Yup, Utah's 529 is great. I live in CA, but all my kids have a UESP

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Apr 20, 2016
10:48:48am

JOPE All-American

that I automatically put money in monthly. The money is in Vanguard funds and the fees are minimal.

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RE: College Funds, when did you start saving for your kids and how did you

fredetteaboutit13

4/20/16 10:20am

I haven't saved anything yet. Whenever they do something bad, I deduct from

PharmD

4/20/16 10:22am

Like college funds or what are we talking here?

BIG XII Coug

4/20/16 10:23am

Yes college funds.

fredetteaboutit13

4/20/16 10:23am

Voting for Bernie Sanders. #Sanders2016

BIG XII Coug

4/20/16 10:37am

Just vote for Bernie in November. Boom, no need to save

BYUCoug11

4/20/16 10:26am

Actually I was just looking at this yesterday. Right now I just direct deposit

cheezedawg

4/20/16 10:29am

I am of the opinion that parents shouldn't pay for much of their kids college

jensen46

4/20/16 1:44pm

Yes, thats a valid view. My parents paid for my freshman year, and 1 semester

cheezedawg

4/20/16 2:49pm

Started at age 1, we'll see how it goes. It won't amount to a ton, but some.

liitlt

4/20/16 10:38am

UESP.ORG

CBaass

4/20/16 10:41am

Yup, Utah's 529 is great. I live in CA, but all my kids have a UESP

JOPE

4/20/16 10:48am

I do a 529 account, as well as individualized savings accounts.

d-coug

4/20/16 10:47am

Love the matching funds - we did that too and the kids really learned how to save

Jersey hunter

4/20/16 11:12am

Set up Utah 529 ed. svgs. plans for each when they were born

Tricky

4/20/16 10:50am

I don't save for my kids college. I'm trying to do the running start and other

BPintheCouv

4/20/16 10:55am

My kids can pay for college just like I did. Makes them appreciate it more.

CougarBacker

4/20/16 11:05am

I used a max funded whole life policy for my kids college funds - it's worked perfectly

Jersey hunter

4/20/16 11:05am

never started, paid for tuition as it came

ChinaFan

4/21/16 12:09am

Tell them to pay for their own. Problem solved.

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