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I am going on a short work trip to Vegas next month and would like to drive out to Sequoia and Kings Canyon 4 days beforehand. Does anyone have any suggestions on trails to hike or things to see? Which park do you like better? How would you split your time?

I am 30 years old and in reasonably good shape. I was a swimmer in college and am accustomed to high intensity workouts. My resting HR is ~40. My wife, a physical therapist, has a theory that I don't need to raise my heart rate as much for aerobic activity as much as average person because my...

I work at a small but fast growing company. We are organized as a Sub S Corp. We are owned by several of the employees at the firm and they regularly invite other professionals at the firm to be shareholders. I was hoping to be invited to be a shareholder within 3 years. I have no experience...

My wife and I are looking at building a house next year.  The total cost will be about 320k.  Of this we will be financing ~260k.  I am concerned about the cost of a $1700+ mortgage payment vs our current $650.  We have reasonably good incomes for 28 yr olds totaling 110k/yr and will increase at...

I am going to meet with a custom home builder on Saturday. The only reason I am looking to use that builder is that he owns the lot that I want to build on so I don't have too much of a choice. He quoted his fee at 14% of the cost of building plus land. The general contractor my family has used...

In reading through the forums it looks like some people on the board achieved FIRE partly through RE investing. I am new to this but have been giving it some thought over the last couple of years. Does anyone have experience buying land and subdividing it? What kind of costs exists? Can this be...

I just wanted to introduce myself before chiming in on any future threads.  I am still a worker bee but am interest in FIRE.  I am 27 years old.  Work in the financial industry (no I am not going to try to sell you anything, thats not my job).  I work for a discount broker that many of you...