If you're under $10 million in assets, you are in no way shape or fukking form in a position for money to be "no worry".
$100k?
$200k?
$300k?
All of these salaries aren't special if they aren't being turned into
WEALTH.
$80k IMO in about the absolute minimum to work towards ~$1 million inside of 15 years.
If you don't make $200k, that's okay, save, invest, build your assets, eventually your total
income across Retirement Accounts, Brokerage, Any properties you own and other non-normal/a-typical investment
strategies WILL bring you to $200k+.
If you earn $200k from a W2 congrats, you're a part of the 6% of Black people who do so.
If you don't, don't buy that shyt from anybody telling you, you're "broke".
On paper (Rental income + Salary) I make ~$130k? Maybe more?
At one point I was making > $130k without the property purely from my W2.
What got me over the hill was saving money and leveraging up to an income producing asset.
Inside of a decade, through continued diligent saving, growing my business and focusing on managing
my debt burden. My W2 Income will likely top out (in my current field) @ $150k (a solid salary!)
but my biz income: $186,000 (prior to Taxes, Property Insurance, Property management, Mortgages etc.).
Focus on the
MATH, the
fukkING MATH!!!
And make that math work,
NOT your salary.
Because unless you're in a F500 in middle management or a Physician or
somehow luck up into a high paying tech/finance career or you're already a successful business owner
then $100k (I'd even argue $85k) is a very fukking healthy salary as long as you aren't dumb.