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Old 08-19-2012, 12:47 PM   #55
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Since you're pretty close to my age, I'll mention that I've found it helpful to just bite the bullet and call a financial advisor to help you get started. Yeah, they will likely take a cut of your investments, but 1) you don't have to always go through them and 2) it's nice to have someone who has some expertise you can call when stuff comes up.
I have some parents who are pretty money savy and they just retired at age 55 without either one of them ever making over 50k a year. We always lived modestly but we had plenty of nice things and they never ever felt a money squeeze. They never even had a car loan at any point in their lives and paid their mortage off after 20 years.

I am new to the working world and I still don't have a grasp on how far my girlfriend and my combined income should get us when living a modest lifestyle with basic necessities and a little money for fun.

So I got the old man to guide me but still might be nice to have a financial advisor in my back pocket as well.
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