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We will be in Pittsburgh during September long weekend (Friday till Monday). Any suggestions on trip ideas outside Pittsburgh city? We have already done site seeing within City earlier. So, we prefer to explore surrounding region. Everyone in the group is adult (no kids). We prefer not to drive more...

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Offer to pay 1/2 to one month rent as courtesy and establish move-out date. This is the best way to handle eviction. Cost of eviction including lawyer fee, court fee, unpaid rent can reach several thousand dollars and you may be responsible for cleaning the place after they leave as they have no mot...

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An old article you may want to research. (You are already doing Pension plan from the article).
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebel ... 31317a68be

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So far my observation is that housing in west windsor and plainsboro is quite expensive possibly due to school ratings. Places like lawrenceville,east windosr etc are cheaper. Montgomary area has some low prices as well and school ratings are good as well. Any suggestions on good high schools in pr...

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Best option would be power-line adapter which will provide decent permanent connectivity.
You can research your options at
https://www.cnet.com/topics/networking/ ... -adapters/

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We had zero trust on Wall Street, reputable firms could not borrow money at ANY price, with the exception of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley wound up selling a 20% equity stake to the Japanese. Even Goldman had trouble and paid premium to Buffett to shore it up. Which is cheaper? Premium or Equity? I...

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Grt2bOutdoors wrote:We had zero trust on Wall Street, reputable firms could not borrow money at ANY price, with the exception of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley wound up selling a 20% equity stake to the Japanese.

Even Goldman had trouble and paid premium to Buffett to shore it up.

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Jacuzzi bathtub. It takes 10 mins. to fill up and no one in the family wants to wait that long. Formal dining table and china cabinets We never used that for formal dining. It ended up becoming study table for our son. Dish washer Spouse doesn't like to collect dirty dishes and doesn't want to run ...

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Your kid might take AP classes and can/may finish school in 3 to 3 1/2 years. So even with 60k school, you are funded well. I would continue for younger one as other suggested till you reach 200k and move contribution to other form of investment (taxable etc.)

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Views from parent whose kid is living off campus for almost a year with car. -Bike is necessary (except winter) mode of transportation on campus. -Car is mainly being used for grocery, restaurants and gym. -Include cost of parking in your calculation. We are paying $90/month. -Don't buy really old/c...

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Congratulations.
Paid off house may be a lawsuit magnate. Put maximum line of credit on it.

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Simple solution may be getting decent powerline adapter. It is just plug & play.
https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Powerlin ... apter&th=1

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You have indicated that you don't want rental but you may want to look at Hertz Rent2Buy program. Hertz has Camry as one of their primary vehicle and you should be able to get decent choice. We went through similar issue early last year for our son and ended up purchasing Camry SE from Hertz. Discou...

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She must have failed to apply. She is driving the boat on this one, her parents are out of their league here. Me too actually- it's been awhile and i didn't apply for financial aid back then. This was a long shot (although not surprising given her academic record) and we are still reeling from the ...

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Also, you can review lease from local apartment complexes in your state. That will give more details on what should lease contain compare to lawyer or online. Many time lawyer also make lease from their templates and may not cover everything that you want.

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I current work for a MegaCorp making enough income to fully fund my 401k as well both my and my wife's ROTH as well as a small amount of taxable savings (most extra income is currently working to pay down debt). My wife will be finishing school at the end of the year and is in the process of gettin...

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If it is only home use, get desktop with 2 monitors. If you are comfortable buying used one, check eBay for XEON based desktop (essentially these are servers). XEON is equivalent to i7 in performance and price for used XEON is much cheaper than used i7 chips. You can get incredible rig for around 20...

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So with the kids driving their own cars, my first question is why do you think you need an SUV? If you're a contractor moving equipment all the time, I'd think you'd own a work truck and utility trailer. If you're just worried that you can't move 2x4's from Home Depot, rent their truck or buy a che...

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Spouse's Honda Odyssey died last week due to transmission issues (Around 203k miles) and we are in the market for new SUV. Kids are driving their own cars and we aren't considering minivans anymore. We are only considering Japanese SUVs. If it helps, other cars are Accord and Camry . We test drove a...

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Pick up the phone and talk to them. I have been into similar situations earlier. It is better that you talk and sort out the move out date. Best thing is to do as follow. 1) Finalize the move out date 2) Make sure apartment/condo is clean 3) You will need to repaint it. If they can provide you early...

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Family members are in gas station business. Avg. margin is 7 to 10 cents/gallon. Money is in associated store and real money is car wash. How's the weather in this particular area? If it is warm year around, car wash can generate 7 figure + easily and margins are around 40 to 60% net on car wash bus...

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Is it hosted software or deployed at the client's location? If it is hosted, will client pay monthly fee in addition to support fee? Who will own intellectual property of software? I assume you want to if you want to sell it to others. Regarding support, use email address instead of phone support. ...

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Is it hosted software or deployed at the client's location? If it is hosted, will client pay monthly fee in addition to support fee? Who will own intellectual property of software? I assume you want to if you want to sell it to others. Regarding support, use email address instead of phone support. Y...

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We own multiple properties. From experience - Use only antique white (or Navajo White) paint on the wall. - Don't allow tenant to paint. Many properties have wood floors and paint on the floor as well as paint on door knobs etc is nightmare to remove. Only hire professionals to paint. - Don't paint ...

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It has happened to our business payroll account. Initial check appeared with old bank name (Bank had changed names 4 - 5 years back) with different branch address than ours and signature not matching to our account. Checks were being deposited to Chase Bank to cash out. I caught first day check when...

