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Emergency Fund/401k/College Fund/Savings

B.L. asks from Fresno

We put money into our emergency fund (trying to get it at 6 month living expense), 15% into 401k and try to max on our Roth IRA (10k/year is max), and then we put $50...

19

Invest or Pay Extra Towards Mortgage?

A.D. asks from Dallas

My mom just passed away and I am inheriting half of her investment account, it was divided up into different mutual funds earning her 1.9% and 3.2% interest. I found ...

9

Writ of Garnishment

C.I. asks from Fort Myers

This is very embarrassing, but we just had our checking & savings accounts frozen because of a very OLD credit card bill. I guess there is no statute of limitations o...

11

Newly Sahm

T.S. asks from Dallas

I have always worked, went to school, been a mom and in the past years also a wife. I always wanted to be a sahm. I was finally given the opportunity after losing my ...

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How Much of Your Gross Income Do You Spend on Rent or Mortgage?

J.G. asks from Chicago

Since we are preparing to move, I'm trying to figure out how much money to spend on a new mortgage. When we bought our current house, we under brought, and while I am...

15

Divorce/Child Support

O.M. asks from Dallas

In Feb, he stated he was filing for Divorce.. this after many attempts at counseling, praying, counsel with folks at church. I finally said enough is enough... Ok, le...

20

Loan from 401K or Reduce Contributions?

J.G. asks from Chicago

We need a bigger house, and we'd like to take advantage of this market. We have no equity due to the market where we live, and we have about 100k into this house we w...

17

Teaching Children About Money.

M.H. asks from San Francisco

For the first three years of our marriage we lived way outside our means. When we found ourselves $45,000 in debt three years ago we were pretty shocked by the whole ...

13

Investing

M.G. asks from Texarkana

I have a 401k from when I was working. I am trying to figure out what the safest and most accesible place to put it is. I hope to go back to school when my children s...

22

Help Me Be More Positive About My Husband Changing Jobs?

K.B. asks from San Francisco

I'm sorry if this kind of thing has been asked before, but I feel like I'm going crazy and need to get this off my chest. At the beginning of this year my husband...

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Answer Highlights

  • no more than 25 percent in 4 answers "recommendation is no more than 25% of net pay... however, if you are someone with ..."
  • 10 percent penalty in 3 answers "Again, I would not touch it - you will have at least a 10% penalty plus you will have ..."
  • reducing your contributions in 2 answers "... if there is a match, make sure that if you consider reducing your contributions ..."
  • becomes a police officer in 2 answers "... put retirement savings on hold, emergency funds if he becomes a police officer ..."
  • him to follow his dreams in 2 answers "IMO you should encourage him to follow his dreams."