Fireup2020
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Reading through a variety of older posts, I am noticing a distinct facet of the members here - many seem to have been raised in poverty - and have learned their financial lessons through parents who scrimped and scraped - some for the better, others for the long haul and never changed.
My father was able to buy a 250 acre ranch with part of an inheritance from the proceeds of a race track sale, but we lived modestly (I truly believed we were poor because we lived in the country!) - house paid off in less than 20 years, both of them ER'd, but they passed on very little financial advice. (they still roll their eyes when I discuss retirement stuff)
Your parental influence?
My father was able to buy a 250 acre ranch with part of an inheritance from the proceeds of a race track sale, but we lived modestly (I truly believed we were poor because we lived in the country!) - house paid off in less than 20 years, both of them ER'd, but they passed on very little financial advice. (they still roll their eyes when I discuss retirement stuff)
Your parental influence?