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Hi all, wanted some conensus here as to my semi-RE (work part-time) viability. I was forced to stop working due to an ongoing disability, and can only work seasonal jobs. My partner works full-time, and we would like a sanity check using the current state of our finances. My partner would like to stop working after two years. I, M42, and partner, F42, live together HCOL Area (but not VHCOL) Own 1 Rental Unit in VHCOL with very little cashflow but principal paydown is around $900 per/mth Passive Loss provides a 22k per year tax deduction due to depreciation, as we would be below the 100k AGI limit for rental PAL. Currently renting Current spend is ~87,000 While partner is working, our savings will be about $55,000 per year. Current total Net Worth with the rental is ~$3,200,000 Current total Net Worth excluding the rental is ~$2,980,000 If we sell the rental, spendable Net Worth could be around ~ $3,100,000 (assumes we lose 100k in broker fees and HELOC paydown) In two years when partner stops work, could be anywhere from 3.4m to 3.6m at 6% per/annum returns. Portfolio asset allocation is 70/30, Total Stock, International Stock (20%), and Intermediate Total Bond Bonds are in Total Bond Fund across 401(k)s with another 2-3 years in I-Bonds to protect against SORR. About 9% out of the 30% of bonds for future down payment on home, sitting in TTTXX within brokerage. Will re-balance post purchase. At 3.5% SWR, annual spend can be, when pegged against the current spendable net worth, around $112,000. If we were to sell the rental, that goes up to $108,500. This assumes we both stop working today. If I only stop, then my portion of the expenses at ~$65,000 requires $1,857,142 portfolio at a 3.5% SWR. I plan on doing part-time seasonal work bringing in about $25,000. She will do the same in two years, bringing in about $20,000 - $25,000. Assuming we both work part-time, brining in a safe $40,000 after tax, a SWR at 3.5% would require ~$2,000,000 portfolio. What are some other's thoughts on the current RE plan? My concerns are SORR, longevitiy, and breathing room for home ownership in the future. My thinking is, after the two more years of working, buy a house (600-700k), and then increase our comfortable annual spend to $125,000 because of the extra homeownership and ACA expenses. This would then require ~$2,500,000 when accounting for supplemental earned income. We already vetted out ACA plans, subsidies, and total OOP-Max per the $125,000 spend figure above. Sans the supplemental income, portfolio would have to be about ~3.6M after home purchase. Should we have 3.6M in 2 years, after home purchase with 20% down and 6% closing, we would be left with 3.4M. We can bring in supplemental income for a few years and then stop working as another option or use the Guyton-Klinger guardrails strategy starting at a base 4% SWR. Any input as to the viability of this plan would be greatly appreciated. submitted by /u/Sensitive-Coast-2675 [link] [comments]

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I'm 53, single no dependents, 2.5m nw, spending about 100k/year in vhcol, and laid off a year ago. Since being laid off i've been testing out living in some different areas and countries to see what its like to be retired. I realized that although I would like to be retired in 3-5 years, I'm not really ready for it yet. I feel like i still have something to give. I still find my self applying for jobs, I still miss the purpose of a job. I also find my self thinking that I need more of a nest egg to protect myself against a market downturn and another reason to work for another 3 -4 years. I've thought about doing something more entreprenurial but have no idea what that may be. (i don't want to burn through my nest egg doing something). Any suggestions for someone in my situation? would be nest egg last? any thoughts on how to approach the next 3-4 years? submitted by /u/Available-Ad-5670 [link] [comments]

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I FIRE’d a year ago and since then the tech index fund (XLK) I’m invested in has gone up to 1.1 mil. About 700k long term cap gain. The good thing is I only need 50k annually for expenses, but the bad thing is I’m overly concentrated in one fund. Any idea how I can diversify without getting a big tax bill? Is selling my only option? Edit to add: I also have 2 mil invested in index funds and bonds. My portfolio is 70% stocks, 20% bonds and 10% in cash and crypto submitted by /u/SquareStork [link] [comments]

