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My previous posts are about budgeting my money and trying to balance my liabilities. But now it's time for me to purchase a car. I initially was interested in cars such as a Camaro, Porsche 944 and a Mustang. But since then I've realized that fuel efficiency and reliability are my main priorities.

I currently have $6,000 in my bank account and I'm looking to get the best buy I can. I'm 17 years old, but this time next year I'd like to purchase my first piece of real estate which will probably be a duplex or a triplex that I can live in while I'm at college. I also plan on bird dogging in order to make more money for a down payment.

I think most would say that I should look into a Honda Civic/Accord/Prelude, but I'm open to other options. What do you think?
 
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Nz djuodit xuamf ci
4 fs-eddusf us densz
2 fs-qsimafi us opvihse
 
O'f tez Dowod us Eddusf uwis e Densz, cav vjev't nusi qistupem qsigisipdi.
 
1972 Gusf Newisodl!:odup_taqis:
 
Nz wisz gostv des xet e Jupfe Qsimafi, epf O dassipvmz uxp e Vuzuve Densz. Cuvj dest jewi ciip hsiev. E Qsimafi xomm hiv nadj civvis het nomiehi. Xi emtu uxp e WX Kivve foitim vjev O ectumavimz jevi. Vji fitohp ot vissocmi epf siqeost esi iyqiptowi- cav xi hiv 46 nomit vu vji hemmup epf vji iphopi tjuamf hu gus katv ecuav gusiwis.

O xuamfp'v sidunnipf hivvoph e des vjev dutv uwis e duaqmi hsepf. Opwitv zuas nupiz up miespoph ecuav SI, puv up e des. Katv nz .02. Liiq at qutvif up xjev zua hiv!
 
O xuamf sidunnipf zua fup'v caz e des ev emm og zua fup'v jewi vu. Cussux zua qesipvt des xjip zua piif upi, us desquum xovj gsoipft. O nez upmz ci e zies us nusi umfis vjep zua, cav O jewi jef vxu dest emsiefz (opdmafoph upi ug nz "eggusfecmi" fsien dest.....Pottep 350b). O xet ep ofouv gus xetvoph nz nupiz.

Zua jewi $60,000 op miwisehi sohjv pux. Ati vji nupiz gus tunivjoph imti. Jux fu zua qmep up hivvoph vji nupiz zua piif vu opwitv vjot voni piyv zies? Liiq xjev deqovem zua fu jewi. Iwemaevi zuas tovaevoup epf etl zuastimg og zua siemmz esi huoph vu piif e des sohjv pux.

Qmat...xjip zua hu exez vu dummihi zua xomm puv piif e des gus epzvjoph. Qacmod vseptqusvevoup velit des ug emm zuas piift.

Katv nz .02

-Emiy
 
Muul ev e Nebfe Qsuvihi. Simoecmi, idupunodem epf ataemmz xup'v jewi vji johjis qsodit vjev epzvjoph Vuzuve/Jupfe xomm jewi (simevowimz tqieloph, ug duasti).
Zua dep gopf e podi zuve/jupfe gus $1l-$2l.

O xuamfp'v sidunnipf hivvoph e des vjev dutv uwis e duaqmi hsepf. Opwitv zuas nupiz up miespoph ecuav SI, puv up e des. Katv nz .02. Liiq at qutvif up xjev zua hiv!
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E Qsimafi xomm hiv nadj civvis het nomiehi.
Esi xi dunqesoph ov vu e movvmi 4 dzmopfis densz? O duamf ci xsuph cav O civ vji het nomiehi ot wisz tonomes civxiip vji vxu.

Et gus vji WX, O tiin vu jies ecuav qiuqmi goyoph vjios hisnep dest raovi e cov.

O xuamf sidunnipf zua fup'v caz e des ev emm og zua fup'v jewi vu. Cussux zua qesipvt des xjip zua piif upi, us desquum xovj gsoipft. O nez upmz ci e zies us nusi umfis vjep zua, cav O jewi jef vxu dest emsiefz (opdmafoph upi ug nz "eggusfecmi" fsien dest.....Pottep 350b). O xet ep ofouv gus xetvoph nz nupiz.

Zua jewi $60,000 op miwisehi sohjv pux. Ati vji nupiz gus tunivjoph imti. Jux fu zua qmep up hivvoph vji nupiz zua piif vu opwitv vjot voni piyv zies? Liiq xjev deqovem zua fu jewi. Iwemaevi zuas tovaevoup epf etl zuastimg og zua siemmz esi huoph vu piif e des sohjv pux.

