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Parents are 79 and 73, have a $1.4mm nestegg, should they buy an annuity?

They are stressed as fuk about the economy. They have lik...
Cracking Whorehouse
  06/27/16
It doesn't have to be all or nothing. Put half in an annuity...
self-absorbed fear-inspiring area volcanic crater
  06/28/16
Stressed about the economy for what? If their house is paid ...
180 death wish home
  06/27/16
the house isn't paid off. If they did that they'd have abou...
Cracking Whorehouse
  06/27/16
Why do your parents live in a $600k+ house as retirees with ...
180 death wish home
  06/27/16
they live in a major metro area because that is where all th...
Cracking Whorehouse
  06/27/16
There's the problem. They should move to a lower COL city.
Costumed electric shrine filthpig
  06/27/16
Agreed. They'd be perfectly fine if they left NYC/LA/SF or w...
180 death wish home
  06/27/16
and have to start over without the friends they've had for 4...
Cracking Whorehouse
  06/27/16
I don't see what the big deal is. They can always come back ...
180 death wish home
  06/27/16
I assume you don't have many friends, or aren't that close t...
Cracking Whorehouse
  06/27/16
I don't feel the need to be around the same folks every day....
180 death wish home
  06/27/16
Most of their friends will be dead in 5-8 years. Are you ...
Costumed electric shrine filthpig
  06/27/16
I'll likely have to take care of my mom....which I'm ok with...
Cracking Whorehouse
  06/27/16
BEEP BEEP BEEP. Yeah, just uproot yourself from the city ...
Lascivious bronze macaca associate
  06/27/16
I don't have that kind of mindset...I'm not afraid of change...
180 death wish home
  06/27/16
No chance they have a 2BR for 600k in those major cities any...
mustard learning disabled quadroon cruise ship
  06/27/16
Not in the actual city, a very close suburb. DC area.
Cracking Whorehouse
  06/27/16
You can still get a 2BR condo in the District in a good neig...
Costumed electric shrine filthpig
  06/28/16
Lol at poors
shivering cerise menage
  06/27/16
yup. And were worth $7mm when they retired in 1998.
Cracking Whorehouse
  06/27/16
Was it all in Pets.com stock?
Navy razzmatazz theater stage
  06/27/16
How does one go from $7mm to $1.4mm? Do they have a coke hab...
180 death wish home
  06/27/16
plus have a $450k mortgage at 79!
milky appetizing generalized bond
  06/27/16
That's baffling. Why even live in such a large house at 70+?...
180 death wish home
  06/27/16
its a shitty little condo in a major metro area, but it is c...
Cracking Whorehouse
  06/27/16
like a $450k one
Cracking Whorehouse
  06/27/16
but why do they have a mortgage at all?
milky appetizing generalized bond
  06/27/16
Just do keep up with the Joneses until retirement, bro.
180 death wish home
  06/27/16
as opposed to using their $1.4mm to pay that off? I think t...
Cracking Whorehouse
  06/27/16
why didn't they have a fully-paid off place when they retire...
milky appetizing generalized bond
  06/27/16
they did. they actually had two. But that was almost 20 ye...
Cracking Whorehouse
  06/27/16
so they liquidated the equity in two fully-paid off homes? ...
milky appetizing generalized bond
  06/27/16
nope. this shit happened to a lot of retirees who had to go...
Cracking Whorehouse
  06/27/16
...
Navy razzmatazz theater stage
  06/27/16
I'd like to know what the hell they were buying to deplete t...
180 death wish home
  06/27/16
Probably just bad investments, right? Pretty easy to lose a...
Navy razzmatazz theater stage
  06/27/16
bad investments, and just spending more than should have bee...
Cracking Whorehouse
  06/27/16
Why get fancy though? Just put it in bonds or buy real estat...
180 death wish home
  06/27/16
I agree, but a lot of people got carried away in the first d...
Navy razzmatazz theater stage
  06/27/16
my parents aren't landlords. Bonds return shit. Their enti...
Cracking Whorehouse
  06/27/16
Who needs to be a landlord? Find good investment properties ...
180 death wish home
  06/27/16
NNN lease
milky appetizing generalized bond
  06/27/16
I'm a real estate attorney who has a lot of real estate inve...
Cracking Whorehouse
  06/27/16
...
180 death wish home
  06/27/16
just buy commercial buildings and do triple net leases to cr...
Cracking Whorehouse
  06/27/16
...
180 death wish home
  06/27/16
It isn't complicated, but as someone who owns about 60 units...
Cracking Whorehouse
  06/27/16
...
180 death wish home
  06/27/16
my family with 20 years of experience in real estate says it...
Cracking Whorehouse
  06/27/16
...
180 death wish home
  06/27/16
what?
Hyperactive famous landscape painting box office
  06/27/16
they'll get a reverse mortgage and keep on booming
cream frozen theater becky
  06/27/16
They have very little home equity.
Thriller Territorial Chapel
  06/27/16
Tell them to do a coding bootcamp
wonderful submissive pit dysfunction
  06/27/16
...
orange adventurous wrinkle dilemma
  06/27/16
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Spruce Duck-like Yarmulke
  06/28/16
"Annuity? Just go back to work for a few years. 80 is t...
umber international law enforcement agency hunting ground
  06/27/16
Normally I'd say no, but given their history of poor investm...
Sienna Den Old Irish Cottage
  06/27/16
I think his folks low-key hit the club and copp dat bottle s...
180 death wish home
  06/27/16
1) build time machine 2) buy annuity in 1998 OR 1) ...
Bespoke gold blood rage
  06/28/16


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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:23 PM
Author: Cracking Whorehouse

They are stressed as fuk about the economy.

