Financial Planning / Retirement Questions

RMD Withdrawls from 40lk

When it comes to RMD’s of your 401k accounts, if you have two accounts with different companies, do you have..

RMD

Can you please print an article about the subject of RMD’s in a future chicago tribune article or send me..

Retirement / Mortgage

I Retired after 42 years at UPS end of June 2025 (I Retired even before I heard anything about buyouts)...

Roth conversion?

the one big beautiful bill act, i am already in the rmd phase, is this a good time to rollover..

Temporary cash advancement

Hi Terry my daughter is selling their home and buying another home. Looking to sell around $200K and she owes..

Mortgage and 401k

Hi Terry, I’m just recently divorced and am waiting on a $200,000 check from my ex-husband’s 401k. My brother wants..

Marital assets after death.

Hi Terry. Do marital assets automatically pass to the surviving spouse after a death or do some have to be..

Will vs RLT

I am a healthy independent 78, single, no husband/partner, no children. My estate includes a paid-for condo, car, IRA’s, cd’s,..

Early Retirement after severance ends

Hi Terry, Love your walkup on Lisa’s show. I was laid off and my last day was 1/31/25. My last..

Receiving social security and still working at FRA

Hi Terry, My husband and I are currently working full time and collecting SS. Is anything changing in 2026 for..

Pay off Mortgage or Invest Funds

I am selling a rental property and should net about $200,000. Should I pay off my personal mortgage of about..

401k investment –

I’ll be 60 in November and have about 1.75 million in 401/roth. I’m basically maxing out my 401k and getting..

Life Insurance Too Expensive

When I turned 75 last September my life insurance became too costly to continue it. It would have gone from..

Suddenly receiving social security in addition to teacher pension

I am a 78 year old retired teacher receiving a pension and have plan F for insurance. My pension board..

Investing 1.5 million

Hi Terry, We recently sold some property, and we have about 1.5 million. My husband is 76 and retiring, and..

How much tax to be taken out

I currently have 7% tax taken out of my monthly SSI payment. I get $3019 per month. Should I have..

want to marry

I am 78collect SS I would like to ask Jan to marry me,Jan is 72 she has Illinois teacher pension..

Trust question

My husband and I set up a trust about 15 years ago. It included a will and medical instructions if..

Roths

On Wednesday June 25 you identified a source for information about Roth conversions on the John Williams show. It was..

Retirement next year

Hi Terry I am 67 years old . Thinking of retiring next year , last year I moved a good..

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