How are you spending or investing your stimulus checks?

How do people afford to buy $1M houses in Chicago? Surely not everyone buying them is rich (which is somewhat of a subjective term). My wife and I are 30 and have a combined income of almost $300k and trying to buy something that expensive seems asinine yet people do it. Am I missing something?

Hi,
Anyone has idea about remote consulting opportunities in Kuwait. I mean how doe sthe tax structure work for the location? Would be beneficial if someone could help me understand it better.

Can anyone kindly recommend a good tax accountant / consultant / attorney? Ideally someone who works with foreigners of resident aliens on gift and estate taxes?

I’m trying to book first class tickets LAX to Tokyo for summer next year and I’m not able to find anything. Is it normally so hard to find availability? I have 350k Amex pts and am hoping to book 2 RTs

What are some of the things that were a MUST when buying your first home and what were some things that you were more flexible with and why? I’m having a discussion with my partner about what we absolutely need and what can be worked on later. Also, any regrets?

Spouse & I need to live in a HCOL place for a couple years - min 2 years, up to 6 years - at 40 y.o. in order to grow our career & boost earning power. How do we manage housing cost that eats 1/3 of our pre-tax income? Sold our house in LCOL state and moved to the Bay area last year... Similar homes here are over a million dollars. But demand is so high to move to our suburb that renting costs just as much! Rented current place. Don't want to move our kids from their school every year.

ROTH IRA > 401k > HSA > Backdoor / Mega back door > brokerage

Is this the correct order?

Does anyone have a good practical guide / book on getting started with small multi family real estate investing? I’m in Canada and am looking to avoid hype books to get to the practical need to know details. I have between 250-350k to invest and looking to scale as quickly as possible

Best neighborhoods for sub $1600 1 bed for a young male professional? Trying to build my 401k and get wifed. Lincoln Park, Old Town?

Also best way to find rentals? Zillow?

Does anyone have a personal success story as an angel investment?

What are good areas to invest in the Middle East (stocks, certificates, real estate etc.)? Open to hearing about both low-risk and high-risk asset classes. For people who invest in US / European markets, what platforms do you use?

For those who live in Edgewater. How much do you pay in rent? I’m looking for a place in Edgewater but near Andersonville and want to get a range for the price. I want a 2 bedroom with 1-2 bathrooms.

Thanks

#off topic

I am moving to gurgaon and my office is in Sector 33.
So Is it easy to get 1RK in Sector 33 or near by?

And what will be the rent approx?
TIA

Anybody thinks that the student loan forgiveness will pull through at court?

Can anyone please let me know,if someone is joining lti soon and hold a stock of l&t or lti is that ok with the firm..or do we have to sell that off or sign any disclosure agreement with the firm? Any leads or opinion on this are appreciated 👍

How good is 42000 GBP per anum for Edinburgh, I am traveling with my wife and can I save decent amount?

I joined on June 2021 to Accenture as transition project now when can i expect transition rewards or hike ? Do i want to wait till Dec 2022 or is there any chance to get hike earlier ?

Associate test manager with 12 yr exp. What should be the fixed pay

How will be work life balance with Accenture? Does they provide WFH for working mothers?

Guys keep posting hikes ..but be truthful about it.

What is the internal mobility process at Accenture? How much time we have to wait after joining to move to different team?

Which Conga certification would you recommend for someone starting their career in Salesforce Devops?

Hi Sharks,
Is 18LPA fixed a good package for AWS DevOps (jenkins, docker, k8s, terraform, Prometheus/Grafana, YOE - 4

What are some of your favorite sites to source inspiration from or read through interesting case studies on brand problems?

I’m trying to move from GRC to cloud security . My plan is to take the AWS cloud practitioner exam and then the AWS solution architect associate exam, and then try to move to the cloud business unit in my company to get work ex

Is this the right path/direction to take? Any other tips?

