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5 money moves that made this 32-year-old dad a millionaire in just 9 years
Key takeaways
- A low starting salary, global pandemic, unaffordable housing market, graduate school and two kids didn’t stop Blake Edwards and his wife from becoming millionaires by their early 30s.
- After college, Edwards worked a year in sales, earning less than $60,000, while his wife — who he met in college — made $10 an hour at her job.
- ‘I experienced many years of poverty’: I worked until 70.
A low starting salary, global pandemic, unaffordable housing market, graduate school and two kids didn’t stop Blake Edwards and his wife from becoming millionaires by their early 30s.
After college, Edwards worked a year in sales, earning less than $60,000, while his wife — who he met in college — made $10 an hour at her job. He soon switched careers and became a teacher, resulting in his salary dropping to $19,000 per year.
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