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[Fishindude77]

Had a great day ice fishing yesterday. Myself and a couple buddies caught a great mess of fish, cleaned 62 crappie and 18 white bass.
Will make...

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I'm a little emotionally damaged seeing that another Covid thread has made it to four pages in length ....

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Completely understand all of that, and have what we feel is plenty of $$ at play in the market.
Also understand that a bunch of it, or all could...

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We maintain a fairly large chunk (over $500k) of our savings in CD's, savings and checking accounts. It's not making significant interest, but it's...

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I find insurance to be very confusing. We have insurance coverage for; home, autos, boats, ATV's, farm equipment, camper, umbrella, etc. they are all...

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Fixing this along with term and age limits is long past overdue.
Anybody in the private sector that made stock deals like this would get thrown...

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I've just grown horribly tired of it being the number one item in the headlines and news any time you turn on the TV, radio, internet or read something....

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Yep, prices are up big time when eating out.
$35 The other day for lunch for my spouse and I for what was just a pretty average lunch.

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A friend of mine (late 50's) told me a while back .... "If you're going to drive anything decent, I figure you'll always have a car payment"...

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This doesn't make sense to me.
Are you assuming that your house is appreciating at same rate of inflation, so what you give away to the bank in...

[Fishindude77]

Actually did a little looking yesterday at a couple dealers, and the good used ones aren't a big savings over the new ones.
Must be about like the...

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Interesting.
We're in a pretty low cost of living, rural area and I do know quite a few folks that live pretty decent on probably $25-30k or so...

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Plus, we won't have to move furnishings a couple times.
Asked about renting one, haven't come up with anything.
Security is also a concern...

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I think we have come up with a plan.

We've got a big barn / shop right by the house that has my finished "man room / bar", a restroom...

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Just a comment ..... In most cases, simply living below your means would be secondary to making a decent income to start with.
Much easier to live...

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You're not incorrect. I'm confident we could build a new home or buy elsewhere for pretty close to the same price or less than what we are spending on...

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I just don't like debt hanging over my head or owing people money.

100% of foreclosures have one thing in common.... mortgages.
I like...

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A few things:
a. Starting young; getting into business, buying good real estate, and beginning retirement investing all while relatively young,...

[Fishindude77]

Well, we pulled the trigger and signed a contract with builder, starting in late March or early April.
Whole lot of things to get done in the next...

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Hardly slept last night worrying about this ...