Personal Investments • Re: Can I afford to retire at 57, please help
Hello, everyone I really need some advice for my situation, I think I’m okay but unsure I am 57 and single I have a paid off house in Vegas, worth $725k and currently being rented for $2600 a month,...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Re: HSA Bank eliminating investment...
My request through Fidelity to HSA Bank for a transfer of some cash to Fidelity has been received at Fidelity.HSA Bank customer service could not tell be if the transfer was coded correctly as a...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: credit freeze for deceased person?
This is all very helpful! thanks!And your relative does want to take the time to do it. Someone attempted to open up credit under my deceased mother's name. Fortunately it was caught.The things some...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: Cash in an Inherited Taxable Account
There is still enough cash to do another backdoor Roth in January....Will you have the Compensation (aka "earned income") to allow this?Note the difference between the backdoor Roth process vs. only a...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: Clicking noise from the ceiling - similar to...
While you're at it, have them swap out the dimmer(s) for new ones. Lutron or Leviton tend to have the best and work well with most all LEDs. Old "LED" dimmers were known to cause problems, clicking,...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: What frugal thing did you do today?
After wasting a lot of money trying to fix a leak in my washing machine, and in the process making the problem worse, I did what I probably should have done originally and called a professional. An...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: Post-NAR Settlement Buyer Commission...
One data point:Two friends listed their houses over the Labor Day weekend in a VHCOL popular subdivision with experienced realtors affiliated with national franchises. They immediately got multiple...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: Are these Mini-PCs any good? If you have one,...
AMD is better than Intel these days, so I wouldn’t sweat it.Statistics: Posted by rockstar — Fri Sep 06, 2024 9:22 am
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: Please give me feedback on my plan to become a...
I think you will want a larger emergency fund, considering you co-own a business that may or may not generate a consistent income. Perhaps 1 year of funds instead of 5 months. Then, max out tax...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: 529 Marketplace Structure - Why not...
A few of you have mentioned that the point is to limit speculation and trading.I don't understand how the plan being state-sponsored accomplishes that. Surely a commercial company could operate...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: I have 6-12 months to live and have a...
Also a list of people, who can help your wife with:- Finances, including annual taxes (maybe a CPA?)- Transportation (maybe a cab company that she can call as needed?)- Medical decision making...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: How do I justify buying an expensive tool?
You can't justify it. But if you want it and can afford it, go for it. We all need our toys.Statistics: Posted by samsoes — Fri Sep 06, 2024 9:23 am
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: Retiring in 6 months (off TSLA options); Plan...
If you're wrong, kick yourself.If you're right, kick yourself for not leveraging even more.If you're down from your peak, keep gambling to make it back to the point of a "clean" win.If you're at your...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: What to do with my money?
Keep renting. Keep piling it up. You are buying future options.You likely will get to a point where you want and CAN say "I don't want to do this anymore".Then you look at your nice pile of stocks,...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: Portfolio review: Safety net strategy
Asking for a general portfolio review of my safety net strategy. Is a 50% bond/50% rental property safety net a good idea for fixed income until SSI begins in 20 years? Is a conversion of the safety...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: Looking to start doing my own taxes -...
Our tax situation is less complex than yours. We use TurboTax for filing. It’s available for $40 to $50. You’ll find advocates for a few different software packages on this forum. The best one will...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: Car repair question
After being in the automotive industry for nearly 40 years (I'm not a mechanic) diagnosing a dead/dying battery vs bad starter can be diagnosed by almost anyone in about ten seconds. If you ask me,...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: College and Insurance
I have 2 kids in state schools in Colorado. I think one is $3400/yr and the other is $2400/yr for the school insurance. The insurance has low max they will pay. Something like a few hundred thousand....
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: Dependent child (age 20), earnings,...
The IRS has some decent free filing options you might want to check.https://www.irs.gov/filing/free-file-do ... s-for-freeStatistics: Posted by jebmke — Sat Sep 07, 2024 9:25 am
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: Divorce dilemma
To clarify, I am living in house and divorce will finalize as been going on for a year and judge sick of it and has said will order / intervene directly if agreement not reached in next two weeks....
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