Millennials' retirement and homebuying plans may be a fantasy
Millennials' retirement and homebuying plans may be a fantasy
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For some millennials, the reality of their retirement plans is that they're a fantasy
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That seems about right, I'm an elder millennial and the only reason I own a home is because I was able to take out a VA loan back in 2009. If I had to put 20% down, even back then, it would have never happened. These days you're talking down payments of $100,000 which is ludicrous.
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Older millennial here. Been saving since I started my career in 2008. Purchased in 2020. The only reason I was able to was because my girlfriend received a 10 year retroactive compensation for being paid less than her make colleagues and her employer offered compensation. The amount was incredible. It was like winning a fairly good amount in a lottery.
That's the only reason we were able to buy. Luck.
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Just as an FYI, most first time homebuyers don't have to put down 20%. Talk to a professional and discover what your options are. There's tons of assistance programs for first time home buyers that varies from state to state.
I know housing is insane, but a starter home to get your foot in the door may not be out of reach.
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5% down loans come with all sorts of strings attached, typically requiring private mortgage insurance that can add hundreds to your monthly payment. Add to that the increased interest on the additional principle, and the cost of a low-money-down mortgage can be two or three times as expensive.
Being poor ain't cheap.
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Elder millennial, conditionally 100% with the VA. Bought in 2016 and with an increase recently to pay it off at 50 my payment is ~$630. I'm not going anywhere.
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Yeah, no fuckin shit. I've been incredibly fortunate and started saving for retirement at 22 (not because I could afford it, it's mandatory when you work for the government) and I'm almost 40 and still only have about $220k saved. I'm miles ahead of most of my friends, and miles behind where I'd actually need to be to retire at 65. I realized a few years ago that my options are to work until I die or retire when I'm ready and off myself when I'm out of money. Option 2 is a lot more appealing - at least I'll get to enjoy myself for a few years instead of none.
I've given up on the idea of owning a home. That's just plain never gonna happen on a single income.
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Morbid as it is, I've told my entire family that I fully intend to seek assisted suicide when I'm old. I've watched enough family members become decrepit and just live with constant pain for years, and then the mental decline, the Alzheimer's, the dementia. Fuck all that noise, when I'm ready and feel fulfilled with my life, I'm out of this bitch
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Oh yeah dementia is a hard no for me. My dad had glioblastoma and it was like cancer and dementia combined. Watching him made me even more positive that I'd rather jump off a cliff than live like that. Every day was confusing and scary and he became really volatile, but he turned down assisted suicide when he was still lucid, so there was nothing we could do. If I'm ever in that position, give me the drugs, I'm done.
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Woooo, FERS (assuming US). Scary part is if you started 20 years ago you were paying LESS into it. It's 4.4% now.
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Nah, I've only worked at the city/state/county levels, never federal. I think they've all been in the neighborhood of 8-10% from both me and my employer, it's just that I've made shit money for most of my career because I wanted to help people and those jobs pay like crap. I also lost about 50k the last time the market went in the shitter and I've spent the last few years just making up for that.
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I started saving at 19, opened an awesome account for retirement as best was told after joining the army.
Almost the entirety of it was wiped out after the banking collapse. All those “proprietary investment funds” failed, was left with maybe 5k.
Then we had 2009-2012, we all worked minimum wage in our 30’s. Millennials mostly have nothing to retire on.
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What fucking plans
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Article without paywall?
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A year and a half ago I was able to buy a home, I had been saving up for the down payment and finally was able to make it happen. I've been house poor since then. I can't wait until I'm finally able to feel comfortable with my finances again. In the meantime, I'm getting very comfortable with eating a lot of rice.
Fortunately, the girlfriend and her daughter are moving in soon. So that'll help a bit as she'll be taking over some of the utilities. And the house has appreciated almost 15% in that time as well.
I've been able to put away some away for retirement too. If all goes well when that time finally comes, I'll have the mortgage paid off and will be able to live with relatively low expenses. My current mortgages interest rate is 6.875%, which over 30 years has me paying pretty much as much in interest as the house. But if interest goes down I can refinance and each % point lower I can get is about $200 a month. I really, really hope that it ends up back at 3% again. Maybe then I'll be able to put some in savings again.
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yeah I think I'll probably just die once my animals and my parents are gone.
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Back to the work mines!
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What fucking take is that? No. No, man. Shit no, man! First chance I don't have to work for someone else I'll take it. I have things I want to do instead of work.
It's Business Insider. They are very pro-capitalist.
They are very anti-human too
Who ever wrote that could box Iron Mike Tyson and not suffer cognitive decline.
My retirement plan is to kick off before I have to retire.
Hopefully at work so they have to pay out to the bereaved