Recent content by erhelp

I left freelance work and social security out of the calculations. In both cases I know I will get something and sometime but am planning for the worst and hoping for the best.

I've been using firecalc a lot to test things out. I feel pretty confident about meeting my goals if I take the lump some and run it over 45 years. However, I am not as confident for the first 15 years. What do I do if my taxable accounts run dry before I hit 59.5? All of of my...

I re-worked the post to follow the boglehead format and posted it to their forum as well. I could not edit my original post so just added it to this thread. I should have stated that I would not do any conversions until after I had retired and had 0 income. I had seen some threads talking...

I couldn't edit my original post which is annoying. I re-worked it to follow the "Asking Portfolio Questions" format that the bogleheads use. Hi I am a 43 years old, single with no spouse or kids. I am located in NYC and looking at ‘retiring’ at 45. For me early retirement does not mean I...

Hi I am a 43 years old, single with no spouse or kids. I am located in NYC and looking at ‘retiring’ at 45. For me early retirement does not mean I quit working and never earn another dime. It just means that I work, where, how and with whom I want. I would mostly do freelance work on...