I'm 30 living in a VHCOL city. I have a good job, good savings rate but I'm getting tired of the daily drag which sucks since i'm basically at the start of my career. Please help me out and let me know if I'm on track based on my numbers. - 401k Balance: $130k - Roth IRA: $20k - Trad IRA: $16k (working on doing a reverse roll over into my 401k to clear the path for backdoor roth going forward) - Brokerage: $40k - Emergency Fund/ HYSA: $35k Total NW: $241k I make $170k per year and my expenses per month are around $4.5k. I'm maxing my 401k out and plan to do so for as long as possible. I also max my IRA annually and save around $500 - $1k per month in my brokerage. Is there anything I might be missing? Anywhere to improve? If I assume my monthly expenses will increase slightly over the coming years to $8k (child-related costs) that puts my fire number at $2.4M. When do you reasonably think I will hit that? submitted by /u/ContagiousCompetence [link] [comments]

Married filing jointly in California. Spouse is a stay-at-home parent to a disabled child. Lost my job earlier this year and we are about to get on Covered CA. I've managed to figure out how to keep our MAGI below a number to ensure we don't lose my subsidies. I DO NOT intend to return to the workforce - at least not full time, just yet. This brings to an issue I hadn't really thought about. We have a mortgage at a high interest rate that I intended to pay off at 60 (a few years away). I am aggressively paying it down right now. I guess-timate that, if I keep doing this, by the time I hit 60, my mortgage would be down to around $250K when I turn 60. I want to confirm / clarify on my plan about paying this off with funds in my spouse's ROTH IRA and my ROTH IRA. We have each had these accounts since 2009. Between our contributions and the growth (will not be contributing from this year onward), there is more than sufficient funds to pay off the mortgage and live a decent lifestyle going forward. Am I right in assuming that since I would be over 59-and-a-1/2 and the entire 250K will come from ROTH IRAs, this withdrawal would NOT increase our MAGI for the purposes of continuing to be covered by Covered CA? Please advice. submitted by /u/Veyyiloda [link] [comments]

We just welcomed our first son in April and the past few weeks have been a crash course in financial decisions I wish someone had warned me about. Here is a checklist of things that caught us off guard in case it helps anyone in the prep phase or early days: 1. Map out your leave income month by month, not just in aggregate. Knowing your income drops during leave is different from seeing exactly what hits your account in month 2 versus month 4. The month by month picture looked very different from our high level math. 2. The 30 day window after birth to add your baby to health insurance. Miss it and you wait until open enrollment. Easy to forget in the newborn fog. 3. Childcare waitlists start earlier than you think. In many cities waitlists run 6 to 12 months. Get on lists now even if you are not sure you will need them. 4. Budget for your out of pocket maximum twice. If your baby arrives late in the year you may hit your max for the birth year and then reset on January 1 just as the newborn appointments begin. 5. Update your tax withholding after birth. A new dependent changes your tax situation. Update your W-4 or you will over or underpay through the year. 6. Life insurance and a will before the baby arrives. Both are easier and cheaper to sort before sleep deprivation sets in. 7. Open a 529 as soon as eligible. Note that you typically cannot open it until 90 days after birth so plan accordingly. Grandparents contributing to a 529 instead of buying gear is also worth suggesting. 8. Sign up for a Section 530a account (the new Trump accounts) to capture the free $1,000 at minimum. Still launching in July but worth getting on the list now. 9. Update beneficiary designations separately from your will. Your 401k, IRA, and life insurance beneficiaries override whatever your will says. An outdated ex or parent listed there is a real problem. 10. Create a dedicated baby emergency fund. Even $1,000 to $2,000 in a high yield savings account specifically for unexpected baby costs - ER visits, specialist copays, unexpected expenses, last minute childcare gaps - helps absorb first year chaos without draining your main emergency fund. 11. Enroll in short term disability before your next pregnancy if you are planning more kids. Many plans cover maternity leave at 60 to 70% of income during open enrollment. Most people only discover this exists after they needed it. 12. If your baby's hospital stay bridges two calendar years, you could face up to 4x your deductible. Once for mom and once for baby in year one, then both again when the new year resets. Worth knowing before you go into labor in late December. Happy to answer questions from anyone in the thick of it. Edit: Added a few great additions from the comments. Keep them coming! submitted by /u/Excellent-Caramel-4 [link] [comments]

