It's not realy that big of a pay off. A little over 10% compound anually. I make 15% on my investments. So lets say I invested $2000 today. In 72 years that will be almost $100,000,000. I'll take that over a car any day.
Lets say that with inflation I figure I want to retire in 30 years with 2.5 Million dollars (let's also say that's 30 years from when I was 18). I would have to find a way to invest $30,000 today. That's it, thirty grand.
Most people think buying a house is a great investment. Well yes, it's better than paying rent, but don't use it to retire on.
The real kicker is that I knew all of this when I was 18 but I still haven't managed to invest more than $5000! I'm way behind.
Aaron
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as most of us...