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My wife and I are in the process of buying our first home. I know the data that experiences > material items in terms of happiness but that's not the topic for this particular post. I'm curious as to what particular material items people have found that the cost/purchase has actually made their life...

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We will be moving into a new home (residential, safe neighborhood) later this summer and plan on switching out the locks on our exterior doors. A quick cursory google search shows there are several options available - varying safety features, wifi enabled, key code entry, "smart locks", di...

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Over the past year I've started to commit much more to fitness but the muscles just don't recover "like they used to". I've heard a lot about some of the newer handheld percussion massage devices and was wondering if anybody had experience and felt it was worth the cost. Also, if you had e...

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I am in the process of buying our first home and looking at homeowner's insurance for the first time. Previously we've only been renters. I am in the process of evaluating the various policies and trying to evaluate costs as well as actual coverages. -What does everyone have for their deductible? I ...

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First time homebuyer (Physician) on Eastern side of Pennsylvania. Family/financial situation stable and mortgage < 1x 2019 income (although 2020 will be reduced from COVID). Have been in the process of shopping mortgages through WCI/Physician philosopher/local lenders/real estate agent recommendatio...

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I'm relatively new to the concept of Tax Loss Harvesting and had a few questions given all the recent market volatility. All of my funds are currently at Vanguard for reference. 1) Do most people keep mutual funds or ETF in their taxable accounts (VTSAX or VTI for instance). I generally prefer mutua...

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For all of the sole proprietors and S-corp's out there, where do you have your business checking account? My current personal savings/checking is at Ally bank but I have plans to setup a separate business checking account for my independent contractor 1099 income and keep things "cleaner/separa...

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My family will be flying to Orlando the week of Thanksgiving 2020 (11/20-11/28) from the East Coast for a large family reunion and also to go to DisneyWorld. I just looked at flights and they are $600+ for main cabin on American. I realize that is a crazy week to fly so my question is in general is ...

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Situation: currently FT physician. Wife used to work full time as a midlevel but has stopped the past couple years to raise our children. She recently did a couple article reviews for one of her professional magazines and was paid $1000 for it. That was her only income for the year. Her plan is to e...

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I am currently a physician acting as an independent contractor, paid entirely on 1099 income. My income has slowly grown over the years. I have been told that I should consider switching my taxation status from a sole proprietor to an S-Corp to save on payroll taxes. Essentially I would save on the ...

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Current NW ~600k but am very young and have large upside with my medical career which I'm essentially just starting so assets likely to ^^^ quickly. I've been reading a few estate planning books and most recommend setting up a trust for a variety of reasons so I'm curious why you say that isn't the ...

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I’m recently out of my medical training and looking to take care of my estate planning. My in-laws have been very happy with their estate attorney and have been using them for 20-30 years with no complaints. My plan was to utilize him since he has served them so well and has significant experience d...

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I currently live in the Philadelphia suburbs, about an hour north of the city. I am looking for a good attorney for estate planning and was wondering if anyone had recommendations. I would likely need everything setup...wills, revocable trusts, POA, medical, etc... Thanks!

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I am an independent contractor physician (no employees, just me) acting as a sole proprietor. I have been doing a lot of reading on white coat investor and plan to open a business checking account so that I can run all income and expenses through this account. Although I know it’s not required for a...

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I currently have a Chase Sapphire Reserve and Chase Freedom Unlimited. At this point in my career, I'm not interested in churning credit cards to gather points as I used to in the past. I really like the Reserve card and the Ultimate Rewards points through the combination of both cards I own. I have...

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Fresh out of training as a new physician. My attending job is all 1099 income. I've been doing lots of reading on the 199a deduction here at WCI, bogleheads, Kitces, etc... It's obviously very complicated and a lot has to be worked out still. For 2018, I will only have a few months of attending inco...

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Wow, been busy the last few days and just getting back to see all the responses from my original post. Definitely appreciate the feedback - lots of great ideas. One wrinkle that I guess I didn't mention in the OP but has become more apparent as I approach the end of our lease and had an opportunity...

