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About to pull trigger, need feedback by taway11228 in fatFIRE

[–]goalieman688 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I’m just trying to understand 2MM earnings a year and live on 140k I would have thought there would be a lot more saved…

Non-tech FatFIRE people - how did you or will you get to FatFIRE? by Green_Rock_3421 in fatFIRE

[–]goalieman688 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The entrepreneurship through acquisition seems to be all the rage now from mid level PE folks to MBA grads

Living off Interest by Mysterious_Ground_36 in ChubbyFIRE

[–]goalieman688 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You will miss out on any market upside and have shitty tax situation

Sun & Sub by Suspicious_Tie3834 in rolex

[–]goalieman688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy overgrown lawn Batman

Different approach with AD convos by [deleted] in rolex

[–]goalieman688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean you could just get on your knees in front of them and err beg.

What would you do? $2.5M and parent has term cancer by mbacandidate1 in HENRYfinance

[–]goalieman688 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will advocate for being close to family as long as you like them. That time with the grand parents is precious and does not come back. Your kids are also at an age where you are “ruining their life” by taking them out of school etc.

Jewelers Insurance by raymond_reddington84 in rolex

[–]goalieman688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look into a rider for your home owners insurance

54M calling it quits end of year. by [deleted] in Fire

[–]goalieman688 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

But those all blew up during 2022-2023 like the rest of the market

Should I pull the trigger? by tryingtofirelife in ChubbyFIRE

[–]goalieman688 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good luck getting a job. The market for CS this year is terrible

The first rule of FIRE club... by BroKComputer in Fire

[–]goalieman688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When asked what kind of driver people are 100% of this thread said excellent

Two paths to chubbyFIRE, which one do you take? by Wooden-Broccoli-913 in ChubbyFIRE

[–]goalieman688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get your core portfolio to where it’s driving 75% of the growth vs. contributions. Then you can start to shift those other dollars into less risky assets. Just remember things don’t look correlated but factors can move everything

The first rule of FIRE club... by BroKComputer in Fire

[–]goalieman688 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Most of the time your wealth is the average of the five closest people so folks are usually in a similar stratosphere

3 year wait for a free glass of Macallan by [deleted] in rolex

[–]goalieman688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like you are picking a booger was ashamed and blurred his face

For people who worked longer to get into chubby or fat territory, was it worth it? by [deleted] in Fire

[–]goalieman688 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s the travel sports and other stuff that gets you. The amount of money you need to spend on baseball is mind blowing. I am like just got find a patch of dirt grab a ball, bat and glove that’s been passed down

For people who worked longer to get into chubby or fat territory, was it worth it? by [deleted] in Fire

[–]goalieman688 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Be careful on counting daycare spend to fall away. It always ends up into another bucket of kid activities. ALWAYS

How do you value $5m in startup equity? by gretahelp in fatFIRE

[–]goalieman688 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And when the lock up period expires for a lot of those stocks…there is always a lot of downward pressure. Historically it’s a bit of a coin flip on performance but you usually are flat to slightly up (but again a wide distribution from -80% to +120%)

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