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I think your last sentence rings true: if we do not need or even want to be uber-rich, then we should not follow their "path" to the letter. If a person knows their personal goals (financial or not) and takes the steps to achieve them, then yes, these people can be beneficial as they provi...

So I currently see it as gaining some tax benefit to saving in the 401k/roth/IRA while forgoing some liquidity. Assuming that I get a job after college, the plan would be to live frugal and have money for use in the near future while also having a tax-advantaged hedge for the far future. Does this s...

So you can ONLY withdraw the principal that you put in, not anything gained from interest/growth?

Is this a 401k thing as well or would you have to roll that into your Roth IRA/traditional IRA before withdrawal?

The penalty-free withdrawal age for these types of retirement plans is 59~ years. ERE strives for retirement much earlier than that. I understand that the purpose of ERE is to develop skills to live a life that is more loosely coupled to money, thus requiring less or improvising, but these retiremen...

Thanks for all the replies. I'm thinking about using the library and doing e-books as I go on but also getting plenty of paper books using bookshelves. I believe that the knowledge to be gained from the books would outweigh the space that they take up within the home and therefore I should go and ge...

I'm currently reading all the PF, and corporate strategy books that are in the house, but for books that I have already read, should I sell them? Do any of you have a desire to reread books to refresh your mind on the details and catch things you missed? Or are books a once-and-done thing for you gu...

Is there a specific reason why you detest the kindle? I'm not actually using a physical kindle, rather the kindle app/emulator to read on my computer.

Welcome CrypticAgent! Is reading PF stuff very common among your peers too? In another introduction there is also a young guy. I wonder if it is very popular/common to know about MMM, etc. among young people? Do you talk about that with your friends? Well, have a great start. I just take money more...

Right now, I've downloaded the kindle app on my computer, so that will allow me to read with only my hard drive as physical space taken up. With a 27 inch monitor, this would be quite a bit of space to read on. As for other book needs, i'll definitely check out the library to see if they have the bo...

I always look around and see the people on this forum recommending various books, and I want to read a lot of books while I learn more when progressing through life. However, looking at the pile of books that my parents have (it's like a cubic meter block of books), I was wondering if there was a di...

Hello, I am a 17 year old living near Philadelphia, and I have been reading a lot of the PF stuff online, both Jacob's Blog, MMM, and the ERE Forums and I decided to see if I could plan life out so that I can spend money on the things that really matter (cutting out waste). Currently about to apply ...