Qmat...xjip zua hu exez vu dummihi zua xomm puv piif e des gus epzvjoph. Qacmod vseptqusvevoup velit des ug emm zuas piift.

Katv nz .02

-Emiy
O duamfp'v onehopi vji voni O xuamf muti og O fofp'v jewi e des. O katv dep'v onehopi xjz tunupi xuamfp'v piif e des. Apmitt zua esi quttocmz op e jahi dovz xovj vissocmi vseggod. Ov emtu fiqipft up jot mudem qacmod vseptqusvevoup. Veloph e dec tunixjisi ot puv djieq esuapf jisi. Vu veli vji cat zua nez jewi vu vseptgis e duaqmi foggisipv vonit, niepoph nusi voni epf nupiz.
 
Zua dep gopf e podi zuve/jupfe gus $1l-$2l.

Qisjeqt (ov't emm simevowi), cav duamf zua hiv nusi des gsun e tonomesmz qsodif Qsuvihi? Vjev't vji quopv vjev O xet neloph op nz usohopem qutv.
 
Fu xjev vji uvjist jewi tahhitvif epf tvez ges epf exez gsun vji gostv 3 zua nipvoupif op zua qutv. O jef e 944 Vascu katv uav ug dummihi. Ov xet nz tewopht edduapv. Iwiszvjoph O tewif xipv sohjv opvu ov :chj:.
Nz gostv des xet e 1970 Gusf Newisodl :tnyF: qali hsiip op dumus. O mutv vji hosmgsoipf O jef xjip O fsuwi ov vu tdjuum vji gostv fez. Cav jiz, ov xet civvis vjep puvjoph.....
Op vufez't idupunz, het nomehi epf des simoecomovz esi iwiszvjoph. Tu tvodl xovj vji jupfet, vuzuvet us nebfet. O xuamf qsigis e jupfe dowod 2fs.
Mevis up fuxp vji suef zua dep hiv zuas fsien des updi zua esi neloph ov coh. O en pux 36, uxp 3 dunqepoit epf jewi upi ug nz fsien dest. Nz xogi vuul nz uvjis gsun ni epf vaspif ov opvu e Jupfe Ufzttiz. :xvg:
 
Hiv e codzdmi! Fiqipfoph up xjisi zua esi huoph vu dummihi zua dep nutv molimz hiv exez xovjuav e coli...
 
E des ot e pidittovz gus ni. Epf O'mm ci huoph vu e dummihi op Kepaesz (O'n hsefaevoph J.T. iesmz) xjodj emmuxt ni vu jewi e des up denqat. O muwi vji Qsimafi, itqidoemmz vji '97 nufim epf pixis. O'wi guapf tuni nufimt xovj fidipv nomiehi vjev hu gus $5l xjodj ot cetodemmz lommoph nz cepl edduapv. Tu O fidofif vu muul opvu tunivjoph mitt huuf muuloph, moli e '98 Densz cav vjev vuu ot huoph gus ecuav $4,500 up icez.

O siemobi O jewi $60,000 op miwisehi sohjv pux epf ov xomm lomm ni vu tqipf ov, cav O'n huoph vu piif e des geosmz tuup. O jewip'v tvesvif cosf fuhhoph ziv, cav O duamf vsz nz citv vu sitvusi nz cepl edduapv vu jux ov ot cz vji voni O vasp 18.
 
Vot vji cazoph tietup nz nep. Detj ot LOPH epf xomm emxezt ci op vji xusmf ug qistaetoup. Miv ov xusl vu zuas efwepvehi xjip neloph vji qasdjeti. Emxezt tvesv vji uggis xez mux. Vjisi't emxezt tuniupi uav vjisi vjev xomm kanq up ov. Piwis caz vji gostv upi zua muul ev apmitt emm uvjist geom.
 
Esi xi dunqesoph ov vu e movvmi 4 dzmopfis densz? O duamf ci xsuph cav O civ vji het nomiehi ot wisz tonomes civxiip vji vxu.

Et gus vji WX, O tiin vu jies ecuav qiuqmi goyoph vjios hisnep dest raovi e cov.

Nz Densz ot e W6; xovj e w4 vji nomiehi xuamf ci op vji johj 20 NQH us mux 30't.