They have like $1.4mm in retirement funds and a house that they have like $100k of equity in....If they bought an annuity with like $1.3mm of their remaining funds they could get like $7.5k guaranteed per month....seems like a smart idea, right? I don't give a shit about inheriting anything since they likely won't have anything at the end either way...what am I missing. They are always stressed about money, and this is a way for them to chill the fuk out about money.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30801992)



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Date: June 28th, 2016 8:19 AM
Author: self-absorbed fear-inspiring area volcanic crater

It doesn't have to be all or nothing. Put half in an annuity and other half in large cap stocks for growth. Annuities generally don't have COLA, so they'll still need equities to keep up w inflation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30807840)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:23 PM
Author: 180 death wish home

Stressed about the economy for what? If their house is paid off, $1.4 million will last them until death.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30801993)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:25 PM
Author: Cracking Whorehouse

the house isn't paid off. If they did that they'd have about $950k.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802002)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:25 PM
Author: 180 death wish home

Why do your parents live in a $600k+ house as retirees with no dependents?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802006)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:27 PM
Author: Cracking Whorehouse

they live in a major metro area because that is where all their friends are (and they'd off selves if they weren't near their friends), so its a 2-bedroom condo...not fancy at all.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802022)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:56 PM
Author: Costumed electric shrine filthpig

There's the problem. They should move to a lower COL city.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802231)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:59 PM
Author: 180 death wish home

Agreed. They'd be perfectly fine if they left NYC/LA/SF or wherever they are and moved to Tampa/Orlando/Charlotte/Henderson(Nevada) where they could copp a sweet townhouse for like $200-250k and not worry about anything.

Instead, they're over there worried about maintaining a $700k condo at almost 80 years old.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802248)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 2:03 PM
Author: Cracking Whorehouse

and have to start over without the friends they've had for 40 years...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802270)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 2:07 PM
Author: 180 death wish home

I don't see what the big deal is. They can always come back and visit. Why is there a need to be around friends every week?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802291)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 2:26 PM
Author: Cracking Whorehouse

I assume you don't have many friends, or aren't that close to the ones you do have....

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802424)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 2:29 PM
Author: 180 death wish home

I don't feel the need to be around the same folks every day. Even my good friends I've known for like 15 years I'm cool with seeing maybe once a month.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802455)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 2:08 PM
Author: Costumed electric shrine filthpig

Most of their friends will be dead in 5-8 years.

Are you planning to help take care of them when the funds run out?

Buy a house with an in-law suite. Preferably above the garage.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802309)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 2:27 PM
Author: Cracking Whorehouse

I'll likely have to take care of my mom....which I'm ok with...it is the least I can do.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802431)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 2:07 PM
Author: Lascivious bronze macaca associate

BEEP BEEP BEEP.

Yeah, just uproot yourself from the city in which you've always lived and move to fucking middle of nowhere HENDERSON NEVADA with no family, friends, or support system.

If they cop an annuity + social security + medicare they'd be fine in perpetuity and could relax.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802289)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 2:08 PM
Author: 180 death wish home

I don't have that kind of mindset...I'm not afraid of change and new experiences. I also realize I can always go back and visit...that's what airplanes and cars are for. No need to be around Bob and Cindy, who you've known since 1976, every other day.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802301)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 2:14 PM
Author: mustard learning disabled quadroon cruise ship

No chance they have a 2BR for 600k in those major cities anyway.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802344)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 2:27 PM
Author: Cracking Whorehouse

Not in the actual city, a very close suburb. DC area.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802439)



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Date: June 28th, 2016 10:01 AM
Author: Costumed electric shrine filthpig

You can still get a 2BR condo in the District in a good neighborhood for less than 600k.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30808178)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:24 PM
Author: shivering cerise menage

Lol at poors

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30801995)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:24 PM
Author: Cracking Whorehouse

yup. And were worth $7mm when they retired in 1998.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30801998)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:25 PM
Author: Navy razzmatazz theater stage

Was it all in Pets.com stock?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802005)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:26 PM
Author: 180 death wish home

How does one go from $7mm to $1.4mm? Do they have a coke habit?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802017)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:27 PM
Author: milky appetizing generalized bond

plus have a $450k mortgage at 79!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802019)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:28 PM
Author: 180 death wish home

