550: Reader Case Study: Student Loans or Saving for a Home by Mr. Money Mustache

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🗓️ 6 April 2018

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Mr. Money Mustache takes on a reader's question about renting vs. buying and paying off student loans. Episode 550: Reader Case Study: Student Loans or Saving for a Home by Mr. Money Mustache (Buy a House or Pay Off Debt). Mr. Money Mustache is a thirty-something retiree who now writes about how we can all live a frugal, yet awesome, life of leisure. He and his wife studied engineering and computer science in Canada, then worked in standard tech-industry cubicle jobs in various locations throughout the late ’90s and early 2000s. Then they retired from real work way back in 2005 in order to start a family. This was achieved not through luck or amazing skill, but simply by living a lifestyle about 50% less expensive than most of their peers and investing the surplus in very boring conservative Vanguard index funds and a rental house or two. The original post is located here: https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/01/25/reader-case-study-student-loans-or-saving-for-a-home Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Finance Daily, episode 550.
0:03.8	Reader case study, student loans or saving for a home
0:07.4	by Mr Money Mustache of Mr Money Mustache.
0:11.2	Now let's get right to our post as we start optimizing your life.
0:19.0	Reader case study, student loans or saving for a home by Mr Money Mustache of Mr Money Mustache.com.
0:27.0	Hey, it's time for a reader case study.
0:30.0	I almost forgot about this cherished category of posts, partly because my M.M. contact email address
0:35.4	stopped forwarding way back on January 10th.
0:38.1	Ah, this is relaxing, I thought.
0:40.0	I guess nobody has any questions for me these days.
0:42.6	Mrs. Money Mustache laughed at my naivete.
0:45.6	I fixed the forwarding system on the web host and,
0:47.9	flood, a hundred personal questions and comments came in to engulf me.
0:52.0	My apologies, by the the way to everyone who
0:53.8	emailed me during the past two weeks and was ignored. So it's time to get back
0:57.5	to work and answer some questions. Today's comes from a U.S. couple with
1:01.0	young kids just getting started in their careers.
1:04.0	Quote,
1:05.0	Hey M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M.
1:08.0	H.
1:10.0	I just
1:13.0	couldn't help but draw some parallels.
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