Recent content by aksteelhead

I was just thinking if I financed part of the $140k that my bank would get the title and then i could pay it off in a few months and get a clean title without the worry of being scammed. I might add that its 9 hrs away.

I have the cash to purchase a used class A, but Im worried about the process. It's a private party and they have a lien. Google hasn't been much help although I did find an escrow service for $1200. If I finance I will receive the title upon payoff. If I pay the current owner I feel like I'm...

Sounds like the annuity is not a great option. The 500k referenced in the original post is in a 457 plan and there are several payout options. Lump sum, monthly, annual or various annuities. Our plan is to drain the account over the 10 year period between 50-60. The balance of the nest egg is...

If the market tanks for a few years our travel plans get derailed. I was thinking the annuity could protect us. We have made good decisions so far but a mistake leaves us without any extra till 59 1/2.

We are finally able to FIRE at 50yo. Net worth 2m and would like to spend 500k over the next 10yrs. Should I buy an annuity or try to invest and withdraw on my own.? We have pension income of 110k but would like to supplement 50k or so till reaching 59 1/2. The supplemental would be used for...

Combine the TSP. It's just cleaner that way. I think the form is https://www.tsp.gov/PDF/formspubs/tsp-65.pdf. Congratulations on your milestone.

I am FIREing in October 2018 on my 50th birthday. Nine years in the military and twenty years as an Air Traffic Controller. The military required very hard work and long days, but they were few and far between, most of the time we just goofed off. There were a few months after leaving the...

I am 45 years old and plan to retire in 4 1/2 years. The wife and I have built up a nest egg of 2 Million. Almost all of this is in retirement accounts. We are thinking of rolling everything except the Roths(300K) into two IRAs and taking 72T distributions until we are 59 1/2. Afterwards we...