Joey Carson
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So it was all like 401k stuff.
And then I had separate like brokerages accounts that I did.
I didn't start investing into real estate, which was like outside of just regular stock portfolio.
The other things that I have are like real estate.
That came much later when I had more disposable income.
So to me, the earlier you are in your career, I think just building a regular, even if it's something as basic as a mutual fund or something like that, maybe play around with, you know, we didn't have...
the crypto back there, Bitcoin back then.
I remember when I was in college, I was a finance major, because at that time I thought I was going to, and Wall Street, the movie was really big, so I thought I was going to go to New York.
And everybody did, because of the Charlie Sheen.
And Berkshire Hathaway stock was $500.
And I didn't have enough money to buy.
I just wanted to buy one share of it and I didn't have enough money to do it.
But I'll never forget that.
It was like in the late 80s.
But so to me, I think it's, it also, I mean, you talk about this a lot.
It's like your personal risk tolerance.
I like the way you break down and I'm sure your audience has heard it many times.
I think that's a great rule to follow.
Until you have a certain level of disposable income, it's going to be hard to take that extra little piece and invest in startup things.
To me, I think investing in any kind of startup or even early stage company, to me, you should meet all the criteria of being an accredited investor and what that entails.