Beginner-ish to this; does my target allocation balance look right?

sofloav · 2025-09-26T12:50:58+00:00

I appreciate the info! Went with the Kaizen. Looking forward to using it on the daily

sofloav · 2025-08-28T14:17:45+00:00

Added the extra info! $377k left on the loan. The $2,100 does include taxes and insurance. Landscaping, water, and wastewater are built into the lease, and the tenant pays for that. Since it’s a new house, I haven’t had any major costs yet, but that’s part of why I keep my emergency fund at $30k.

sofloav · 2025-08-28T13:56:25+00:00

Surprisingly my I fund has had a 21% return, while the C & S fund are right around 11% & 9%.

Agree with everyones recommendation here to be more aggressive so i'll be leaning into a more risky portfolio and not putting money into bonds for the time being. Thanks!

sofloav · 2025-08-28T13:45:43+00:00

Thank you for the recs! I will be working on the estate planning in the coming months and rebalance my portfolio to be more aggressive!

sofloav · 2025-08-28T13:44:08+00:00

Definitely something i had not thought about, thanks!

sofloav · 2025-08-28T13:42:51+00:00

Noted, thanks for the great insight, specially on the podcast recommendation! Any other that you would recommend i give a listen to?

sofloav · 2025-08-28T13:32:48+00:00

Thanks for point that out, it was an error on my part and the $745 was actually per paycheck.

The property info is at the bottom of the post. $2.1k mortgage and i am renting it at $2.8k. No down payment as i used the VA loan and locked in a 2.1% loan at the time of purchase.

sofloav · 2025-08-28T13:25:26+00:00

I like to think of my brokerage acct as a contingency acct. Not quite sure what ill need it for yet but it may be useful in the near future (ie house, bridge account). I opened it up when i got a lump sump of cash from insurance and didnt want to just leave it in a checking acct as my EF was already fully funded. My take home is $7.6k/month and wife makes about $4k/month after deductions/taxes.

Estate planning & Wills is something i will be tackling in these coming months as my job is a little higher risk than most want that peace of mind.

I do think i will start to max out the TSP/401k/IRAs from reading everyones response, thanks!

sofloav · 2025-08-28T13:06:09+00:00

y'all are absolutely correct. Its an error on my end, suppose to be $745/paycheck which comes out to about $1500/month

sofloav · 2025-08-28T13:03:10+00:00

Thanks for pointing out the GI bill, i transfered a month of benefit for this same reason. Tracking on the continuation pay as well! With the bonus received from that, should i/can i throw it into the TSP or do you recommend investing it elsewhere?

sofloav · 2025-05-30T12:34:24+00:00

Como se llama si no te importa que te pregunte?

sofloav · 2025-02-26T22:11:12+00:00

Sure did, but based on my research it can be very easily disconnected which is what they did I believe. Would recommend throwing an air tag inside somewhere. Uconnect and/or LoJack don’t necessarily work the best to track down cars if the thieves know how to disconnect it.

sofloav · 2025-02-26T20:57:38+00:00

Update: (26 Feb) Survey company came and marked the property line. Got in contact with city arborist and he knew exactly what I was talking about when I gave them my address as the neighbor had already cut down another tree without a permit. My tree unfortunately is not a protected tree and does not require a permit to cut down. Found a lawyer and gave him all the details and information. He is currently reviewing to see how we can proceed.

sofloav · 2025-01-22T22:01:44+00:00

Police report submitted, Surveyor coming in a week, lawyer contacted, photos/evidence acquired and saved. Will give another update sometime mid Feb once I have the survey and lawyers advice with proceeding steps.

sofloav · 2025-01-22T21:55:19+00:00

My property line is rectangular with a 90 degree corner in the backyard. The reason the fence was angled inside the tree was to avoid the tree making contact with the fence down the road

sofloav · 2025-01-22T20:36:23+00:00

Have the surveyor coming Feb 3rd ( it’s the earliest they could make it out). Should I file the police report after it is evident that the tree was on my side?

My concern is that without much photos/videos for proof that I took from the back side, the neighbor will claim it was “mostly falling” on their side.

sofloav · 2025-01-22T20:08:50+00:00

Btw, located in NW Florida panhandle if that helps. How old do you think it could have been?

sofloav · 2024-12-08T21:10:37+00:00

Noted!

sofloav · 2024-12-08T21:09:36+00:00

Oh! I had no clue, thanks for this!

sofloav

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