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“Should I Roth my 401k or would it be better to backdoor into an FSA retirement fund? I have a net worth of $1M btw. None inherited it’s all from two years working Door Dash in Wichita Falls.”

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“I’m 23 making $500 TC / year with net worth of $2M … aM I fALliNg BeHiNd? “

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Yes, $500…way underpaid

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What is an FSA retirement fund? I don’t have one but would be interested in using it. How can I backdoor into it? Is it something that is only available to people that door dash?

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It feels like every 22 year old here made their millions by not hiring a CPA and instead outsourced that expertise to the brain trust of complete strangers on the internet.

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I’m dying at “Doordash in Wichita Falls” 🤣🤣

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Nobody:
Bloated Net worth people: This house in Wichita Falls is worth 1 million dollars because a similar house in Malibu is worth 1 million dollars on Zillow. I am now a millionaire.

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My current pay is 150k but have another offer from industry for 300k. Should I take it?

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Why does my dirty mind think about the wrong back door

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Obviously some doors are only accessible to those who dash between doors, duh!

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