’S GOOD FOR THE PERSON RECEIVING IT.

FOR THE PERSON RECEIVING IT. MY ADVICE IS THIS, PLEASE DON’T MY ADVICE IS THIS, PLEASE DON’T DO ANYTHING THAT YOU DON’T DO ANYTHING THAT YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND. UNDERSTAND. IT IS BETTER TO DO NOTHING THAN IT IS BETTER TO DO NOTHING THAN TO DO SOMETHING YOU DO NOT TO DO SOMETHING YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU UNDERSTAND BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU CAN DO SOMETHING AND IT BLOWS CAN DO SOMETHING AND IT BLOWS ALL YOUR MONEY, AND SO IF IT ALL YOUR MONEY, AND SO IF IT DOESN’T FEEL RIGHT TO YOU, YOU DOESN’T FEEL RIGHT TO YOU, YOU HAVE TO TRUST YOURSELF MORE THAN HAVE TO TRUST YOURSELF MORE THAN YOU TRUST OTHERS.

YOU TRUST OTHERS. IT’S YOUR MONEY, AND WHAT IT’S YOUR MONEY, AND WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR MONEY IS GOING HAPPENS TO YOUR MONEY IS GOING TO DIRECTLY AFFECT THE QUALITY TO DIRECTLY AFFECT THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE, NOT MY LIFE. OF YOUR LIFE, NOT MY LIFE. NOT ANYBODY ELSE’S LIFE, SO IF NOT ANYBODY ELSE’S LIFE, SO IF YOU REALLY WANT TO BE POWERFUL YOU REALLY WANT TO BE POWERFUL IN LIFE, YOU HAVE TO BE POWERFUL IN LIFE, YOU HAVE TO BE POWERFUL OVER YOUR OWN MONEY.

OVER YOUR OWN MONEY. >> THAT’S GOOD ADVICE. >> THAT’S GOOD ADVICE. IN SOME CASES FINANCIALLY DOING IN SOME CASES FINANCIALLY DOING NOTHING IS BETTER THAN MAKING A NOTHING IS BETTER THAN MAKING A CHOICE TO YOUR DETRIMENT. CHOICE TO YOUR DETRIMENT. >> NEVER TALK YOURSELF INTO >> NEVER TALK YOURSELF INTO TRUSTING ANYONE. TRUSTING ANYONE. YOU WALK INTO A FINANCIAL YOU WALK INTO A FINANCIAL ADVISER’S OFFICE AND THEY FEEL ADVISER’S OFFICE AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY KNOW WHAT YOU’RE LIKE THEY KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING. DOING. THEY MUST KNOW, YOU DON’T KNOW THEY MUST KNOW, YOU DON’T KNOW AND YOU BELIEVE THEM. AND YOU BELIEVE THEM. SOMETIMES THEY GIVE GREAT AED SOMETIMES THEY GIVE GREAT AED VICE AND SOMETIMES THEY GIVE VICE AND SOMETIMES THEY GIVE ADVICE THAT’S NOT SO MUCH. ADVICE THAT’S NOT SO MUCH.

>> THAT STUFF’S TRUE IN >> THAT STUFF’S TRUE IN ANYTHING, RIGHT? ANYTHING, RIGHT? >> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, >> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, SAVANNAH, YOUR MONEY AND YOUR SAVANNAH, YOUR MONEY AND YOUR LIFE ARE ONE. LIFE ARE ONE. WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE IS WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE IS ONE. ONE. IT’S YOU’RE THE ONE WHO EARNS IT’S YOU’RE THE ONE WHO EARNS IT.

IT. YOU’RE THE ONE WHO INVESTS IT. YOU’RE THE ONE WHO INVESTS IT. YOU’RE THE ONE WHO SAVES IT, AND YOU’RE THE ONE WHO SAVES IT, AND YOU’RE THE ONE WHO’S GOING TO YOU’RE THE ONE WHO’S GOING TO LIVE. LIVE. >> WE’LL JUST GO TO YOU. >> WE’LL JUST GO TO YOU. YOU’RE OUR TRUSTED SOURCE. YOU’RE OUR TRUSTED SOURCE. >> COME ON, EVERYBODY, COME JOIN.

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>>> AND WE’RE BACK WITH OUR >>> AND WE’RE BACK WITH OUR SPECIAL SERIES LIVING LONGER SPECIAL SERIES LIVING LONGER TODAY, EXPLORING WAYS TO LIVER TODAY, EXPLORING WAYS TO LIVER NOT ONLY LONGER BUT BETTER. NOT ONLY LONGER BUT BETTER. >> THIS MORNING WE’RE FOCUSING >> THIS MORNING WE’RE FOCUSING ON YOUR FINANCES AND THE NEW ON YOUR FINANCES AND THE NEW ADVICE EXPERTS ARE GIVING TO ADVICE EXPERTS ARE GIVING TO MAKE YOUR MONEY REALLY LAST. MAKE YOUR MONEY REALLY LAST. >> THE GOOD NEWS AMERICANS ARE >> THE GOOD NEWS AMERICANS ARE LIVING LONGER, WHAT THAT MEANS, LIVING LONGER, WHAT THAT MEANS, A NEW FOCUS ON MAKING YOUR MONEY A NEW FOCUS ON MAKING YOUR MONEY LAST.

LAST. >> AS YOU’RE PLANNING FOR YOUR >> AS YOU’RE PLANNING FOR YOUR FUTURE, DON’T UNDERESTIMATE HOW FUTURE, DON’T UNDERESTIMATE HOW LONG YOU’RE GOING TO LIVE. LONG YOU’RE GOING TO LIVE. >> IN FACT, ABOUT ONE OUT OF >> IN FACT, ABOUT ONE OUT OF EVERY FOUR 65-YEAR-OLDS TODAY EVERY FOUR 65-YEAR-OLDS TODAY WILL LIVE PAST 90. WILL LIVE PAST 90. >> THE OLD ADVICE USED TO BE >> THE OLD ADVICE USED TO BE THAT AS YOU’RE PLANNING FOR THAT AS YOU’RE PLANNING FOR RETIREMENT EXPECT TO LIVE INTO RETIREMENT EXPECT TO LIVE INTO YOUR 80s. YOUR 80s. NOW THE EXPECTATION IS THAT NOW THE EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU’LL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF YOU’LL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF LIVING INTO YOUR 90s, MAYBE EVEN LIVING INTO YOUR 90s, MAYBE EVEN CELEBRATING YOUR 100th BIRTHDAY.

CELEBRATING YOUR 100th BIRTHDAY. >> WITH LONGEVITY CAN COME THE >> WITH LONGEVITY CAN COME THE ADDED STRESS TO SAVE MORE. ADDED STRESS TO SAVE MORE. >> PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE HAS >> PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE HAS BECOME A LOT MORE CHALLENGING BECOME A LOT MORE CHALLENGING AND REALLY THE ONUS IS NOW ON AND REALLY THE ONUS IS NOW ON THE INDIVIDUAL MORE THAN EVER.

