Thinking about buying a house in La Mirada and start a family soon. Any thoughts on La Mirada area?

It's super frustrating to be "time poor".

That's seemingly just the nature of working in Biglaw.

But every day you have the option to buy back your time.

How do you buy back time?

It's simple—by saving and investing.

And you don't need to be uber wealthy to regain control of your time.

Consider this…

Can I live comfortably in Dubai on 25k a month? With wife and kid too?

Just sold all my remaining LTC. Bought at $50. Waiting for another dip of ETH below $707 then buy ETH and buy LTC if below $80...

I need a financial miracle to afford my postgraduate degree. I have 6 months until the first bill. Experts on this sub, is there a crypto Hail Mary I should look into?

I’ve been doing some reading around Crypto but don’t currently hold any positions.

I haven’t managed to get any confirmed scholarships or financial aid packages so this post, as you can tell, comes from a place of exhausting every possible option. Any help massively appreciated.

For those watching their home value - which is best? Zillow or Redfin? I’m watching mine to see what equity I have to refi and potentially get PMI removed. Zillow is current showing home value at about 20K less than Redfin. Are there any other tools I could be using? Thanks.

I just want a decent house on the west side/Culver City/Mid City area of LA, that’s less than $900k. Is that really so wrong?

Hey there! really need a change in pace from being in higher levels of care, and am wanting to go part-time with my company and private practice, but I want to buy a house in the next year and am worried about finances. Can anyone speak to the hardships or successes or a counseling of practice and/or buying a home shortly after starting one? I feel trapped in my current job because I’m worried the timing isn’t right.

Let’s talk finances. How are you all paying for this? Loans, I assume, but any strategies?
In early 2021, better to try to max out retirement accounts to maximize financial aid or to just start saving?
200k is so much.

Has anyone held AMEX Bonvoy cards in two separate countries? Would both link to your Bonvoy account?

Has anyone tried to sell miles or points through one a site. I have a family member looking to do it and I had never looked into. Any experiences? Pros cons

How are you all going about continuing to buy index funds while everything is literally green and I see people doubling their investment in such a short amount of time. Feel as I am missing so much money that could’ve been made. But VOO goes up 1% :///

Looking to rent a home in the Central Park area but there are very few homes available for rent on Zillow. Does anyone know of any other platforms that might have listings that are not on Zillow? I imagine most people who are trying to rent out their home/investment property would list on Zillow but thought I’d ask!

If I make $120k base and have 50k for down payment, what should the house price be?

Best way to reduce taxes on severance pay? Receiving bonus and severance, tips for saving money. Open to charity etc. I’m afraid that most of this will go into taxes. I will max out my IRA.

Anyone got a loan with Guaranteed Rate? Started looking for a condo(Chicago) and keep seeing them pop up. Looks like they charge $1290 lender fee, but wanted to see if anyone had experience with them

What do most people invest in for their Roth IRA portfolio? I’ve heard target funds and ETF’s..which one is better?

Hello ME fish - any suggestions as to where I could invest reasonably safely if I’m targeting a ~5% return (in USD/AED)? LIV used to be good with their 2% return but that’s decreased now, and I’m looking for a bit higher.

Hi everyone! I’m a young professional right out of college getting into investing and personal finance management. Trying to better understand and educate myself on personal finance and investment strategies. Can someone recommend some recourses (books, podcasts, experts to follow, etc.) where it’s clearly explained for beginners? Trying to make sense of 401Ks, Roth IRAs, emergency funds etc.
Like I’m looking for someone like Dave Ramsey but for investment and money management advice.

Does anyone know how does the supplemental income work for new CAs?

Any open Tax Operations roles that have gone fully remote or 4 day work weeks?

In addition to my daily teaching job, I have an opportunity to become school administrator for Adult Ed night classes which run 3x per week from 6-9p. It pays roughly $5k/semester. I’d appreciate your thoughts/ suggestions/ concerns for this type of responsibility.

Erm, very politely, why was I added to this bowl?

Are FAANG companies really the place to be for SWE’s? I want to work for one but I’m worried about culture & work/life balance.

Does MS have jobs for Business Analysts? Can anyone please refer me for a BA post?

Hi, What should be the salary for 9 yr experience in azure devops ?

I’m trying to get a job as a pharmacist at bcbs. Anyone ever worked there or have experience there? Any tips on how I could make my resume stand out for them?

Does a auditor have duty to disclose fraud to central government that he/she has not discovered in the ordinary course of his duties under the companies act 2013?

I have to keep reminding myself that I don't need validation from certain people. It's hard.

Posted about this a while back but didn’t get a definitive response. I have a bunch of Manhattan prep GMAT books from the past few years that have little to no writing in them. There’s probably 20 of them so pretty heavy but I’m looking to give this away to someone for free. Only thing is I asked for you to take all of them versus just a few. I live in downtown Manhattan near the stock exchange and hoping to give by the 24th. Thanks!

Does anyone getting similar mail daily :Know Your IBM January'22 - Register Now ?

What are the top things you do for better health?

Interesting life science ICO next month, BlockRx. Looks promising, worth a look: iSolve_BlockRx_Token_Whitepaper.pdf

Hows the industry doing in MENA right now? Any worries about a potential crash? Are firms still hiring? Based in the US and everything is tense here with the recent tech layoffs

Best bars to hit downtown for a bday?

Currently commuting from Newport Beach to Beverly Hills 4x a week for work. I thought I could last till lease expiration (May) but it's really getting to me. Any recs on neighborhoods with sub 1.2k rent? This will be the max I can afford while still paying for my Newport apartment

What to do alone in LA to get through the holidays? Thanks!

Best place to score moving boxes?

Clever ways to get cheaper housing? What's your hack to beat the system?

Married, 2 kids under 3 yrs. Apartment is too small, but we can't afford bigger. Do we rent a 2-story house and split it with another family? Do we stay in our small apartment and get creative with bunk beds and storage solutions?

How can a family, with kids, and one crappy income ($82,000) get a comfortable living situation here?

Anyone interested in 2 WILLOW tickets tonight at The Novo? $50/per ticket pleas DM me!

Affordable places near LA/in CA to learn to snowboard?

Anyone have any leads in mid-level corporate social responsibility roles in LA?

Thoughts on renters insurance?

What do you all think about LaBrea/MidWilshire as a place to live? I’ve been toying with the idea of living close to the LACMA (I know, it’s closed) but I don’t know if I’m romanticizing this.

🤬🤬These freaking mosquitoes are killing me. I hate that bug spray needs to be included as part of my going out routine.

Does anyone have suggestions for fragrance free options?

Any here hired Hippo Movers before? Reviews look good but then one on yelp made me suspicious if they were fake

Halloween parties in LA? Bars having events, etc

Looking to move back to La in the Marina Del Ret area, any good apartment recommendations?

Any recs for how to learn how to drive in LA? 😅 Would you recommend driving classes?

What is the best place to get a massage?

Anyone going to Countdown NYE this weekend? I’m going both days and would love to meet some new friends!

Angelenos - is it still worth it to transplant from NYC? I know with everything going on, it's a mixed bag, but I'm feeling the move. What do you think? Is LA still the best?

My boyfriend and I are moving from Chicago and are seriously struggling to find a place in Silver Lake or Los Feliz. It seems like there just isn’t anything available. Can anyone help? We’ve check Zillow, Craigslist and even Facebook Market Place daily.