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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...
big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop
  06/27/16
It doesn't have to be all or nothing. Put half in an annuity...
drab nowag
  06/28/16
Stressed about the economy for what? If their house is paid ...
ruddy greedy library ceo
  06/27/16
the house isn't paid off. If they did that they'd have abou...
big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop
  06/27/16
Why do your parents live in a $600k+ house as retirees with ...
ruddy greedy library ceo
  06/27/16
they live in a major metro area because that is where all th...
big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop
  06/27/16
There's the problem. They should move to a lower COL city.
Supple bawdyhouse
  06/27/16
Agreed. They'd be perfectly fine if they left NYC/LA/SF or w...
ruddy greedy library ceo
  06/27/16
and have to start over without the friends they've had for 4...
big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop
  06/27/16
I don't see what the big deal is. They can always come back ...
ruddy greedy library ceo
  06/27/16
I assume you don't have many friends, or aren't that close t...
big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop
  06/27/16
I don't feel the need to be around the same folks every day....
ruddy greedy library ceo
  06/27/16
Most of their friends will be dead in 5-8 years. Are you ...
Supple bawdyhouse
  06/27/16
I'll likely have to take care of my mom....which I'm ok with...
big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop
  06/27/16
BEEP BEEP BEEP. Yeah, just uproot yourself from the city ...
Zippy Pale Clown Masturbator
  06/27/16
I don't have that kind of mindset...I'm not afraid of change...
ruddy greedy library ceo
  06/27/16
No chance they have a 2BR for 600k in those major cities any...
vigorous internal respiration meetinghouse
  06/27/16
Not in the actual city, a very close suburb. DC area.
big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop
  06/27/16
You can still get a 2BR condo in the District in a good neig...
Supple bawdyhouse
  06/28/16
Lol at poors
indecent wild turdskin sneaky criminal
  06/27/16
yup. And were worth $7mm when they retired in 1998.
big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop
  06/27/16
Was it all in Pets.com stock?
Ivory Church
  06/27/16
How does one go from $7mm to $1.4mm? Do they have a coke hab...
ruddy greedy library ceo
  06/27/16
plus have a $450k mortgage at 79!
passionate hissy fit
  06/27/16
That's baffling. Why even live in such a large house at 70+?...
ruddy greedy library ceo
  06/27/16
its a shitty little condo in a major metro area, but it is c...
big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop
  06/27/16
like a $450k one
big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop
  06/27/16
but why do they have a mortgage at all?
passionate hissy fit
  06/27/16
Just do keep up with the Joneses until retirement, bro.
ruddy greedy library ceo
  06/27/16
as opposed to using their $1.4mm to pay that off? I think t...
big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop
  06/27/16
why didn't they have a fully-paid off place when they retire...
passionate hissy fit
  06/27/16
they did. they actually had two. But that was almost 20 ye...
big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop
  06/27/16
so they liquidated the equity in two fully-paid off homes? ...
passionate hissy fit
  06/27/16
nope. this shit happened to a lot of retirees who had to go...
big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop
  06/27/16
...
Ivory Church
  06/27/16
I'd like to know what the hell they were buying to deplete t...
ruddy greedy library ceo
  06/27/16
Probably just bad investments, right? Pretty easy to lose a...
Ivory Church
  06/27/16
bad investments, and just spending more than should have bee...
big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop
  06/27/16
Why get fancy though? Just put it in bonds or buy real estat...
ruddy greedy library ceo
  06/27/16
I agree, but a lot of people got carried away in the first d...
Ivory Church
  06/27/16
my parents aren't landlords. Bonds return shit. Their enti...
big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop
  06/27/16
Who needs to be a landlord? Find good investment properties ...
ruddy greedy library ceo
  06/27/16
NNN lease
passionate hissy fit
  06/27/16
I'm a real estate attorney who has a lot of real estate inve...
big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop
  06/27/16
...
ruddy greedy library ceo
  06/27/16
just buy commercial buildings and do triple net leases to cr...
big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop
  06/27/16
...
ruddy greedy library ceo
  06/27/16
It isn't complicated, but as someone who owns about 60 units...
big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop
  06/27/16
...
ruddy greedy library ceo
  06/27/16
my family with 20 years of experience in real estate says it...
big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop
  06/27/16
...
ruddy greedy library ceo
  06/27/16
what?
Metal indian lodge windowlicker
  06/27/16
they'll get a reverse mortgage and keep on booming
Exciting casino becky
  06/27/16
They have very little home equity.
slippery menage genital piercing
  06/27/16
Tell them to do a coding bootcamp
Mewling range famous landscape painting
  06/27/16
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impertinent violent station jap
  06/27/16
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low-t learning disabled generalized bond
  06/28/16
"Annuity? Just go back to work for a few years. 80 is t...
Elite purple headpube
  06/27/16
Normally I'd say no, but given their history of poor investm...
lascivious coffee pot
  06/27/16
I think his folks low-key hit the club and copp dat bottle s...
ruddy greedy library ceo
  06/27/16
1) build time machine 2) buy annuity in 1998 OR 1) ...
violet cerebral fortuitous meteor
  06/28/16


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Date: June 27th, 2016 1:23 PM
Author: big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop

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: drab nowag

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: ruddy greedy library ceo

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: big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop

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: ruddy greedy library ceo

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: big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop

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: Supple bawdyhouse

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: ruddy greedy library ceo

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: big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop

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: ruddy greedy library ceo

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: big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop

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: ruddy greedy library ceo

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: Supple bawdyhouse

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: big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop

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: Zippy Pale Clown Masturbator

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: ruddy greedy library ceo

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: vigorous internal respiration meetinghouse

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: big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop

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: Supple bawdyhouse

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: indecent wild turdskin sneaky criminal

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: big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop

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: Ivory Church

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: ruddy greedy library ceo

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: passionate hissy fit

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: ruddy greedy library ceo

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: big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop

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: big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop

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: passionate hissy fit

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: ruddy greedy library ceo

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: big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop

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: passionate hissy fit

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: big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop

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: passionate hissy fit

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: big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop

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: Ivory Church



(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: ruddy greedy library ceo

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: Ivory Church

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: big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop

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: ruddy greedy library ceo

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: Ivory Church

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: big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop

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: ruddy greedy library ceo

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: passionate hissy fit

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: big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop

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: ruddy greedy library ceo



(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: big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop

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: ruddy greedy library ceo



(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: big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop

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: ruddy greedy library ceo



(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: big lime people who are hurt gaming laptop

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: ruddy greedy library ceo



(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: Metal indian lodge windowlicker

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: Exciting casino 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: slippery menage genital piercing

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: Mewling range famous landscape painting

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: impertinent violent station jap



(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: low-t learning disabled generalized bond



(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: Elite purple headpube

"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: lascivious coffee pot

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: ruddy greedy library ceo

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: violet cerebral fortuitous meteor

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)