THE INDIVIDUAL MORE THAN EVER. >> SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE’RE >> SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE’RE FINANCIALLY PREPARED FOR ALL FINANCIALLY PREPARED FOR ALL THOSE EXTRA YEARS? THOSE EXTRA YEARS? IT’S EASY. IT’S EASY. JUST CALL SUZE ORMAN, A PERSONAL JUST CALL SUZE ORMAN, A PERSONAL FINANCE EXPERT. FINANCE EXPERT. SHE HOSTS SUZE ORMAN’S WOMEN AND SHE HOSTS SUZE ORMAN’S WOMEN AND MANY PODCASTS. MANY PODCASTS. >> WE’RE LIVING LONGER. >> WE’RE LIVING LONGER.

THAT’S GREAT, BUT THE BAD NEWS THAT’S GREAT, BUT THE BAD NEWS IS, WE SURVEYED OUR TODAY.COM IS, WE SURVEYED OUR TODAY.COM AUDIENCE. AUDIENCE. THEY SAID 60% OF THEM FELT LIKE THEY SAID 60% OF THEM FELT LIKE THEY DON’T HAVE THE AMOUNT OF THEY DON’T HAVE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY’RE SAVING RIGHT MONEY THAT THEY’RE SAVING RIGHT NOW THAT, THAT IT WON’T LAST NOW THAT, THAT IT WON’T LAST THEM THROUGH THEIR RETIREMENT. THEM THROUGH THEIR RETIREMENT. >> IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, >> IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, YOU GUYS, MOST PEOPLE BARELY YOU GUYS, MOST PEOPLE BARELY HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THEIR HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THEIR BILLS TODAY LET ALONE SAVE IN BILLS TODAY LET ALONE SAVE IN THEIR MINDS FOR THE FUTURE. THEIR MINDS FOR THE FUTURE. >> PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY CAN’T >> PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY CAN’T SAVE. SAVE. >> THEY JUST FEEL THAT WAY, AND >> THEY JUST FEEL THAT WAY, AND THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO SPEND MORE THEY ARE GOING TO SPEND MORE YEARS IN RETIREMENT THAN THEY YEARS IN RETIREMENT THAN THEY EVER DID WORKING IF YOU THINK EVER DID WORKING IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ABOUT IT BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE THINK THEY’RE GOING TO RETIRE AT THINK THEY’RE GOING TO RETIRE AT 65, MAYBE THEY WORK 30 YEARS, 65, MAYBE THEY WORK 30 YEARS, THEY’RE GOING TO LIVE TO 100 THEY’RE GOING TO LIVE TO 100 POSSIBLY.

POSSIBLY. >> OENGWNING A HOUSE WAS ALWAYS >> OENGWNING A HOUSE WAS ALWAYS THE PLAN, BUT FOR THESE THE PLAN, BUT FOR THESE MILLENNIALS, THEY’RE OPEN ABOUT MILLENNIALS, THEY’RE OPEN ABOUT THE FACT THEY THINK THEY’LL THE FACT THEY THINK THEY’LL NEVER BE ABLE TO AFFORD A HOUSE, NEVER BE ABLE TO AFFORD A HOUSE, NEVER MIND SOME LONGEVITY OR NEVER MIND SOME LONGEVITY OR 401(k). 401(k). >> THAT’S NOT SUCH A HORRIBLE >> THAT’S NOT SUCH A HORRIBLE THING. THING. I DON’T THINK THAT THE KEY TO I DON’T THINK THAT THE KEY TO YOUR RETIREMENT IS OWNING A YOUR RETIREMENT IS OWNING A HOME. HOME. I THINK THE KEY TO YOUR I THINK THE KEY TO YOUR RETIREMENT IS HAVING ENOUGH RETIREMENT IS HAVING ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY WHATEVER YOUR MONEY TO PAY WHATEVER YOUR EXPENSES HAPPEN TO BE SO THE KEY EXPENSES HAPPEN TO BE SO THE KEY IS TO GET RID OF AS MUCH IS TO GET RID OF AS MUCH EXPENSES AS YOU CAN, DON’T HAVE EXPENSES AS YOU CAN, DON’T HAVE DEBT.

DEBT. IF YOU DO HAVE A HOME, MAKE SURE IF YOU DO HAVE A HOME, MAKE SURE YOUR MORTGAGE IS PAID OFF BY THE YOUR MORTGAGE IS PAID OFF BY THE TIME YOU RETIRE. TIME YOU RETIRE. THAT WOULD BE MY NUMBER ONE TIP THAT WOULD BE MY NUMBER ONE TIP TO TELL EVERYBODY THEY HAVE GOT TO TELL EVERYBODY THEY HAVE GOT TO DO IF THEY DO OWN A HOME.

TO DO IF THEY DO OWN A HOME. >> WE’RE GOING TO GET INTO THAT. >> WE’RE GOING TO GET INTO THAT. WE HAVE THE THREE W’S. WE HAVE THE THREE W’S. THE FIRST IS WHERE. THE FIRST IS WHERE. WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO INVEST YOUR MONEY SO IF YOU DO INVEST YOUR MONEY SO IF YOU DO HAVE 30ISH YEARS OF RETIREMENT HAVE 30ISH YEARS OF RETIREMENT YOU’RE SET? YOU’RE SET? >> I’VE SAID FOR A LONG TIME, >> I’VE SAID FOR A LONG TIME, JUST FORGET THE TAX WRITE OFFS JUST FORGET THE TAX WRITE OFFS OF YOUR PRETAX 401(k) OR IRA. OF YOUR PRETAX 401(k) OR IRA. FORGET THOSE NOW, AND IF YOUR FORGET THOSE NOW, AND IF YOUR CORPORATION OFFERS IT, CAN YOU CORPORATION OFFERS IT, CAN YOU CO CO DO A ROTH 401(k) OR A ROTH IRA DO A ROTH 401(k) OR A ROTH IRA WHICH ARE AFTER TAX WHICH ARE AFTER TAX CONTRIBUTIONS.

CONTRIBUTIONS. WHY? WHY? YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY WHAT THE YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY WHAT THE TAX BRACKETS ARE GOING TO BE 20, TAX BRACKETS ARE GOING TO BE 20, 30, AND 40 YEARS FROM NOW. 30, AND 40 YEARS FROM NOW. I PERSONALLY THINK THEY’RE GOING I PERSONALLY THINK THEY’RE GOING TO SKYROCKET OVER THE YEARS, SO TO SKYROCKET OVER THE YEARS, SO THEREFORE WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT THEREFORE WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET IN A ROTH IRA OR A ROTH YOU GET IN A ROTH IRA OR A ROTH 401(k). 401(k). AGAIN, IT’S PRETAX VERSUS AFTER AGAIN, IT’S PRETAX VERSUS AFTER TAX, BUT AFTER THAT IT’S TAX TAX, BUT AFTER THAT IT’S TAX DEFERRED VERSUS TAX FREE. DEFERRED VERSUS TAX FREE. IT’S FOR YOUR BENEFICIARIES IN A IT’S FOR YOUR BENEFICIARIES IN A PRETAX ACCOUNT THEY’RE GOING TO PRETAX ACCOUNT THEY’RE GOING TO PAY TOTAL TAXES ON IT.

