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06-22-2022, 10:02 AM
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Confused about dryer sheets
Join Date: Jun 2022
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Hello
Hello all. Long time lurker. Great forum with lots of valuable advice. I would like to “stress test” my progress toward retirement. I live in a low cost city and have the opportunity to retire next month with health insurance and pension. The agency I work for normally offers early out retirement each year so I am not married to the idea of leaving just yet. I am 49 years old and married.
-No debt except for house. Monthly payment is $1400 at 3.375%.
Assets ($2.2M) are as follows:
-Taxable stock accounts/mutual funds. $278,000
-Cash $175,000
-Roth IRAs $380,000
-401ks/Deductible IRAs $1,400,000
Yearly spending is $90,000 at most and can be adjusted downward if needed. My pension would be $21,000 after deduction for health insurance and survivor annuity. My wife would be working part time three more years earning $28,000 per year. From age 57-62, my pension would increase by $14500 per year for a total of $35,500. At age 62, pension would decrease back to normal rate. Eligible for social security at age 62 and so is my wife.
FIRE calculations give this 100% success rate but it still makes me nervous . Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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06-22-2022, 10:08 AM
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Welcome Sullivan! If you haven't found them already, we have a helpful list of things to think about before you make the leap:
Some Important Questions to Answer
Glad to have you with us!
One concern is that retiree health insurance can be yanked under a lot of circumstances (it's a benefit, not a promise, in many cases - in my case the cost went from $300 to $1200/month and the coverage went down over the course of several years). How confident are you that you'll have it for the 16 years you'll need it, and would you be able to cover ACA cost in your budget if not?
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06-22-2022, 10:09 AM
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Confused about dryer sheets
Join Date: Jun 2022
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MBAustin
Welcome Sullivan! If you haven't found them already, we have a helpful list of things to think about before you make the leap:
Some Important Questions to Answer
Glad to have you with us!
One concern is that retiree health insurance can be yanked under a lot of circumstances (it's a benefit, not a promise, in many cases - in my case the cost went from $300 to $1200/month and the coverage went down over the course of several years). How confident are you that you'll have it for the 16 years you'll need it, and would you be able to cover ACA cost in your budget if not?
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Thanks! Very confident that the health insurance will be for life. It is federal retirement.
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06-23-2022, 11:14 AM
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Welcome!
If you have all of the questions in the above post answered to your satisfaction, it looks like you are OK.
There are many threads about the nervous first few months of retirement. Research those and feel free to come back and ask any questions. I have found the members on the forum to be happy to help and very knowledgeable.
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06-23-2022, 11:31 AM
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If you retire before age 59, you'll likely have some hoops to get through to get the IRA money. So if you're thinking several years before age 59 it might be a good idea to sock more away in the taxable accounts, but I wouldn't give up any matching funds at all.
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06-23-2022, 11:51 AM
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One thing to consider is how to fund the years before you have penalty access to IRA's (I think its at ~ 59 1/2 years). Ignoring investment performance and cost of living increases, seem you need access to an additional $178.5K.
Sorry for the hard to read table format below... don really know how to import a table to a post...
Age (Start of year) | Pension Him | PT work - Her | Total Income | Needed | To be funded from investments | 49 | 21,000 | 28,000 | 49,000 | 90,000 | 41,000 | 50 | 21,000 | 28,000 | 49,000 | 90,000 | 41,000 | 51 | 21,000 | 28,000 | 49,000 | 90,000 | 41,000 | 52 | 21,000 | 0 | 21,000 | 90,000 | 69,000 | 53 | 21,000 | 0 | 21,000 | 90,000 | 69,000 | 54 | 21,000 | 0 | 21,000 | 90,000 | 69,000 | 55 | 21,000 | 0 | 21,000 | 90,000 | 69,000 | 56 | 21,000 | 0 | 21,000 | 90,000 | 69,000 | 57 | 35,500 | 0 | 35,500 | 90,000 | 54,500 | 58 | 35,500 | 0 | 35,500 | 90,000 | 54,500 | 59 | 35,500 | 0 | 35,500 | 90,000 | 54,500 | Total | 274,500 | 84,000 | 358,500 | 990,000 | 631,500 |
Total Need to fund from investments: 631,500
Cash 175,000
Taxable 278,000
Total Non IRA funds 453,000
Gap (178,500)
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06-28-2022, 10:59 AM
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I agree with MBAustin that health care prior to MC is the key thing to worry about with Early Retirement. Short of a rogue asteroid or nuclear war, HC is the biggie. YMMV
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06-28-2022, 03:30 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by perez99
One thing to consider is how to fund the years before you have penalty access to IRA's (I think its at ~ 59 1/2 years). Ignoring investment performance and cost of living increases, seem you need access to an additional $178.5K.
Sorry for the hard to read table format below... don really know how to import a table to a post...
