Comments on: The Before you Turn 30 Financial Goals Checklist

By: Real Estate IRA

Real Estate IRA — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:46:54 +0000

It is tough for anyone, let alone a 30 year old to execute these goals. Great post and I hope more people can complete these tasks. They will certainly set themselves up for retirement.

By: Pete Loans

Pete Loans — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:23:56 +0000

Oh my this is so cool! Thank you for posting! i’ll definitely re-tweet this!! Thank you so much!

By: Coles Myer

Coles Myer — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:15:32 +0000

I am turning 30 next week but a week before that, i went through my goals list and found out that I did accomplish what I set out to do before turning 30.

By: Aussie

Aussie — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:23:58 +0000

When I turned thirty I haven’t written myself a check list of my financial goals, lucky for me I read this post and started considering in making myself one.

By: MD in debt

MD in debt — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:15:31 +0000

As a medicine resident, I’m turning 28 this year and have $150K in med school debt all at >4% interest. I make about $10 an hour (given that I work 80 hours a week). No way I am going to pay that off before I’m 30!

By: MostlyHarmless

MostlyHarmless — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:50:21 +0000

@MMStein: Thats crazy talk. I’d rather have two lives of 35 each rather than one of 70.

By: MMStein

MMStein — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:48:00 +0000

What about before you turn 40?!?!?!

By: CD Rates Guy

CD Rates Guy — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:49:07 +0000

I’m a pretty young guy, but it seems like the time is going by so fast. This article is a good reminder of that. I wonder how much I should have saved by age 30.

By: Alisa

Alisa — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:06:04 +0000

What would you recommend to those of us who are still in school? I’m 23, and in an unfunded graduate program. I try to take care of my finances, have no debt other than student loans and a tiny little IRA saved over from the year I worked between degrees, but are there other steps I can be taking?

By: Andrea (Recession Proof Living)

Andrea (Recession Proof Living) — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:46:26 +0000

Great list, although I disagree about the difference between Roth and Traditional IRAs not mattering. For a young person, you are almost always better off to go with a Roth because you will not be taxed on the growth of your money. When you have a long time to invest, you will see a lot of growth (especially if you jump in now when the market is low).