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Thu Jan 23, 2020 11:48 pm

2.375% 7/1 ARM

Yes please, who is this lender

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I had been using TT the past decade or so. I would usually run H&R in parallel and file with whoever was more advantageous. Also if there was a huge difference I could usually find an error. Last year I filed through Credit Karma, totally free. Simpler software, but covered everything i could find t...

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Sounds like market-timing to keep cash on the sidelines in a Roth. It may be, but how do you purchase more if the market goes way down? I've heard of people keeping cash in their Roth's for that reason. Outside of a Roth in my taxable it's no problem cause I can add more cash to buy more securities...

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Is it a home daycare by someone not claiming the income. You may be hosed on 2020 FSA dependent care costs. Otherwise balance the cost of whatever deal they are giving you over a more expensive regular place. For us using infrequently as a drop in daycare at our lady, it's worth the daily price over...

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How does one retire a $44k truck loan in 3 years at $200/wk? Did you mean 5 years? More to the point why does someone with $1.8m in assets, 45k in income, and almost zero expenses need a truck loan? The OP has STILL (after two days) not posted anticipated yearly expenses, expected SS, or any sort o...

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Thank you all for your replies! I am backing up on buying anything else like stocks right now and just hold gold silver until I am at least in green and sell it! I am looking into a good long term index fund. A while back when I was trying to plan I was going to put in Vanguard total market but I d...

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Still seems like you more overly complicating things, as well as not strategizing your tax planning. If your expenses are that low and you already have 7 figures you can do whatever you want at retirement age. It supports it. Why are you paying into a Roth 401k instead of traditional? You are locki...

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I am confused. If your expenses are 1k and wife’s income is 45k, does she save 33k? How much do you save/invest? I am 45. I put in 15% traditional and 5% Roth per week. Max out Roth IRA . House paid for. Only debt is 44k for truck. I pay 200 per week on until paid. Monthly expenses are 1k. Wife is ...

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Thank you all! I've made the recommended allocations by tenkuky. As for the debt, why is it a priority to get rid of it? Wouldn't investments on average return more than 3.5%? It's a $1000, unless you are going to take some real risk it's simply not enough to move the needle either way. Just get ri...

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In essence you have started day trading funds instead of stocks... that's even worse as there is no chance to capture the moving price. You are playing Checkers with your money, while the rest of us are playing Chess, and recommending how you should so the same. The S&P returned 31% last year.. 3500...

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I was asking really if anyone had this fund. Not to be made fun of. The fund has had good returns, sure. So have the benchmark indexes. Is the spread worth it? It has a high expense ratio than index funds you have been recommended to utilize. Many of the holdings are also in the S&P funds If it und...

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This is an entertaining thread... Much of this I liken to people’s fear of shark bites. Statistically the Florida Atlantic coast is the most likely place to get bitten by a shark. However when you consider there are a few dozen bites around the world in a given year and a third or less happen in Flo...

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I would absolutely not cash in the 401k. With your income, paying down the debt should be completely doable. You need a monthly budget and need to stick to it. Perhaps you can post your monthly income and expenses here for review? Seriously, Put the expenses in writing, even without our help I bet ...

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The market goes up and down due to animal spirits. $71k invested? I hate to be blunt, but there are people on this board who gain or lose that much money on a single trading day. Good problem to have, I know, but it puts into perspective how you want to protect your nest egg. The best thing you can...

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When is the wedding? Your combined income shifts the equation. Are you planning on paying them off as a family or only using her income? I agree not paying yet until married, but you can always start a separate taxable or CD fund of your money now you intend to use to help with those debts. Can you ...

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We have a Tuft and Needle brand mattress. By far the most comfortable thing we have slept on. Online or now sold at Lowe’s as well as some retail stores around, easy return policy, a King is only $750. Not sure if they have longer sizes

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What happens to the house is one or both parents passes or needs nursing care? There is a mortgage, will you take that over or sell?

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The FLL Rental car shuttles run continuously and the facility is on the east end of the garage structures between the terminals. It’s quick if you are renting from a company on property. Terminal 4 is walkable, but it’s not going to be faster than the bus, just by logistics of the airport. Spirit pr...

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If you put in 6k later this week, do you consider yourself done for the year? You finally stated you have access to a 401k at work, excellent. Figure out the optimal funds, and if there is any matching. I would make that your bond source. Look up the term “glidepath” it can go up or down in definiti...

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With only $24k invested so far across my taxable and Roth, what percentage do you think should be in bond fund? Right now I'm 100% equity. NONE OF IT! don’t you have like another 50k in cash sitting on the sidelines in a bank too? What’s your total picture? It doesn’t matter how you want to slice i...

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Gotcha.... I see what you did there. Thank you

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If you intend to stay in the house 5-7 years, the refinancing options are not that attractive as the payback periods are ~ 54 - 65 months. Assumptions: - $189,000 = Loan Amount (closing costs paid in cash) - 15 years = Loan Term 1. Current @ 3.375%; monthly payment = $1,340 2. Refi #1 @ 3%; monthly...

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I think I'm gonna put in $500 a month, until the big 30% crash and then I'll buy up a bunch of shares at reduced price! Actually, even if I did put in a lump $6k in January, over the year that's not going to generate that much interest really. Wouldn't it be better to see if the market does crash o...

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Trying to figure out the cost and effort on a potential refi right now. I have run calculators and can see overall interest savings over the life of the loan, but really trying to see if an actual refi is better than just adding to payments, or not change a thing at all. I see some threads with some...

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Why not use a mortgage? At least to acquire the properties. If your cash flow isn’t what you want then spread out the IRA withdrawals over years, not one or two.