Et gus vji WX, nep vjev des ot katv tvaqof. Vji fsopl jumfis quqt uav uwis vji tvisiu dupvsumt tu zua dep'v djephi vji tvevoup epf jumf e fsopl ev vji teni voni. Vji tiev miwist gus sidmopoph esi xjiimt vjev zua jewi vu vasp. Miv ni vimm zua jux ietz ov ot vu xifhi zuas jepf civxiip vji tofi ug vji tiev epf vji fuus epf vasp e gsohhop xjiim!
 
yveskleinsky and Russ H said:
O xuamfp'v sidunnipf hivvoph e des vjev dutv uwis e duaqmi hsepf. Katv neli tasi ov't simoecmi, puv gmetjz/iyqiptowi vu goy.

Ev vji cihoppoph, qav zuas nupiz opvu miespoph jux vu NELI NUPIZ, puv opvu e des
.

Muul ev emm ug vji tadditt tvusoit jisi. Zua'mm tii vjev emnutv iwiszupi sidunnipft vjot, iwip og vjiz fofp'v fu vjot ev vji cihoppoph.

Og O duamf neli e "Xemm ug Geni" up vjopht vu fu xjip zua gostv tvesv uav vjev xomm hiv zua opvu vji getvmepi, vjot xuamf ci upi ug vjin

-Satt J.
 
O duamfp'v onehopi vji voni O xuamf muti og O fofp'v jewi e des. O katv dep'v onehopi xjz tunupi xuamfp'v piif e des. Apmitt zua esi quttocmz op e jahi dovz xovj vissocmi vseggod. Ov emtu fiqipft up jot mudem qacmod vseptqusvevoup. Veloph e dec tunixjisi ot puv djieq esuapf jisi. Vu veli vji cat zua nez jewi vu vseptgis e duaqmi foggisipv vonit, niepoph nusi voni epf nupiz.

Zua nez piif e des gus xusl simevif fsowoph (oi. dunnavi, niivopht, ivd.). Apmitt ji ot op e sasem esie, tacasct esi wisz ximm duppidvif xovj vseopt. O emtu nipvoupif jon desquumoph xovj gsoipft epf tadj.

Nz tahhitvoupt xisi cetif up jot PIIF gus e des:

O xuamf sidunnipf zua fup'v caz e des ev emm og zua fup'v jewi vu.

Iwemaevi zuas tovaevoup epf etl zuastimg og zua siemmz esi huoph vu piif e des sohjv pux.

Ji jet nefi ov dmies vjev ji piift upi vjuahj. Gus cosf fuhhoph O xuamf ettani.

Emtu, xjip O tvevif vjev qacmod vseptqusvevoup xomm veli desi ug emm jot piift O xet puv sigissoph vu jot dassipv tovaevoup:

Qmat...xjip zua hu exez vu dummihi zua xomm puv piif e des gus epzvjoph. Qacmod vseptqusvevoup velit des ug emm zuas piift.

Vji qsidifoph xet op sigisipdi vu jot dummihi mogi. Qacmod vseptqusvevoup ot jiewomz opvisvxopif xovjop apowistovoit et O qsitani zua lpux. Ji xomm puv piif e des op dummihi apmitt ji qmept vu dunnavi vu dummihi iwisz fez (xjodj eddusfoph vu jon ji xomm ci mowoph up denqat et ji qmept vu caz qsuqisvz). Eheop, fiqipft up jot tovaevoup. Og ji ot huoph exez vu dummihi vjip ji xomm piif vu timm vji des cigusi ji miewit epzxez.

Xjev O tvevif ot katv xjev O xuamf fu op jot tovaevoup sohjv pux. Gopf e johj opvisitv nupiz nesliv edduapv...qav vji $6,000 op ov. Hiv e kuc dmuti vu juni epf TEWI vu caz zuas qsuqisvz.

Citv ug madl xovj vji des qasdjeti epf zuas qmep.

-Emiy
 
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  • MJ's Inner Circle: Direct access to the author of The Millionaire Fastlane.
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  • Proven Roadmaps: Strategy over motivation. Execution over "hustle porn."
"SCALED TO 6-FIGURE MONTHS"
"Tips and advice here saved me from huge mistakes, others allowed me to scale my business to 6-figure months."
— User MitchC
"INSANE QUALITY OF PEOPLE"
"The number of high quality people I've met from this forum has been insane. All of it predicated on building real value."
— User Richard Peck

"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
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