PAY TOTAL TAXES ON IT. >> LET’S GO BACK TO DEBT FOR A >> LET’S GO BACK TO DEBT FOR A SECOND. SECOND. FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE STUDENT FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE STUDENT LOANS, THEY’VE GOT CREDIT CARDS, LOANS, THEY’VE GOT CREDIT CARDS, THEY’VE GOT THAT MORTGAGE. THEY’VE GOT THAT MORTGAGE. HOW DO YOU PRIORITIZE THE DEBT? HOW DO YOU PRIORITIZE THE DEBT? WHAT DO YOU PAY AND WHEN? WHAT DO YOU PAY AND WHEN? >> STUDENT LOAN DEBT IS THE MOST >> STUDENT LOAN DEBT IS THE MOST DANGEROUS DEBT YOU CAN HAVE BAR DANGEROUS DEBT YOU CAN HAVE BAR NONE BECAUSE IN 90% OF THE NONE BECAUSE IN 90% OF THE CASES, 99%, IT IS NOT CASES, 99%, IT IS NOT DISCHARGEABLE IN BANKRUPTCY. DISCHARGEABLE IN BANKRUPTCY. SO THEY HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY SO THEY HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO GARNISH YOUR WAGES AND TO TO GARNISH YOUR WAGES AND TO REALLY THEN DECREASE YOUR INCOME REALLY THEN DECREASE YOUR INCOME SO STUDENT LOAN — SO STUDENT LOAN — >> TAKE CARE OF THAT FIRST.

>> TAKE CARE OF THAT FIRST. >> FIRST THAT. >> FIRST THAT. THEN IF YOU HAVE CREDIT CARD THEN IF YOU HAVE CREDIT CARD DEBT THAT NEEDS TO GO BECAUSE DEBT THAT NEEDS TO GO BECAUSE DEBT IS BONDAGE. DEBT IS BONDAGE. YOU GOT TO GET OUT OF THAT. YOU GOT TO GET OUT OF THAT. AND THEN YOU START WORKING, IF AND THEN YOU START WORKING, IF YOU’RE GOING TO STAY IN YOUR YOU’RE GOING TO STAY IN YOUR HOME FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, HOME FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, GET RID OF YOUR MORTGAGE GET RID OF YOUR MORTGAGE PAYMENT. PAYMENT. >> I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. >> I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. YOU DON’T WANT TO HAVE A YOU DON’T WANT TO HAVE A MORTGAGE, A LIVE MORTGAGE STILL MORTGAGE, A LIVE MORTGAGE STILL GOING BY THE TIME YOU RETIRE. GOING BY THE TIME YOU RETIRE. WHY? WHY? >> BECAUSE YOUR MORTGAGE PAYMENT >> BECAUSE YOUR MORTGAGE PAYMENT IS YOUR HIGHEST MONTHLY EXPENSE IS YOUR HIGHEST MONTHLY EXPENSE THAT YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE BAR THAT YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE BAR NONE.

NONE. >> WHEN YOU RETIRE. >> WHEN YOU RETIRE. >> IT’S FAR EASIER TO PAY OFF >> IT’S FAR EASIER TO PAY OFF YOUR MORTGAGE THAN TO SAVER THE YOUR MORTGAGE THAN TO SAVER THE MONEY TO GENERATE THE INCOME TO MONEY TO GENERATE THE INCOME TO PAY OFF YOUR MORTGAGE. PAY OFF YOUR MORTGAGE. YOUR GOAL IN RETIREMENT IS TO BE YOUR GOAL IN RETIREMENT IS TO BE TOTALLY DEBT FREE 100% IN TOTALLY DEBT FREE 100% IN RETIREMENT. RETIREMENT. IF YOU DON’T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, IF YOU DON’T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, DECREASE YOUR EXPENSES, AND THEN DECREASE YOUR EXPENSES, AND THEN YOUR MONEY WILL GO FURTHER. YOUR MONEY WILL GO FURTHER. >> GOT YOU. >> GOT YOU. >> WHAT ABOUT WHEN, WHEN DO YOU >> WHAT ABOUT WHEN, WHEN DO YOU START? START? I KNOW, WHEN WE’RE BORN WE I KNOW, WHEN WE’RE BORN WE SHOULD START SAVING. SHOULD START SAVING. >> YOU HAVE THE 200 BUCKS WHEN >> YOU HAVE THE 200 BUCKS WHEN YOU’RE 30. YOU’RE 30. >> PEOPLE ALWAYS THINK THEY HAVE >> PEOPLE ALWAYS THINK THEY HAVE TIME, TIME IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TIME, TIME IS THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT IN YOUR RETIREMENT INGREDIENT IN YOUR RETIREMENT RECIPE.

RECIPE. LET’S JUST SAY YOU HAVE 40 LET’S JUST SAY YOU HAVE 40 YEARS. YEARS. YOU’RE YOUNG. YOU’RE YOUNG. YOU HAVE 40 YEARS UNTIL YOU’RE YOU HAVE 40 YEARS UNTIL YOU’RE GOING TO BE 70. GOING TO BE 70. YOU PUT $200 A MONTH AWAY INTO A YOU PUT $200 A MONTH AWAY INTO A ROTH IRA OR ROTH 401(k). ROTH IRA OR ROTH 401(k). AVERAGE MARKET RETURNS, DO YOU AVERAGE MARKET RETURNS, DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU WOULD HAVE KNOW THAT YOU WOULD HAVE $1.1 MILLION AT 70, WHICH I $1.1 MILLION AT 70, WHICH I THINK SHOULD BE THE NEW THINK SHOULD BE THE NEW RETIREMENT AGE, BUT YOU WAIT TEN RETIREMENT AGE, BUT YOU WAIT TEN YEARS.

YEARS. >> YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING A >> YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING A SURPLUS OF 200 BUCK WHEN IS SURPLUS OF 200 BUCK WHEN IS YOU’RE 30. YOU’RE 30. SHOULD YOU TAKE THAT 200 AND SHOULD YOU TAKE THAT 200 AND APPLY IT TO ONE OF THESE OTHER APPLY IT TO ONE OF THESE OTHER THINGS. THINGS. >> YOU NEED TO BE SAVING >> YOU NEED TO BE SAVING ESPECIALLY IN A 401(k), ESPECIALLY IN A 401(k), ESPECIALLY IF THEY MATCH YOUR ESPECIALLY IF THEY MATCH YOUR CONTRIBUTION. CONTRIBUTION. YOU PUT IN A DOLLAR, THEY GIVE YOU PUT IN A DOLLAR, THEY GIVE YOU $0.50. YOU $0.50. I DON’T CARE IF YOU HAVE ANY I DON’T CARE IF YOU HAVE ANY MONEY. MONEY. YOU CAN’T PASS UP FREE MONEY. YOU CAN’T PASS UP FREE MONEY. IF YOU STARTED PUTTING, JUST IF YOU STARTED PUTTING, JUST LET’S SAY $200 A MONTH AWAY, AND LET’S SAY $200 A MONTH AWAY, AND YOU NOW ONLY HAVE 30 YEARS LEFT YOU NOW ONLY HAVE 30 YEARS LEFT VERSUS 40, YOU’D ONLY HAVE LIKE VERSUS 40, YOU’D ONLY HAVE LIKE $400,000.

