Financial Planning for Physicians and Young Professionals
If you’ve been paying attention even a little bit then you know that the housing market in the Treasure Valley has been hot, hot, hot. The median sales price in Boise took a 20% jump this year, even after seven years of already steadily rising prices. This rise is due to the national rebound in […]
As we head into the last quarter of the year, many of us are coming up on the time to re-enroll in our employer benefit programs. This leads nicely into a discussion of one of the best retirement accounts available. A secret retirement account, that wasn’t designed as for retirement savings in the first place. […]
Starting out your initial financial decisions are relatively simple. Try to save more than you spend, set aside a sensible amount for emergencies, and invest the rest for longer term goals. As you grow and advance in your career the decisions tend to become more complicated. As you near retirement the decisions become even more […]
The summer is over and the kids are back in school. While this is a happy time for parents, it can also cause some anxiety by reminding you that life after grade school is fast approaching. Depending on how old your kids are you may be helping them with their A B C’s, in the […]
Lately I have been spending more time on the home browsing site Zillow than I’d care to admit. Especially because we are renting our current home and plan to for another year or so, so we won’t be in the home buying market for a while. But I often find myself drawn back to the […]
Today’s post covers something a little different than the topics I usually discuss on the blog, but I think there is still a smidge of personal finance related material in the topic. As the parents of young children know it can be challenging to keep them entertained. No matter what family fun thing you have […]
Summer is in full swing and the temps are creeping into the triple digits no matter where you live. In the Kimmet household we are doing our best to beat the heat by running through sprinklers (ours and the neighbors), rafting on the Boise River, and searching for shady spots to hang up the hammock […]
If you follow the news in the personal finance space you may have recently read a headline that seemed a little odd. “Vanguard employees won’t have an S&P 500 index fund in their 401(k) plan” And if all you read was the headline, then you might have been left scratching your head. After all the […]
A comment that I often hear when talking to friends and family is, “I know I need to do it, but I’m just not sure where to start saving for retirement”. I think the reason that this is such a common refrain is due to the number of options and choices available. Having more options […]
If you have a refund check coming your way, consider using it to bolster your personal balance sheet. The average refund is usually around $3,000, and most people receive the money within three weeks of filing their returns (I filed our taxes a few days before the April 17 deadline and received ours in a […]
