Recent content by Readysoon

The best of both worlds, as you know is to live in Washington State (no income tax) and go shopping in Oregon (no sales tax). Astoria is a beautiful place to live however. A similar clime/culture is right across the Columbia in Washington on the Long Beach Peninsula, cost of living is very low...

One idea would be to volunteer overseas with disaster relief. That would give him good experience and help him to get a future job, peace corp is a two year stint, if he could do 2 years i'm sure he could do some good with his training.. It would also give him extra points towards federal work...

Hi there. I'm in the exact shape as you actually, i felt like i was reading my own situation in reading thru where you are. I've done this by Living below my means and working hard (multiple jobs etc..).. I do live in PA, not NJ myself (so taxes aren't so bad). I've about $1M and the same...

Thanks everyone for the advice, I'll avoid these in the future, appreciate your taking the time to respond.

I was wondering what percentage others use for limit sell orders http://www.ehow.com/facts_5128022_limit-order-stock-trading.html in order to survive big loss days? Any thoughts on doing this? I was thinking about 5% to be what i'd set my volatile stocks. Any thoughts? thanks in advance!

Hello all, long time reader, first time poster... lets see.. i'm 42, single male, and i want to know what people think about my retiring in 3 years at 45, or do they think i can do sooner? at 42 I've $500k in stocks, $65k in savings, $320k in 401k/ira, a total of $885k. also, no debts and...