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I could use some advice/suggestions on a car to buy. I just finished residency in July. Here is some background financial info on me. Net worth ~300k. Paid off student loans. Stay at home wife with 1 young child. Unsure of a second. Expected income for first full year (2019) ~450-500k+. Currently ow...

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I am just starting to look for a secure safe and was wondering if the group had any specific recommendations. Here are some of the items I'm looking for. -Fireproof. -Waterproof -Size: I only have to store passports, social security cards, a few secure pieces of paper, a small thumbdrive, etc... s...

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Current situation: my wife and I currently have one kid at home but possibly another in the next year or two. My wife is currently stay at home but wants to get back in the working world at least part time. We've discussed daycare, hiring a nanny, etc... but one of my attendings mentioned how much o...

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I’m in the market for a new ladies bike but have never purchased one before. I was curious if anyone had recommendations. A little background info -I’m 6 feet tall and weigh about 170. Athletic build. -I’d like to use the bike for leisure and maybe some road biking. Nothing competitive. I’m guessing...

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With Father's Day around the corner, I was looking to get my father something nice. This year I won't be home for father's day and am still a medical resident with little money. But next year I will be back home and also should have more money as at attending. So, I was hoping to throw this out to t...

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Finishing residency this summer and planning on doing a summer trip out of Philadelphia before I start my job in August. Looking to travel at the end of July into the first week of August. We were considering going to the finger lakes for about a week and was wondering if people had any suggestions ...

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One of my colleagues mentioned that he uses a company called PURE (Privilege Underwriter's Reciprocal Exchange) for all his insurance needs (auto, home, umbrella). He said they had excellent rates and great customer service as they only cater to a small sector of the population (high net worth). I w...

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I am currently in the process of getting my financial house in order and plan on meeting with an Estate Planning Attorney in the next 12 months. However, what resources are available for finding a competent, reasonably priced attorney. Is there a good list somewhere. For reference, I live in the Phi...

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Just got the CSR card and love all the great benefits. While there are many, one that I was particularly looking at with an upcoming trip is rental car insurance protection. A quick read suggested you're covered up to $75k of collision/theft but didn't seem to cover liability if anyone got hurt (if ...

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Everyone I've spoken to, and the reports I've read online have had nothing but good things to say about USAA, especially for auto. I'd like to go with them based on that information, but at what point is that added service not worth it and they price themselves out of the market. For instance, I've ...

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I've posted a couple times in the past on a similar topic, but this post will be more comprehensive and hopefully can benefit other people who go through the same process with USAA (or even a good reference for any auto insurance evaluation). I will be finishing residency and moving form MI--> PA an...

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I am in the process of moving to Pennsylvania and will need to switch auto carriers. One of the unique things I found out about Pennsylvania is they have an option of "Full tort" vs "Limited tort". I'm not sure if other states have something similar but I was wondering what brigh...

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I currently have most of my money in Vanguard and have been using aggregators Mint and Personal Capital for a couple years. I recently started an i401k at Vanguard and can see the money on my main Vanguard page along with all the rest of my other Vanguard accounts. However, when I login to either of...

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I've currently been wrestling with further diversifying my overall portfolio. Currently, I do plain old vanilla investing with Vanguard index funds that is well-diversified and I will certainly stick with for the long term. I've read enough already that I feel comfortable with my plan, it is easy to...

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As tax season is here, I was just wondering what the best practices are for storing/saving the tax documents. I know there are different posts online about how long you should be saving the documents (with some variability in those recommendations), but was curious what most people do on this forum....

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I am a current resident about to graduate and will be moving from Michigan to Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia). We will initially be renting, but one of the major items on my “to-do list” is to review my insurance policies and get established in the new area. And for this particular post, I’m not ta...

