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Military and Debt »

By Patrick on Sep 30, 2007 in Credit / Debt, Military Money | 7 Comments

Hello everyone, I am currently away on vacation. This is a guest post from Ana, the author of the blog Debt-Free Revolution. Ana is “an Army wife, an Iraq veteran, a college student, a mom, family CFO, and a “Pizza Delivery Expert” a.k.a. a Domino’s pizza delivery driver to get her family out of the […]

Is it Better to Sell Back Leave or Take Terminal Leave? »

By Patrick on May 24, 2007 in Military Money | 0 Comments

A popular topic among retiring and separating military members is whether or not it is better to take terminal leave or sell it. I have heard a lot of heated debates about which is better, and I have even heard people raise their voices about this topic.
Most people feel selling back leave is a black […]

How to Download TSP into Quicken »

By Patrick on May 10, 2007 in Investing, Military Money | 2 Comments

There is no direct way to download the Thrift Savings Plan into Quicken from the TSP website, but there is a work around. These instructions are from Allen at Middleriver.net. (Read the Thrift Savings Plan’s reasons why you can not download the TSP into Quicken from the TSP site.)
You can manually input the data line […]

Can You Download the TSP into Quicken or MS Money? »

By Patrick on May 1, 2007 in Investing, Military Money | 0 Comments

The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), the government version of a 401k, does not currently offer its members the option of downloading their information directly into Quicken or MS Money.
Why not? Mostly, it’s a cost issue. Quicken and MS Money charge financial institutions a lot of money to make their software compatible and downloadable.
In the TSP […]