Recent content by Fishingmn

60/59 Budget: $40k - this would be the first place to cut if there's a major correction Breaks down as 6-8 weeks in the winter to get out of MN. A 2+ week trip to Europe (although doing Alaska this year). The rest on weddings, weekend outings, DW's girl's trip and my annual guy's golf trip.

We like our California King. I'm 6'3" so the extra length is nice plus gives room for the dog (spoiled mutt)

Those options are right up my alley too. But sadly - Uprising by Muse came out in 2009 (not the last decade). Man are we getting old.

Are you asking people to vote on their own net worth or what level should be considered Fat Fire?

Question - We (59/58) have been paying for a high deductible private bronze/HSA plan for a number of years. Both are pretty healthy. Haven't done ACA before because we are over the cliff. We sold a rental property this year so 2021 will see us well over the cliff based on capital gains. I'm...

I have 8 rental properties and have been using Quicken's Rental Property version for 10+ years. Works well for what I use it for - tracking income & expenses and linking to my bank. It's not an all encompassing solution for things like applicant tracking, background checks, automated rent...

Currently own 10 - 8 townhouses and 2 condos. No issues so far with payments. I've never had to do an eviction in 9 years of owning properties. I did have a tenant move out of condo in June and am remodeling it to sell (tenant used me to buy a house so made $6k commission). My other condo will...

Started baseball grip for first 20+ years of playing since I played baseball. Switched to overlap 15-20 years ago. Carried a club around holding that grip during the winter to get myself used to the feel. Most people I've played with leave the pin in but there are still a few hold outs. My 11...

Can't answer when the "best" time is but we were there May 21-23 4 years ago. Good news - there were people there but it didn't seem "too" crowded. Was easy to find a parking spot at each place we wanted to stop. We did love Sequoia. Bad news - it was pretty cold and the park lodge we were...

I got lucky enough to get invited 6 years ago to a 4-5 day board gaming event every year. Held at a 7 bedroom house in Northern MN and about 30 people attend. Almost all of the games mentioned in this thread are too mainstream for this group. A lot of the games are found on kickstarter and a...

Tesla is quite transparent with their data and every car automatically sends data at all times. Therefore, we know that in Q3 Tesla drivers who had Autopilot running had an accident for every 4.34 million miles driven. This improved from the year earlier when it was 1 for every 3.34 million...

Does Elon Musk make lots of claims that turn out to be very aggressive timing wise - yes. That said, Tesla is years ahead of pretty much every other car maker from a technology side.

We take off in our Model 3 tomorrow for winter in CA. I've never been a car guy but man do I love my Tesla. So fun to drive, very comfortable (and I'm 6'3") and the technology is amazing. Add in the safety and environmental benefit on top of it all. To each their own but I'm pretty happy with...

We chose (as I'm sure many on here did) to enjoy the journey along the way and were perfectly content with retiring in our 50's. That meant saving 20-25% of our income each year instead of more aggressive plans. This allowed us to keep the 15 year mortgage, travel somewhat, save to pay for kids...

That stinks. On the bright side - I bought my M3 in August and absolutely love it. Have yet to really find a Tesla owner that doesn't feel the same way. Check and see if you have a local Tesla Facebook Group to join. Very active group here in MN which is the only thing I go on FB for these...