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why don't people mention age, location and occupation/industry? saying you have 3m at age 90 isn't a milestone FWIW Says who? How about if you started out with negative net worth? What about if you were worth $2M at age 65, lost most of it to some calamity and made it back to $3M? That's not an acc...

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[Thread merged into here, see below (next page). --admin LadyGeek] Just need to shout out and say, once again, we are completely debt free by paying off the remainder of our primary residence! Wanted to use this forum as an outlet to let out some joy somewhat anonymously. This is the 2nd personal r...

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Collectibles may have value, it may not. I hope you have them fully insured and in a very safe place. My good friend passed away, his wife claimed her collectibles were worth multiples of what they had paid for it - only to find out they were worth 10 cents on the dollar. That may not be the case w...

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Everybody I know that has had higher salary has figured out a way to enjoy life while earning a higher salary. I think much of the pain now stuff is just talk to make the wealthy feel more normal and not get hassled by the less well off. Excellent points. Victoria I don't understand the points. Can...

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There are some pretty 'judgey' posts in this one. For all we know, the OP just got married last year and spent their single years building the watch collection. Let's not forget, they have NO debt and two houses (one rental). I don't think the implied decades of irresponsibility posts are called fo...

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Collectibles may have value, it may not. I hope you have them fully insured and in a very safe place. My good friend passed away, his wife claimed her collectibles were worth multiples of what they had paid for it - only to find out they were worth 10 cents on the dollar. That may not be the case wi...

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I don’t like debt on my castle. Business debt I view differently. How big is the remaining mortgage amount compared to annual savings and compared to total taxable portfolio.

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Everybody I know that has had higher salary has figured out a way to enjoy life while earning a higher salary. I think much of the pain now stuff is just talk to make the wealthy feel more normal and not get hassled by the less well off. Excellent points. Victoria I don't understand the points. Can...

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I am in your same shoes, saving around 60-70% of my income per month most of it in goes to Vanguard, so I'll be hit hard come recession time (3-fund portfolio). Rest is in Ally savings. Curious to see what the Veterans advise. Pick an appropriate asset allocation and stay the course. If you feel yo...

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Be an above average performer and chances are you keep your job. BUT, if your department, division is closed or sold - all bets are OFF!

Doesn’t hurt to be well liked by management either.

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Thanks for the replies! So are these fees worth investing in or should I just open a brokerage account in vanguard? My base salary is only 44k with minimal overtime. Also a reason why I don’t like prudential is there aren’t many funds available and absolutely no target funds in the plan as an optio...

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Anyone buying 10 year TIPs in tomorrow’s Treasury auction?

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Everybody I know that has had higher salary has figured out a way to enjoy life while earning a higher salary. I think much of the pain now stuff is just talk to make the wealthy feel more normal and not get hassled by the less well off. Excellent points. Victoria I don't understand the points. Can...

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If you are saving for a house, put your money in a FDIC insured savings account. The objective is to keep the principal secure, even if it is on a nominal basis. You don’t want any risk from fluctuations with this money. Thanks, yes I forgot to mention our emergency fund and cash savings are in a F...

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Same type of question as OP 2016 Honda CR_V 74,000 miles Local Honda dealer: $250 pads only per axle and resurface the front rotors . Addition $250 per axle for rotors. $1000 pads and rotors 4 wheels (all Honda parts) Local chain (Meineke, Monro) auto repair: $300 pads and rotors per axle. $600 pad...

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Everybody I know that has had higher salary has figured out a way to enjoy life while earning a higher salary. I think much of the pain now stuff is just talk to make the wealthy feel more normal and not get hassled by the less well off. Excellent points. Victoria I don't understand the points. Can...

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If you are saving for a house, put your money in a FDIC insured savings account. The objective is to keep the principal secure, even if it is on a nominal basis. You don’t want any risk from fluctuations with this money.

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When you have an urge to tinker, wait three months, then re-visit it. In the meantime, go for a LONG walk and plan your next date, vacation instead.

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You need to determine what's important to you. You can't get the years back, and you can't really predict the health issues or other problems that might unexpectedly prevent you from living life to the fullest in later years. ^This. If the money is not desperately needed, assuming you make $100K no...

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If you are in the withdrawal phase, are Balanced Funds (Balanced Index funds, Lifestrategy funds, target date funds, etc.) affected more by Sequence of Return risk than individual funds such as in the 3 fund portfolio? With the 3FP, if stocks are down, you can withdraw from your bond fund (also hel...

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Annoying the local personal bankers who constantly try to tell me "I can do better" with them.

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If you are in the withdrawal phase, are Balanced Funds (Balanced Index funds, Lifestrategy funds, target date funds, etc.) affected more by Sequence of Return risk than individual funds such as in the 3 fund portfolio? With the 3FP, if stocks are down, you can withdraw from your bond fund (also hel...

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For years I slept on the floor on a mattress. I liked the firmness it provided, but in my aged stiffness, it's too much easier to roll out standing up now. We have an ancient queen-sized Beautyrest mattress/box set at home that we have modified with a sheet of plywood between them and it was perfec...

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I prefer to stay married. The price of a bed is far cheaper than the alternative.

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About 6k/yr. I guess I am the poorest in the forum. Nope, you might just be a “cash on the barrel head” person. I know someone who only uses cash, doesn’t want to be bothered with using a card, collecting points, rewards. Nope, no nonsense pay it off at point of purchase using cash, direct debit or...

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About $110k (no kids though). Like you, pretty much all expenses go on credit cards except our mortgage and property taxes. I think it's pretty common for annual credit card spend to be fairly synonymous with annual spending - and therefore bound to be high in many cases. You spend $110k a year?!! ...