$400,000. YOU JUST BLEW $700,000 BECAUSE YOU JUST BLEW $700,000 BECAUSE YOU WAITED TEN YEARS. YOU WAITED TEN YEARS. IT WAS ONLY A $24,000 DIFFERENCE IT WAS ONLY A $24,000 DIFFERENCE IN THOSE TEN YEARS. IN THOSE TEN YEARS. BUT THE TEN YEARS, THE SOONER BUT THE TEN YEARS, THE SOONER YOU BEGIN, THE BETTER YOU’LL BE. YOU BEGIN, THE BETTER YOU’LL BE. >> JUST TO CARSON’S POINT. >> JUST TO CARSON’S POINT. IF I HAVE 200 BUCKS TO SPARE,KY IF I HAVE 200 BUCKS TO SPARE,KY CAN EITHER PAY OFF MY CREDIT CAN EITHER PAY OFF MY CREDIT CARD DEBT AND START SAVING IN A CARD DEBT AND START SAVING IN A ROTH IRA, WHAT WOULD MY CHOICE ROTH IRA, WHAT WOULD MY CHOICE BE? BE? >> YOUR CHOICE THERE IS TO PAY >> YOUR CHOICE THERE IS TO PAY OFF YOUR CREDIT CARD DEBT.

OFF YOUR CREDIT CARD DEBT. >> IF YOU DON’T HAVE MUCH MONEY >> IF YOU DON’T HAVE MUCH MONEY YOU MAY BE BEHIND ON YOUR CREDIT YOU MAY BE BEHIND ON YOUR CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS, AND YOUR INTEREST CARD PAYMENTS, AND YOUR INTEREST RATES ARE 15, 18%. RATES ARE 15, 18%. THAT’S A GUARANTEED RETURN. THAT’S A GUARANTEED RETURN. WHEN YOU PAY OFF YOUR CREDIT WHEN YOU PAY OFF YOUR CREDIT CARD DEBT, YOU’RE GUARANTEEING A CARD DEBT, YOU’RE GUARANTEEING A FANTASTIC RETURN. FANTASTIC RETURN. >> WHAT IS THE ONE SMALL THING >> WHAT IS THE ONE SMALL THING YOU WOULD TELL OUR VIEWERS YOU WOULD TELL OUR VIEWERS BEFORE WE GO? BEFORE WE GO? >> HERE’S WHAT’S REALLY >> HERE’S WHAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT. IMPORTANT. MANY PEOPLE HAVE ADVICE FOR ALL MANY PEOPLE HAVE ADVICE FOR ALL OF YOU.

OF YOU. SOMETIMES THAT ADVICE IS GOOD SOMETIMES THAT ADVICE IS GOOD FOR THE PERSON GIVING THE FOR THE PERSON GIVING THE ADVICE, AND SOMETIMES IT’S GOOD ADVICE, AND SOMETIMES IT’S GOOD FOR THE PERSON RECEIVING IT. FOR THE PERSON RECEIVING IT. MY ADVICE IS THIS, PLEASE DON’T MY ADVICE IS THIS, PLEASE DON’T DO ANYTHING THAT YOU DON’T DO ANYTHING THAT YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND. UNDERSTAND. IT IS BETTER TO DO NOTHING THAN IT IS BETTER TO DO NOTHING THAN TO DO SOMETHING YOU DO NOT TO DO SOMETHING YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU UNDERSTAND BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU CAN DO SOMETHING AND IT BLOWS CAN DO SOMETHING AND IT BLOWS ALL YOUR MONEY, AND SO IF IT ALL YOUR MONEY, AND SO IF IT DOESN’T FEEL RIGHT TO YOU, YOU DOESN’T FEEL RIGHT TO YOU, YOU HAVE TO TRUST YOURSELF MORE THAN HAVE TO TRUST YOURSELF MORE THAN YOU TRUST OTHERS.

YOU TRUST OTHERS. IT’S YOUR MONEY, AND WHAT IT’S YOUR MONEY, AND WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR MONEY IS GOING HAPPENS TO YOUR MONEY IS GOING TO DIRECTLY AFFECT THE QUALITY TO DIRECTLY AFFECT THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE, NOT MY LIFE. OF YOUR LIFE, NOT MY LIFE. NOT ANYBODY ELSE’S LIFE, SO IF NOT ANYBODY ELSE’S LIFE, SO IF YOU REALLY WANT TO BE POWERFUL YOU REALLY WANT TO BE POWERFUL IN LIFE, YOU HAVE TO BE POWERFUL IN LIFE, YOU HAVE TO BE POWERFUL OVER YOUR OWN MONEY.

OVER YOUR OWN MONEY. >> THAT’S GOOD ADVICE. >> THAT’S GOOD ADVICE. IN SOME CASES FINANCIALLY DOING IN SOME CASES FINANCIALLY DOING NOTHING IS BETTER THAN MAKING A NOTHING IS BETTER THAN MAKING A CHOICE TO YOUR DETRIMENT. CHOICE TO YOUR DETRIMENT. >> NEVER TALK YOURSELF INTO >> NEVER TALK YOURSELF INTO TRUSTING ANYONE. TRUSTING ANYONE. YOU WALK INTO A FINANCIAL YOU WALK INTO A FINANCIAL ADVISER’S OFFICE AND THEY FEEL ADVISER’S OFFICE AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY KNOW WHAT YOU’RE LIKE THEY KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING. DOING. THEY MUST KNOW, YOU DON’T KNOW THEY MUST KNOW, YOU DON’T KNOW AND YOU BELIEVE THEM.

AND YOU BELIEVE THEM. SOMETIMES THEY GIVE GREAT AED SOMETIMES THEY GIVE GREAT AED VICE AND SOMETIMES THEY GIVE VICE AND SOMETIMES THEY GIVE ADVICE THAT’S NOT SO MUCH. ADVICE THAT’S NOT SO MUCH. >> THAT STUFF’S TRUE IN >> THAT STUFF’S TRUE IN ANYTHING, RIGHT? ANYTHING, RIGHT? >> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, >> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, SAVANNAH, YOUR MONEY AND YOUR SAVANNAH, YOUR MONEY AND YOUR LIFE ARE ONE. LIFE ARE ONE. WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE IS WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE IS ONE. ONE. IT’S YOU’RE THE ONE WHO EARNS IT’S YOU’RE THE ONE WHO EARNS IT. IT. YOU’RE THE ONE WHO INVESTS IT. YOU’RE THE ONE WHO INVESTS IT. YOU’RE THE ONE WHO SAVES IT, AND YOU’RE THE ONE WHO SAVES IT, AND YOU’RE THE ONE WHO’S GOING TO YOU’RE THE ONE WHO’S GOING TO LIVE. LIVE. >> WE’LL JUST GO TO YOU.

