Personal Consumer Issues • Sheraton Maui vs. Sheraton Kauai Coconut Beach
Hi all,I am looking to take my family (40, 40, 12, 8) to Hawaii for five nights in April 2025. My wife and I have been to Oahu and Maui. My kids have been to Maui. I have Marriott free nights and...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • After-tax 401(k) with some limitations
My wife has an after-tax option available in her 401(k) at work, and we can put about $24,000 annually into it with the intention of making in-service withdrawals to a Roth IRA. There are a couple...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • 35yo Checking In
Hi Everyone,I have always appreciated the knowledge and advice I have learned in this forums so I am looking for some guidance.For reference, I had been tracking our progress in an earlier thread a...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Portfolio Review
Looking to see if anyone can review our accounts for any suggestions. Married, late 30's, and have been saving without really setting an asset allocation directly but we would be fine with 90-100%...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Meeting RMD requirements thru In-Kind Xfers
I'm wondering if this is a reasonable approach/strategy for future RMDs:To satisfy an RMD for a particular year, transfer, In-Kind, a partial amount of my bonds from an IRA/401K to my taxable account,...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Window sill replacement considered capital...
Hi Gurus,I am planning to replace rotted window sill costing around $4000. Will this improvement be considered capital improvement for cost basis ?Thanks in advance.Statistics: Posted by AbsoluteZero...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • The default choice of Total Bond market
After reading the Mcq Thread about can you do better than Total Bond market. I decided to do a second look at my choice of using Total Bond market. In a nutshell, the thread indicate Intermediate...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • A Day and a Half in Iceland
My wife and I are stopping over in Iceland for a brief layover on our way to a wedding in Switzerland in late July.Tentative plan:Day 1 - Arrive 9:20 a.m., stash bulk of luggage in locker at airport...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Principe Pio Train Station In Madrid?
Hi bogleheads -I'm traveling to Spain soon and I wanted to ask if anyone is familiar with the Principe Pio train station? I need to catch a train to Salamanca from there. I can find the train...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Review of Trust and Wills
Just wondering how do Bogleheads get their trusts and wills get periodic review to ensure their compliance with newer laws and completeness.We got our first trust done in 2004 and then special-needs...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Needing advise on how to redistribute RSU/ESPP allocation
My allocation of wealth spread across RSU and ESPP of mine and my spouse company is concerning as I am having too funds in single stocks.Here is the splitCurrent company : 2000000,66.23%Spouse current...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Help with hand made pasta - sticking issue
So my daughter is attempting to make homemade pasta. To make pasta, you run the pasta dough through smaller and smaller settings and finally run the sheet to generate the "noode". Unfortunately when...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • FMLA abuse
Curious if anyone else has dealt this this at their job. Out of 17 co workers, 11 have FMLA and most of them abuse it. Clocking in one minute late bc of traffic, going to the casino and showing...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • House broken into - finding the perpetrators
My family owns an investment property in a high-end Atlanta suburb (Buckhead). It is currently vacant, and 3 teenagers (13-16-ish years old) broke into the house. Currently trying to identify them. We...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Can I retire?
Really love this forum and all the valuable advice. Can I retire? I’ll be 55 soon and am struggling with whether to retire. My wife will be 62 soon and will collect SS early. I plan to collect SS at...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • CFP recommendation for "Coast FI"-like...
I am looking for a CFP with experience with non-traditional scenarios like Coast FI - does anyone have any recommendations?Background: I live in PA and would like to leave my (very good) job, move to...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Fidelity Annual Recurring Transfers not...
Has anyone experienced an error trying to setup Fidelity recurring transfers on an annual frequency? After I select "Annually", the summary page displays "Monthly on the XX". It won't allow recurring...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Financial Planner in Retirement
I (32) am a Boglehead beginner. Only a few chapters into "The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing". My dad (67) just mentioned to me that he is looking to move his retirement account over to a financial...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Comparing 3 fund portfolio by different brokers
I have several workplace tax advantaged accounts at Fidelity that are a mess. I can open BrokerageLink accounts for each of them. I can put equal amounts into two or three BLs, one for Vanguard funds,...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • 1st Time Home Buyer Questions
Hi Bogleheads,I have enjoyed the wiki, forum posts, and book recommendations. Thank you for the inspiration. My wife and I want to buy a house in the next year or two on 5 to 40 acres in Larimer...
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