Soyoutryingtofigureyourselfoutinthetwenties, butinyourthirtiesnowyouare a littlebitmorematurerightnow.
YouhavelittlebitMaurexperience, butyou'restillyoungenoughtoapplysomeofthesefinancialstrategiesthatwillmake a hugedifferenceinyourfinanciallife.
Now, assumingwhat I'm sharingwithyou, that, likemostpeople, youhave a stablejob, meaningthatyoudonothavetheabilitytodramaticallyincreaseyourincomeunlike a highincomeskill.
So I amsharingtheselessonswithyou, assumingthatyoudon't have a highincomeskilled, youhave a stablejoblikeeverybodyelsebecausewith a highincomeskill, itmeansthatyoucouldactuallydramaticallyincreaseincomesoassumingyoudonothavetheabilitytoincreaseyourincomeby 10 2030 50 oreven 100% a year.
Youdon't knowthat a highincomescoexist, andtheydon't evenunderstandthepossibilities.
Andifyoucouldavoidsomeofthesemoneytrapsinyourthirtiesoreveninyourforties, youwouldputyourselfinthepositionofffinancialsuccessandbeabletoprovide a betterfutureforyourfamilymoneytrapnumberoneby a housethatyoucan't afford.
Yousee a lotoftimesinyourthirties, mostpeopletheyarethinkingaboutmarriage.
What I meanbythathemeansthatifyoumoveto a certainneighborhood, theirhouse, theirhomeaffectsyourartexpenses, meaningtheexpenseofyourhomeisitcomeswithyourhomeownerinsurance, yourutilities, whereyoushop, whereyourkidsgotoschool.
As a householdincome, youmake $10,000 permonth $10,000 permonth.
Thenthesame 20 ruleapplies.
Youshouldn't spendmorethan $2 dollars a monthonyourHow's yourprimaryresidence?
And I knowthenumberislow.
I knowthatnumber's low.
Thereasonislowisbecauseyouwanttobeabletolive a littlebitmorefrugallywithyourhousesothatyouhavemoremoneytoputasidebecausesafeandinvestforlongtermwealthversusifyoumake 10,000 monthas a household, andyou'respending 40% $4000 a monthonyourprimaryresidence.
Butthentheythought, Well, I guessthelogicalthingis I gobackandget a 2nd 1 Now, ifthat's whatyouwanttodoanddeskyou'llvocationalgoals.
Theywanttobe a doctor, lawyer, accountant, engineer.
That's perfectlyfine.
Butwhat I noticeispeoplewhotrytoclimbthisladderandtheyrealizeactuallythelettersleaningagainstthewrongwarbythetimetheygettotheletteranditlookeddownthis, like, thisisnowhat I wantthisishowdid I enduphereandnowtheyneed a conclimbeddownbacktheletter, right, climbdown.
Andthentheygottofind a differentwalltoleanagains, andthatraises a lotoftimeversusifyou'reclearoff.
Notbeingfinanciallyliteratenowisinterestingin a schoolsystemwe'retaughthowtoread, howtolisten, howtowrite, write, howtobeliterateinthelanguageofEnglish.
Butwewerenevertaughthowtobefinanciallyliterate.
Andthisiswhywehavesomanyproblemsfinancially.
Howintheworldin a society, becausewewerenevertaughtsomeofthesethings.
When I sayfinancialliteracy, I'm nottalkingaboutthat.
Youneedtobeanaccountant.
Youneedcrunchallthenumbers.
But I amtalkingaboutknowingsomeofthebasics, suchasbudgeting, beingabletoreadyourownbasicfinancialstatements, understandingcreditcardsandandcreditscores.
Beingabletounderstandsomeofthesebasictermsintermsofloansandinterestrates, rightforone K orsomebasicinvestmentifit's realstateofitsindexfundhavingandbasicunderstandingoffhowthatworst?
That's all I'm talkingabout.
I'm notaskingyoutobe a sophisticatedinvestorunlessthat's whatyouwanttodo.