That's baffling. Why even live in such a large house at 70+? Just sell the $600k+ house and move to a 55+ community where a unit/house can be had for like $200-300k.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802028)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:29 PM
Author: Cracking Whorehouse

its a shitty little condo in a major metro area, but it is close to all of their friends, which is very important to them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802033)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:28 PM
Author: Cracking Whorehouse

like a $450k one

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802029)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:29 PM
Author: milky appetizing generalized bond

but why do they have a mortgage at all?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802036)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:30 PM
Author: 180 death wish home

Just do keep up with the Joneses until retirement, bro.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802040)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:32 PM
Author: Cracking Whorehouse

as opposed to using their $1.4mm to pay that off? I think they thought that they could beat 3.875% in the market when coupled with the tax benefits.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802054)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:33 PM
Author: milky appetizing generalized bond

why didn't they have a fully-paid off place when they retired with their $7m?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802055)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:34 PM
Author: Cracking Whorehouse

they did. they actually had two. But that was almost 20 years ago through two bad recessions and a lot of not living within their means.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802059)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:39 PM
Author: milky appetizing generalized bond

so they liquidated the equity in two fully-paid off homes?

LJL, are your parents former NBA players?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802099)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:43 PM
Author: Cracking Whorehouse

nope. this shit happened to a lot of retirees who had to go through the recessions in the early 2000's and the great recession with zero income other than retirement accounts.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802125)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:34 PM
Author: Navy razzmatazz theater stage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802060)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:34 PM
Author: 180 death wish home

I'd like to know what the hell they were buying to deplete their retirement fund. That $7mm in 1998 should be about $7mm in 2016.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802062)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:34 PM
Author: Navy razzmatazz theater stage

Probably just bad investments, right? Pretty easy to lose all that money in 2001.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802064)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:34 PM
Author: Cracking Whorehouse

bad investments, and just spending more than should have been.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802065)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:35 PM
Author: 180 death wish home

Why get fancy though? Just put it in bonds or buy real estate and live off rental income.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802069)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:36 PM
Author: Navy razzmatazz theater stage

I agree, but a lot of people got carried away in the first dot com boom. They kept buying Cisco or whatever up until the crash and got fucked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802076)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:39 PM
Author: Cracking Whorehouse

my parents aren't landlords. Bonds return shit. Their entire plan was based on averaging 6-8% returns with relatively low risk, which is LOL today....a retiree these days is lucky to get 2% with relatively low risk.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802096)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:40 PM
Author: 180 death wish home

Who needs to be a landlord? Find good investment properties and pay a management company 1 months rent to manage the joint. It's not complicated.

Also, even at $2 million @ 3% return on tax-free municipal bonds is $60k tax free. Then add in social security and thats like $100k tax free in retirement. Sounds like your folks are just bad with money and spend too much. What the hell are they buying...bottles at the club 4 nights a week?? wtf

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802106)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:41 PM
Author: milky appetizing generalized bond

NNN lease

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802110)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:44 PM
Author: Cracking Whorehouse

I'm a real estate attorney who has a lot of real estate investments... as you know, it isn't anywhere near that simple for someone with no real estate background.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802138)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:45 PM
Author: 180 death wish home



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802144)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:47 PM
Author: Cracking Whorehouse

just buy commercial buildings and do triple net leases to credit tenants....its as easy as it sounds....

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802155)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:48 PM
Author: 180 death wish home



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802168)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:54 PM
Author: Cracking Whorehouse

It isn't complicated, but as someone who owns about 60 units, I know it certainly requires a lot of oversight...and in shit residential markets, you might have a lot of empty apartments. You have to really know what you are doing.

How old are you? How many units do you have?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802218)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:55 PM
Author: 180 death wish home



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802225)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 2:03 PM
Author: Cracking Whorehouse

my family with 20 years of experience in real estate says its easy, so it must be easy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802266)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 2:06 PM
Author: 180 death wish home



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802285)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:27 PM
Author: Hyperactive famous landscape painting box office

what?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802023)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:38 PM
Author: cream frozen theater becky

they'll get a reverse mortgage and keep on booming

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802091)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:39 PM
Author: Thriller Territorial Chapel

They have very little home equity.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802095)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:42 PM
Author: wonderful submissive pit dysfunction

Tell them to do a coding bootcamp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802116)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 10:27 PM
Author: orange adventurous wrinkle dilemma



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30805850)



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Date: June 28th, 2016 1:42 AM
Author: Spruce Duck-like Yarmulke



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30807147)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 2:08 PM
Author: umber international law enforcement agency hunting ground

"Annuity? Just go back to work for a few years. 80 is the new 60!" -GC

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802302)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 2:33 PM
Author: Sienna Den Old Irish Cottage

Normally I'd say no, but given their history of poor investments and spending habits, it's not a bad idea. It'll at least protect them from themselves.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30802489)



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Date: June 27th, 2016 10:29 PM
Author: 180 death wish home

I think his folks low-key hit the club and copp dat bottle service like 5 nights a week. That's why they got that short paper...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30805858)



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Date: June 28th, 2016 8:34 AM
Author: Bespoke gold blood rage

1) build time machine

2) buy annuity in 1998

OR

1) convince your dad to eat bacon for every meal

2)???

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3268288&forum_id=2#30807874)