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“I enlisted in the army when I was 18. I liked it. I asked to become an officer, and they let me. The army sent me to college and I graduated. My officer pay was way higher, and in the army you don’t have very many bills. I found I could save in between $1K and $5K every month of my life.”
“After my second deployment, I was sitting on about $200K. I hired a financial manager; he did well a few years. I’ve bought and rented out a couple houses.
I’ve got 17 years in the army. Creeping closer to a portfolio worth $2 million and a good pension in retirement. I’m about to make Lieutenant Colonel. I’m in my late 30s.
I should add that this job really sucks and I hate it a lot of the time. But due to the peaks and valleys of monetary motivation, I have to do it for a few more years.”
—u/udayserection
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/meganeliscomb/millionaires-are-sharing-how-they-got-so-wealthy-and-tbh-a