The game is rigged. 100k is still not enough, and that is crazy.
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Ozymandeas
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He did lmao. But the movie came out in 1997. He’s making $85,000 in Chicago which is equivalent to making $140,000 in Chicago today. He’s comfortable
I wouldn’t try to stunt on anyone with that though. It’s honestly because expectations are so low in the black community that having a nice job and a good salary is considered being a super success.
Ezekiel 25:17
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But is it not the gateway to financial freedom?
If you're saving $24k a year, that means in 2 years you'd have $48,000. That's enough to buy 1 or 2 houses and rent them out. Or you can save for 4 years and put $90,000 down on 5 unit apartment building. A 5 unit apartment building will bring in $6000/month.
It's a cycle that's tough to explain on here.
Making 150k and less is basically the same thing unless you make less than 50 or 60k.
That's why its important to establish property and a GreaT Quality of life on your path to 6 figures.
But over 200k to 1 mil is tough because you cant live in a raggedy area.. and you want a Great area , so you live what you think is at your means , but really it's way above your means cuz you're actually Middle class not rich.... so then you're stuck trying to maintain
Then you run into people who have a Greater life and quality of life and you try to keep up by thinking you Need more money
Not knowing that pass the 150k mark, Money is actually worth less than Family, networking, and connections....
Because to live good w over 200 k you need Very passive income....you dont realize that other brehs have a uncle that hooked him up a w an investment or his college friend linked him w a consultant gig that pays 70k for him to never show up to the office... shyt like that. Over 400k you basically have to stop working and have the type of set up that money just comes to you. Which is difficult for the 99% of us with negative generational wealth.
That's why its important to establish property and a GreaT Quality of life on your path to 6 figures.
But over 200k to 1 mil is tough because you cant live in a raggedy area.. and you want a Great area , so you live what you think is at your means , but really it's way above your means cuz you're actually Middle class not rich.... so then you're stuck trying to maintain
Then you run into people who have a Greater life and quality of life and you try to keep up by thinking you Need more money
Not knowing that pass the 150k mark, Money is actually worth less than Family, networking, and connections....
Because to live good w over 200 k you need Very passive income....you dont realize that other brehs have a uncle that hooked him up a w an investment or his college friend linked him w a consultant gig that pays 70k for him to never show up to the office... shyt like that. Over 400k you basically have to stop working and have the type of set up that money just comes to you. Which is difficult for the 99% of us with negative generational wealth.
HARLEM AL
Your broad loves me.....
I don’t know how y’all missed the premise of this thread.
BaldingSoHard
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It might have something to do with the title, maybe...
This is not a brag post but I made 1.2 billion dollars over the last 5 years and honestly, I still have to buy the cheap fuel for my private jet or otherwise it gets difficult to make things work financially. I don't know how you 99%-ers do it man. I guess we all in the same boat!
dangerranger
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Yep. Most people in here disagreeing with OP I’m willing to bet don’t live that life so they don’t get it. That’s okay. But the whole be grateful thing no one said that he wasn’t. It’s like telling someone who makes 200k shut up Bc you make 100k. People have different goals in life and when you are operating at a certain income level the things you can do and the horizons broaden. I make 6 figures myself and I have a 401k and two separate investment accounts and I only really spend money on food. But there are tons of people doing better than me and tons doing worse. We all need to acknowledge that it depends on where an individual is trying to go will determine if the money they have is enough. I recognize that most ppl aren’t in a position like myself but once you get to a certain income level, survival and thriving don’t mean the same thing it used to when you had less.
Im saying... I thought this was a good topic. the coli though
Thats how I understood it also
You'll be aigh nikka.
If you're earning 100k now and relatively young, will only go up. I'm sure with your skills and education, job security is high as well.
If you're earning 100k now and relatively young, will only go up. I'm sure with your skills and education, job security is high as well.
Nah fr though, in some areas like silicon valley, 100k is near peanuts. Especially if you haven't paid off shyt like house, car and other shyt already. A higher salary means a more expensive car, house etc. It comes with the territory. True fukk you money comes in the millions.
End of the day location matters and if you're earning 100k it's most likely in the city with a fukked up housing market.
End of the day location matters and if you're earning 100k it's most likely in the city with a fukked up housing market.
GreenGrass
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you should call Dave Ramsey's hotline.
@The Realist Perspective , I understand what you are trying to say, but like others here have mentioned, your delivery is off.
If you just talked about how expensive it is to do anything, how the game is rigged, and not mentioned how much money you make and how much you saved, people would probably take your thread more serious. It’s natural for other people to be turned off by what could appear as bragging, which I understand isn’t your intent, but reading that title of the thread and the OP I can see how others would feel that way.
I feel that this could be a good discussion, but unfortunately the way people are taking your thread has probably killed the discourse you were intending on having.
If you just talked about how expensive it is to do anything, how the game is rigged, and not mentioned how much money you make and how much you saved, people would probably take your thread more serious. It’s natural for other people to be turned off by what could appear as bragging, which I understand isn’t your intent, but reading that title of the thread and the OP I can see how others would feel that way.
I feel that this could be a good discussion, but unfortunately the way people are taking your thread has probably killed the discourse you were intending on having.
iceberg_is_on_fire
Honolulu Blue Ski Mask Way
Breh, a thread like this comes of as tonedeaf as fukk though. Like, your expectations are way out of whack. When I hit six figures, it wasn't like 'wow, I made it' but you know that your money is longer than the average person that you meet. I can't help but look at this as being fortunate for being in this position. Like, for a person to say 'I want to be able to do things 1, 2 and 3,' there are many people who can only dream about thing #1.
As a kid from inner-city Detroit to doing what I do now, I'm a success story. It's the seemingly ungrateful idea behind the thread that is off putting to myself and it appears, a lot of others as well.