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Wow what a whirlwind of a market the last year or so! As usual, the boring middle is boring. I’ve kept my previous post mainly intact but have made changes in bolded italics. All mentions of currency are in CAD. About me Hi! I’m a34FCPA living in Toronto, Canada. I wanted to post this to show the non IT people in this sub that there are other careers where it’s possible to increase net worth quickly despite not making 100k right out of school. I’ve always been a saver but I discovered MMM in December 2015 (when I was 24). The realization I could retire at 35 really lit a fire under my ass to save even more and actually invest it. I was working through my CPA at a big 4 accounting firm at the time and hated every second of it. To be honest, accounting is boring and a ‘meh’ career at best, but the money is good so I will most likely stay on this path until I feel FI enough, if not actual FIRE. I live in Toronto in Canada, sharing a home with my SO that we purchased a few years ago. I have no expensive hobbies other than travel and lead a pretty ‘boring’ life. I’m slowly getting healthier and into exercising but those things are harder for me than saving money. The privilege – My parents paid for 3 out of my 4 years of university. That’s about 36k that I got for free which will never have to be repaid (I asked). That one year I paid for and for the 2 years I lived on campus I paid for myself through part time jobs before and during university. I also went back to live with my parents for one year rent free, which was a nice boost to my net worth during that time. Other that one year, I’ve lived with roommates/SOs. Here are the numbers! The goals When I initially started thinking about FIRE my individual spending goal was 20-30k per year (40-50k spend household).Over the years, I’ve increased that to75-100k per year (150-200k)so we can enjoy nicer travel and generally a higher standard of living and to ensure there’s a cushion to downsize in bad years. Lifestyle inflation is so real. As has always been the case with these posts, the SO is expected to match my net worth and contribute to his own spending which he is happily doing. The current plan is to get to 2m of liquid investments and coast to 2.5m with contract work which is available in my industry. I’m hoping to get to 2m sometime around 2029/2030 depending on the stock market. Future plan/goals – I have no interest in having children, which enables my fast FIRE journey and long term travel plans. Our house is currently at 50% LTV and we are planning to pay this off fully before pulling the trigger on retirement. Income history and Net Worth I started my career at a big 4 accounting firm making 45k, then 50k the next year, then 60k the next. These are standard salaries for this job in my city – Toronto. During this time I was renting a place downtown with a roommate or SO. After leaving the firm my first job out was at 75k (SFA) , and I moved to live with my parents for that year. Getting rid of rent was amazing for my net worth. Then I moved to a more interesting job that I thought I would love for 80k and started paying rent again. Then I got bored and moved to another job, where I made 95k (Manager) the first year andthen100k with very generous 20-30% bonuses. There was a lay off at this company so I moved toa new company at 110k.At this company I got a promotion to Director at 165k then a raise to 180k. I’ve since moved on to a similar role elsewhere making200k. I do have access to a side hustle that I started participating in around 2016. It’s very CPA specific and involves helping incoming CPAs get feedback for their practice exams in preparation for the qualification exams we have to write in this profession (PEP and CAP for those in the know). I think I made <$2000 the first year I did it, but it grew steadily and I made18kin 2025,14k in 2024.This program is being deprecated in 2027 so I’ll be sad to see this side hustle go. My net worth started at -$10,000 on the day I graduated university in the summer of 2013. That debt was owed to my parents for a lavish long trip I took that summer which I repaid in my first year of working. No regrets. After I started working and saving, it began steadily going up. My records are spotty in the beginning, since I was just saving to save. [I’ve truncated some of these tables since