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Just a reminder to rebalance back to target if your stock allocation is over target by 5%. I'm only saying this because a significant downfall will occur between now and end of March of 2020. Other than rebalancing, stay the course. No, don't ask how I know. :happy Have a great Christmas. Paul If i...

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We used to do this... i could never figure out the catch 22... it saved us descent money over the years

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Hey guys I have 2 kids and $200k in cash. I want them to be mortgage free when they turn 30, they are now 4 years old. Should I buy 2 townhouses and rent it out. Let the tenant pay the mortgage for 30 years. And for the townhouses, because my children MAYBE live in there so it will be nicer than re...

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Hey guys I have 2 kids and $200k in cash. I want them to be mortgage free when they turn 30, they are now 4 years old. Should I buy 2 townhouses and rent it out. Let the tenant pay the mortgage for 30 years. And for the townhouses, because my children MAYBE live in there so it will be nicer than re...

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Are New RMD life expectancy charts available? Does RMD @ 72 change the formula for withdrawals? How will it change for those Taking them now?

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Trust the math... it doesn’t lie, nor care what anyone thinks. It is a legitimate hurdle, but as you strip some layers of emotion out of financial decisions you will see how true the math of compounding, as well as leveraging debt, even free debt, can work in your favor. Not only can a 2% credit car...

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Dave's debt advice is solid. But remember he is speaking broadly to the lowest, poorest, money miss-manager. Are you in that crowd? Sounds like your eyes are opening beyond that. Like others have said, improve your earning potential. Which sounds like you are on track to do. Next, analyze and utiliz...

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[Thread merged into here, see below. --admin LadyGeek] Apologies if I need to wait for presidential signature in this... https://finance.yahoo.com/news/congress-just-passed-biggest-retirement-200413052.html But this certainly changes a lot going forward, some good, some not so good. RMDs @ 72... Fa...

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I don't think you fully understand the tax-free feature of 529 account. Maybe be open your mind and think it through some more? 1) When you cash flow your kids' college expense and withdraw from 529 at the same time, you esssentially "harvest capital gain" tax free. Let's say the college expense fo...

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I would just stretch out the medical bills, make payments via the card through the year (or longer). Save your cash for investing.

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See this post from May 2019. https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=282320 I posted in this thread as well. Non-rev travel has been great and significant part of our life for over 15 years, worldwide. You will find on here a lot of the responses are people who are not in the industry ...

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See this post from May 2019. https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=282320 I posted in this thread as well. Non-rev travel has been great and significant part of our life for over 15 years, worldwide. You will find on here a lot of the responses are people who are not in the industry ...

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After you took the time to get to the airport and park ($$), and then get bumped couple times and are waiting in the airport ($$) food and drink, and boredom and anxiety, how much is this really worth to you? And that’s just the flight outbound. It’s an airline job, what makes you think we pay for ...

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For simplicity, I’d either buy the car or pay about half of it to the car and finance the rest. Assume you are maximizing all other tax advantage accounts? I don’t think I would take on car loan debt to pay off some mortgage debt for no real interest spread savings. What’s your future earning poten...

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At the rate you are investing, why have any fixed income? Is 45M just your goal number and above is your path to get get there or do you need that amount going forward to drive home the Picasso in the trunk of your 250GTO? Even a total market crash will leave you in a strong position. The rate of ac...

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For simplicity, I’d either buy the car or pay about half of it to the car and finance the rest. Assume you are maximizing all other tax advantage accounts? I don’t think I would take on car loan debt to pay off some mortgage debt for no real interest spread savings. What’s your future earning potent...

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I have had a great ride the last 3 years with Heico HEI & HEI.A. Aircraft parts supplier. Skirts way under the radar of Boeing’s shadow, which I like. Had been strong and fiscally smart for a long time.

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By Bogleheads standards, 15% may be low, but for most people it'll probably get them in the right ballpark 30-odd years later, even using more realistic returns. Part of the problem with the 15% savings rate recommendation is that by the time that many come to Dave for advice, they are already well...

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You aren't wrong. It would be far better if airlines charged for carry on rather than checked luggage, but this is the system we're stuck with. My airline does.. Once you get past some of the dated reputation for marginal service and charging for everything, things like this work much better. We ra...

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You aren't wrong. It would be far better if airlines charged for carry on rather than checked luggage, but this is the system we're stuck with. My airline does.. Once you get past some of the dated reputation for marginal service and charging for everything, things like this work much better. We ra...

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Well then in a money market fund in the taxable? I read a lot about emergency or money waiting to be invested should be in a brokerage account. I've got ten of thousands sitting a 0.05%. I don't want to put it all in my 401k yet, but I will be putting some in and my Roth is maxed for this year. Eve...

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I'll likely end up doing it again myself next weekend if the weather is good. I have no problem on a ladder, but no interest in being on the roof.

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Seems like you can drop it if you want. You have enough in savings and work-provided life insurance to cover decades of expenses for your spouse assuming no big escalation in expenses. I was talking to a coworker about life insurance and his answer was you want to have enough to take care of the wi...

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Minivans rock! I have been exceptionally impressed with our Town and Country (now Pacifica) The stow and go seats are fantastic. Endless roadtrip room. 4 adults and 2 kids in carseats in the last row plus bags..no problemo. When the kids grow out of the carseats I imagine they may even want to stay ...

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Get one of these instead https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=house+light+projector+christmas&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=323190394688&hvpos=1t1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12110454747973546509&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=t&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1028320&hvtargid=kwd-316986068338&ref=pd_sl_7...

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