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sistawendy ([personal profile] sistawendy) wrote2022-02-15 11:47 am
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Zzzzzz?

I'm having trouble thinking of anything to write here. After getting back from Comfy Lady's on Saturday morning I slept. And then I spent the rest of a sunny Valentine's weekend sleeping some more.

But am I sleeping well at night? Of course not. I've been waking up in the wee hours. At least I fall back asleep, but it usually takes an hour or two. I blame February: every year since (not long after?) I moved up here, the noticeably lengthening days have robbed me of a normal sleep schedule.

Oh, there is one thing I remembered to write about, namely the scramble for a down payment. I have two 401(k) plans, one with a big pile o' money in it from a previous employer, plan A; and a much smaller one with my current employer, plan B. Murphy's Law dictates that only plan B allows me to take out loans against it*, possibly because I can no longer actively contribute to plan A.

I can roll plan A into plan B, but guess which one has the stellar annual returns? Plan A, of course. Now that I sit here typing, I wonder if I can do a partial rollover. I bet I can't.

Oh by the way, quite a bit of money, enough for a down payment, is supposedly in transit into plan B. There was a plan C that got closed out due to acquisition, and I'm still waiting on the transfer from C to B. When that happens, I should be golden for a down payment.



*I can execute a partial withdrawal from plan A, but that incurs a tax penalty.
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[personal profile] ximinez 2022-02-15 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not really the plan that is giving you returns, but the specific investments within each plan. It might be worth opening an independent brokerage account that offers those same investments (maybe even with the same provider, just not tied to your old employer), then rollover into _that_ account. I'd bet you could borrow against it.
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[personal profile] ximinez 2022-02-15 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice!