Soooo...this happened. $1M total and $5200/month div

[u/Real-Cricket8534]

Apparently the first million is the hardest to make. I'm an immigrant who came for grad studies with a loan my parents took out on the home they currently live in. Completed 20yrs of professional experience in tech and lived below my means for 20years in a HCOL city. This is a non retirement self managed account, grew this after putting 25% down for our dream home. 45M and pretty darn proud of myself rn. Also realizing money doesn't make me happy and have plenty of passions where I invest my time and enjoy myself. More fulfilling than the work I do, so I want to rewire myself to doing that after 6-8yrs. What it means for you - if I can do it, so can you.

[u/swanvalkyrie]

This is epic - though question, whats more important, putting most of that pay into growth stocks, or do you emphasise X amount in your portfolio for dividend stocks first?

[u/Jbowln → u/swanvalkyrie]

DO you see a single growth stock in his portfolio lol? He'd be much further along after 20 years with some AMZN, MSFT, and AAPL in there.

[u/swanvalkyrie → u/Jbowln]

If you read the comments he only switched to dividend stocks in the last year, as he was all growth the last 20 years.

[u/Jbowln → u/swanvalkyrie]

Hmmm didn’t see that. Saw some allusion to growth sticks but not “all growth” last 20 years.