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im sure a bank manager who just lost all his money,job,etc etc will find a way lol

you could buy a wall safe to put in your home.. . if SHTF happens you might not be able to get your things from a safe deposit box....if its a natural disaster like a flood or earthquake or forest fire...do you think the bank staff is going to wait for you to get your stuff out before leaving for sa...

so ive done my research,ive asked questions on the board, i bought the books,and ive got a good chunck of cash going into my 401k and roth 401k, and i have my goal ..retirement somewhere between 55 and 60 hopefully on some quite beach in thailand or vietnam.. but the one problem is pulling the trigg...

after a great sushi dinner i headed to barnes and noble and i found the bogleheads guide to investing and retirement.

im just sitting down now to crack into them

i see you mentioning several times...i want her to do this i want her to do that.....its her money ...are you worried more what she may lose now are what you might lose in the future after she has passed away?

i was heading to the bookstore later to night and was wondering what was out that might bee a good read...are any of the suzan oreman books good???

the 15 houses are in my name but at the moment 90% the revenue goes to my mother..i took ownership for the mere fact she was showning signs that she may not have beeen able to keep it going all on here own. the majority of the money is going into saveings accounts for the 7 grandchildren and a young...

so i found out my employer offers a roth 401k and was wondering if this may be a better choice for me then a roth ira. im 39 and my income is abut $30,000 a year..i have a traditional 401k that is at $50,000 my employer matches 75% of the first 9%. they also throw in about $20 a week into a pension ...

so i have a 401k with my employer that matches 75% of the first 9% i put in ..ive been putting 25% of my weekly check in my retirememnt account...i make about $31000 a year at this job. so my question is should i just put as much as i can into my 401k or just 9% to get my "free" money and ...

just my 2 cents on the rental property..while its great getting that monthly income sometimes it can be a pain...is your mother the one who will be taking care of any problems or you? and trust me there will be problems ..no matter how well you screen people your going to have some guy call you at 2...

I was about to ask about this subject,my 401k at work is with mercer and offers just a handfull of funds (mostly jp morgan) but there is a option of useing self service brockerage but i have to open the account at td ameritrade. it also costs me $20 per transaction...should i be useing this service ...

sold mine in less then a year,yep its fun but if your rideing thru the city you will actually get exhausted steering...my biggest problem was the top..i either had a leak or some part would break,once a long rubber piece came flying off while on the high way,so the next morning i went straight to th...

with all those units you would have to hire a some fulltime maintanince men...look at $60,000 + per worker for that..

im not a expert but a 2million dollar loan might have a interest rate higher then 8%

im going to playdevils advocate here..while im not a number and figures guy i do have a degree from the school of hard knocks so im going to throw a few things out to you . your planning alot of things years out ,what if something happens and you are discharged or a divorce happens (with 4 kids your...

LOL speaking of back to school ...you will have to deal with the union so pucker up. can you tell us more about the building..will you be ownining the whole thing or just one floor???..who is on the hook maintanance? if its you theres another area your not ready for yet..if you have commercial grade...

none ..you dont even know if you could get it zoned yet,,you would have to go in front of the zoneing board and if they say yes get it inspected for asbestos/lead/merc...sorry but you have too...insurance and bank would require it ill make this short and sweet, since i read this post ive been doing ...

my employer just came out with a new pension plan,basicly instead of putting it in my 401k its been seperated and has diffirent funds available then my regular plan. im wanting to be conservative and that leaves me with two funds to go with vanguard prime money market or NT COLL LNG-TRM GOVT BD IN N...

i cant find anything about this fund ...any suggestions or links to some performance reviews ,?

when i said growth i meant slowly over the long term..i was going to put in atleast 30k and hold in it the fund for atleast 5 years if not longer..

or maybe ill just leave it in the jp morgan fund,,,maybe im not yet ready for such a change..

the only main mutual funds i have available to me are jp morgan stable value fund and federated prime sdb...i have the bulk of my capital parked in the jp morgan stable value fund right now as i am useing this account to build up my nest egg and want it to grow grow grow.. but i have just been able ...

im a total noob when it comes to investing so i could really use some advice on this. im planning a early retirement at around age 55. i have alot of my retirement income comeing from realestate that i own(15 houses that my father developed on some farmland that his father used to grow tomatos on) a...

not trying to be nosey but if something happens to you im guessing she gets the house and all your ..debts,money,snowglobe collection,yada yada yada...right????? you might have to sit here down and get her more involved in both your retirement plans,she may have to deal with all this by herself one ...

im 37 years old ,and im looking for a retiement age of 53. so far im at about 50g in my 401k... i know your laughing at me and thinking im a nut...but her is my plan, im looking more into semi retirement..when i hit age 53 (or maybe a little younger) im on a jet to south east asia where i have some ...

maybe a roth would be my best ticket?

right now im putting 9% of my pay into my 401k..but knowing that if i am able to retire early im going to face penalties cashing it out ...do you think i should put as much as i can into my 401k or put it in something else and just let what ever i have in there now sit and hopefully grow??