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The state of Arizona is planning to offer a 401a plan next year. Right now the wife maxes out her 457 (from her employer a city) and does pension contributions thru state, but we still stash away about 4500/month post tax. Apparently this 401a allows her to put away up to 44k pretax, which...

Interesting way to really keep expenses down for a year while taking on a life adventure. http://www.sxtu.edu.cn/english/costofattendance.htm Shanxi Normal University offers a yearlong program for about USD $3200, which includes tuition and single occupancy furnished room with private...

(apologies if this has been posted already) Interesting = http://www.networthiq.com Disregarding to possibly prominent data points: 1. BS factor. Anyone can sign up and claim to be a dotcom millionaire. 2. Biased sample. People interested in personal finance are probably better at it. Either...

Interesting points from here: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/0904MyMoney04mainbar.html But with greater access have come debt burdens for many people. Much has been made of average credit-card balances near $9,000, although that figure is misleading. Derived from a...

(apologies if posting in wrong forum) We've decided we're sick of taking care of this big four bedroom house and doing yard work. We have no children so half it goes unused anyway. The plan? Townhome! We've enjoyed a nice runup in home value, so are now sitting on this 350k home with a 145k...

I'm new here. I also used to lurk on motley. I haven't looked at a ER forum in a long time, but it's cool to see some names I remember. I surely remember galeno, as much for his opinions on things other than early retirement than on. And of course I remember intercst... I used to get the...