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Title: How much money.....
Post by: Butterbean on August 09, 2006, 02:43:51 PM
Would it take for someone to give you to retire and stop working?

At age 30?

At age 40?

At age 50?

Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: Al-Gebra on August 09, 2006, 02:54:39 PM
Would it take for someone to give you to retire and stop working?

At age 30?

At age 40?

At age 50?




stella, how about you lead us in this?
Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: ozman on August 09, 2006, 04:10:38 PM
1.5 mill at 40
Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: Cavalier22 on August 09, 2006, 04:47:01 PM
good question
Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: Butterbean on August 09, 2006, 05:16:45 PM

stella, how about you lead us in this?

Well, 240 said 10 million at any of the 3 ages (also stating that compound interest is a wonderful thing).

Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: Slippedisc on August 09, 2006, 05:50:50 PM
240 is a cut-in-stone-moron




there's yer answer




compound interest is what people speak about that know nothing about 'earnings'


Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: Slippedisc on August 09, 2006, 05:51:41 PM
post script



gimme a half mil and i'm rollin
Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: Al-Gebra on August 09, 2006, 09:25:26 PM
if it was just me that I had to look out for . . . and if it was just a question of money, a home I owned free and clear and half a million tax free would do it.

Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: Al-Gebra on August 09, 2006, 09:26:41 PM
post scriptum. what do you need 10 million for, stella? do you buy yourself a new car and mink coat every year?
Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: tingnting on August 10, 2006, 02:00:31 AM
I'm 34 & retired in May of this year. I don't anything near a mil, or even half that. But i'm not saddled with any debt.
Rule #1- always have more comming in than going out..!
Rule #2- Jesus is comming,    look busy..!
Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: Oldschool Flip on August 10, 2006, 03:22:06 AM
Semi retired at 42! Stay at home dad, with a 2 year old daughter, and hopefully one more. I only instruct at the gym 2 times a week and have an online supplement business, that takes up only about 3 hrs a week to work on.
Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: Slin1 on August 10, 2006, 03:38:58 AM
Would it take for someone to give you to retire and stop working?

At age 30?

At age 40?

At age 50?



$25000 at 30

I could still collect the wellfare,right?
Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: Lord Humungous on August 10, 2006, 05:20:40 AM
Slippy would hang it up for $500 cash and a sixer of Beast Ice
Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: w8tlftr on August 10, 2006, 05:30:02 AM
1.5 million should do it.

I'd pay off my debt (mortgage, car loan, etc.), have my house renovated, and invest the rest of it.  :)

Then I could spend my days taking art classes and sipping lattes.

Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: Butterbean on August 10, 2006, 06:10:02 AM
post scriptum. what do you need 10 million for, stella? do you buy yourself a new car and mink coat every year?

no and no

10 million was 240's answer
Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: Al-Gebra on August 10, 2006, 06:20:31 AM
no and no

10 million was 240's answer

so what is yours?
Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: Butterbean on August 10, 2006, 06:26:09 AM
so what is yours?

Well, I'm not sure.  I was at 20 million, then 25 million, but now I'm at 17 million because I saw I may have been too greedy :-[
Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: Al-Gebra on August 10, 2006, 06:31:06 AM
Well, I'm not sure.  I was at 20 million, then 25 million, but now I'm at 17 million because I saw I may have been too greedy :-[

i think i'm misunderstanding your question . . . are you asking this to know at what point in the game one would quit? 'cause I don't think I want to retire . . . ever.

i thought you were asking about how much of an income stream one needed to keep going.

17 million . . . you could probably lease time on a private jet.
Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: Butterbean on August 10, 2006, 06:39:35 AM


OK so your answer was half a mill per year?  

i think i'm misunderstanding your question . . . are you asking this to know at what point in the game one would quit? 'cause I don't think I want to retire . . . ever.


See I should ask this too.  If people even want to retire or not and why or why not.


I'd be like when they found Aunt Bee dead in her house with about 80 cats and her house was a pig sty and she was worth several million.........only I'd have 80 dogs....and a cleaning lady. :P
Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: Al-Gebra on August 10, 2006, 06:53:49 AM
OK so your answer was half a mill per year?  


that was assuming it was just me . . . if i had a family, that number would go up substantially . . . probably a million for each additional family member. If I had children, I would want the best education for them . . . and that doesn't come cheap.

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i guess the 17 million would make sense if you lived in a more expensive part of the country . . . but that's still a lot of skipping money.
Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: Mr. Intenseone on August 10, 2006, 06:57:52 AM
I don't see any reason for retirement no matter how much money I have....it doesn't make sense!
Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: buffbodz on August 10, 2006, 07:41:06 AM


I'd be like when they found Aunt Bee dead in her house with about 80 cats and her house was a pig sty and she was worth several million.........only I'd have 80 dogs....and a cleaning lady. :P

I wonder if the cat's started to munch ol Aunt Bee yet :-X
Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: 240 is Back on August 10, 2006, 07:59:39 AM
Ten million is my target number.  Once i hit that, I'm done working.

Once I have my BIG idea, I'll run like hell with it and sell at the top. 

Right now I'm bumping around, making okay money while sharpening the skillset and learning.  One big idea.. it's coming :)
Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: body88 on August 10, 2006, 08:18:35 AM
I don't see any reason for retirement no matter how much money I have....it doesn't make sense!

My father is "retired". Guy works 40 hours per week at a job he does for "fun". People get bored when  they retire.
Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: Mr. Intenseone on August 10, 2006, 09:50:58 AM
My father is "retired". Guy works 40 hours per week at a job he does for "fun". People get bored when  they retire.

And unfortunatly die quicker....your Father is a smart man!
Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: Butterbean on August 10, 2006, 10:22:39 AM
Ten million is my target number.  Once i hit that, I'm done working.


I seriously bet that you won't stop working.  I've seen people meet their "target numbers" and continue to work to make more.
Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: Al-Gebra on August 10, 2006, 11:03:35 AM
I seriously bet that you won't stop working.  I've seen people meet their "target numbers" and continue to work to make more.

i think the real reason he won't stop working in the future is b/c he has already stopped to devote himself to other pursuits. j/k, 240  :P
Title: Re: How much money.....
Post by: 240 is Back on August 10, 2006, 11:37:05 AM
LOL... well, I would still take on projects for fun, of course.  I'm not happy unless I'm intellectually stimulated.  with the wifey going back to work from summer break, I've been bored so I've been watching more 911 movies.

$10M would ensure the financial stability of my family for at least a generation,, no matter what happens.  The first M will be the hardest, but it'll come.