Life Choices We Shouldn’t Make Before Age 25
I’m lucky I didn’t take the money
What would I have done with that money at that age? Bought a really nice car perhaps—something that notoriously only depreciates and leaves you with no resale value. Maybe I would have taken a trip around the world, staying at the most expensive hotels because I could. Fortunately, I didn’t take the money, my dad continued to grow it for me through investments, and it will make up a portion of my down payment on a property now. And as I now know (didn’t know at age 18) real estate is generally a good investment.