Ooh 1983 me wants that so bad.

Where physically do I go, and who do I contact to begin an index fund?

Okay we’re getting to the point where you are repeating the same advice other people have already given. Please read through the other comments before you make a redundant comment. I have to read through all these and my brain & attention span & patience can only bear so much. Thank you.

Thank you. I am implementing everything you said, I will just weed out a couple things that are irrelevant to me,

first of all my healthcare is completely covered as a military veteran,

second I will never hire another financial advisor after my experience with Edward Jones a few years ago who cared nothing about my “financial mental health,” (which I urgently needed help with at the time), they only cared about how my money was helping them.

I trust people like you on Lemmy more than I will ever trust a paid financial advisor. You guys are honest and you always give the same logical advice over and over again, I just need to absorb it, remember it, and do it.

Nope. I don’t need a house. I already have a roof over my head and it’s completely paid off, no property taxes, and I live alone and I’m fine. End of discussion there.

I like to think someone was perched on the roof waiting for someone to cross the tape and dump a bunch of snow on their head.

Maybe you missed the part when I said I’m debt-free.

Aye! Thank you. Yes USA. 7,000 maximum Roth IRA annual contribution. Got it.

Reading through all these comments I’m sorry we all went through this with our siblings but I’m glad I’m not the only one, I feel a little less broken & alienated. But what a tragic waste of such a close relative and strong relationship bond, for it all to be nothing but trauma and anger and fighting.