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If you'll have enough saved and nobody has to take on debt and you want to retire, shoot go for it.

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Michelle Singletary
Age: 54
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Financial Planner
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A foreclosure does not define you financially.
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Don't let people scare you from a career that may not net you a six figure salary. If you want to be a teacher, teach. But knowing that your salary may only reach a certain level, do all that you can to become the best money manager you can be.
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There are some dark days when I do receive some racist mail or emails. But overall the response to me has been very positive. Readers relate to me not just as an African-American, but as an American trying to make sense of her personal finance, just like them.
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You'll feel better when you get all that debt off your back.
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There's nothing wrong with having a 9-to-5 job, but figure out a way to have another stream of income.
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I write for people who are good money managers and want to know how to be even better stewards over their money.
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The sad thing is many people learn how to manage money after they've made a lot of financial mistakes, some that take decades to fix.
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When you give people who are being financially responsible money, you are enabling them to continue a bad habit. So you are actually helping by saying, Love you but no.
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You shouldn't invest the money if you are looking to use it within five years. Too much risk.
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We all only have a certain amount of money and that means yes, we have to make choices and sometimes those choices mean we don't get what we want.
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Set up rules for when you will give not lend money. Never lend. My people know that I'll help with college. I'll help if they lose they job thu no fault of their own.
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If we aren't careful, our children will come down with 'affluenza,' a disease that causes them to confuse wants and needs. We need to teach our children what my grandmother taught me: Think twice about spending money you don't have on things you don't need to impress people you don't like anyway.
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