Hello everyone, I've been lurking the Forums for about a year now, but just reached a major milestone in my financial life, so I wanted to post it here to celebrate. I am a 31 years old Sales Engineer working for a NYC tech company. My situation is a little different than most people here because I am not an American nor am I a US permanent resident (working to change that). I came to the US years ago to study and was hired by this company after my graduation. I am in the US under the H1B visa and my employer is sponsoring me for a Green Card. Also, I am married to a non-US citizen (Japan) who is here as a dependent. Because of that, we are not putting any money on a house until our residency issue is resolved. Me and my wife are very frugal (hey, she is Japanese) and we have been able to save a little over $150K (ETFs, stocks, Emigrant Direct savings, 401K, Gold). We are debt free and are able to invest/save at least $1000 every month after taxes and after 401K contributions. I think this is pretty good considering that we live in NYC and this is a single income family (she is not allowed to work due to her VISA). Our plan is to save as much as possible and eventually move to a inexpensive 3rd world country (Panama, Brazil, etc...) and enjoy life.
It is great to be here and meet other like minded people.
It is great to be here and meet other like minded people.
