Recent content by kghughes1022

Thanks everyone for the great feedback as I am feeling much more confident about the prospect. I also went over all of this with my wife and showed her the FIRE calculator with 100% success rate so I think she is buying in, other than me being home 24/7:-).

I guess I am nervous as 33 years is a long time with so many unknowns. I still have 3 kids colleges, 2 daughters weddings, potential illnesses??? I am a bit conservative which explains the nervousness.

Hey Dusty I did the same as mentioned above. I went onto the exchange website and then added in the deductible of a HSA to get my insurance costs. I then went onto tax calculators and assumed my income was coming in from savings withdraws, a portion via dividend income, and the balance via...

Hi Rodi. If I pay off my mortgage and back out equity (as I have an investment property as well) it takes me to about $3 million with no debt (cars and house paid for). I did assume some amount of taxes and all insurance in the $100k. This is much less than I gross today, however I also...

Just joined this site today and great information. I went on to the FIRE calculator and based on that I hit my number, but still nervous. I have ~$3.2 million in savings, investments, equity, and 401k. I just get nervous as I have 3 kids to get through college (1 a sophomore in college, 1 a...