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So I'm a father of three children, ages 3, 5, and 8. My mother-in-law bought a second home in our town where we live about 5 years ago. She retired last year and now lives in our town full time. She moved here to be closer to us and my wife (who is her only child). I won't say my...

So I was gearing up to make my Roth IRA contribution because that is just what I have always done. But it made me think should I really be doing this? My wife and I are pretty frugal and based on our current spending even with travel I don't see us needing more than $50k a year in retirement...

We bought our house about four years ago and the kitchen was ugly and dated and falling apart (one reason why we got the house for a decent price). I thought I would get used to the kitchen as I am pretty frugal and can deal with a lot, but my wife was getting more annoyed with it and I was...

So I was fortunate to get a fairly sizable sum from a recent legal settlement in my state "Moore v Health Care Authority and State of Washington." Essentially it was meant to pay money for state employees who didn't receive any health care benefits for working part-time. This has been a very...

Hi All, Much appreciate all the input I've received from the forums. My father-in-law recently asked me for investment advice. Made me happy that our relationship had grown that he actually trusted and thought enough of me to ask me. He had quite a hodge podge of assets and wanted to...

Love to get all your thoughts on my familial situation here. My mother who is a wonderful woman and very generous has decided to give money to support my son’s future college education (he was just born). However, she is somewhat stubborn and wants it to be done her way despite the fact that...

OK I'm a long ways off from retiring, (only 29). I'm maxing out my 403b and Roth IRA, and putting a little into a 529 every month. Of course one of the biggest uncertainties and especially at my age is health care costs after retirement. My question is what can I really do when I'm 29 to...

I've read several posts on the "best" online brokerage and would like to hear opinions based upon my situation and biases as I'm kind of conflicted right now. I have been using Scottrade since I first started investing when I was 18. I've stuck with them for eleven years now and they have...

Hi everyone, Great site, just started looking at it last month and have learned a lot already. I thought I should join to make things official and introduce myself. I honestly had never thought that much about early retirement until I meandered across this site while researching 529 savings...