Congrats!
I bleed maroon said:
A millionaire has a dollar net worth of a one, followed by 6 zeros. It may be "worth" less than it used to be, but the definition is indisputable math-wise.
YouBet said:
And I'll continue to state that it also depends on your age and how you want to live on that $1M which he weirdly ignores.
It's not enough for my wife and me at 51 and 49 to live on $1M plus SS assuming we live 30-40 more years. Math doesn't work.
If you are 82, like my parents, who coincidentally have a little less than $1M then you are good. They lived off of passive rental income until they were about 79 and never had to touch their next egg other than RMDs.
I'm sure there are some folks not too much older than me with $1M who can scrape by couponing everything they buy and not really able to enjoy the fruits of their labor, but I selfishly do not want to have to do that.
YouBet said:
And I'll continue to state that it also depends on your age and how you want to live on that $1M which he weirdly ignores.
It's not enough for my wife and me at 51 and 49 to live on $1M plus SS assuming we live 30-40 more years. Math doesn't work.
If you are 82, like my parents, who coincidentally have a little less than $1M then you are good. They lived off of passive rental income until they were about 79 and never had to touch their next egg other than RMDs.
I'm sure there are some folks not too much older than me with $1M who can scrape by couponing everything they buy and not really able to enjoy the fruits of their labor, but I selfishly do not want to have to do that.
I bleed maroon said:
I think the last two posters need to either go back to elementary school, or start a thread called "High Net Worth Individuals", because the last time I checked,
A millionaire has a dollar net worth of a one, followed by 6 zeros. It may be "worth" less than it used to be, but the definition is indisputable math-wise.
Just kidding, guys - I agree with your points, but I had to point that out!
Irwin M. Fletcher said:YouBet said:
And I'll continue to state that it also depends on your age and how you want to live on that $1M which he weirdly ignores.
It's not enough for my wife and me at 51 and 49 to live on $1M plus SS assuming we live 30-40 more years. Math doesn't work.
If you are 82, like my parents, who coincidentally have a little less than $1M then you are good. They lived off of passive rental income until they were about 79 and never had to touch their next egg other than RMDs.
I'm sure there are some folks not too much older than me with $1M who can scrape by couponing everything they buy and not really able to enjoy the fruits of their labor, but I selfishly do not want to have to do that.
I figure if someone is in their 70's with a million nest egg and zero debt would be fine. It wouldn't be luxurious obviously but with SS plus 40k a year or so off the million would be fine.
I bleed maroon said:YouBet said:
And I'll continue to state that it also depends on your age and how you want to live on that $1M which he weirdly ignores.
It's not enough for my wife and me at 51 and 49 to live on $1M plus SS assuming we live 30-40 more years. Math doesn't work.
If you are 82, like my parents, who coincidentally have a little less than $1M then you are good. They lived off of passive rental income until they were about 79 and never had to touch their next egg other than RMDs.
I'm sure there are some folks not too much older than me with $1M who can scrape by couponing everything they buy and not really able to enjoy the fruits of their labor, but I selfishly do not want to have to do that.
I think your argument with him is semantics, and you probably actually agree with each other. It comes down to how much you spend. If you can live how you want on $100k or less a year, the math works just fine. You are stating you don't want to live on less than $100k a year (and are worried about expenses creeping up over time), which is fine. You're both "right".
If we could all estimate our accurate date of death, the math would actually be super-easy!
jja79 said:
I said 3-3.5% of retirees have $1MM. Those numbers are from the Fed and Fidelity. That's different than saying that percentage of American households have that.
jja79 said:
I said 3-3.5% of retirees have $1MM. Those numbers are from the Fed and Fidelity. That's different than saying that percentage of American households have that.
Irwin M. Fletcher said:jja79 said:
I said 3-3.5% of retirees have $1MM. Those numbers are from the Fed and Fidelity. That's different than saying that percentage of American households have that.
You're correct. In fact less than 1% of people have 3 million in retirement and only .1% have 5 million. I was a little surprised by this as the 1% on net worth is like $11 million but most of that will be in their business or single stock they invested in.
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but if your goal is to build real wealth for yourself and your family, you can't afford to stay.
coolerguy12 said:
Meant to make this a reply to RAB83Quote:
but if your goal is to build real wealth for yourself and your family, you can't afford to stay.
My dad worked for the same company for 30+ years. Retired in his mid 50s and has generational wealth. I don't know how much but they are very generous and have started passing down wealth to their 6 kids and haven't yet hit 70. Still live pretty frugal but have a very nice house, lake house, boat, new cars, travel overseas, paid for 6 kids to go to private school and through college, etc.
Not discounting that starting a business is a great idea and can pay off in a massive way, but working for the man can still get it done. Just may not be as sexy or fun to do it that way.
I work for the man, rarely check emails after 4:30 or on the weekend, get 5 weeks off, and when I'm off I'm off, 6 weeks paternity where I legally can't work. About to be 36, 1.5MM net worth, wife stays home, and we live very comfortably.
MAS444 said:
"Generational wealth" could also mean different things to different people. Very subjective term.
BenTheGoodAg said:
I really appreciate your post and your perspective. I also appreciate some of the pointers you added. And congrats on doing so well!
I would offer two counterpoints:
- Not every business is a success and not every successful business has the potential to net generational wealth. There's a risk leaving a good situation to set out on your own.
- Often, owning your own business requires you to be invested with your time and attention to another level than working for a company. Working for someone else does afford some freedoms that are important to some folks
Just speaking for myself, I'm closing in on the executive level in a large business. I also know what folks that own firms in this sector are making, and I'd be taking a major cut and risk to leave where I'm at. I don't think the market would support a lot of growth for me as a business owner. I don't think that's true in all fields, locations, markets, etc.
I agree that people who build successful businesses have the highest potential for significant wealth. But I think for myself (and probably a lot of people), my earning potential and risk profile is better where I'm at working for someone else. Hard to make that claim universally, though.
Interesting discussion!
Kool said:Irwin M. Fletcher said:jja79 said:
I said 3-3.5% of retirees have $1MM. Those numbers are from the Fed and Fidelity. That's different than saying that percentage of American households have that.
You're correct. In fact less than 1% of people have 3 million in retirement and only .1% have 5 million. I was a little surprised by this as the 1% on net worth is like $11 million but most of that will be in their business or single stock they invested in.
I don't understand what you're saying with regards to the $11 million figure. I would assume that figure is so skewed because it's a cutoff, and there are families/individuals within that 1% with multiple tens of millions and even billions in net worth. Is it a discrepancy between net worth and money in retirement funds??