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Sparkynutz Paying a middle man that doesn't put you first see... girlnextdoor 202404 10/4/2024 3:23:31 PM
EscapeVelocity azphx, there’s nothing wrong with using advisors i... EscapeVelocity 202410 10/4/2024 6:30:51 AM
EscapeVelocity Ether, at your age the later makes much more sense... EscapeVelocity 202410 10/4/2024 6:25:38 AM
Ether Thanks for the followup, EscapeVelocity. I was ini... EscapeVelocity 202410 10/4/2024 5:00:29 AM
azphx1972 Thanks for sharing your insights, EV! It's refresh... EscapeVelocity 202410 10/4/2024 4:15:55 AM
EscapeVelocity Nice to hear from you! I’m like you. DIY and I kee... EscapeVelocity 202410 10/3/2024 3:04:26 PM
azphx1972 EV, I'm curious since I'll probably never reach yo... EscapeVelocity 202410 10/3/2024 1:47:59 PM
gznw Made ~60k worth of capital improvements and upgrad... gznw 202410 10/3/2024 5:38:50 AM
EscapeVelocity My pleasure, but do be careful reaching for 9% yie... EscapeVelocity 202410 10/3/2024 2:31:37 AM
Ether Thank you for sharing your thoughts & financial pl... EscapeVelocity 202410 10/2/2024 11:55:31 PM
the1gofer Had to pay Uncle Sam. the1gofer 202410 10/2/2024 10:41:37 PM
mydogwantsmetoretire If you are under 59.5 years old for retirement wit... 4eaxfm 202409 9/29/2024 1:20:15 PM
Appliedvalueinvestor Pretty impressive consistency in NW since you reti... Indebted 202409 9/29/2024 4:55:38 AM
mydogwantsmetoretire Good luck on the sabbatical! I am considering one ... tripleoptician 202409 9/27/2024 11:57:07 PM
Appliedvalueinvestor Thanks. As for going to cash, yes there are tax co... Appliedvalueinvestor 202409 9/24/2024 3:03:32 AM
jbmil Looking strong my friend. I concur with your 2nd ... Appliedvalueinvestor 202409 9/23/2024 3:30:52 PM
jbmil Hey, just saw your profile, tracks pretty similar ... firebrand 202410 9/23/2024 2:51:39 PM
bem629 first time crossing the $1M mark for retirement in... bem629 202409 9/20/2024 4:24:49 AM
FatStacks Half point Fed rate cut helps out the HELOC intere... FatStacks 202409 9/18/2024 6:56:09 PM
Appliedvalueinvestor The numbers you share are your numbers only or fam... girlnextdoor 202409 9/15/2024 12:59:52 AM
labangel Another great question! We are both aware of and i... Ikeh89 202408 9/9/2024 8:05:24 AM
labangel and partner pays most of our living expenses since... Ikeh89 202407 9/9/2024 7:42:54 AM
labangel Great questions! Thanks for asking and thank you f... Ikeh89 202407 9/9/2024 7:40:55 AM
ba70 Congrats!!! I'm on my way to $3M. Never thought ... ZenFinance 202409 9/7/2024 4:53:58 AM
mydogwantsmetoretire Congrats! I felt the same at $2 million and $3 mil... ZenFinance 202409 9/6/2024 10:11:52 PM
girlnextdoor Cash is down and cars are up because we purchased ... girlnextdoor 202409 9/3/2024 7:38:29 PM
Cradle Removing cars and personal property to better trac... Cradle 202408 9/2/2024 3:15:44 PM
cbusguy Congrats! ZenFinance 202409 8/31/2024 7:55:58 AM
Appliedvalueinvestor Congrats! Great going with growth and tracking of ... ZenFinance 202409 8/31/2024 3:14:24 AM
ZenFinance Wow, we finally made the $3M NW club, This used ... ZenFinance 202409 8/30/2024 12:51:31 PM
cbusguy Curious as to how you valued your pension. I too w... kw506300 202407 8/19/2024 11:12:02 AM