the post is getting long, please see my past posts for more details] Jul/2014 $10,000.00 Jan/2015 $26,275.45 Dec/2015 $54,127.60 Dec/2016 $108,566.61 Dec/2017 $184,239.82 Dec/2018 $235,142.81 Dec/2019 $376,130.50 Dec/2020 $528,808.77 In 2021, I received a severance and we sold a house, hence the large delta in the year. Total NW Liquid NW Dec/2021 $854,787.37 $743,560.37 Dec/2022 $850,443.71 $695,221.56 Dec/2023 $1,076,098.19 $884,123.78 Dec/2024 $1,376,910.40 $1,084,369.42 Dec/2025 $1,698,282.56 $1,369,986.28 May/2026 $1,885,443.43 $1,574,541.25 As the liquid portion of the net worth grows, its susceptibility to market swings has been crazy. I gain and lose a year’s worth of savings in one month depending on the market’s mood. As noted above, we are prioritizing paying off the mortgage so I’ve been putting my savings approximately 50/50 towards mortgage repayment and investing. This does slow down accumulation significantly. Monthly expenses (my half) Here are the expenses from 2021-2023. Expenses have definitely increased a lot due to our variable mortgage rate and some lifestyle inflation. Annual Spending Monthly Average Annual Spending Monthly Average 2024 2025 Rent/Mortgage $28,840 $2,403 $23,654 $1,971 Property taxes $1,806 $151 $1,904 $159 Electricity $676 $56 $590 $49 Gas (heating) $1,246 $104 $1,084 $90 Internet $711 $59 $651 $54 Water $222 $19 $445 $37 Insurance $1,180 $98 $1,107 $92 Transportation $1,774 $148 $1,639 $137 Car $3,328 $277 $3,832 $319 Groceries $2,329 $194 $2,736 $228 Eating out $2,980 $248 $3,003 $250 Misc $3,787 $316 $5,209 $434 $48,878 $4,073 $45,855 $3,821 House one time costs $10,203 - Travel $14,810 $3,521 Clothes $837 $246 $74,728 $49,622 Slowly chipping away at this mortgage, but otherwise the biggest spending buckets are travel, the car costs, eating out, and misc. These fluctuate and other than paying off the car in 2026, won’t change too much going forward. I’ve given up on trying to reduce our eating out budget. One time house costs will continue to fluctuate depending on what we choose to renovate in a particular year. The Misc category includes any health/dental over and above work insurance, phone, netflix, home furniture purchases, house moving costs, beauty treatments, new technology as needed, new expensive hobbies, etc. Please keep in mind that these expenses are for myself only. My SO and I split household expenses and spend our own money on items like clothes or video games. I don’t foresee our essentials spending increasing above what it currently is. This house is a long term residence for us so we’re doing renovations slowly over time. Investments My tax advantaged accounts are maxed out and self-managed through a DIY brokerage. My taxable contributions are split between the same self-managed DIY brokerage and a robo advisor that I used for a short period of time and am now just holding. The DIY Portfolio is as follows: Cash:0% (preference is 0%) Bonds:0.7% (preference is 2.5%), I’ve been lazy with rebalancing REITs: 0.6% (preference is0%),this allocation has been updated now that we’re in our forever home Canadian dividend stocks: 2% (preference is 2%, my investing strategy used to be dividend based so this is a remaining position from then), CDZ. Canadian Market:3% (preference is4%),VCN US Market – hedged to CAD:25% (preference is 28%),VUS/VSP US Market – unhedged:31% (preference is 28%), VUN/VTI(n USD) International (both developed and developing) – unhedged: 37% (preference is 37.5%) XEF+XEC/VXUS(in USD) My robo advisor has split my investments as follows: Cash:0.2% Gold 2.5% Bonds: 7.2% North American Socially Responsible Stocks 45.5% International Socially Responsible Stocks44.6% Here is my net worth split by account type(rounded): Cash $12,000 TFSA (CAD equiv of Roth IRA) $255,000 RRSP (CAD equiv of 401k) $470,000 Taxable account – self directed $554,000 Taxable account –robo advisor $295,000 House Equity $294,000 Car Equity (Should probably discount this, fully paid off) $17,000 Total $1,885,000 Liquid Total $1,574,000 The cash amount is high because I’ve been lazy with investing it. All of my tax advantaged accounts are maxed out. I’m not sure if there is a point to continue posting these. I don’t have questions for the community and the bigger my net worth grows, the less instructive/interesting these become. Let me know. submitted by /u/rasbpberry [link] [comments]

