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Communities

• Allocate 101
• Budget Wins
• First-time Investors
• Debt Payoff Wins
• 401k & Investing
• Salary Negotiation
• RSUs & Equity
• FIRE & FI
• High Income
• Feature Requests

Recent discussions

• I just hit $100k in my 401k at 30 in 401k & Investing · ▲ 34 · May 17
• Dark mode improvements in Feature Requests · ▲ 14 · May 17
• Tax optimization at $250k+ — what am I missing? in High Income · ▲ 15 · May 16
• Savings rate went from 8% to 24% in 6 months in Budget Wins · ▲ 18 · May 16
• Index funds vs individual stocks — settled it for myself in First-time Investors · ▲ 25 · May 16
• Anyone else doing "slow FIRE"? in FIRE & FI · ▲ 23 · May 16
• Impulse budget is my favorite feature in Allocate 101 · ▲ 15 · May 15
• RSU tax hit was way bigger than expected in RSUs & Equity · ▲ 16 · May 15
• The debt snowball actually works in Debt Payoff Wins · ▲ 16 · May 15
• Negotiated $15k more signing bonus in Salary Negotiation · ▲ 19 · May 15
• Budget rollover for unused amounts in Feature Requests · ▲ 22 · May 15
• Should I negotiate higher? in salary-negotiation · ▲ 0 · May 15
• Should I negotiate higher? in salary-negotiation · ▲ 0 · May 15
• CSV export for tax prep in Feature Requests · ▲ 18 · May 14
• Maxing 401k vs investing in brokerage in 401k & Investing · ▲ 13 · May 14
• Coast FIRE at 32 — my numbers in FIRE & FI · ▲ 29 · May 14
• Paid off my last credit card in Budget Wins · ▲ 31 · May 14
• Best way to handle reimbursable expenses? in Allocate 101 · ▲ 5 · May 13
• I finally opened a brokerage account in First-time Investors · ▲ 19 · May 13
• Got a 22% raise by having a competing offer in Salary Negotiation · ▲ 27 · May 13
• Lifestyle creep is real — $300k TC and still feeling broke in High Income · ▲ 33 · May 13
• Shared expenses with partner/roommate in Feature Requests · ▲ 31 · May 12
• First month under budget in a year! in Budget Wins · ▲ 22 · May 12
• Mega backdoor Roth — worth the complexity? in 401k & Investing · ▲ 17 · May 12
• When to sell RSUs — immediately or hold? in RSUs & Equity · ▲ 20 · May 12
• The paycheck view changed my budgeting in Allocate 101 · ▲ 12 · May 11
• $22k car loan paid off 14 months early in Debt Payoff Wins · ▲ 28 · May 11
• Should I invest while still paying off student loans? in First-time Investors · ▲ 14 · May 10
• Mobile app / PWA improvements in Feature Requests · ▲ 24 · May 10
• How do you organize your budget categories? in Allocate 101 · ▲ 7 · May 9
• Is this offer worth taking? in salary-negotiation · ▲ 0 · May 7
• Is this offer worth taking? in salary-negotiation · ▲ 0 · May 7
• I have RSUs — how does Allocate handle equity comp? in Allocate 101 · ▲ 0 · May 7
• How do I connect my bank accounts? in Allocate 101 · ▲ 0 · May 7
• What should I do first after connecting? in Allocate 101 · ▲ 0 · May 7
• How do I set up my budget? in Allocate 101 · ▲ 0 · May 7
• What are Transaction Rules? in Allocate 101 · ▲ 0 · May 7
• How does the savings rate work? in Allocate 101 · ▲ 0 · May 7
• How do I exclude transactions from my savings rate? in Allocate 101 · ▲ 0 · May 7
• What's the difference between Accounts and Expenses? in Allocate 101 · ▲ 0 · May 7
• How do I use Strategize to build a cash buffer? in Allocate 101 · ▲ 0 · May 7
• Why is my balance different from my bank's app? in Allocate 101 · ▲ 0 · May 7
• Why do credit card payments show as transfers? in Allocate 101 · ▲ 0 · May 7
• How do I handle shared expenses with my partner? in Allocate 101 · ▲ 0 · May 7
• Can I create custom spending categories? in Allocate 101 · ▲ 0 · May 7
• How do I track my 401k contributions? in Allocate 101 · ▲ 0 · May 7
• How should I budget with variable income (base + bonus + RSUs)? in Allocate 101 · ▲ 0 · May 7
• General Questions in allocate-101 · ▲ 0 · May 1
• Trial in fire-fi · ▲ 0 · May 1