ilmscore | How to Retire Early: The Step-by-Step Guide to Financial Independence

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To calculate retirement needs, divide desired annual income by 4% (for a 7% investment return) and 7% (for a 4% investment return) to get a savings range of $1 million to $1.75 million for a $70,000 annual income.
"you're going to divide this number by 04 or 4% and then you're going to divide this number by 07 or 7% this gives us a range of $1 million to 1.75 million"
Retirement Savings Calculation
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Real estate investments can generate returns through both property value appreciation and increasing rental income as property values rise.
"the properties are going up in value over the years and the cash flow starts to increase because as the property value start to go up guess what else happens the rental prices also start to increase"
Real Estate Investment Returns
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Investing in dividend-paying stocks and funds can provide an additional stream of cash flow.
"I started diversifying I started getting involved in the stock market investing in dividend paying funds dividend paying stocks which then also pay cash flow"
Dividend Stock Returns
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A 1% fee on $1,000 monthly investments over 40 years with a 10% annual return can cost over $1 million in fees.
"if you were to invest $1,000 a month and you do this for the next 40 years assuming you can grow your money by 10% a year and you have a small little 1% fee how much is the small little 1% fee going to cost you well based off of this example this 1% fee is going to cost you over $1 million in fees"
Expense Ratio Impact on Investments
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Historically, passively managed funds tend to outperform actively managed funds over the long term, particularly when considering fees.
"what we've seen throughout history is that if you look at it over a long enough period of time the passively managed funds generally outperform the actively managed funds especially after you factor in the fees"
Passive vs. Active Fund Performance
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Warren Buffett's bet demonstrated that a low-cost index fund can outperform professional money managers.
"Warren Buffett did a test on this where he bet against some of the highest paid money managed some of the the best money managers in the game and what he said is if you put your money into a lowcost Index Fund you would outperform the money managers"
Warren Buffett's Investment Bet
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To generate cash flow, invest in dividend-paying stocks, rental properties, and high-yield savings accounts.
"you want to put your money into these things that are going to pay you with cash flow again dividends rental incomes and high yield savings accounts"
Cash Flow Generation Strategy
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Market downturns and recessions are predictable and will continue to occur approximately every decade.
"we're going to continue to see more downturns in the future we've seen a recession or market crash every decade for the last century it's going to continue happening"
Market Downturns as Opportunities
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Adopt a contrarian investment strategy: buy when others are fearful and selling, and be cautious when others are greedy and buying, to capitalize on profit opportunities during market downturns.
"be fearful when others are greedy be greedy when others are fearful because this creates opportunity for you to come in be greedy when everybody else is running away when people are panicking when people are freaking out when people are overselling that creates an opportunity for you to come in and purchase which gives you the opportunity to make big profits"
Psychology of Investing during Downturns
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Achieving early retirement requires not only financial wealth but also a plan for how to live and find purpose during retirement.
"the last thing you want to do is you enter retirement early you have a lot of money but you don't know how to use your money and you don't know how to live in this retirement time"
Long-Term Wealth Building
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