Age (Start of year) | Pension Him | PT work - Her | Total Income | Needed | To be funded from investments | 49 | 21,000 | 28,000 | 49,000 | 90,000 | 41,000 | 50 | 21,000 | 28,000 | 49,000 | 90,000 | 41,000 | 51 | 21,000 | 28,000 | 49,000 | 90,000 | 41,000 | 52 | 21,000 | 0 | 21,000 | 90,000 | 69,000 | 53 | 21,000 | 0 | 21,000 | 90,000 | 69,000 | 54 | 21,000 | 0 | 21,000 | 90,000 | 69,000 | 55 | 21,000 | 0 | 21,000 | 90,000 | 69,000 | 56 | 21,000 | 0 | 21,000 | 90,000 | 69,000 | 57 | 35,500 | 0 | 35,500 | 90,000 | 54,500 | 58 | 35,500 | 0 | 35,500 | 90,000 | 54,500 | 59 | 35,500 | 0 | 35,500 | 90,000 | 54,500 | Total | 274,500 | 84,000 | 358,500 | 990,000 | 631,500 |
Total Need to fund from investments: 631,500
Cash 175,000
Taxable 278,000
Total Non IRA funds 453,000
Gap (178,500)
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Nailed it... OP has plenty to retire but not penalty free access.
I would consider a 72t... $41k a year would fund the gap in the first few years and preserve cash and taxable account funds for financial flexibility. I dunno, maybe even do more than $41k... looks like the max is $58k.
Also consider Roth conversions to reduce the tax torpedo once SS is online and RMDs begin.
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06-28-2022, 04:33 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Welcome to the forum, great that you have the federal govt health care so quite low risk of it being removed. I agree with pb4uski that setting up a 72t is probably a good idea. Use some of those pretax funds so you have some after tax funds flexibility. Otherwise it seems you are good shape, just need to bridge the funding until SS kicks in.
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07-07-2022, 10:25 AM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
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OP,
What is your mortgage balance? I personally would be more comfortable if I had no mortgage before I entertain the thought of retiring. It would reduce your expenses to ~$73K from $90K.
I would work for 3 to 5 more years and reevaluate if the job is not stressful and killing you.
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07-07-2022, 10:37 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by detroitbabu
OP,
What is your mortgage balance? I personally would be more comfortable if I had no mortgage before I entertain the thought of retiring. It would reduce your expenses to ~$73K from $90K.
I would work for 3 to 5 more years and reevaluate if the job is not stressful and killing you.
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3 to 5 years is a long time unless one is enjoying the ride. YMMV
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07-07-2022, 11:18 AM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Feb 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Koolau
3 to 5 years is a long time unless one is enjoying the ride. YMMV
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Hence the statement " if the job is not too stressful". Also, I said this is what I would do.
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07-07-2022, 11:19 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Probably fine if you use your cash, taxable and Roth funds for your bridge. Learn how to live on closer to $70k though... We are under $60k for years now and travel quite a bit.
Figure out a comfortable expense plan over the next 6 - 12 months... Think about reducing the bigger costs like going to 1 car when she retires... Big one.
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07-07-2022, 11:24 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by detroitbabu
Hence the statement " if the job is not too stressful". Also, I said this is what I would do.
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Yep. Caught that. There's stress (really bad.) Then there's "not enjoying the ride" (less bad, but enough in my case to bail out - in one day.) YMMV
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07-07-2022, 11:30 AM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Feb 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Koolau
3 to 5 years is a long time unless one is enjoying the ride. YMMV
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Hence the statement " if the job is not too stressful". Also, I said this is what I would do.
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07-07-2022, 12:56 PM
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Sounds like you around a 3%WR not including SS for both. From a financial perspective, you should be good to go.
Being on the earlier side of ER, even for this forum, do you have plans of stuff to do in retirement?
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07-07-2022, 04:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by detroitbabu
OP,
What is your mortgage balance? I personally would be more comfortable if I had no mortgage before I entertain the thought of retiring. It would reduce your expenses to ~$73K from $90K.
I would work for 3 to 5 more years and reevaluate if the job is not stressful and killing you.
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-1 If I had plenty to retire but penalty-free access was an issue, the last thing that I would do is to pay off a mortgage... I would preserve taxable account money for flexibility rather than use it to pay off the mortgage.
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07-07-2022, 04:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pb4uski
-1 If I had plenty to retire but penalty-free access was an issue, the last thing that I would do is to pay off a mortgage... I would preserve taxable account money for flexibility rather than use it to pay off the mortgage.
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Especially at 3.375%.
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07-07-2022, 05:18 PM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pb4uski
-1 If I had plenty to retire but penalty-free access was an issue, the last thing that I would do is to pay off a mortgage... I would preserve taxable account money for flexibility rather than use it to pay off the mortgage.
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1. I did not say he should use taxable money to pay off the mortgage. I simply asked what the mortgage balance was.
2. If the mortgage balance was low enough that I could cash flow and pay off the mortgage I would work extra couple of years before retiring.
I am not telling the OP what to do. I am simply saying that is what *I* would do.
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07-07-2022, 05:32 PM
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You're picking nits. You implicitly suggested that the OP pay off the mortgage before retiring and work an additional 3-5 years... and no one has jumped on your bandwagon for either suggestion.
Quote:
Originally Posted by detroitbabu
OP,
What is your mortgage balance? I personally would be more comfortable if I had no mortgage before I entertain the thought of retiring. It would reduce your expenses to ~$73K from $90K.
I would work for 3 to 5 more years and reevaluate if the job is not stressful and killing you.
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