Recent content by jasond

I'm in the government Fers and at the endof 2000 had 191k, and just recently it hit 620k mostly stocks don't move it around much. I contribute 15 percent with five percent match. Just recently turned it down to five percent because I need to pay off some bills. I've been a big believer of...

With the market the way it is my thrift savings plan is about $430K. My rental house is about $400K around depends on how the real estate market is. I only have ten years to go for early fire at 56. Jason

Make about 80K Save 15% with 5% matching. Ten years to go. Jason

I remember the joy of when I first hit 100K. I'm now right around 400k retiring in about ten years hopefully. All I did was save 10% of my income into my thrift savings plan at work, they also chipped in 5%. Never saved a lot in my life just took advantage of my 401k. Luckily I will also get a...

SS, on the other hand, is another matter...don't quite know if I would be for full SS taxes on everything over the cap. At the very least, start out with perhaps 10% or 25% of the SS tax (employee and employer) on all of the income...then VERY gradually notch it up over the years. I don't...

I'm 45 work for the Government and currently have about 350K in thrift savings plan. One rental hours with about 350K equity and one condo DW and I live in with about 250K. Oh yes and about 15K in IRA. Plan on retiring the day I turn 56 no matter what. Hey its 21 years down and 11 to go. :)...