has anyone retired a millionaire?

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  1. threetimesacharm

    threetimesacharm Bobtail Member

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    someone told me the other day that he once knew someone who drove a truck for about twenty years and lived in his truck, no bills or family or anything. He banked all his money and lived super cheap. He had a million dollars when he retired. Is this possible? :biggrin_2556:
     
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  3. Saienga

    Saienga Medium Load Member

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    Sure. But you have to make financial moves from early on in life that fly in the face of Western Consumerism.

    This book goes into some of this. This guy also has a pretty "no bull" approach to handling your money.

    The guy with no overhead that actually puts away his money could easily be a millionaire by the time he retires.

    If you put away $100 a week for 40 years in an account with just 3% interest, you'd have over $400,000.

    Cue everybody telling me how it's impossible to have $100 extra every week.
     
  4. Quinid

    Quinid Light Load Member

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    I think he would have to be excessively cheap, own more than one truck, or have other income on the side. Cuz 20 years is 50k a year.
     
  5. RenegadeTrucker

    RenegadeTrucker Road Train Member

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    it is, but you would have to be one hell of a penny pincher, and be a total hermit.

    It is 50K a year, so you would really have to put 100K a year in the bank because of taxes.
     
  6. threetimesacharm

    threetimesacharm Bobtail Member

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    he had a retirement account of some sort. the investments that the retirement acct made doubled or tripled his money, or something like that.
     
  7. Cruiser09

    Cruiser09 Bobtail Member

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    They say that to make a small fortune in trucking....you have to start with a large fortune:biggrin_25523:
     
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  8. Saienga

    Saienga Medium Load Member

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    Just did the rough math for 6% interest.

    $5200 a year with 6% interest over 40 years is over $900,000.

    So yeah, investments are your friend.
     
  9. Rerun8963

    Rerun8963 Road Train Member

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    i'm going to retire a millionaire the red-neck way..........

    i'm gonna hit the lottery............:biggrin_25522:
     
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  10. Mooney

    Mooney Road Train Member

    Dave Ramsey is dangerous.
     
  11. RenegadeTrucker

    RenegadeTrucker Road Train Member

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    Nah that is the aviation business.
     
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