>> WE’LL JUST GO TO YOU. YOU’RE OUR TRUSTED SOURCE. YOU’RE OUR TRUSTED SOURCE. >> COME ON, EVERYBODY, COME JOIN.

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How Much Money You Should Have Saved At Every Age | Retirement Savings By Age

hey everyone this is lauren mack with hack in the rat race when it comes to retirement and strategies for saving for retirement people often ask how much money should i have saved at every age in order to reach my retirement goals this can be a very difficult question to answer because so much depends on one's lifestyle age in which they want to retire goals during retirement and so on in this video i'm going to talk about how much money you should have saved at every age for a typical american planning for retirement if you stay until the end of this video i am going to share with you a tip that you might be able to use in order to dramatically reduce the amount of savings you will need in retirement and possibly reduce the amount of time you'll have to work in order to get there additionally if you watch this video and think you're behind or maybe you haven't even started saving then i have created a workbook called from xero to retirement which walks you step by step through getting your finances in order and saving for retirement i'll put a link to it in the show notes below so let's jump right in the key to having enough money to live comfortably in retirement is to start saving as early as possible this means starting in your 20s most people in their 20s are just embarking on their careers whether that's freelancing in the digital economy starting a business entering a trade or finishing up college and starting a career either way people in their 20s usually have very little save for retirement and more often not can find themselves in debt due to school loans training startup costs or even entering the workforce and that is okay if you happen to be someone in your twenties who has managed to avoid debt and have money saved then congratulations you are ahead of the curve the best piece of financial advice i could give someone in their 20s is to start creating good financial habits while in your 20s because it will be a tremendous benefit throughout your life at this age there really is no specific amount that you should have saved although the more the better i usually recommend that if you're in your 20s you should at least have an emergency fund of one to two months worth of expenses saved up the reason having an emergency fund is that it can help you avoid falling into the debt trap i actually recommend that people of all ages have an emergency fund set aside that is easily accessible in cash so this is a good habit to begin early speaking of debt many people in their 20s are fresh out of school finally making some good money and it can be very tempting to rush out and finance and purchase a fancy car maybe some designer clothes or even a sweet bachelor pad but avoid the temptation to do that of course when you're just starting out there are necessities such as getting a car to get you to work or maybe suitable clothing for work however it's important to try not to live beyond your means or max out your credit cards many times when you do get your first job one of the benefits offered to employees is a company sponsored retirement account like a 401k oftentimes the company match meaning to a certain percentage the company will match the amount you put in so if the company match is 5 then if you put in 5 they will match your 5 i always recommend signing up for a corporate sponsor retirement account in my videos and i always suggest contributing at least up to what the company will match because this is like getting free money and it's considered part of your compensation package what if you work for yourself as a freelancer entrepreneur or work for a company that simply doesn't offer a retirement account then i recommend opening an ira or roth ira and contributing to the annual maximum limit ira stands for individual retirement account if you want to learn more about the difference between 401ks iras and raw diaries i created a video called roth ira versus traditional ira versus 401k i'll link to it above and in the show notes below to sum it up life in your 20s should be all about establishing good money habits make sure you have an emergency fund of at least one to two months of expenses three to six months would be ideal set up a retirement account either through an employer-sponsored 401k or your own ira or roth ira and lastly make sure to avoid the debt trap live within your means the more you can start investing early on as possible the sooner you'll be able to retire so now let's talk about your 30s by now you've most likely been in the workforce for a while and hopefully things are progressing well with your chosen occupation many experts recommend by the time you reach 30 years old you should have one year of salary saved up so for example if your annual salary is fifty thousand dollars a year then you should have fifty 000 saved up and invested this amount of savings should be in addition to the three to six months of savings that should be tucked away in your emergency fund in order to protect you from falling into the debt trap because of job loss medical bills car repair speaking of debt by the time you reach 30 you really should try to eliminate what i consider bad debt some examples of these are credit card debt car loans student loans etc paying on these types of debt each and every month prevents you from investing the difference and limits your ability to further invest and contribute to grow your nest egg as you saw in the earlier example in your 30s it can be tempting to keep up with joneses and live beyond your means many of your friends and acquaintances will take out large loans to buy an expensive home they'll borrow large sums of money in order to buy a luxury automobile in order to give the illusion of wealth avoid falling into this trap and feel tempted to compete with these people by making the same mistakes 98 of the time these wealthy people are actually highly leveraged and truly broke the best way to get out of the rat race meet your retirement goals and even retire early and wealthy is to live frugally and within your means okay so now you've reached 40 and you've managed to not succumb to the debt trap that so many people fall into in their 30s you should be more financially stable than you were in your 30s so how much should you have saved for retirement by now well most experts recommend that you have three times your annual salary saved up so for example if you make sixty thousand dollars a year you should have a hundred and eighty thousand dollars saved up and invested in addition to this should be maxing out your contributions to your retirement account that we've been talking about that is really important not only to help grow your investment but contributions to your retirement account can decrease your overall tax liability it is also a good idea at 40 to buy a house home ownership is really important because home values tend to rise over time if you buy a home at age 40 with a 30-year mortgage and make all your payments your home will be paid off by the time you're 70 and you've reached retirement therefore reducing housing expenses in retirement once your home is paid off then it becomes an asset this also gives you the option of selling it once you reach retirement downsizing paying cash for a new property that's worth less than the value of your home therefore giving you the extra cash to help you pay for your retirement another benefit of owning a home or rental properties is leverage which is the mortgage if you put twenty thousand dollars down on two hundred fifty thousand dollar house and the value rises ten percent then your returns twenty 25 000 instead a 10 return on 20 000 is 2 000 as you reach 50 years old many people are well established in their career and hopefully have managed to get a few raises over the years and are now making even more money at this point you should save around five times your annual salary so if you make sixty thousand dollars a year then you should have three hundred thousand dollars saved for retirement you should really be noticing the compound interest effects now due to all that diligent savings over the years once you turn 50 years old the irs allows you to start making catch-up contributions to your retirement accounts which means you're allowed to contribute higher limits to the annual contributions so you should be taking advantage of this in order to grow your retirement account quicker and also reduce your overall tax liability another recommendation at this age is to continue to remain debt free live frugally and continue to pay down your mortgage by age 60 now you're getting close to retirement by this age it is recommended to have seven to eight times your annual salary saved up so if you make sixty thousand dollars a year then you should have four hundred and eighty thousand dollars saved for retirement you're probably debt free now and really enjoying watching your savings and investments grow at this point it might be tempting to start dipping into your retirement savings however avoid doing this keep up the study savings pace many people are still working and earning great incomes in their 60s and can really boost their retirement accounts if they have fallen behind in the early years hopefully by now your home is either paid off or close to being paid off which should give you peace of mind as of now you should be eligible for social security benefits but you might want to put that off as long as possible to be able to receive the maximum amount of money you can go to the social security website they have a form where you can enter your information and it will give you estimates of what to expect at different ages i'll put a link to it in the show notes below you'll be able to determine at what point it makes sense to take it out and how much will be added for waiting and if you're just starting out saving for retirement and you're still relatively young don't assume you will have social security benefits when you reach your 60s or 70s many experts debate whether they'll actually be enough money to pay out those benefits in the future now for the bonus tip like i said at the beginning of this video having enough money for retirement depends mostly on your lifestyle cost of living and retirement in america however these days more and more people are choosing to retire outside the united states where the cost of living is dramatically less and they can have a much better standard of living for substantially cheaper than the us the thought of retiring abroad might sound frightening to some people and i get it but i have traveled to over 58 countries and lived all over the world and i can tell you that you might be quite surprised retiring abroad is not unusual in fact many americans choose to either retire early to stretch their retirement savings even further by joining the ever growing list of american expats who are deciding to retire abroad many countries around the world entice retirees by offering retirement visas to come spend their golden years enjoying the beaches golf courses and laid-back lifestyle in their country i personally know so many people who have chosen this option and none of them have regretted it you're probably thinking oh lauren what about the health care overseas it cannot be as good as the u.s well my husband and i have received medical care in numerous countries all over the world including emergency surgeries from countries in southeast asia south america mexico europe and i can tell you that every time we receive medical care it has been as good or better than the care we received in america and the bill was certainly much less expensive if this sounds appealing to you then take a few scouting trips to some countries where you think you may want to live and spend some time checking it out and meeting up with some expats that live there to get their impression of what it's like to retire abroad in the country that you're considering now i want to hear from you in the comments section would you like me to do a video on retiring abroad have you been considering moving abroad to retire if so where let me know in the comments below if you're watching this video and you're thinking lauren i am so far behind or i haven't even started is it too late then watch this video right here

