Luke “Dear Steve, I have a great employer pension, a decent 401k, and a small 403b($7000). I am not worried about retirement. I tried several years ago to combine the 403b into the 401k and was told I could not do that. I have no credit card debt but ridiculous student loans and a car …
“Dear Steve, I will be retiring soon. Will pay off mortgage with IRA money. Balance of mortgage about 59K. I am 63. For the situation I am in paying off my mortgage will make complete sense. Thank you How do I figure what taxes will be owed and can I pay this tax with money …
Michelle “Dear Steve, I was laid off in Dec08 and am at the end of my savings. Although I do get unemployment, it only covers my rent and gas. I am a single mother of 1 and am getting child support which is soley going to help with daycare expenses. I have 2 credit cards …
Andy “Dear Steve, I am 62 years old and had planed to retire in 3 – 3 1/2 years. With the ecomonic problems today my wife and I are thinking aobut taking $29000.00 out of my 401K and pay off our mortgage. I am still employed but things have really slowed down. So don’t know …
Foster “Dear Steve, I lost my job in November and have cashed and used my 401k to get me through so far. It is now exhausted and I still have no job prospects. My wife works and I get unemployment, but we cannot make ends meet. I have had my credit card accounts closed for …
“Dear Steve, I am a 27 yr old single working mother and I have appr 25K in 401k funds. I also have appr 15K in credit card debt that is making it tough to pay monthly bills. At this age, should I consider cashing out my 401K and paying my ccard debt off. I also …
“Dear Steve, This is going to sound like we are are sleeze bags. Wife and I age 60. We owe $170K on credit cards and $295K on house that is worth at best $250K. We have about $110K in it. House was huge mistake… We have just under $500K in our IRA’s and zero in …
An article in the Wall Street Journal was bolder that I might have been about the realities of the best place to find cash in an emergency. When I read the article I broke out in a huge smile for ear to ear. Amen. People make the same chronic mistakes when they get into a …
Tanisha “Dear Steve, I recently recieved $137k into a 401k account from my ex-husband due to a divorce. I’m 35 years old, 2 kids, unemployed stay at home mother for past 8 years. I will receive spousal support until 2012. I no longer own any property or assets and I have $33,000 in credit card …
Suzy wrote me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you for free. “Dear Steve, Recently I paid off all credit cards and am debt free with exception of my car payment. …