Is It Time To Hire an Advisor?
Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger
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4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2021
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Does there come a certain point in time when you should really consider working with a professional? Or can you keep doing it on your own, especially if the results have been good?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Jill on Money podcast. It is Friday, March 26th. And I know for a lot of |
| 0:10.8 | you that this weekend is going to be a big time to do your taxes, even if you know that |
| 0:16.5 | that extension is out there, you're still going to prepare, right? Because I just want |
| 0:21.6 | to remind you once again, even though the tax filing deadline has been pushed to May 17th, |
| 0:28.8 | if you make quarterly payments, and that's a lot of you who listen, if you make quarterly |
| 0:32.9 | payments, your first quarter payment is still due on April 15th. So don't make this mistake |
| 0:40.4 | because it can be costly and we don't want you to have any extra costs. So please pay |
| 0:45.1 | attention to that. Okay. Now this is the program that takes the mystery out of your financial |
| 0:49.4 | life. And we do that by answering your questions. You can send us your financial question |
| 0:56.6 | in two ways. An email asks Jill at Jill on Money.com, or you can just be on the website |
| 1:02.7 | Jill on Money.com and click the contact button. It's so easy. So let's start with a note |
| 1:10.1 | from Sean who writes the following. Hi, Jill. I love your podcast. And I've been a faithful |
| 1:16.8 | listener for the last few months now. I have two different questions. I'm 36. My wife |
| 1:21.6 | is 37. We have a three year old child. We live in a mark. Mark says that this is what |
| 1:26.6 | the stands are. I never heard this acronym before MCOL mod. He thinks it's moderate cost |
| 1:31.6 | of living area. Mark, I'd learn something from you every day. It's amazing. Anyway, Sean |
| 1:36.8 | is writing this. He says, he lives in this moderate cost of living area. He's got an annual |
| 1:41.0 | income of $450,000. My God. It's amazing. We've been saving aggressively for the past several |
| 1:47.8 | years. They're in their 30s. This is unbelievable. They've got a net worth of $1.9 million. They |
| 1:54.8 | have $650,000 in a taxable account and $410,000 in work related 401Ks, $23,000 in a solo 401K, |
| 2:07.0 | his wife's an independent contractor, $115,000 in the 529 and the kids only three. I think |
| 2:13.8 | you're done, by the way. 24 grand in crypto. They also have 85 grand in Roth IRAs. They do |
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