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5 Easy Tips To 💰Save Money💰…Money Saving Hacks

I’m going to do a video on 5 simple things you can do to help your financial situation and I realized that I need to do a follow-up to the retired at 40 story video because there’s a huge need for financial education in this country and really everywhere it pertains to every single person doesn’t matter what your financial status is you can always use help and there’s always little tip tips and tricks that and things that you can do to better your status it always amazes me how scared people are to talk about their finances to put something on paper to basically take a look at where their money is going what’s getting saved and how everything is getting spent and I’ve met people time and time again that are highly educated very smart people but they know nothing about finances and they are terrible with money management so before we get into the 5 tips I want to strongly urge you to make a financial statement for yourself figure out where your money is going currently and figure out how much you’re saving and basically figure out where you can trim the fat for so many people a financial statement or just finances in general is like a bad word they’re just terrified of it but the only way that you’re gonna be able to improve your finances is to face the music alright so now that you’ve had a chance to go through your financial statement you definitely know where your money is going but how can we save more and what you really need to aim for is about 6 months of reserves especially if you’re getting ready to invest money into something or if you’re doing some kind of career change or some life-changing thing and all of these five tips will more than likely be a line-item on your financial statement so let’s go to financial tip number one hey I’m going to have to call you back I’m shooting a video right now so this first thing is something that we’ve all become very very accustomed to in the last 10 to 15 years and that is a cell phone and people tend to spend absurd amounts on their cell phones whether it’s the bill or the cell phone itself mainly the cell phone itself so that’s my first financial tip is shop on eBay or Amazon for a cell phone that’s refurbished or used or one this may be just a couple years old I actually just purchased a cell phone on ebay because I’m having trouble with my current one and I got on to my cell phone providers website and the most expensive phone that’s like mine now is $1,200 that’s insane to me so I got on eBay I found one that’s similar to the one I have right now it’s new but it’s a couple years old and I got it for less than $200 another thing that you can do is ask for some kind of loyalty benefit from your cell phone provider cell phone providers are constantly trying to earn your business and if you’ve been with them for a long time and you can convince them to keep you around by offering you some kind of benefit they’ll jump on the chance just by going into my provider recently I have a cell phone bill that was about a hundred and ten dollars a month I told them that I’ve been with them for close to 15 years they knocked it down to sixty-seven dollars and I have unlimited everything now tip number two is what I call going to youtube University or getting a YouTube education we live in the most amazing time ever right now there is information everywhere and it’s so easily accessible don’t ever stop educating yourself it’s so easy to find out how to do things these days you’re doing yourself a huge disservice if you don’t take advantage of that so how does that pertain to saving money well you can save money by doing tons and tons of things yourself instead of paying someone else to do it just look at the platform that you’re watching right now for instance you’re watching a video on how to do something so that how-to can be anything from changing brake pads on your car to changing the oil on your car to fixing a leaky faucet or the toilet flapper not working on your toilet all the way to how to the meal which brings me to my next point number three so food is a necessity in life but is it a necessity to go out to eat or go to Starbucks once or twice or every day the amount of money that people spend on food and going out to eat fast food Starbucks McDonald’s it really adds up quick and I don’t think that people realize how much money they’re actually spending on it because it’s just five or six or seven dollars here and there but if you add that up over the course of a month or a year or five years or ten years I think the result would be pretty staggering cook your meals at home pack your lunch for work make that fancy coffee at home it’s not that tough to do there’s so many great ideas and resources on YouTube and Pinterest and vlogs and blogs this channel included if you need a place to start scroll through my channel I have lots of cooking videos if you want to take that a step farther you can start growing your own food and if you don’t have a big green house like this you can grow a lot of food just in five gallon buckets even on a little deck if you don’t know where to get started see tip two number four is something that really hits home for me because me and my wife are both self-employed and we have been for 15 plus years so number four is insurance and although I don’t like insurance companies because I think they’re a giant scam it’s a necessary evil and you can also use that to your advantage you can put them against each other insurance companies much like cell phone companies are begging for your business and they’re constantly trying to outdo each other with with certain benefits or promotions so make them put their money where their mouth is and put them up against each other constantly and not just insurance companies you can do this with all kinds of different companies you should always be price checking these companies the ball is in your court make them earn your business all right I’d saved the best for last tip number five is taking advantage of bank account and credit card bonuses and this tip is begging for a separate video all on its own because I could go on about this for a long time but if you’re not taking advantage of credit card bonuses for sign ups or credit card cash back or travel miles or if you sign up for a bank account a lot of them will give you a large sum just for putting your money with them now I want to be clear I’m not promoting just going out and spending a bunch of money on a credit card but more putting the things that you already spend money on into the credit card it’s money that you’re spending anyways put your mortgage on a credit card if you can insurance is a good one it’s not super expensive but at least we’ll get you a couple hundred bucks on your credit card unless of course it’s health insurance and then you’re talking in my case thousand to twelve hundred dollars a month here’s another good one groceries it’s something that you always have to have and depending on how much you go to the grocery store it could add up to three or four hundred bucks a month sometimes six hundred maybe even more no-brainer here put your gas on a credit card you can always put your utilities on your credit card too if your utility company will allow it next from tip one your cell phone bill now depending on how much some of these are and if you are allowed to actually put them on your credit card you’re talking some pretty major money that you can get a bonus from if you’re getting two percent cashback that really adds up not only that but you’re increasing your credit score while you’re doing that so as long as you’re financially responsible and you pay this every month you’re reaping a large benefit a lot of credit cards will give you a 2% cashback they’ll give you a $500 signup bonus that’s free money in my opinion the free bank bonuses or even better than the credit card in my opinion because the bank account is something that you have to have anyway a lot of them will give you $500 for a small deposit as long as you put your direct deposit with them all the way up to I’ve seen $1,000 before and if you have a little bit more money to play with some of the online money market accounts like Capital One will pay you up to 2% or some even up to 2.5% just for keeping your money with them so some of these things may not seem like it’s saving you a ton of money but when you take up those extra fives and tens and occasional hundreds and you put them to work for you as opposed to something that you’re normally spending you’re not only saving the money because you’re not spending it but you’re putting it to work and doing something else with it and you’ll find that your your finances will start to collect very quickly so if you found the video helpful and you enjoyed the content take a second to give me a thumbs up it really helps out the channel and it helps the YouTube algorithm get this video out to people who actually need to see it also don’t forget to subscribe we do some gardening some frugal living some food preservation and cooking some gardening and you get to join me and my family on our retirement at the age of 40 after you’ve clicked subscribe click the bell notification also and it will notify you every time a new video comes out and it’ll keep you in the loop of the community all right I appreciate you sticking with me through this whole video so I’m gonna give you an extra bonus tip with an extra 100 or 200 or 300 or more dollars per month that you’re saving with just cutting back on a few things you take that extra money and you pay down debt with it the faster you get out of debt the closer you’re going to become to financial freedom and whenever you’re paying off debt always choose the smallest balance first because it gives you that extra little boost and if you can pay it off faster it gives you that extra bit of confidence to rock into the next one so once you’ve paid down your smallest debt move on to your next smallest debt take that money that you’re saving from the smallest debt that you’re not having to pay any more and add it to the money you’re saving from the 5 tips that I’m giving you and apply it to the next smallest debt and when that one’s paid off you roll it into the next one you roll that one into the next one and so on and so on in the meantime this is retired at 40 check out these other helpful videos if you have a minute remember to live a life simple and we’ll catch you next week oh hey I’m gonna have to call you back and shooting a video right now this is right my god get out of debt

