Comments on: Reader Mailbag: The Tough Part

By: beth

beth — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 13:22:06 +0000

on the free books for kindle, does that include all readers including the ipad?

By: jim

jim — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:17:08 +0000

Q10 Ariel : Check into the income based repayment for your student loans. If you qualify and that could help cut one debt payment at least.

By: jim

jim — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:09:25 +0000

Q5 Caleb : Rent. If your only sure you’ll be there for ‘a few years’ then thats not long enough to justify buying in most markets.

By: jim

jim — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:07:55 +0000

Q3 Eric : An LLC is really for liability issues and thats the primary benefit and reason for it. You don’t really need it in your situation if you’re doing simple computer repair.

By: jim

jim — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:05:17 +0000

Q8: Chloe, If you haven’t yet then I would go to an expert on fertility to get more detailed diagnosis. Primary care physicians or gynecologists aren’t experts on fertility. YOu need a better understanding of your situation first. THen you can figure best course of action. SPending $10k on IVF isn’t the only answer for everyone.

By: mary w

mary w — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:21:05 +0000

Q1. Trying to time the market is a fool’s game. Invest it and leave it alone.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:31:51 +0000

Q1: I wonder how Trent’s “rule” would compare to adding money regularly to an S&P index fund and keeping it there. (After taxes, of course, because I’m sure Trent racked up a lot of short-term capital gains.)

By: AJ

AJ — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:52:49 +0000

Q7: Don’t sleep in bed? That seems like an odd way to cure insomnia.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:23:04 +0000

What breaks my heart is that these people in very painful crisis situations are hoping to get useful advice from Trent.