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I have been watching World Cup soccer since I was a young’un. Only learned about FI couple of years ago, until then I just thought going from school to college to work is the natural progression. In the spirit of FI, I thought it would be a fun exercise to track my net worth each time a World Cup has come along. So, here goes: 1986, 1990, 1994: student, had no concept of net worth. Argentina (thanks to the great Maradona), Germany and Brazil won sweet victories respectively. 1998: still a student, but was earning a little stipend on campus. Probably still had NW below $1k. Importantly, did not have any debt. France won for the first time thanks to Zidane. 2002: was married and working first real job. NW was probably $25k-40k. Brazil won again, Ronaldo magic. 2006: had started saving up for a house but still was renting. NW was probably $125-150k. Italy won the final against France in penalties after Zidane literally lost his head and got ejected for head butting. 2010: had bought a house, which turned into an albatross thanks to the Great Recession. NW was probably 0 (or maybe even negative) because the house was under-water and offset whatever was in the portfolio. But we held on to the house needed a place for the fam to live. Spain won the World Cup but I don’t remember anything special about this tournament 2014: Markets had recovered, so NW was back up from the ashes, was around $800k ($575k portfolio plus $225k home equity). Germany beat Argentina in the finals despite the brilliance of Messi at his peak. 2018: sold the first house, bought a slightly nicer one. NW had climbed to $1.75M ($1.25M portfolio plus $500k home equity). France won the World Cup for a second time playing brilliantly throughout, especially with a standout young man named Mbappe. 2022: the world was recovering from COVID lockdowns. Stocks had peaked and had come down due to inflation and high interest rates. Still, our NW had climbed to $3.25M ($1.75M portfolio plus $1.5M home equity) because real estate had gone crazy high. This was such a great World Cup. The brilliance of the old lion Messi vs the confident challenger Mbappe. Argentina won it for Messi and he got crowned as the GOAT! 2026: AI boom has driven stocks super high, but real estate has relatively stagnated due to high interest rates. NW is $6.3M ($4.2M portfolio plus $2.1M home equity). WHO WILL WIN WORLD CUP 2026??? Looking forward to it!!! submitted by /u/Ok_Rent_2937 [link] [comments]

