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Love it. I do have some notes:

For "Financial Goals", allow me to opt set a fixed number, not just a percentage of income (i.e, if I want to max out my 401k).

When inputting investments, instead of having a field for the sum of the different categories, have line items, so I can add my copy/paste my 401k, IRA, etc into the website without having to add them up myself.

Great work!

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I agree, having a general % vs absolute value switch for entry boxes would be nice. I think about my 401K contributions in terms of dollars, and this forced percentages, ostensibly because many employers work that way and there's a focus on salary. Would be nice to just plug in, "My goal is $10000 per year" or whatever the goal is.

Thanks for the input! Within financial goals, if you're looking to max out your 401k, you could always put in a high percentage and it should stop contributions within the sim if it reaches the IRS limit. But you do have a great point -- it would be more useful to have additional input options there such as fixed amounts.

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