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Originally Posted by O.city
Well guys, could use a little help or advice here.
The wife and I are doing well, bought some land getting ready to build a home. I max out an ira for both of us each year. But I’m not sure if I should be doing more or putting as much as I can towards my student loans. I started with 300k at about 7 % 4 years ago and I’ve taken down 50k or so of it total but the interest is killer. I’m getting ready to join the national guard as a dentist and get some help there with the loans so I think that plus what I pay, I can get the student loans done in about 3.5 years.
So, question is would you max out and get out from under those first or try and put more into a brokerage account?
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The pure economic answer is if your IRA return > 7%, leave it in your IRA.
However, you have to account for cash flow, and if the payments tough to make, it makes sense to back off your Roth some.