Recent content by ganewbie

Excellent questions and things I have thought about. My wife has a solid job, in a field where there are shortages. She is secure with pay and healthcare. We both have a 250k life insurance policy. We have a 100k emergency fund invested in high dividend low risk stocks. I have ran the numbers...

I’m ready. Or at least I think I’m ready. I’m 48, my wife is 42. We have a couple of kids entering high school next year. I can retire with a defined benefit pension with basic 3% COLA in 2017. Net from that would be $3100 monthly. I am currently bringing home 4k monthly, working 50 hours...