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Currently my wife (stay at home; 31yo), son (15mo) and myself (31yo) are all on the same medical plan under my employer. I will be starting as an independent contractor this summer and therefore will be purchasing insurance on the open market for the first time. My son and I are completely healthy a...

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About to finish residency and will be starting as an independent contractor this summer as an attending and therefore purchasing medical, dental and vision insurance for me and my family on the open market. My understanding is that the health insurance premiums were deductible on my taxes but I wasn...

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Currently a resident and trying to get my financial house in order. One of the major things this week is making sure beneficiaries and contingent beneficiaries are in place for all of my accounts. My spouse is the primary beneficiary (and vice versa) and the contingent beneficiary is currently her s...

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After doing enough of my own research on forums and online, I'm convinced of the benefits of opening up an account at an online bank (Ally). However, I was wondering if I should be closing my brick/mortar bank account (Wells Fargo) or just leaving a small portion of cash there. -For those who only u...

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I was curious how state taxes come into play when you are rolling over money from a pre tax retirement account (401k, IRA) to a tax free retirement account (Roth IRA). I'm assuming you pay taxes to the state that you are currently residing in and not the state where you earned the money, but I was c...

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I will be an independent contractor next year with likely income between 300-400k. I will be starting a solo 401k and plan to max it out each year. My question is when do most people contribute to their i401k? Do they do it periodically throughout the year when they get each paycheck like most W2 em...

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I'm currently finishing up medical training in Michigan and have started a small 529 for my first child. I will be moving to Pennsylvania and staying there for (hopefully) the rest of my career. Pennsylvania is great in that they will give you a deduction if you contribute to ANY 529. So at this poi...

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I currently have two vehicles, one is relatively new and the other is a beater. I am considering dropping the comprehensive/collision on the beater (keeping liability of course) but was wondering what implications that has whenever I need a rental vehicle for trips, etc... I want to make sure that i...

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I have been adjusting my asset allocation the last year or so and finally came upon a plan I am comfortable with. I only have 5 major asset classes (Total stock, total international, Total Bond, SCV, REIT). Every few months I put my current numbers in a spreadsheet and based upon my desired allocati...

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I’m working on revising my asset allocation and trying to figure out where REITs belong. I’ve seen some people lump them under their domestic stock allocation while other people put it under an alternatives/Real Estate section. I was personally thinking of putting it under its own alternatives/real ...

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I am currently an attending physician working as an independent contractor. Prior to this job, I was a resident with a W2 salary and contributed to my HSA every year (family contribution). Currently, my account has ~20k in it. However, now that I am an independent contractor, we get our family insur...

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I am a current medical resident and soon to be attending. My wife worked throughout residency but stopped after the birth of our son. She has been investing in her company retirement plan. They have a Roth option so we have contributed all money to their Roth 403b (with me in lower earning years as ...

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In July I will be starting a job as a new attending physician (graduate residency in June). The position is as an independent contractor so I know there will be several expenses that will help on my tax return in regards to business deductions (travel mileage, conferences, home office, work equipmen...

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Random question for the group. I currently have 4 wheel drive Honda CRV with all season tires. However, we just moved to a cold weather location with longer winters and I have a longer commute now than before. My questions: -Does anyone recommend snow tires, even if a 4 wheel drive care? I have a wi...

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Currently a medical resident but will be graduating soon. My tax returns have been relatively uncomplicated thus far and I've always used my family's CPA who has done a fine job with the preparation. He has always been good at answering my questions (especially after I've done my own reading on a to...

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Definitely appreciate all of the input on this. I plan on discussing with my wife this weekend and also reviewing our renter's policy for options. As to the cost of the rings, I didn't actually pay that much. The main stone was a family heirloom and several of the smaller diamonds were also passed ...

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My wife has a three pieces of jewelry worth about $20k in all. For the past couple years we've paid for jewelry insurance at a cost of approximately $320 dollars annually. Not a great deal of money, but the more I read and learn about finance, the more I see that you should only insure things you ca...

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