We are sneaking another case study into October! Today’s reader wants to work harder now to retire sooner. They also have a seasonal side hustle but are opening to making it more permanent to speed up the FIRE process. Let’s jump in! Want your situation analyzed? Fill out the form here: FIRE Reader Case Study …
After a brief hiatus, we’re back with another reader case study! This time we have our first LA reader writing in. Our reader has a job they enjoy (yay!) and is working toward buying their first home. They’d like to see if FIRE could work for them. Want your situation analyzed? Fill out the form …
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I want to cover four topics today (use below links to skip to topic): Why you should max your 401k contributions How to never pay taxes on your 401k How maxing out 401k expedites FIRE Why I prefer 401ks to Backdoor Roth IRAs (and am against Backdoor Roths in general) Read also: What is FIRE? …
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The first reader case (Reader Case #1: I love my job, but when can I FIRE?)) did better than expected. Looks like folks are interested in peeping other people’s financial situations 😉 Want your situation analyzed? Fill out the form here: FIRE Reader Case Study Form Today’s reader–also from the Bay–is wondering if you can …
The more I think about it, the more I realise this should have been an earlier post. However, after doing my first reader case (https://intristang.com/reader-case-1/), it can wait no longer. The goal of this article is twofold: 1) give you a very big-picture view of the 4% rule/safe withdrawal rate; 2) pique your curiosity for …
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