Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who are you people? And I thought we were doing well! Wrooooooong!
I know right?!?
We just met with our financial advisor last week who ran all these reports for us, and said at the rate we're going we are in the "comfort zone" for retirement. We have nowhere near what these people are reporting! (and by nowhere near I mean WAY less than 1M).
10M net worth. Mind boggling for an ordinary schmoe like me.
But how much do you make? If you make 50K, 10M is mind boggling. If you make 500K and you're 55, not so impressive.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who are you people? And I thought we were doing well! Wrooooooong!
I know right?!?
We just met with our financial advisor last week who ran all these reports for us, and said at the rate we're going we are in the "comfort zone" for retirement. We have nowhere near what these people are reporting! (and by nowhere near I mean WAY less than 1M).
10M net worth. Mind boggling for an ordinary schmoe like me.
Anonymous wrote:I love the posts a laboriously list every minuscule account and other details. Then throw in at the end "trust fund $10M". As if the $4352.98 in your Roth IRA matters at all ....
But good job I guess?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Home Equity - 800K
Rental Property - $200K (paid off)
HHI - $800K +/-
401Ks - $2.2M
Investment Accounts - $400K
Misc Accts/Cash/Insurance Cash Value - 300K
41/44 - one child
Match up to 9% helps it a great deal. Been putting in the max since age 25 or so.
How can you get your 401K so high at your age? I'm baffled.
Anonymous wrote:Who are you people? And I thought we were doing well! Wrooooooong!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why would we do this half-assed? My $600k in equity is worth something.
np. It is, but it's not earning you any money. I have a $500k house paid off, and that's certainly better than paying a mortgage or rent, but I don't really count it when I think of net worth, just like I don't count the value of my cars.
I count money that is generating returns for me. Including 401(k). Rental real estate, too, if applicable.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Love reading these. The only people who respond want to tell us that they're 35 and have "only" $3 million and they feel okay about that but know they could be doing better. Love it. I guess the readers who are 35 with a net worth of 67k aren't going to chime in -- or maybe they don't calculate their net worth all that often.
+1 I don't even believe most of this stuff. There's no way relatively young adults can amass the kinds of money posted in these threads on their own. To the extent any of it's true, they always seem to leave out daddy's or grand daddy's contribution to their bottom line.
Anonymous wrote:Me 34
Wife 32
Child 1
HHI 260k
401ks/IRAs: 300k
Taxable investment account: 110k
Savings/Checking: 30k
Home Equity: 250k (approx. 700k house with 450k mortgage)
Student loans: -110k
NW: 580k
Feeling ok. Our expenses are too high. We live in the District. Staying the course will be fine, but we're on the slow road to wealth.
Anonymous wrote:Home Equity - 800K
Rental Property - $200K (paid off)
HHI - $800K +/-
401Ks - $2.2M
Investment Accounts - $400K
Misc Accts/Cash/Insurance Cash Value - 300K
41/44 - one child
Anonymous wrote:Love reading these. The only people who respond want to tell us that they're 35 and have "only" $3 million and they feel okay about that but know they could be doing better. Love it. I guess the readers who are 35 with a net worth of 67k aren't going to chime in -- or maybe they don't calculate their net worth all that often.