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Call Vanguard and find out.

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livesoft wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:48 pm
We pay almost everything with a credit card: phone bills, other utilities, insurance, college tuition, plus all the usual stuff. We try to never ever use cash for anything. So about $17 a year.

Seventeen dollars!?? Sign me up! I can retire in 5 years at that rate of spending.

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About $110k (no kids though). Like you, pretty much all expenses go on credit cards except our mortgage and property taxes. I think it's pretty common for annual credit card spend to be fairly synonymous with annual spending - and therefore bound to be high in many cases. You spend $110k a year?!! ...

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So in Arizona there are scorpions inside the house? That would scare me from living there or even visiting. Depends on where you are at. We live in the NE valley and are surrounded by desert, yes, all houses in our neighborhood have scorpions inside. I would imagine that places with less desert (do...

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Yes, you are crazy if you leave before 50. Is the pension COLA’d? Try replicating it in annuity market, you will need a freighter full of cash to do so. The value of pension is deferred compensation and it’s guaranteed.

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No budget, paid ourselves first, we allocated what was necessary to pay known expenses, anything left over was mostly saved.

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Get rid of Source Capital - its a private equity firm holding illiquid investments. I'd get rid of it all.

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Kitchen table
Kitchen chairs
Bed
Furniture that accompanies bed
Sofa
Sitting chairs
Maybe a desk if required, work from home, etc.

Then stop spending money on furniture. And stop comparing the Joneses with yourself. Do you know what their personal finance situation is?

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MikeWillRetire wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 15, 2018 4:21 pm
When you use duct tape to extend the life of your paper lunch bag. I worked with a guy who actually did this.

How about a co-worker who offers tea and then proceeds to reuse a "used" tea bag?

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munemaker wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 15, 2018 4:19 pm
Bogleheads in general seem to have a disdain for spending money on wedding celebrations. We were the exceptions for that, for ourselves and our kids.

We spent, but in a "frugal" manner. You don't have to be extravagant to treat your guests with hospitality.

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Here is a plan that I am kicking around. I will open a home equity line of credit (HELOC). I will pay for my child's education via the HELOC. When they graduate I will then withdraw contributed fund from my ROTH to pay off the HELOC. When are you planning to do this? I only offer this - in 2009, fo...

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Before I met my husband I had a few dates with a guy I thought I was starting to like. He had a good job, he was tall, dark and handsome and had a good personality. He did not tip at ANY of the restaurants we visited and I was shocked and ended up leaving the tips myself. Against my better judgemen...

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Hmm....this seems to be an ongoing issue with Dell. I too, purchased a brand new Dell computer a few months ago, then about a month later, they sent me one of those "automatic updates" to Dell software, well, lo and behold the automatic update to BIOS completely fried the motherboard. Only after spe...

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Before I met my husband I had a few dates with a guy I thought I was starting to like. He had a good job, he was tall, dark and handsome and had a good personality. He did not tip at ANY of the restaurants we visited and I was shocked and ended up leaving the tips myself. Against my better judgemen...

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Just my personal feeling towards SS. I hope its there when i need it. Lord knows I paid a bunch of $$ into it. Would have like to be given the option when i started working to not put money into it at all. I feel i could have better invested it myself. Feeling you could have invested it better? - p...

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We have only bought one house and we still live in it. I do know people who switch homes every few years in the same ZIP code. These are folks who are either realtors or home builders or interior decorators. Our home value has not kept up with inflation in the 24 years we have owned it. We have cer...

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Thanks delamer and ExitstateLeft (ruch fan i assume). If SS is still there which I seriously doubt. Been paying into it since 1996. Probably have a pretty good amount paid in by now. You seriously doubt it because you’ve read the official Trustees report, you fully understand how Social Security wo...

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Just Ignore it. Most people are laid off before 50 if not earlier and never get back to good jobs. Plan accordingly. Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Morning. After having been in deep thought last night after reviewing my finances, doing a couple math of checks and determining what percent of my paychec...

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Dave Ramsey has real life experience with debt in the real estate business. The President was into the banks for enough that he owned the banks. Dave was like most of us and the banks owned him and put him out of business. When he talks about debt, he talks from experience and from the heart. Moral...

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I’m really surprised with the amount of bogleheads that actually take him seriously. This guys a joke guys. The only good advice he gives is live below your means, don’t spend money you don’t got etc etc but to me this is common sense. This is age old wisdom, not something he made up. He’s too pomp...

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I'd visit other homes in the neighborhood during opens houses and get a feel for price and condition of homes in your area. Meet with a real estate agent to find out what your home will sell for after doing all the changes you plan on doing. I always look for what the market is willing to bear in m...

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Yeah, there is not a lot of information to go on here. $120k to do both a full kitchen and add a bath on a 500k house... sounds cheap to me, frankly. But it depends on where you are located, how big the house is, what local construction costs are. Where I live 500k will barely buy a 1600sq ft colon...

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OP - I have a very similar AA by account type and am also 90/10 in taxable. You can certainly hold more there if you want, but the market downturn argument doesn't really make sense. You can always reallocate to stocks in your 401k if needed. +1 if you need to sell from taxable during a downturn, y...

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I heard this somewhere recently: "If you go to a restaurant and don't leave a tip, that's cheap. If you skip the restaurant and make a meal at home, that's frugal." Edit: So what is the community's take on famous early-retirement bloggers, like Mr Money Mustache? Frugal or cheap? Mr. Money Mustache...

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