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I think the most urgent factor here is your health. My father died at 39 years old - from complications of an ulcer. He lived under unbearable stress from trying to support a family of 7 (on a $4 an hour factory job). My mother was (and still is) impossible. There was no easy solution for...

I searched for previous threads about this, but didn't come up with much. I'm considering switching from Quicken 04 to Money 06. I'm just looking for a simple way to track expenses and savings. What are the differences between the 06 versions of Quicken and MS Money?

I just wanted to thank everyone for your suggestions.  This forum is worth it's weight in gold...

Can anyone recommend a good book on buying rental property? We're looking to buy a duplex or triplex in a midwestern university town. I know the basics of buying real estate, but don't know the specifics of buying rentals. Also, the rental we buy may be a beautiful old home. Any good books on...

Thanks for all the suggestions. dandan14 - I checked out the CNN and Money Magazine tutorial - it's great - I'm working on it... Nords - The library just called to tell me that  the Investing For Dummies book is in... - and - lazyday,   I just ordered The Four Pillars of Investing So you...

(I'm surprised that Schwab hasn't sent a limo to your house yet.) Yes - schwab has been calling. We haven't met with them yet and we may listen to what they have to say. But we're not paying anyone to make our decisons - we're definitely "do-it-your-self-ers." Thank you Nords for the book...

This is a little embarrassing to admit - but I know nothing about investing. I only know real estate and we now have 570K sitting in our Schwab account (from our most recent sale) waiting for us to figure out what to do with it. We were going to buy more real estate, but I want to wait to see...

I wanted to get back to you all and let you know what we've tentatively decided to do.... *pay 150K on the (290K) mortgage *establish a 50K emergency fund *100K to invest in stocks *buy a house (outright) in the midwest town where we may retire (and rent it out in the meantime) *use the...

The profit is 500K and it's been our primary residence - so we're okay there.

You are right - my husband and I have many questions to ask ourselves before we decide what to do with this money.  One thing I know for sure (for me) is that I want to live debt free.  I personally want to take part of the money and pay off our remaining mortgage (290K).  My husband has mixed...

Hello, I'm new to this forum. I just posted the following message on a simplicity forum and someone suggested that I post here. I would be interested in some feedback on our situation. We just sold our house and now have 720K sitting in our Schwab account. My partner and I are trying to decide...