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11-29-2011, 09:35 PM
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Confused about dryer sheets
Join Date: Nov 2011
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hi
Hello everyone, I am brand new to this forum. I guess my main long term goal is to become more financially savvy while my short term goal is to determine the best way to tackle my student loan debt while saving for the future (retirement/emergency) and planning for a house down payment and engagement ring.
Before I post specifics I will be sure to poke around the forums to search for ideas.
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11-29-2011, 10:09 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Welcome. Hope you find something useful here.
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11-30-2011, 08:15 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: NC
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Welcome aboard. You know how to eat an elephant right?
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...my short term goal is to determine the best way to tackle my student loan debt while saving for the future (retirement/emergency) and planning for a house down payment and engagement ring.
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No one agrees with other people's opinions; they merely agree with their own opinions -- expressed by somebody else. Sydney Tremayne
Retired Jun 2011 at age 57
Target AA: 50% equity funds / 45% bonds / 5% cash
Target WR: Approx 1.5% Approx 20% SI (secure income, SS only)
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11-30-2011, 10:27 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by Jesse11
Hello everyone, I am brand new to this forum. I guess my main long term goal is to become more financially savvy while my short term goal is to determine the best way to tackle my student loan debt while saving for the future (retirement/emergency) and planning for a house down payment and engagement ring.
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I did the very thing you are looking to do, It took us 18 months, and involved saving 50% of our income........... 
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11-30-2011, 11:56 AM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Dec 2010
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1. Make a budget and stick with it no matter what so that you save as much as you planned to save
2. Invest the amount saved based on your risk tolerance. Start investing early to allow maximum time for your money to grow
3. If you have the capacity, watch out for additional money making/saving opportunities - part time jobs (over and above regular full time job)
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