289: What's Your Retirement Number? Plus 4 Ways to Spend It Down
Invest Like a Boss
Sam Marks Johnny FD Derek Spartz
4.8 • 518 Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Sam, Johnny & Derek all got together for this episode - the first will all of us in almost 3 years! Our ILAB Patreons were able to receive this episode one week early plus got video and bonus content - become a Patreon HERE & instantly access that! The topic of retirement, FIRE, 4% rule and the like have come up a lot lately. So we break down 4 different retirement theories for drawing down your funds and each shares what their ideal retirement number is if we had to completely quit working. Discussed:
- Follow Along With This Episode With the ILAB What's Your Number Reference Guide
- ILAB 288: Dave Ramsey Personality George Kamel
- ILAB 287: Jared Dillian on How to Live a Stress Free Financial Life
- HonestMath.com
Where we are:
- Johnny FD – Jomtien, Thailand / IG @johnnyfdj
- Sam Marks - Bangkok, Thailand / IG @sammarks12
- Derek – Los Angeles, US / IG @DerekRadio
Sponsor:
- ILAB Patreon
Join the Invest Like a Boss Patreon now and get tons of bonus content, including additional episodes, full quarterly updates including account screenshots and more for as low as $5/month at Patreon.com/InvestLikeaBoss - 00:20 - Sam/Johnny/Derek Intro
- 03:15 - Dave Ramsey 4% Rant
- 12:41 - $500K-$20M Retirement Income Breakdowns
- 32:00 - Jared Dillian's Rant on Consumption Being Good
- 50:09 - Why Millions May Not Go As Far As You Think
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Invest Like a Boss podcast. I'm Sam Marks. I'm Derek Sparts. And I'm Johnny FD. We're self-made entrepreneurs who invest our own money and use modern technology to invest like a boss. Join us each week for exclusive interviews with our network of modern investors, business owners, and multimillionaires to discover new ways to invest our hard-earned cash. |
| 0:20.2 | What is up, bosses? and our patrons, because this is a bonus episode for you on video, |
| 0:27.4 | all three of us, when does this happen, guys? |
| 0:29.9 | I got Sam and Johnny on the other end, and Patrions are getting to see this early. |
| 0:34.6 | You freebie cheap skates who don't want to give us $5 a month, |
| 0:37.8 | you're going to have to wait for this one. But when you do actually hear this, you should head over to invest like a boss.com. Click become a Patreon so you can see our smiling faces early. What's up, guys? We even got dressed up for this one. Yeah. I remember I think we were in a studio with me and Sam in L.A. |
| 0:54.0 | And this kind of reminds me of that, |
| 0:55.1 | even though Derek's only one |
| 0:55.9 | in action in a studio. |
| 0:57.3 | I remember, I think we were in a studio with me and Sam in L.A. And this kind of reminds me of that, |
| 0:55.1 | even though Derek's only one who actually in a studio. I remember that episode. That was actually right before I came here. And I was like, that was when you guys were down in like Manhattan Beach, which inside of L.A. whatever is close to me. And I was trying to get there. And for some reason, I couldn't meet you guys. And then weirdly I was working for you a few months later. |
| 1:14.2 | Derek's wearing a shirt that looks like he's in Thailand and johnny's actually in Thailand he's got a shirt on looks like he's in an office in california yeah that's actually |
| 1:18.6 | a good point yeah it looks like you got the fluorescent lighting above you too there johnny or something |
| 1:24.4 | yeah yeah i do i have have like overshilling lights. |
| 1:29.8 | Do I, do my handsome, by the way, I could turn out some more lights if I need. |
| 1:30.3 | I don't know that. |
| 1:31.2 | That's really going to help. |
| 1:32.8 | Is that your place, Johnny? |
| 1:40.1 | Or is that a cafe? No, no, it's my place. It's a rental. Wow. Looks like an upgraded. That's no slouch condo in Jamtian. |
| 1:42.5 | We're going to be talking about this in the episode, |
| 1:44.5 | but I'm slowly upgrading my life. |
| 1:45.1 | Whoa. |
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