When folks are modeling their retirement plans, how do you think about success rate? What success rates are you comfortable with and do you model in what changes you would make (Flexible spending, get a part time job, downsize, etc) ahead of time? One of the things I like most about the tool I use is that you can get to 100% chance of success by modeling in some things you would be willing to do if your net worth drops in retirement. For instance, in my plan, I have added the milestone of "get a part time job" to earn ~$20k if my portfolio goes down significantly and I'm below traditional retirement age. I've also modeled in downsizing the house if things continue to drop. The advice I had heard previously was "90% success rate doesn't mean a 10% chance of failure, just a 10% of having to change your plan" - for me, it feels even better to think about what those changes might need to be ahead of time, especially for super long retirement horizons. I've found it makes me more comfortable with my otherwise 90% success rate, because I'm willing to make changes How do others think about this? Are there other tools to plan what you would do in market changes? submitted by /u/mad_wolffe [link] [comments]

I've mentioned it in the daily a few times, but I hardly really see discussions of non-parallel retirements. We'd been wanting to pull the trigger on this for a few years now but I was always very nervous about the risks it introduces, but these days I am very excited. It opens up so many doors to making life less stressful for the whole household, a lot easier to travel, lowers our expenses in a few ways as well. I don't have an FI # or date really truly set for my retirement but if we look ~10 years out, the "lost" savings are ~2 million and compared to where we'll be even without her work it's ~2 extra years of work for me and/or a 20% haircut of the potential portfolio - Can't say that isn't worth 10 years of life back! Not sure what figures are helpful: Cuts HHI by ~30% Lowers expenses by ~17% We've got ~2 years in HYSA to buffer any larger expenses, etc. Moves our initial full retirement as a household from 2033 to ~2035 Probably saves her total ~60-70 hours of prep, stress, and the work time (55 in the office / ~65-70 "total" hours) (EDITED for clarity) If we'd been more set on it sooner, we probably could've pulled the trigger earlier - it took ~12 months once she was set on Q2 2026 to get ready. I'll try and share other lessons learned / thoughts in the daily, etc! submitted by /u/UltimateTeam [link] [comments]

Not necessarily the biggest one. I'm curious what milestone actually changed something for you mentally. First $10k invested? Paying off debt? First $100k? CoastFI? Or Hitting your FI number? Sometimes I feel like the milestones that matter most aren't always the ones with the biggest numbers attached to them. Interested to hear which one stands out in hindsight. Thank you in advance for your valuable insights. submitted by /u/Beneficial-Ad-9986 [link] [comments]

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All of my investments are in low/no cost index mutual funds in retirement accounts. It’s time to build a taxable account for my contributions in excess of my those caps and I was approached by an advisor at Fidelity about their Separately Managed Accounts. He showed how their US Large Cap Strategy fund beat the average (S&P500) over the years given their tax handling. This goes against how I’ve done things for 25 years, but the math was interesting. Love to hear your thoughts on using Fidelity SMA for taxable accounts and also for tax advantaged assets! submitted by /u/retireby42 [link] [comments]

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Alright, I am 32. I have 11,626 in a brokerage account. 70,000 in a HYSA. 27,000 in a Roth IRA. I already maxed the Roth IRA early in the year. I have approximately 292,000 in a 401k. The 401k was maxed about a month ago for the year. I have no bills and no kids and no expenses other than my car insurance and food and personal items and fun things I like to do. Anyway, I booked a two week vacation for the fall. I am looking at a hotel and the cost would be about 16,000. I feel like I can do it and be fine, but on the other hand I feel guilty like I shouldn’t. What’s everyone’s opinion? YOLO? submitted by /u/Ladder-Careful [link] [comments]

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Chart of SWR for different time periods and portfolio allocations I was bored and playing around with the Big ERN toolbox. I decided to see what SWR would give me a 90% and a 100% success rate for different retirement horizons (30, 40, and 50 years) using a few different asset allocations. I put it in a table, so figured that I would share it here in case it's interesting to anyone else. Edit: typos in the chart. submitted by /u/jason_for_prez [link] [comments]

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You can all stop asking because… The data for the 2025 survey is now available. Woot woot. There are multiple tabs on the sheet: · Responses: The survey results after I did some minimal clean up work. · Change Log: My notes on the clean-up work I did. I did not include the auto-generated summaries from the software this time because they skew pretty wildly. Last year quite a few folks ran analyses, so I'll add any links to those as folks post them. If you want some history, here are the prior results. I’m also linking the old Reddit posts when I released the data, you can see the old visualizations linked in those if you’re so inclined. 2023 Survey Results / 2023 Response Post 2022 Survey Results / 2022 Response Post 2021 Survey Results / 2021 Response Post 2020 Survey Results / 2020 Response Post 2018 Survey Results / 2017 Survey Results / 2017 Response Post 2016 Survey Results / 2016 Response Post Note: The 2016 - 2018 results are partial - all respondents were able to opt in or out of being in the spreadsheet, so only those who opted in are included. 2016 also suffered from a lack of clarity in the time period responses should cover, which was corrected in later versions. And if you really want to see a blast from the past… Here’s the very first survey that was ever posted And here’s how I wound up in charge of it… And here’s what we originally all wanted to get out of this thing. Reporters/Writers: Email [redditfisurvey@gmail.com](mailto:redditfisurvey@gmail.com) or send this account a chat with any inquiries. submitted by /u/Melonbalon [link] [comments]