Wish the Dory calculator had a way to account for RE in your portfolio. Been using a 50/50 mix of stocks to bonds ... not knowing how to account for 50% rental RE.
Oh well ...
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- Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:23 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: Housing as part of your assets
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14364
I never used to count housing in my SWR funds but two scenarios changed that: 1. reverse mortgages became available ... now you can have your cake and eat it too 2. I purchased land to develop a second home. This will work as a rental initially ... then as a retire home in later years. So I plan to ...
- Fri Jun 25, 2004 7:04 am
- Forum: Town Center
- Topic: So be it.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 35961
- Tue Jun 01, 2004 5:21 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: Oil threat to Fire?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 26478
I don't see Americans willing to give up their SUVs easily. We have wrung pretty much as much fuel efficiency out of the gasoline engine as possible. Hybrid cars do not supply much additional mpg over gas models. A co-worker just took delivery on a Toyota Prius - a hybrid; he's been averaging 50 mp...
- Sat May 15, 2004 6:09 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: Fix n'Flip Retirement Scheme
- Replies: 14
- Views: 23694
raysk, We are at the point that there are too many units for not enoegh people,yet builders are still building This is exactly what happened to us before the crash in the early 1990's. I am sorry to say that the worst is yet to come. High vacancy rates and over building will be followed by foreclosu...
- Fri May 14, 2004 4:44 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: Fix n'Flip Retirement Scheme
- Replies: 14
- Views: 23694
Hi Wanderer, Dunno about the 1031s. Can be costly and tricky tax wise. Why not just sell and your capital gain should be in the 5% area (with $45k+- of income in retirement) with none of the legal/tax hassle? OTOH, I thought you had done pretty well on the equity front. Wouldn't that be easier (it w...
- Thu May 13, 2004 6:56 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: Fix n'Flip Retirement Scheme
- Replies: 14
- Views: 23694
- Thu May 13, 2004 4:39 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: Fix n'Flip Retirement Scheme
- Replies: 14
- Views: 23694
Fix n'Flip Retirement Scheme
I am toying with an alternative retirement scheme involving “fix n’ flip” real estate. I would appreciate any comment/criticism from the board. The over all idea is to purchase one property and sell one property per year where: ·I would sell as a unmotivated seller (i.e. to a first time buyer) reapi...
- Thu Feb 12, 2004 9:42 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: FIRE - how did YOU start?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13927
- Fri Jan 02, 2004 7:49 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: Home Appreciation Rates
- Replies: 13
- Views: 21727
I'm right behind you ... Boston MA $321,108 5.8% 30.6% 65.9% Certiainly not seeing wage increases any where near this trend. Just evicted a restaurant owner who lost his bussiness back in May and has been unable to find suitable employment. He reminded me (as he was packing the day after Christmas) ...
- Thu Oct 30, 2003 8:50 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: Terhorst and coin flipping
- Replies: 12
- Views: 20684
- Thu Oct 23, 2003 5:11 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: Buying Private Health Insurance
- Replies: 16
- Views: 19631
- Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:33 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: Buying Private Health Insurance
- Replies: 16
- Views: 19631
- Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:00 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: Buying Private Health Insurance
- Replies: 16
- Views: 19631
- Tue Oct 21, 2003 6:16 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: Are you on track to retire rich?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 29485
in the UK where retired couples with their own small home in a small town seem to manage reasonably well on about US$12,000 to 15,000 a year Wow ... In the US healthcare and property taxes alone will eat 12-15k/year. I am shooting for the 50-60k/year (and debt free) ... so it'll take a lot more tha...
- Fri Oct 17, 2003 5:47 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: Millionaire "Code"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13593
- Wed Oct 15, 2003 9:07 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: Buying Private Health Insurance
- Replies: 16
- Views: 19631
- Mon Oct 13, 2003 12:31 pm
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: Millionaire "Code"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13593
- Sat Oct 11, 2003 3:05 pm
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: Millionaire "Code"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13593
Millionaire "Code"
The follow-ons to this should be interesting ...
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.a ... iteid=mktw
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.a ... iteid=mktw
The aim here is to help you understand why you're different and discover the only way you can ever become a millionaire -- your way.
- Thu Oct 09, 2003 6:31 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: More on Debt in Retirement
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9249