NetWorth999 Inheritance NetWorth999 202407 8/16/2024 12:27:00 AM
TheMoneyRat Great progress!! Keep it up. Pasta 202408 8/15/2024 2:17:03 PM
TheMoneyRat My wife doesn't pay attention to our finances in a... Ikeh89 202408 8/15/2024 2:12:56 PM
JD2005 We do monthly budget date nights. Usually, the we... Ikeh89 202408 8/15/2024 1:48:58 PM
getagrip Been married over 30 years now. We started with n... Ikeh89 202407 8/14/2024 11:46:09 AM
getagrip I periodically try to have a financial meeting and... Ikeh89 202408 8/14/2024 11:04:05 AM
Ikeh89 In our house we have financial meetings, however I... Ikeh89 202408 8/14/2024 1:44:01 AM
Ikeh89 ***Question for Everyone: Do you or have you ever ... Ikeh89 202408 8/14/2024 1:41:20 AM
testertest98 It is heartening to see the commentary here. One d... Ikeh89 202407 8/12/2024 8:54:42 AM
pcon131 Thanks!! It was nice to be there for a hot second ... pcon131 202407 8/10/2024 5:23:12 PM
FatStacks girlnextdoor - Well said, and I completely agree! ... Ikeh89 202407 8/7/2024 1:07:02 PM
girlnextdoor FWIW I would *never* encourage someone to get marr... Ikeh89 202407 8/6/2024 7:14:21 PM
girlnextdoor Married since 2017, dated for 5+ years before that... Ikeh89 202407 8/6/2024 7:01:15 PM
Appliedvalueinvestor I see that you have listed a very conservative num... pcon131 202407 8/3/2024 6:26:28 PM
cbusguy Congratulations on $3 million! pcon131 202407 8/3/2024 1:15:46 PM
azphx1972 Congrats on crossing $3M! 🎉 pcon131 202407 8/1/2024 1:33:58 PM
MinnesotaPaintLady Paid tuition out of bonds. Put 7K of HELOC and LP... MinnesotaPaintLady 202408 7/31/2024 11:06:08 PM
JD2005 That's a nice cash bump. Bonus? patatty 202407 7/31/2024 7:04:36 PM
mydogwantsmetoretire Thank you for the insights. Nice to be in a positi... 2Muchfun 202406 7/24/2024 2:28:36 PM
FatStacks CrowdStrike and now the Biden announcement. Lots t... FatStacks 202407 7/21/2024 11:01:39 PM
FatStacks Met in '99 (college), moved in together in '03. Ho... Ikeh89 202407 7/21/2024 5:21:43 PM
retire4lyfe We have always combined everything. We each handl... Ikeh89 202407 7/21/2024 5:09:28 AM
Ikeh89 Question for everyone: If your married how do you ... Ikeh89 202407 7/20/2024 1:00:47 PM
2Muchfun Hi. My net worth has grown, but keep in mind our h... 2Muchfun 202406 7/13/2024 7:59:42 PM
mydogwantsmetoretire Since you are retired and have no income, curious ... 2Muchfun 202406 7/13/2024 2:28:55 PM
Ikeh89 Very sorry to hear that. I wish you the very best ... Kerala 202308 7/10/2024 2:05:47 PM
Kerala Been a bad year. Some health issues like cancer. T... Kerala 202308 7/10/2024 1:57:27 PM
Ikeh89 Hey there! I see you used to post every month but ... Kerala 202308 7/10/2024 1:26:44 PM
Ikeh89 Looking forward to an update! James 202401 7/10/2024 1:20:33 PM
auzzieyank Compounding it our salvation when it comes to the ... auzzieyank 202405 7/5/2024 9:41:07 PM
833fy I have quite a complicated pay structure as I work... 833fy 202406 7/4/2024 11:39:02 AM
Ikeh89 What's in your "other assets" that went up $256K? ... 833fy 202406 7/4/2024 11:22:48 AM
Ether Congrats on the house purchase! 833fy 202406 7/4/2024 7:05:14 AM
ElMorro Construction finally coming to a close. ElMorro 202406 7/1/2024 2:22:56 PM
narwal Starting with July 1, 2024 I will only update "Ca... narwal 202407 7/1/2024 12:50:49 PM