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How Much Money You Should Have Saved At Every Age | Retirement Savings By Age

hi everybody this is lauren mack with hack in the daily grind when it pertains to retirement and also methods for conserving for retired life individuals usually ask just how much cash ought to i have conserved at every age in order to reach my retired life objectives this can be a really difficult question to respond to due to the fact that a lot depends upon one'' s lifestyle age in which they intend to retire goals during retirement as well as so on in this video i'' m going to chat regarding just how much money you should have conserved at every age for a common american planning for retirement if you stay till completion of this video clip i am going to share with you a tip that you may be able to utilize in order to substantially decrease the quantity of cost savings you will certainly require in retired life and possibly decrease the amount of time you'' ll have to work in order to get there additionally if you view this video clip and assume you'' re behind or maybe you haven'' t also began conserving then i have developed a workbook called from xero to retirement which walks you step by step via obtaining your financial resources in order and also conserving for retirement i'' ll placed a web link to it in the show keeps in mind listed below so allow'' s jump right in the trick to having enough cash to live easily in retirement is to start conserving as early as possible this means starting in your 20s lots of people in their 20s are simply starting their jobs whether that'' s freelancing in the electronic economic situation starting a company going into a trade or finishing up university as well as starting a career either means people in their 20s usually have very little save for retirement and regularly not can discover themselves in debt due to institution loans educating start-up costs and even going into the workforce which is okay if you happen to be somebody in your twenties who has managed to avoid financial debt and also have cash saved after that congratulations you lead the curve the very best item of economic suggestions i could provide someone in their 20s is to start developing good financial behaviors while in your 20s due to the fact that it will be an incredible advantage throughout your life at this age there actually is no specific amount that you ought to have saved although the much more the much better i normally advise that if you'' re in your 20s you should at the very least have an emergency fund of one to two months well worth of expenses conserved up the reason having a reserve is that it can help you avoid falling into the debt trap i in fact recommend that individuals of every ages have a reserve reserved that is quickly obtainable in cash so this is a great habit to begin very early talking financial obligation several people in their 20s are fresh out of school finally making some great money and also it can be very alluring to hurry out as well as finance and buy an expensive automobile possibly some designer clothing or also a sweet bachelor pad but prevent the temptation to do that of course when you'' re simply starting out there are requirements such as getting a cars and truck to get you to function or possibly appropriate apparel for work nonetheless it'' s important to attempt not to live past your methods or max out your credit score cards lot of times when you do get your initial task among the benefits used to staff members is a company sponsored pension like a 401k often the business match suggesting to a specific percent the company will match the amount you place in so if the firm suit is 5 then if you place in 5 they will match your 5 i always recommend enrolling in a company enroller retirement account in my videos as well as i always recommend adding at the very least approximately what the firm will match because this is like getting totally free cash and it'' s considered part of your payment bundle what happens if you function for yourself as a consultant entrepreneur or help a firm that just doesn'' t supply a pension after that i suggest opening up an ira or roth ira and adding to the annual maximum restriction individual retirement account represents specific retirement account if you wish to find out more about the difference between 401ks iras and raw diaries i developed a video called roth ira versus typical ira versus 401k i'' ll link to it above and also in the show notes listed below to sum it up life in your 20s ought to be all regarding developing great money behaviors see to it you have an emergency situation fund of at the very least one to 2 months of costs three to 6 months would certainly be perfect established a retirement account either through an employer-sponsored 401k or your very own individual retirement account or roth individual retirement account and finally ensure to stay clear of the financial obligation trap live within your ways the more you can start investing early on as feasible the faster you'' ll be able to retire so currently let ' s discuss your 30s now you'' ve more than likely remained in the workforce for some time and also with any luck points are proceeding well with your picked profession lots of experts suggest by the time you reach thirty years old you must have one year of salary saved up so for example if your yearly income is fifty thousand bucks a year then you must have fifty 000 saved up as well as invested this amount of financial savings should remain in addition to the 3 to 6 months of savings that need to be stashed in your reserve in order to safeguard you from dropping into the financial debt catch since of job loss clinical costs automobile repair service talking financial debt by the time you reach 30 you really ought to attempt to eliminate what i think about uncollectable loan some instances of these are credit report card financial obligation cars and truck loans student finances and so on paying on these kinds of debt every month stops you from spending the difference and limits your capability to additional invest and add to expand your nest egg as you saw in the earlier instance in your 30s it can be tempting to stay up to date with joneses and also live past your methods most of your friends and acquaintances will secure huge lendings to get an expensive home they'' ll obtain large amounts of money in order to purchase a luxury automobile in order to give the illusion of riches stay clear of falling into this catch and also feel attracted to take on these individuals by making the same blunders 98 of the time these rich people are in fact highly leveraged and truly damaged the very best method to obtain out of the daily grind fulfill your retired life objectives as well as also retire early and rich is to live frugally and within your methods fine so currently you'' ve got to 40 and also you ' ve handled to not surrender to the debt catch that many people fall right into in their 30s you must be extra monetarily secure than you remained in your 30s so just how much ought to you have saved for retirement now well most professionals advise that you have three times your yearly wage conserved up so for instance if you make sixty thousand dollars a year you should have a hundred and eighty thousand dollars conserved up and purchased addition to this must be maxing out your payments to your pension that we'' ve been chatting regarding that is truly crucial not just to assist grow your financial investment but payments to your pension can lower your general tax obligation obligation it is also a great concept at 40 to acquire a house residence possession is actually vital since house values tend to increase in time if