Eyes On Retirement

I stayed in my parent's rental property for too long. It was near the office, hence everything was so convenient, walking distance in fact.  I stayed for 7 years, and I missed out on 7 years of extra dividend income. Lets take a very conservative rental of $3600.  Over that period, it was $4k+, subtracting expenses, yields $3600 a month.  Subtracting the amount I would have to pay to rent somewhere cheaper, say $1800/month.  I would pocket $1800/month, or $21.6k/year. Investing that spare cash into a safe dividend stock of 4%, would yield $176k over 7 years! I would still be getting around $6.4k of dividends every year.  It pays off to live frugally early on.  Singapore's MRT system has many apartments/condos integrated or nearby. I could've easily picked a place further out, close to a MRT station or with good bus connectivity to the office.   I was a spoiled kid.  I now live at the far end of Singapore, and it's definitely still manageable.  A 30-40min journe