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7 days may be long for Acadia. You may want to either combine with Nova Scotia Ferry trip or White Mountain (little bit drive).

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Interesting read. I had similar experience with a long time tenant who went through divorce (possibly midlife crisis). Husband left and wife wouldn't leave. I had offered money and she wouldn't take it. She left after taking to court. She left lots of stuff behind which I ended up giving free on cra...

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criticalmass wrote:
NYGiantsFan wrote:Recently, I had to activate another line with a national provider.
As per their policy, SIM Card is $20. Same SIM card can be bought on Amazon and Best-buy for less than $5.

Which provider?

T-Mobile.

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Recently, I had to activate another line with a national provider. As per their policy, SIM Card is $20. Same SIM card can be bought on Amazon and Best-buy for less than $5. Now a days many of new smart phones starts at $20-$25 and at the same time cost of SIM card is same as low end smart phones !!

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I have been buying rental for cash many years. I have always received discounts for the properties. Minimum discount has been 10% and largest has been 20%. Main difference is that you indicate 30 days (or 15 days closing). When going through bank, there is no guarantee for 30 days closing. With cash...

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Police Sergeant for a large metropolitan PD. With overtime doing approximately $160k. Curious if you live in a HCOL area. My best friend is a captain for a small county (100k residents maybe), head if Swat and always works extra jobs. Probably makes a little more than 1/3 of what you make. The one ...

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You guys make PE sound like the worst investment ever. Maybe I am better off putting the money elsewhere. We'll see what shakes out at the meeting. BTW, this is not a local business. It's a very small software company creating groundbreaking stuff. I'm a software guy and I have 15 years experience ...

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My young one (high school junior) has complained to my significant other that I am acting like as boss in the home.
I manage large team at work. Some of my habits may have come due to work and may have become second nature.
Has any one experienced something similar? How do avoid it?

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I stopped complaining about my commute when co-worker told me that he is commuting from Poconos, PA to Manhattan everyday.

http://martztrailways.com/departures-from-new-york/

Look up Wall St to Poconos, PA commute time

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My wife saves money by wearing the clothes her 14 year old has out grown. She's been doing it a couple of years now. I don't understand why she does that. It confusing to me when I see a cute lady and feel attracted but then I recognize the clothes and suddenly assume it's my son and it's really ju...

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You may want to look at adding bathroom to the bedroom. We did it in 2006. Cost was about $100/SQ FT to add 2 bedrooms on the top of the existing garage and living room. We also added bathroom (which bumped up the cost to around $120/SQ FT as we did high end bathroom). As others suggested, you will ...

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Definitely solo 401k. You can make a greater contributions on lower incomes with a solo 401k. Thanks for the insight. Is it possible to open more than one solo 401k? I have 2 separate corporations (1 S and 1 LLC). In LLC, we have SEP IRA set up but considering better contribution ratio, I am thinki...

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Make sure not to draw Heloc till you need it. Drawing it will show up in your credit report which may impact your credit score and potential to obtain mortgage for your new property. I disagree with this advice. They are going to pull a second check right! Before you close so you want the money sho...

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For this year (2016), we would like to set up retirement plan for the S Corporation. There are no employees of corporation. Corp is owned jointly by spouse and I. There is annual income of around $100k+ for this corporation. We would like to do maximum retirement contribution (as much as possible). ...

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Make sure not to draw Heloc till you need it.
Drawing it will show up in your credit report which may impact your credit score and potential to obtain mortgage for your new property.

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We have 3 business land lines (one with 800) including one fax number that needs to be transferred to new provider.
Any recommendations?
Also what should we watch out for?

Thanks

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Have you considered shopping at Farmer's market or Asian/Indian Grocery Store for fruits and vegetables?
Both of them have more varieties at very competitive prices compare to the most super markets.

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William4u wrote:Timeshares are horrible deals. Do not get suckered into one. The sales people are smooth, but it is essentially a scam.

https://investorjunkie.com/91/why-buyin ... -bad-idea/
https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimf ... nvestment/

Also, check on http://stores.ebay.com/Online-Bankruptcy-Asset-Auctions or similar on ongoing basis.
Back in 2009-2011, one couldn't give away timeshare free if they wanted to. Still, after market value is extremely low.

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Are you in New Jersey? Governor's School of New Jersey (Science, Engineering&Technology) are excellent FREE residential programs for top students which are very educational and give a taste of the college experience. Because of cuts in state funding some schools (arts, environment, public issue...

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You may not like this, but it is the perfect summer to get a job in food service or retail. Of course, there are other jobs, but seeing life from another perspective is an awesome learning experience and helpful on college applications. Agree with you partially. If student is interested State Unive...

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Best thing about Odyssey is comfortable driving over the long distance. When I need to drive more than 100 plus miles, I would drive minivan over sedan any day. It is really comfortable for your back and legs.

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Any recommendation for summer programs for high school junior who hasn't decided major yet. Northeast program is preferable than California.
Thanks for your suggestions...

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Thanks everyone for reply.
Challenge is contribution is made each year on ongoing basis. In order to do rollover, I will have to keep Schwab account which doesn't have any assets after rollover. I am afraid that at some point, Schwab is going to notice that and close the account altogether.

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I have SEP IRA from our LLC (3 LLC members). Is it necessary to have all members SEP IRA at the same brokerage firm?
Reason for asking,
SEP IRA is at Schwab and I am trying to consolidate SEP with other accounts at Merrill Edge.

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If you are technical... you can do following setup with Power line adapter and additional wireless router. Total cost should be around 75 ($50 for decent used wireless n router and 25 for set of power line adapter) -Purchase power line adapter. Plug into existing router and second part should be plu...

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