Really feeling hopeless today ! 35 male in a relationship, girlfriend just turned 37. I feel like I should have married early and should have had kids by now. We are together for a year now, she is amazing and loves me a lot, I love her too but since the beginning g it has bothered me that she is older than me and makes half as much as I do. I feel guilty for feeling this way and don’t want to hurt a good person.

Any book recos for creatives/writers?

I am a junior UX/product designer with a background in business. I was wondering does anyone have any general advice for someone trying to get their first design role especially as a person of color? Also, do you feel that junior designers should take any design job they get just to get in the door?

What should be the expected salary for a Senior analyst - SaT - Rank 42 (YOE = 0.33) at EY GDS?

Any idea regarding IB in Dubai? Is it worth going there for associate roles?
Thanks!

Soon I will start a project which is short video app, I don't have investor doing it myself ( small budget), so how many developer should I hire for this app. Only Android,

I’m really bad at this: I just got a last min freelance request (from an agency I want to build a relationship with) - what’s a diplomatic way to say a rush fee needs to be applied?

Can I afford a $2000 apartment?
I make a base of $120k. Take home is $7k monthly (after taxes & $800 in 401k). Expenses are around $3500 currently with rent being $1200. I try to save $3000 a month. I’m okay with bringing savings down a little. Can I swing it?

After this whole dilemma with FTX, I hope people finally realized to never trust Finance YouTubers for any advice. Got paid up the wazzoo to promote scams

Best savings account to stick your emergency fund in?

Is there a good book to teach kids, teens and even college students about personal finance or should i write one?!

I'm sitting on ~50k in cash and am about to sell my home, which should net me another 150k or so. With the recent market correction and recession, what do folks think are the best ways to 5x / 10x my money in the next 5 years? Crypto? Stocks (which)? RE? Buying and turning around a business? I know nobody knows the future, but I feel like the downturn presents some unique opportunities, just not sure what all the possibilities are. I'd say my risk tolerance is med/med-high.

Looking to purchase home. My current rental lease ends in first week of September. Am I too early in looking for a home? How do you deal with double rent (rent + lease) if you close early. Any tips?

Is it just me? Or do you guys too think the stock market is over-reacting a bit. 🙄

Hello everyone, I'm trying to get into real estate investing. Some of the books I've read have talked about buying a multi unit property and utilizing investors to get the necessary capital. Does anyone have experience in getting investors? How do you identify investors who may be interested? Are there any sites where you can invest in or post investment opportunities?
Thank you in advance.

anyone have a good discount for hr block or turbo tax? 🙂

I only invested in ETF for the last few years and have 30k in VTI. As the market is set high right now, I wanted to pause my VTi and invest in crypto. Does anyone know where to start with it? Except for the articles I read, I have 0 knowledge of crypto

About to sell our house and relocate. Expect to receive 150-180k in cash which we will use for a down payment but until something we like comes up going to short term rentals. Where should we put this money for a few months

Voyager just filed Ch 11 bankruptcy. Rest in pieces.

I forgot that I have 95k in a HYSA (0.50%).. should I invest if, move it to a 9 month CD (0.65%) or keep it in there? I don’t foresee using this money anytime in the next year.

I have about 70k invested and my portfolio is kind of random (majority in S&P, VOO, then a few shares in different companies.. I usually just put money in and don’t sell).

Any advice greatly appreciated! Thanks!

We are looking for who can fit a position of online receptionist/administrative clerk we prefer someone from USA

Thoughts on IBM? Earnings were mixed, kind of a flat to poor outlook but it’s pulling back big now, is there upside with big blue?

Anyone from a Big 4 invest through Fundrise? Trying to see if we can, but the Compliance team didn’t fully understand what it is.

Kicking myself in the nuts everyday for selling 300 shares of Apple between $150 and $200

Looking for a good budgeting app that can manage multiple bank and investment accounts and have different budgeting options. Right now I'm using excel and downloading my bank transactions. I know I need to do better and get with current times.