Reader Mailbag: Secret Santa
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Reader Mailbag: Emotional Control
What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to five word summaries. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question. 1. Costs of going to seminary 2. Is vehicle trade worth it? 3. Are we doing okay? 4. Roth IRA versus Roth 401(k) 5. Dealing with an overzealous client 6. Best “safe” option for money 7. Cash flow in big city 8. Wedding versus emergency fund 9. Habits for handling life instability 10. Frugal video gaming habits One of the biggest challenges of parenting – at least for me – is teaching… Read the whole article...Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Cash Flow, Daily Routine, Decisions, Emergency Fund, Emotion, Emotions, Reader Mailbag, Roth 401 K, Roth Ira, Seminary, Six Years, Social Situations, Specifics, Waves, Word Summaries, Young Ones
Reader Mailbag: Friends
What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to five word summaries. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question. 1. GTD for stay-at-home moms 2. Loaning money to parents 3. Prepaying property taxes 4. Emergency fund or debt repayment 5. Starting a Roth IRA 6. Small business encouragement 7. Thinking ahead for college 8. Out of college, no job 9. Apprehensive about mortgage prepayment 10. CFPA thoughts As I’ve mentioned before, my wife and I have strongly considered moving to be closer to various family members. What keeps us from doing… Read the whole article...Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Appointments, Clean House, Closets, Debt Repayment, Dishes, Emergency Fund, Encouragement, Family Members, Mortgage Prepayment, Property Taxes, Reader Mailbag, Roth Ira, Small Business, Stay At Home, Stay At Home Mom, Stay At Home Moms, Word Summaries
Reader Mailbag: Local Flavor
What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to five word summaries. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question. 1. Investing for five year goals 2. Music career crossroads 3. The price of fame 4. First steps with no credit 5. Buying a foreclosed home 6. Which retirement option is best? 7. Pet allergies and family 8. Budgeting and saving 9. Roll over or pocket? 10. Planning for a big change I love the local flavor of an area that I’ve never been to before, even in the United States. The… Read the whole article...Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Buying A Foreclosed Home, Dish, First Steps, Grocery Store, Investment Choice, Money Work, Reader Mailbag, Speculation, Spice, Vanguard Account, Word Summaries
Reader Mailbag: Impromptu Travel
What’s inside? Here are five word summaries of the questions answered inside this mailbag. Click on the number to skip straight to that question. 1. Co-signing with bad credit father 2. How many people read TSD? 3. Removing stains from cloth diapers 4. Percentage for emergency fund 5. Personal loan for adoption 6. Gloom, doom, and e-funds 7. Difficult job search 8. Frugality, clutter, and hoarding 9. Regular IRA versus Roth IRA 10. Which debt to pay first? This weekend, we went to a wedding of an old friend in the middle of Wisconsin. On the way back, Sarah says,… Read the whole article...Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Cloth Diapers, Emergency Fund, Front Seat, Frugality, Housing Market, Job Search, Mortgage Payments, New Mortgage, Old Friend, Prius, Reader Mailbag, Roth Ira, Word Summaries