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Personal Consumer Issues • Painting with extension pole (fascia)
I'd like to paint a section of fascia on a house, and I estimate that one of the available 12-foot extension poles would do the trick. (Not interested in using a ladder).It looks like these paint...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Opinions on 90/10 Portfolio by Warren Buffett
I have $3.6m in my portfolio with estimated annual spending need of $100k. I entered this and my estimated future SS into Firecalc. Here are the high and low estimates over 30 years:90/10$3,168,986 to...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Advantages of having an American Express...
I've cancelled the AMEX Platinum card with its $695 annual fee and its coupon book business model after one year. I am happier with the simplicity of a no annual fee, cash back, no foreign transaction...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • What Book Are You Currently Reading? Part VI
Recently read these 2 books, I thought they were really good. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan.The chip war by...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Auto finance rates - my word
Sounds like the dealer changed the deal once it was time to close. I would pay of the loan ASAP, while laughing maniacally.Statistics: Posted by whodidntante — Sat Apr 27, 2024 7:20 pm — Replies 85 —...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • In-Laws Want to Go Over Their Estate Plan with Us
Hi BH,My spouses’s parents want to sit down with my wife and I and go through their finances/estate plan. I think a small part of it is my in-laws know I am into personal finance and boglehead...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • What are you listening to now
One Headlight, by The Wallflowers. 3 Strange Days, by School of Fish.R.I.P. Michael Ward.Statistics: Posted by jginseattle — Sat Apr 27, 2024 7:25 pm — Replies 5986 — Views 655104
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Improving terrible WiFi Signal
Thanks all. Starting with the router and will proceed from there. Per one of the above recs, and reading some other reviews, I have this router arriving today.Thank you all. New router makes a world...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Will the Fidelity Sharks Go After My Wife When I Kick...
I have two questions for the OP:1. Which custodian has your wife's IRAs? (It seems to me that you should make it easy for the survivor to merge them.)2. Have you asked her what she would do after you...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Vanguard Cash Plus Account
I just set up my Cash Plus account this week and put some money in it. I just tried to use the account and routing number at the EFTPS site to make a quarterly estimated payment to the IRS. It came...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • How do we find home in Maryland with...
Fredrick?Statistics: Posted by skepticalobserver — Sat Apr 27, 2024 7:28 pm — Replies 8 — Views 721
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Giving CenturyLink my bank account info to...
You're over-thinking this.It takes 5 minutes to open an online checking account with no minimum balance requirement, or whose monthly fee is waived with an ACH transfer. Use it for autopay. Only keep...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Hotel reservation -- $128 in fees??
The deal is done. It's too late to negotiate cancellation terms and prices. You could do a dummy booking with no credit card and see if the prices and cancellation terms are misleading. That would be...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Did you use Real Estate to build wealth?
In 2010, my wife and I bought a 4 bedroom/4-bathroom (2150 sq ft) new-construction townhouse in the Bay Area that was listed at $500k. We were both 35 years old at that time and had a net worth of...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Fixed Income, Taxable, and Investment Priority
Greetings Community,Assuming one is in the 24% tax bracket and needs to hold fixed income in taxable and tax-advantaged accounts, with the majority being in taxable, which of these investments should...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • How Many Days Various FEHB Plans Cover For...
It will be interesting to see if APWU, NALC and MHBP even continue to be part of FEHB after the PSHB branches off from it. I'm curious how many non-USPS employees/retirees utilize these options.I seem...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Fixed Index Annuity Question
Thank you for the detailed, clear answer. My question, incidentally, was prompted by this article: https://www.barrons.com/articles/myga-b ... rchresults.Statistics: Posted by Yooj — Sun Apr 28, 2024...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Purchasing MYGAs (multi year...
I merged boglery's thread into the ongoing discussion.Statistics: Posted by LadyGeek — Sun Apr 28, 2024 7:30 pm — Replies 2274 — Views 303678
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Rain shell recommendation (lightweight and...
Outdoor research has a jacket that is light and breathable, I forget what it is called but just search for their lightest one. I have an outdoor research that has pit-zippers. I like it but doesn’t...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Forgot to file a 1099 - Will I Get...
Curious, how do you think it would in make you look bad? In what context?Because I did not report the mistake. It makes me look dishonest.You are over-worrying about this. Missing $64 of income is not...
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