Currency |
United States Dollar - USD |
Date Joined |
7/30/2015 |
Salary Range |
500,000+ |
Occupation |
Legal |
Age Range |
35-39 |
Cost Of Living |
[not specified] |
About Me |
2 lawyer couple. 1st kid born July 2016. AGI 2010 and before: Still in school and essentially zero. AGI 2011: ~$127,000. AGI 2012: $208,257. AGI 2013: $256,299. AGI 2014: $345,422. AGI 2015: $413,767. AGI 2016: $434,716. AGI 2017: 545,827. AGI 2018: 443,547. AGI 2019: 454,491 AGI 2020: 519,601 AGI 2021: 514,739 |
Why I Joined |
To learn from others and to keep a record of our financial progress over time. |
Best Financial Decision |
Committing to paying off crippling student loan debt as quickly as possible |
Worst Financial Decision |
Acquiring crippling student loan debt |
Current Investing Strategy |
I'm not sure I have one anymore. I need to figure that out. Focusing a lot of rental properties lately, but also just trying to save cash. Maxing out retirement accounts. |
How do you manage your finances? |
We use the cash budget taught by Dave Ramsey, although now that we are debt free, we are a little more sloppy than before. But, we do try to stick to the cash budget and not use debit cards unless it's necessary for certain types of purchases. We do not use credit cards and will not borrow money except for a conservative mortgage. Our retirement investments are fully automated, and most of our monthly expenses are automatically paid. Our monthly living expenses amount to about 50% of our take-home pay, so the only thing we have to do each month is decide what to do with the other 50%: save, invest, give, or spend? |
What tools do you use? |
Mint.com, Fidelity, Vanguard, gurufocus |
I need financial help with... |
$zero to -$300k: 27 years; -$300k-$zero: 5 years; $0-$100k: 5 months; $100k-200k: 11 months; $200k-300k: 6 months; $300k-$400k: 9 months; $400k-$500k: 16 months; $500k-$600k: 7 months; $600k-$700k: 9 months; 700k-800k: 5 months; 800k-900k: 3 months; 900k-1MM: 6 months; 1MM-1.1MM: In progress |
Favorite Authors |
Seth Klarman, Dave Ramsey |
Last Login |
9/25/2023 |
Budget |
This user has not created a budget |