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I specified 7 annual roth conversions until I reach age 70 and I also specified that social security benefits would begin at age 66. The report correctly shows the first 3 conversions only. When I increase the social security claiming age to 70 then I get all the conversions.
I have a question about how this assumption works. When I
use the assumption that Two can live as cheaply as Two, I get a discretionary
spending number that 10% greater than the assumption that Two can live as
Without changing anything else, when I lower the nominal rate of return on my regular assets (say from 6% to 4%), my smoothed standard living for adult (and thus discretionary spending) goes up! And the more I lower the nominal rate, the higher it goes up.
Does anyone here use YNAB and, if so, how did you adapt YNAB's budget model to correspond to the groups assumed by ESP?
My spouse and I are 60 and just retiring. Cash is especially important to us before taking SS at 70. At 62 I could get a reverse mortgage. I have an expensive home with high equity and a good sized mortgage.
Why is the treatment of the first year retirement account balance calculation inconsistent with following years in the "detailed retirement accounts report"?
I now have access to my employers non-qualified deferred compensation program, and I'm struggling how to handle that in the planner. Let's say I defer $75,000 from my 2017 annual salary. The deferall occurs on a pre-tax basis.
Hello,
I have been a member of for over 5 yrs. I've been using your ESPlannerPlus software. I really like it. My wife and I are thinking that it would be good to try out your "Maximize My Living Standard" service.
Does a list exist for what is defined as non-discretionary spending? I am wanting to compare my real life discretionary spending against what ESPlanner calculates, but I need to be able to subtract out my non-discretionary spending first. Thank you
Suddenly, all my profiles except 1 will not run. After starting Create a Report the following window opens "espbasic.exe has stopped working..." the program then quits and adobe acrobat opens but the report shows "results Missing"
Should I reinstall 2.34.1?
My employer pays the premiums for the first $200k on life insurance and then I pay approx $2k/year for an additional $150k of insurance.
I plan to retire in approx 3 years and want to model refinancing my mortgage at that time (after having made extra payments during those years). I don't see how to do that in ESP.
Will ESPlanner offer a web-based version of ESPlanner ($149 version)? If yes, when will this product be available for purchase?
Re: Maximize My Social Security (MMSS)
How do you model 1031 Exchanges on real estate? I have a property that I will be selling next year and purchasing a new property with and the program is currently estimating taxes on the sales price.
I've entered my regular assets and they are showing up correctly on the "Inputs and Assumptions" page. However, on the net worth and Regular Assets reports (under "Suggestions") they are shown as being 28% lower.
I have found that if I set the borrowing constraint to $50,000, that ESPlanner is unable to provide a Lifetime Smooth Consumption Amount. Instead, it provides four very different Smooth Consumption Amounts for 4 distinct periods (e.g., 2016-2021, 2022-2025, and 2016-2027, 2028 and later).
I sold my primary home in 2015, and am living in my vacation home full time for the next 3-5 years.
I plan to buy a new Primary Home in 2021.
Here’s how I modeled this in ESPlanner:
The ESPlanner manual says on page 5 that you can customize the software by using the HELP drop down menu, choosing Customize, and entering global program settings. When I go to Help, there is no option to choose Customize.