Recent content by gwraigty

I don't know what an "ugly ass stick built home" is, but I don't think of ours that way. What a broad brush you paint with. Laughable? Yeah, I guess the local government laughs all the way to the bank when they're collecting more income tax (well, not from retired folks), property tax, and...

The county we live in is still mostly rural, although it's gradually been subjected to increasing amounts of development, both residential and shopping. It doesn't bother me, because I'm a native Clevelander. I spent the first 33 years of my life there. Overall, I'd much rather be close to...

I could be way off the mark here, but OP has given enough clues so far that my guess is that the location of this young development is just down the road from Millbrook High School or at least nearby, per Google Maps. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. :) So much to unpack. First, I wish I'd...

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Your wording sounds good to me.

I don't use my Schwab Amex that often, but a short while back there was a small business promotion. If you used an Amex at a participating small business, you'd get a $5 statement credit. I used my Schwab Amex twice at a local Chinese takeout place and both times the $5 was credited promptly.

On Fidelity's customer service page it says: We've been with Fidelity for years (also Schwab) and have seldom needed to call for anything. On the rare occasion, I've not had to wait more than a few minutes. This is before Covid-19 though. Nothing is normal right now. They could have people out...

+1 to both the above. My state is only 1 of 3 that still have dower rights. Specifically in Ohio, this means that a surviving spouse has lifetime rights to 1/3 of real property owned by the deceased spouse. The surviving spouse also has the right to remain in the marital home for up to a year...

There is a brand new 55+ resort community about 5 minutes down the road from our house. A little bit of Internet detective work shows that most of the people moving in so far are in their 70s and 80s. It's not what I expected to see. I'm not sure how far along the entire development is. People...

Last year I made the switch from FreeFillableForms to https://www.freetaxusa.com/software.jsp

My answer for Christmas is the same as I posted in the Thanksgiving thread. No gatherings.

We're not handing out candy this year, for the first time ever.

Last month a couple we know wanted to get together with us on a weekend. We last saw them when we hosted them last Thanksgiving. We regretfully told them that we're not socializing with anyone until all this passes. They understood. It's good to have friends like that. :) Nothing is going to...

So far, the Freedom and the Freedom Flex have the same quarterly rewards. I don't see Chase offers on the Freedom Flex though, only the Freedom. Discover It's 4th quarter is 5% at Amazon, Walmart, and Target (which is only handy if you don't have the Target card). This quarter, Chase Freedom...