JD2005 The house payoff is so close!!! Shooting for the ... JD2005 202406 6/30/2024 7:48:30 PM
GetMeOutofWork Thanks so much! It's been a long time coming. GetMeOutofWork 202406 6/30/2024 6:39:13 AM
Ikeh89 Congrats on hitting the 500K milestone! GetMeOutofWork 202406 6/29/2024 4:09:36 PM
MinnesotaPaintLady Installed sump pump and water mitigation system in... MinnesotaPaintLady 202406 6/28/2024 11:10:28 PM
FatStacks Thank you patatty. It was my brother as well and t... FatStacks 202406 6/28/2024 1:24:30 PM
Cejoro thank you @cbusguy Cejoro 202406 6/25/2024 4:54:19 AM
patatty I lost my brother in April. It's devastating. ... FatStacks 202406 6/23/2024 6:52:36 PM
FatStacks Thank you all, I appreciate it. FatStacks 202406 6/19/2024 2:45:39 PM
azphx1972 Deepest condolences for your loss 😢 FatStacks 202406 6/19/2024 5:23:07 AM
BirdNole I'm sorry for your loss. FatStacks 202406 6/18/2024 3:12:48 PM
cbusguy Congrats on hitting a million! Cejoro 202406 6/15/2024 4:55:54 PM
BirdNole Good luck in baseball this Friday. Hope my Noles ... GoVols 202407 6/12/2024 5:15:03 PM
BirdNole Good stuff, thanks. Best wishes for continued suc... Indebted 202405 6/12/2024 3:48:12 PM
Indebted Hi Bird, initially it was something like 60/40. I ... Indebted 202405 6/9/2024 2:02:21 AM
cbusguy So I will have a pension, and rather than calculat... FIREat42 202404 6/8/2024 1:46:22 PM
cbusguy Congrats on hitting a million! johndoe83 202406 6/8/2024 1:43:15 PM
cloudcaster Portfolio allocation: 45% Stocks / 55% Bonds cloudcaster 202405 6/7/2024 1:57:51 PM
FatStacks Huh, yea, that is weird because googling around su... FatStacks 202405 6/5/2024 1:54:06 PM
BirdNole Hey - Just wanted to say congratulations on your s... auzzieyank 202405 6/5/2024 1:45:59 PM
blahblah Yeah, I didn't even bother trying Credit Karma, ev... MidwesternJD 202405 6/4/2024 7:25:12 AM
girlnextdoor Another data point: my family of 4 (2 adults 2 sma... sertra2002 202405 6/3/2024 4:18:51 PM
Tryingveryhard What you could do it to compute the Present value ... FIREat42 202404 6/2/2024 11:25:54 PM
Ikeh89 @jwxman, Yeah man its been hard at times but being... Ikeh89 202405 6/2/2024 3:01:02 PM
Ikeh89 How would a person account for a pension, if there... FIREat42 202404 6/2/2024 2:56:51 PM
Tryingveryhard Why would you not account for your pension in your... FIREat42 202404 6/1/2024 7:03:45 PM
jwxman Hey, thanks for the comment on my May post. It's c... Ikeh89 202405 6/1/2024 5:08:40 PM
BirdNole Yep that will do it. Well done. FIREat42 202404 6/1/2024 5:25:44 AM
FIREat42 My pension will be approximately $70K a year, whic... FIREat42 202404 6/1/2024 3:30:25 AM
MidwesternJD Hey there! Thanks for the recommendation, I'll hav... MidwesternJD 202405 6/1/2024 2:54:29 AM
BirdNole Hey that's amazing that you'll be retired in two y... FIREat42 202404 6/1/2024 12:14:40 AM
BirdNole Wow I didn't know FICO scores went past 850. FatStacks 202405 5/31/2024 11:18:50 PM
BirdNole Hey - Question for you.... What was your Stock ... Indebted 202405 5/31/2024 5:01:07 PM
MyWorth I'm not really sure at this point! I invested in a... MyWorth 202405 5/30/2024 7:14:24 PM
BirdNole Congrats on your success thus far. You are well o... Ikeh89 202405 5/30/2024 1:48:20 PM