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Unless you're going to drive into the White Mountains in NH or spend time in Maine in Acadia or something, I wouldn't recommend 4 days in Boston and 1 in NYC. NYC is very difficult to see in 2 days, much less 1, and you're going to regret spending 4 days in Boston and 1 in NYC. If anything, 2...

Fairmont hotels across the world: enter the discount code of NFAF. Ridiculously low rates compared to their norms if you like a bit of luxury. I stayed in the Fairmont Banff Springs and Fairmont Lake Louise for under $160 a piece. You'll often get 50-60% off their regular rates, and better...

I live next door to Ozzie Canseco, the twin brother of Jose Canseco. He wasn't even half the professional baseball player that Jose was. I know Davin Joseph pretty well, an offensive linemen for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He interned with my company for a few months about 3 yeras ago. He...

Not sure where some of you guys live at who've posted such outrageous storage fees but the vast majority of states have a legal cap on towing/doc/storage fees as well as the number of days to be placed on a lien notice. Most states' limits are at approximately $35-50 per day plus a one-time...

Yeah we get occasionally audited by the Massachusetts Department of Financial Services and they're even more irritating than their DMV is. We've actually stopped doing business in that state because it's such a pain in the rear dealing with their government agencies. It's not worth the amount...

I'm not questioning Martha or her integrity. My lack of belief in the information she's providing is not in the sense that I find her lying, but in the sense that I've never experienced anything even remotely similar to what she says her friend is going through in relation to the Wisconsin DMV...

My SO has a good friend she went to nursing school with who puts herself in numerous poorly-rationalized relationships. My SO and I don't particularly like it, but it doesn't affect us one way or the other. We don't lend her money or go out of our way to support her in these endeavors but if...

I can't say I've ever shared the same experience with a difficult Wisconsin DMV, however it's possible that consumers use a different avenue of communication in regards to solving problems. Good luck getting the registration. Shouldn't be difficult.

As a person with 8 years in the auto financing industry, and experience dealing with vehicle titles on new point-of-sale contracts, I find some of the info provided by the OP in this thread to be a bit hard to believe. Maybe she's not giving you all of the information, or is not working on this...

I'll look at opening a Roth IRA then and contribute the max. If I put $5k into the Roth by the end of 2008, and continue contributing the max to my 401k, my 12% investment will still be approximately 60% of my overall portfolio come January (liquid/taxable/non-taxable/private investment). That's...

Thanks for the advice guys. The car payment is a non-negotiable, private deal. It's basically working as an interest-free annuity for someone who had cash sitting around their house and didn't want to put it in a public place. Nothing illegal, mind you, more like one spouse hiding it from...

I'm sorry to hear about any story like that. I'm sure you can see how vastly different this situation is, though. My mother often puts her childrens' interests in front of her own at times, at the first sign of trouble she'd make sure that money got back to me.

Fair enough, I'll concede on those points. I just didn't infer that type of feedback based on what I read. So, let's take this another direction which you might find more interesting, for argument's sake: Let's say the risk level of what I'm doing is indeed a bit higher than what I've...

I appreciate the advice and the caution urged on both your parts, although I find the sarcasm unsolicited, and frankly, a bit offensive. It seems a bit out of character based on my observations of your other postings and I'm not sure where it comes from. It's a bit disappointing. I believe...

I'm in the 28% tax bracket. Thanks for the info, by the way.

Since I'm not within their typical investor range of $100k+ increments they're giving me a check every month because it's easier for accounting purposes. I don't argue it since it's basically a favor they do for family of the company. I figure the $300 I save on my car loan I end up...

It's not a public company. It's also probably much smaller than you realize, and has had the same management intact for over 20 years. We can argue on about the riskiness, or lack thereof, of the return for days. That's fair. I'm not saying I don't concede any fair points, however...

I explained the details above, I have a family member aware of their financial situation at all times. As soon as there's anything even remotely questionable I can withdraw the money.

Hi everyone. First post here, I've been reading the forum for a few months but never took the dive till now. I'm a 27-year-old currently working as an underwriter/system admin for an auto finance company. I gross $80-90k per year depending on bonuses. I put 8% into my 401k and get a 100%...