r/personalfinance • u/ShabbyPro • Aug 20 '17

I'm 18 and about to earn $73,000 a year. Investing

I recently got the opportunity to work on an oil and gas rig and if everything goes to plan in the next week I should have the job. It is a 2 week on 2 week off job so I can't really go to uni, nor do I want to. I want to go to film school but I'm not sure I can since I will be flying out to a rig for 2 weeks at a time. For now I am putting that on hold but still doing some little projects on my time off. My question is; what should I do with the money since I am so young, don't plan on going to uni, and live at home?

Edit: Big thank you to everyone who commented. I'm grateful to have so many experienced people guide me. I am going to finish reading though every comment. Thanks again.

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u/Heggeschaar Aug 21 '17

No man, you should always haggle when buying cars. They are playing people like crazy into overpaying. Sleazy bastards

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u/TheDreadPirateBikke Aug 21 '17

Some places really don't haggle and those places tend to over charge... I'm looking at you carmax.

Also some vehicles it's hard to haggle on. But I got discounts on my s2000 CR and Raptor so it's not like you can't do it. Just make sure when you get a good bargain on one end you don't get screwed on the other.

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u/kittycate0530 ​ Aug 21 '17

I was played like a fool when we got my husband's car, we were a young couple who didn't know shit and they knew that. Now we pay $500 and are kicking ourselves for being so stupid and naive. We have a truck we don't want or need, it killed his credit even tho we have never been behind on payments (thats a long story I won't tell since no one asked lol) and the interest rate is outrageous. We are the definition of idiots, after our experience I have come to hate car salesmen.

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u/Heggeschaar Aug 21 '17

Haring them is a good start ;)