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    30 yr old Atlanta young professional looking to retire abroad at 55

    Isnt the average around 3 years to get married? We'd be close to 2.5 yrs by that time Fall 2015. Nothings a guarantee, but I can say that living together the majority of that time has accelerated our understanding of each other compared to someone not living together who may see each other 3...
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    30 yr old Atlanta young professional looking to retire abroad at 55

    Thank you all for the feedback, I'll definitely be taking my time! @shortinseattle thank you for point #2! I assumed FireCalc wanted your retirement spending in todays dollars and its adjusted for inflation, but it sounds like thats not the case...great to know! @nyexpat You may be a great...
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    30 yr old Atlanta young professional looking to retire abroad at 55

    I totally understand and respect your opinion on the debt reduction goal as #1. For clarity, she works now FT making about 50k and would be at roughly $100k level when she graduates. She will definitely be working (in fact I plan to stop at 50 while she pulls out the final 5yr stretch). We have...
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    30 yr old Atlanta young professional looking to retire abroad at 55

    I agree crazy...but it's where we are now. Had no family help and nothing but dreams and student loans matched with no personal finance skills. I'm a Dave Ramsey fan and I know he preaches the same to get out of debt first, but I also know psychology and behavior play a big roll. At this point...
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    30 yr old Atlanta young professional looking to retire abroad at 55

    My name is Chris and I have been waiting to find a community such as this! I just finished my MBA last May and have a great job making $93k salary + ~7k bonuses and free travel benefits. Currently, I save 20% of my take home pay ($1000/mo, not including roughly $500/mo employer match fully...
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