you purchase a house at age 40 with a 30-year home loan as well as make all your payments your residence will be settled by the time you'' re 70 as well as you ' ve reached retirement therefore reducing real estate costs in retired life as soon as your residence is settled then it becomes a possession this also gives you the alternative of marketing it once you reach retirement downsizing paying money for a brand-new residential or commercial property that'' s worth much less than the value of your residence for that reason offering you the extra cash to help you pay for your retired life an additional benefit of having a residence or rental residential properties is leverage which is the mortgage if you place twenty thousand dollars down on 2 hundred fifty thousand buck home as well as the value increases ten percent after that your returns twenty 25 000 instead a 10 return on 20 000 is 2 000 as you reach half a century old many individuals are well established in their job as well as ideally have procured a few elevates throughout the years and also are currently making also more money at this moment you must save around five times your yearly wage so if you make sixty thousand bucks a year after that you need to have three hundred thousand dollars saved for retirement you ought to truly be noticing the substance passion effects now because of all that persistent cost savings throughout the years when you turn 50 years old the irs allows you to start making catch-up contributions to your retirement accounts which implies you'' re enabled to contribute greater limitations to the yearly contributions so you must be making use of this in order to grow your retirement account quicker and likewise minimize your general tax obligation liability one more suggestion at this age is to remain to continue to be financial debt free real-time frugally and also remain to pay down your mortgage by age 60 now you'' re obtaining near retired life by this age it is suggested to have seven to 8 times your annual salary saved up so if you make sixty thousand bucks a year then you should have 4 hundred and also eighty thousand dollars saved for retirement you'' re most likely financial obligation complimentary currently and actually appreciating viewing your cost savings as well as financial investments expand at this factor it could be alluring to begin dipping right into your retirement cost savings nonetheless avoid doing this maintain up the research study savings pace many individuals are still working as well as gaining excellent earnings in their 60s and can truly improve their pension if they have actually fallen back in the early years with any luck now your home is either settled or near to being paid off which should give you peace of mind as of currently you ought to be qualified for social security advantages however you could intend to place that off as long as possible to be able to get the maximum amount of cash you can go to the social security website they have a kind where you can enter your details as well as it will certainly provide you estimates of what to expect at different ages i'' ll put a link to it in the program keeps in mind listed below you'' ll be able to establish at what factor it makes sense to take it out as well as just how much will be added for waiting as well as if you'' re just starting saving for retired life and also you'' re still reasonably young don'' t assume you will have social protection advantages when you reach your 60s or 70s numerous experts dispute whether they'' ll in fact be sufficient cash to pay out those benefits in the future now for the benefit pointer like i stated at the beginning of this video having sufficient cash for retirement depends mostly on your way of living cost of living and also retirement in america nonetheless these days a growing number of individuals are selecting to retire outside the united states where the expense of living is considerably much less as well as they can have a better criterion of living for considerably more affordable than the us the idea of retiring abroad could appear frightening to some people and also i obtain it however i have traveled to over 58 countries and also lived throughout the globe and i can tell you that you may be fairly stunned retiring abroad is not uncommon in reality many americans choose to either retire very early to stretch their retired life savings even further by joining the ever before expanding list of american expats who are deciding to retire abroad lots of countries worldwide tempt senior citizens by providing retired life visas to come invest their gold years delighting in the beaches golf links and also laid-back way of life in their nation i directly know many people that have actually selected this option as well as none of them have actually regretted it you'' re most likely assuming oh lauren what about the healthcare overseas it can not be just as good as the u.s well my spouse as well as i have received treatment in numerous countries all over the world consisting of emergency situation surgeries from countries in southeast asia south america mexico europe as well as i can tell you that every time we receive healthcare it has actually been as good or much better than the care we received in america as well as the costs was definitely much more economical if this seems enticing to you after that take a couple of hunting journeys to some nations where you think you may intend to live as well as invest time inspecting it out and fulfilling up with some expats that live there to obtain their perception of what it'' s like to retire abroad in the nation that you'' re taking into consideration currently i want to learn through you in the remarks section would you like me to do a video on retiring abroad have you been considering moving abroad to retire if so where let me know in the comments listed below if you'' re watching this video clip as well as you'' re assuming lauren i am so much behind or i haven'' t even started is it too late after that watch this video clip right here

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My #1 Rule To Create Wealth — T. Harv Eker

What I specifically like concerning owning your
very own company is that you have placed on your own in a setting where creating
wide range goes to least possible. Currently consider it by doing this: You know tennis, everyone'' s saw tennis, played tennis, but if'you ' re having fun tennis as well as the round is way, method over here, method over below, all right so the very first point you have to do if you'' re gon na strike the round is if you'' re method over there, you ' ve reached obtain in setting to be able to hit the round. You can'' t hit an excellent shot from means back over there there'' s no chance! It ' s the same with riches. You need to give yourself a chance as well as your ideal chance includes your own business. You understand, the research study reveals that 90% of all self-made millionaires did it in their own business Why? Let me tell you why … Because what I call Ensure you remember this. You write this down you. You publish it on your forehead. On your mirror … Riches Regulation # 1 And also here it is … I will repeat that: No Limits On Your Income Here'' s the problem … If you remain in a job, or you get paid a set wage, or even in any scenario where you earn money by the hour, that suggests you are being paid for your, what? Your time.And of training course here ' s the challenge: there'' s just 1 day in the day and also since time and also your time is restricted, your revenue comes to be, what? Minimal … And you'' ve broken one of the most vital guideline of wide range: No Limits On Your Income.

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