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TorchtheFlyingTiger

Favorite team:North Carolina St. 
Location:1st coast
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Interests:LSU & NC St sports, travel, finance
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Registered on:1/14/2008
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re: Owner Finance for home

Posted by TorchtheFlyingTiger on 5/4/24 at 5:03 pm
I'd also.want to know more about why/if "apparently it's hard to get financing." Is it a matter of finding buyers that qualify or is there a reason mortgage companies arent approving condos in your market? If true, seems like it would seriously depress the market and lower selling prices. If it's a ...
Didn't really like cruise and only used it occasionally on long trips on stretches w little traffic. Then I drove a car w adaptive.cruise and was hooked. Total game changer for long road trips but also useful for other highway driving. I sped up my next car purchase and moved from a standard BMW 328...

re: Owner Finance for home

Posted by TorchtheFlyingTiger on 5/4/24 at 3:58 pm
My ? Would be if they can't get financing how do they plan to fund the balloon payment in 4 years? Seems like you are carrying the risk for 4 additional years while they get any market upside/appreciation. If there is are maintenance issues a large special assessment or market value drops.you'd be s...
Example: married filing joint, $150k taxable income now, $150k annual retirement. Assumptions: no other retirement income, using 2024 brackets without inflation adjustment for simplicity sake (fair because not adjusting withdrawal amount for inflation either). Tax bracket today: 22% thus each ex...
[quote]Are you saying the tax deferred is better?[/quote] Often, yes. Many people mistakenly compare their top bracket today with their projected top bracket at withdrawal. As I tried to explain in earlier post, traditional withdrawals will usually be taxed at an effective rate lower that is lower ...
[quote]So given this does it ever make sense to direct 100% of a company 401k into the tax deferred plan vs the Roth[/quote] Sure, if you are in a high marginal bracket now you should consider the effective tax rate (not the marginal bracket) of future withdrawals. If you dont expect significant in...
According to the IRS site the personal exemption was only suspended and returns in 2026. [link=(https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/individuals#:~:text=Personal%20exemption%20deductions%20for%20yourself,and%20before%20January%201%2C%202026)]IRS[/link]. Found same on a tax planning site. The estate tax ex...
Why I bond? As an inflation hedge for a teen and pre teen? Good HYSA currently yields more than I bond without 12 month lock in and even after that you lose a quarter of interest if cashed out before 5 years....
They need earned income to contribute to a Roth IRA. Your income isnt a factor. If you are suggesting opening in Roth in your name instead, you could backdoor Roth (unless you have traditional IRA in which case pro rata rule and taxes would apply.) You should do this for yourself not as their Roth...
Wouldnt that have been worse locking their customers into the position while the bottom fell out? At least customers could still bail on the position if they wanted to. Diamond hands :rolleyes:...
From what I understand their hand was forced w the stop on trading Gamestop due to clearinghouse collateral requirements. I dont remember the details but remember listening to a couple of reputable podcasts about the situation. I'm not concerned w payment for order flow since Im only buying when I m...
Must have been temporary limit before the ACATS transfer when I only had $100 deposited. Just checked and my daily deposit limit is now $50k same for withdrawals. Glad I won't have to wire or break up annual contributions into multiple transactions....
Be sure to check and update your beneficiaries. Mine dropped off with the transfer. Glad this thread led me to go poke around on the app again. Otherwise I may not have realized....
I moved 2x Roth and a traditional and netted $25k. Process was seamless once my account was verified. It took several days and eventually I reuploaded using the app instead of desktop and it went right through. Oddly, my wife's account didnt require ID. I got it in just under the wire. Funds posted...

re: Worth $15 an hour?

Posted by TorchtheFlyingTiger on 5/1/24 at 3:49 pm
Introduce a 1/5 lb burger and profit....

re: Worth $15 an hour?

Posted by TorchtheFlyingTiger on 5/1/24 at 2:15 pm
5. Could be either 2 or 3 depending on how literal you take the ? The answer they're likely looking for is 3 items free. In the real world that's not how it works though. If customer comes up to purchase 9 they'll get 2 of them free. The transaction is going to be for a total purchase of 9 items....
Probably because ACE locations are independently owned and operated. ...
[quote]Mona Lisa painting heading to the basement at the Alamo[/quote] The Alamo? ...
Did Gore actually say that? I want it to be true but cant find a reference ...
Surprised to find my library system has 3 copies of Abagail Shrier's "Irreversible Damage." I wonder if other patrons ordered them because the new books section is always full of very liberal titles. I doubt whoever selects them would have chosen this title....