Just get 5 part time jobs...Simple...Good luck scheduling the hours...I’m sure the employer at McWhopper will accommodate...lol
Where? New York is different than Des Moines. San Francisco is different than Dallas. Seattle is different than Tampa Bay. I could live real well here on $70,000 but would be a peon in Boston.
Highly location dependent. The same house in different places can cost $130K or $900K.
At a $130,000 salary you pay at least 50% of that to various government agencies through one tax or another. So if you want to NET $130,000 make sure to work extra hard to make up the difference. Millions on welfare depend on you.
Heck. I paid nearly that much last year alone in various taxes and hardly took home anything above living expenses (very frugal I might add). That is a painful check to write every 3 months.
And still, no letter of gratitude from the scumbags that depend on my labor.
I have a very nice young couple renting a single-wide from me. They have non-skilled jobs at Wal-Mart. I offered to move them into a nicer place for $100 more per month. (I haven’t raised their rent in five years and my costs have gone up.) They have a TV that I can barely stretch my arms across. I’m thinking it cost more than $1,000 but I haven’t owned a TV in 20 years, so I don’t know. They have satellite to go with it. They keep this place air-conditioned whether they’re there or not at 74 degrees. They have two nice, new cars. They can’t pay another $100 a month. I’m thinking that with some careful management of the money they are making they could live much better, but they’ve made poor choices.
For myself, I looked at the $17,000 options and practically burst out laughing. A couple of grand at restaurants? Really? The only time I eat out is when attending meetings and then I eat only modestly priced entrees.
Today somebody in the gym saw me pick a quarter off the floor and asked why I bothered. I said, it’s about not letting opportunities lie unused. It’s a viewpoint that helps you focus on what’s important.
I’ve been living in Aiken, SC since 2003. Prices here have consistently been 5-9% below the national average. I guess we’re ahead before we start.