what do you guys think?

7window

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My cousin have $700000 included is the house equity. No job, no career. He needs help what to do next. He is 48 with 2 kids.
 

OCGuy

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After reviewing the options put forth by ATOT, I have thought of the perfect one:

Have the kids sell and/or eat drugs.
 

TheSlamma

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If he's got $700,000 in equity and needs help from an internet forum he's either a retard with a big inheritance or you are full of shit.
 

GT1999

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Sell the house. Buy a house half the cost. Invest 100k in a Roth IRA. Keep the rest as liquid cash in a checking account and possibly some in a high interest savings account.

... and find a job.
 

GT1999

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Is that even possible?


There'll be plenty of money left over if he has 350k from selling his house.

100k - Roth or other investments. He could even do diversified stocks.
100k - checking
150k - high interest savings, such as ING or the like

For the Roth, you can start a Roth with whatever you want. I think there's a limit per year, but I'm no financial guru. I would just TRY to invest that much into something with mixed bonds/stocks/funds etc if he doesn't already have a 401k.
 

TuxDave

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There'll be plenty of money left over if he has 350k from selling his house.

100k - Roth or other investments. He could even do diversified stocks.
100k - checking
150k - high interest savings, such as ING or the like

For the Roth, you can start a Roth with whatever you want. I think there's a limit per year, but I'm no financial guru. I would just TRY to invest that much into something with mixed bonds/stocks/funds etc if he doesn't already have a 401k.

Roth IRA contribution is still maximum $5K per year even when opening a new account. You may be thinking of traditional accounts that have a higher limit.