whats your biggest monthly expense?

[olds]

Rent. No other bills except for utilities/food/clothing.
We moved to take another job and had planned on buying a house here. But, we are concerned that with the present market/economy in California, it might not appreciate fast enough to make any money when we sell it at retirement. I can retire in as little as 3.5 years but will probably work 6.5 more. We don't plan to stay here but instead get a PO Box in South Dakota and travel.

 

[Elias824]

Food, then Porn, then Lube

 

[InflatableBuddha]

Rent, $300/mo

Where the heck do you live? My rent is almost 3 times that .

 

[mattpegher]

Taxes, of course esp with AMT
Mortgage-home
Mortgage - summer condo
Property taxes - NJ sucks, paying 24k in property taxes

 

[olds]

Where the heck do you live? My rent is almost 3 times that .

Mines almost 5 times that.

 

[InflatableBuddha]

Mines almost 5 times that.

Well, I could get a luxurious one bedroom place in downtown instead of the burbs which would approach that. I'm assuming you rent a slightly bigger place than one bedroom though.

 

[oogabooga]

Rent, Food, Debt Payments (St Loans), Car Insurance (fortunately no payments on the car)

I'm sure stupid shit I buy that I don't need is actually above Debt Payments when totaled all together

 

[Pantlegz]

That's crazy.

We could certainly eat for less if we ate ramen noodles, cheap boxed food like mac & cheese, pot pies, etc. But that's disgusting.

pretty much everything we eat is fresh food, the kids prefer mac and cheese and hot dogs over most anything else. I guess I was a bit misleading when I originally posted that. The kids are only there 1/2 the time and my girlfriend only eats dinner at the house a few days a week. My breakfast is oatmeal. So it's about 15/month for my breakfast. Lunch is always just the 2 of us. Dinner is a little bit of whatever. I think we eat pretty good.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I'd say my mortgage by far
1st Mortgage ~ 1250
And if I include my 2nd mortgage and my property insurance ... then it's closer to $1600.

 

[Yeem]

Taxes.