08/28/2026
⚾ The first $100,000 can feel like the longest inning of the game.
🧭 When clients ask me how quickly they can reach it, I don't start with a hot investment idea. I start with three questions:
What can you invest consistently?
How much time can you give the money to work?
What level of risk fits your goals and your ability to stay invested?
Those three choices of contribution, time, and return work together.
📈 As a hypothetical example, someone investing $500 each month with monthly compounding could reach $100,000 in roughly 13.5 years at a hypothetical 3% annual return, 12.1 years at 5%, 11.1 years at 7%, or 9.8 years at 10%.
The point isn't to chase the highest number. It's to build a plan you can follow through changing markets, business cash flow, and family priorities. Consistency matters, but so does reviewing the plan when life changes.
Whether your first milestone is $25,000, $100,000, or something else, the next useful step is to decide which lever you can improve today.