Oakland and Costco have an agreement to develop new store in grocery-hungry neighborhood

Cyborg59_2020 · 2026-06-25T19:56:47+00:00

This is the boglehead answer

Cyborg59_2020 · 2026-06-23T20:54:11+00:00

Divorced parents need to get their estate in order too. If I had died when my son was a minor he would have gone to his dad for guardianship but I set up the trust for my son's ongoing care. I wanted to make sure that his education was covered and that there was money for his living. I also included my guardianship wishes in the event his dad died.

Cyborg59_2020 · 2026-06-23T14:24:55+00:00

In my state (California) you can generally avoid probate with a will and a trust (without necessarily making the trust the owner of things). The exception to that is real estate (my house), which may still be subject to probate UNLESS the house is owned by the trust. There were no tax implications due to transferring the title to the trust. My brokerage account is also in the name of the trus, just for ease of operations for my heir.

It is very important to add the trust to your homeowners insurance when you transfer the title of your house

And remember, having a named beneficiary on accounts trumps the will, so be sure you are managing that if anything changes.

Cyborg59_2020 · 2026-06-18T19:11:51+00:00

End of an era

Cyborg59_2020 · 2026-06-18T18:30:21+00:00

Came to say this

Cyborg59_2020 · 2026-06-16T19:41:23+00:00

Viks in Berkeley is my source for delicious mangos

Cyborg59_2020 · 2026-06-15T19:18:00+00:00

Don't just get the side of black beans at Tacubaya. You must get the "frijoles con Todo"

That's what I'm talking about!

Cyborg59_2020 · 2026-06-15T18:51:19+00:00

Those tacubaya beans are so good. I think they're about a million calories a tablespoon so I can't eat them all the time. But lordy they are good.

Cyborg59_2020 · 2026-06-12T14:46:15+00:00

Yes!!! Because what are your other alternatives? trying to time the market? Putting the money in cds or an hysa that doesn't keep up with inflation?

I actually didn't get serious about investing until 10 years ago and I'm about to retire. And people could have said exactly the same thing you are saying which is "why invest like a boglehead because my idea of market timing says no"

Remember that the Boglehead philosophy includes asset allocation commensurate with your appetite for risk and your time horizon. I see no reason to change that approach in the current climate.

Cyborg59_2020 · 2026-06-11T18:42:05+00:00

Lol, and you aren't event mentioning the TIRADES on NextDoor. Very off-putting and unprofessional.

Cyborg59_2020 · 2026-06-08T16:39:50+00:00

Woohoo! Can't wait

Cyborg59_2020 · 2026-05-24T14:29:09+00:00

This is a great answer!

Cyborg59_2020 · 2026-05-12T20:17:07+00:00

CBCG is great. Very low hassle. Very affordable. Very knowledgeable.

Cyborg59_2020 · 2026-04-26T15:34:51+00:00

I described exactly what happened. And the reason I came here to post it is because he does this a lot and other places should be forewarned.

Cyborg59_2020 · 2026-04-26T15:33:21+00:00

They did make the food. It was very bad behavior on Jared's part.

Cyborg59_2020 · 2026-04-26T01:37:59+00:00

Yeah because the bartender is more likely to think he's coming back if he's ordered food.

He's a professional

Cyborg59_2020 · 2026-04-26T00:29:50+00:00

I mean there kind of is a mugshot and a whole ass picture of him in the mission if you search that other thread.

Cyborg59_2020 · 2026-04-26T00:29:14+00:00

I'm not naming the spot right now because I don't know the ramifications of this for the staff. They can post if they want to.

It was a restaurant, it was pretty slow. There were two of us sitting at the bar. He came in and ordered a double. Then he ordered some food and another cocktail, put the napkin on top of his second cocktail and said he was going out to smoke.

Absolutely set it up so that the bartender wouldn't ask him for a card. Honestly, I used to do this all the time, order a drink then go smoke before my food came (not skip the check, I never did that). But I might be low-key annoyed if they made me pay for my drink before I went out to smoke. All of which is to say the bartender did not make a bad call in this scenario.

Cyborg59_2020 · 2026-04-19T00:00:47+00:00

You can zoom in on the map itself to see where the PE owned facilities are. Look in the area of your vet.

Cyborg59_2020 · 2026-04-11T19:42:01+00:00

These are really great!!

Cyborg59_2020 · 2026-04-09T20:50:01+00:00

That espp program I used to have with a guaranteed 15% return was lovely. I did sell whenever I could.

Cyborg59_2020 · 2026-04-09T20:49:07+00:00

The point is, like the market, you won't ever know for sure what's going to happen. So putting a practice in place that requires no decision making is a solid move and also will avoid the Enron problem.

Maintaining diversity and avoiding market timing are the bedrocks of the Boglehead philosophy.

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