If you where 20 again... what would you have done different? (pay, account) - Personal Finance -debt, loans, credit cards, banks, insurance... - City-Data Forum

coltconrad · 07-23-2009, 01:35 PM

To all the older members of City-Data: Financially speaking if you where to go back in time is there anything you would or would-not have done (ie: renting instead of buying, investing ect)?

Houston3 · 07-23-2009, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by coltconrad

To all the older members of City-Data: Financially speaking if you where to go back in time is there anything you would or would-not have done (ie: renting instead of buying, investing ect)?

I would have saved more than I did...I would have bought more rental houses..Even as bad as some renters can be it's still a good investment if you hold on to the property for 30 years..

chet everett · 07-23-2009, 02:11 PM

Put more money in Berkshire Hathaway?

Made friends with Bill Gates.

Jaggy001 · 07-23-2009, 02:14 PM

I wouldn't have married my first wife.

Houston3 · 07-23-2009, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaggy001

I wouldn't have married my first wife.

Did yours go on a charging spree like mine did? LOL

I think it took me five years to pay it off...LOL

So she got the last ...LOL

Grainraiser · 07-23-2009, 02:29 PM

I would have embraced the term "compounded interest" and chose a profession based on something I had a passion to do instead of potential income.

texdav · 07-23-2009, 02:30 PM

I can't really say I do much different as it all came out well IMO.There is always the odds and ends but that is life.

Randomdude · 07-23-2009, 02:40 PM

I would have majored in Accounting rather then Finance, actually, I probably would have went in to aerospace engineering.

lisdol · 07-23-2009, 03:52 PM

I would have gone back to the BSN program after deciding pre-med was not for me, instead of majoring in community health. The money I could have made as a nurse....we'd have a much larger savings account right now, and I wouldn't be considering going back for a post-Bacc BSN, which will cost a lot more than the original degree would have.

skaternum · 07-23-2009, 04:13 PM

I'd have put more money into savings and not-too-risky investments when I was younger. I wouldn't change any of the other major financial impacting decisions I made, such as choice of majors, careers, etc. I love the crazy way my career has meandered all over the place, and I love being educated (not trained). None of the financial mistakes I've made have been too bad, I guess.