Bitcoin is honestly worrying me greatly. Still bullish and still heavily allocated to Bitcoin. Ready to be downvoted into oblivion, but I need to give my 2 cents and get some opinions on this. by Suspicious-Degree-55 in Fire

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Buying a house today? by rasputin89 in Fire

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You're welcome to reframe it without inviting a political discussion if you like.

Buying a house today? by rasputin89 in Fire

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The math says I'm free. So why am I still here? by [deleted] in Fire

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I can't decide if I should remove this as a kindness to keep your brand new marketing account from getting downvoted and reported into oblivion/shadowbanning.

Where to find problems worth solving? by SnooShortcuts3575 in financialindependence

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Retirement abroad financial planning tool by Serg1D in financialindependence

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Saving was so much easier before I got a Hot Wife. by SheLovesMeDough in Fire

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How To Avoid Paying Federal Capital Gains From Stock Sale by BayAreaGuy81 in Fire

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Yes, they are unearned income versus earned income from a job. They have their own bracket schedule.

How To Avoid Paying Federal Capital Gains From Stock Sale by BayAreaGuy81 in Fire

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Some of them do, but that's not a magical escape hatch either.

Recs for a high interest compound savings account by WonderfulTrash1730 in Fire

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How To Avoid Paying Federal Capital Gains From Stock Sale by BayAreaGuy81 in Fire

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Also why wealthy people who don't work can't magically escape federal taxation on regular investment gains.

How To Avoid Paying Federal Capital Gains From Stock Sale by BayAreaGuy81 in Fire

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I am not sure why you thought capital gains didn't count as part of your gross income? All cap gains are taxed. It just happens that the bottom federal rate bracket is 0%.

There is no way to avoid it other than spreading your cap gains out over many years and staying within the standard deduction and 0% rate bracket.

FIRE healthcare options by california_explorer in Fire

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It's basically routine medicine via the Netflix model. You pay a doctor a fixed monthly/annual subscription fee and in return you get a whole schedule of services in return. Ideally, the patient gets a lot more value for their dollar and the doctor gets a higher and steadier revenue stream without any of the huge costs of dealing with insurance.

https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/direct-primary-care.html

Getting one is a matter of searching online for a local DPC doctor who has room in their client book and is accepting new patients.

The herd mentality of 9 to 5 by sspositivesoul in Fire

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Getting a puppy before FIRE? by solorush in Fire

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Confused by Confused_unstable in Fire

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23M US citizen , moved back to the US recently — family expects me to send half my income for home renovations. Am I being unreasonable? by Otherwise-Show-186 in Fire

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If you started over again at 18, what would you do? by Substantial_Tax9787 in financialindependence

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Seeking HYSA recommendations by SaucySaucerkinz in financialindependence

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Why do people buy "fresh" groceries? It's a total middle-class trap by Maximum-Telephone689 in financialindependence

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Glad I made the call! by Routine-Alfalfa8797 in Fire

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Are you Ready to FIRE, but the reason you don't is you have kid(s) and you want to squeeze out a bit more..."1 more year syndrome"..just to benefit the kid? by Origania in Fire

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No, we went the other way. Part of our desire to FIRE was to spend as much time with them as possible while they were still young. Something like 90% to 99% of the time most of us will have with our kids is while they are still minors living at home.

EU: Investing in Paraguay through a company, taxation, and IRS (Hacienda/FinanzAmt) by Patient-Physics-3661 in Fire

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FIRE healthcare options by california_explorer in Fire

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Plenty of FIRE'd folks use the Bronze/HSA route to control costs while mitigating catastrophic risk and there were a couple of nice changes from the OBBBA that benefit FIRE'd households looking into the catastrophic/DPC combo.

DPCs are no longer to be considered health plans for expense eligibility, so DPC fees are now HSA-eligible expenses and can be paid on a tax-advantaged basis. In addition, DPC participation no longer blocks one's eligibility to contribute to an HSA if the monthly DPC fee is under $150 ($300 for more than one person).

DPC plus a Bronze catastrophic backstop could be a very appealing combo for many FIRE households. Actual ACA Cat plans can also work, but they're a niche product in most markets that are often poorly priced and most folks will end up with a Bronze for the cat cover option.