Financial Calculators

Retirement Calculators - Calculate Your Retirement Savings and More

Do you know what is needed to achieve a more secure retirement? You can use our retirement calculators to create your retirement plan or our Roth IRA conversion calculator to see if converting to a Roth IRA is the right choice for you. We have calculators that can help you with the following:

  • IRA Eligibility to find out how much you can contribute to an IRA.
  • Life Insurance Needs to learn how much life insurance might be best for you.
  • Loan Acceleration Calculators to learn about the impact of making extra payments on your debt.
  • Home Refinance Calculators to see if you should refinance your mortgage.
  • Credit Card Payoffs to calculate how long it will take to pay off your credit cards.
  • Roth IRA Conversion to see if converting to a Roth IRA makes sense for you.

IRA Eligibility

Many factors can affect your eligibility and contribution limits to either the Traditional IRA or Roth IRA — tax filing status, your current earned income level and whether or not you participate in a retirement...

Roth IRA Conversion

Roth IRA is a great way for clients to create tax-free income from their retirement assets. Yet, keep in mind that when you convert your taxable retirement assets into a Roth IRA you will generally...

Impact of Inflation

It may surprise you how much inflation can erode purchasing power. Use this calculator to estimate how much more income you may need when factoring in inflation between now and until you reach retirement to...

Cost of Waiting

A penny saved is a penny earned, but a penny saved today is a penny potentially earning more. Use this calculator to determine how much more you could accumulate at retirement by beginning your savings...

Life Insurance Need

Planning to meet the financial needs of your survivors is one of the most important and fundamental steps in creating a sound financial plan for you and your family. This step may require the purchase...

Loan Acceleration

Over the course of a loan amortization you will spend hundreds, thousands, and maybe even hundreds of thousands in interest. By making a small additional monthly payment toward principal, you can greatly accelerate the term...

Home Affordability

When you’re buying a home, mortgage lenders don’t look just at your income, assets, and the down payment you have. They look at all of your liabilities and obligations as well, including auto loans, credit...

Home Refinance

Over the last couple of years with interest rates at a 40-year low, many people refinanced their mortgages. Depending on how many months the ongoing payment savings will take to cover your upfront closing costs,...

Credit Card Payoff

Americans today owe more money than ever before. The fact that ‘interest never sleeps’ means that the situation will continue to worsen unless steps are taken at the individual level to reduce or eliminate debt....

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Carter Financial Group is a full-service financial firm dedicated to helping those in the Texas area meet their long-term financial goals. Our team of financial advisors and wealth managers are experienced in helping clients preserve their savings, so they can use it as a source of steady income in retirement.

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About Mandee

Mandee Carter Stearns, President of Carter Financial Group, has been working alongside her father, Dee Carter, running the day-to-day business and learning the ropes of their family business since 2017.

Mandee received her BS in Psychology in 2016 and started her career in the financial industry in 2010 when she started helping in the office. After acquiring her degree, she started working full-time in March 2017 as Dee’s business partner and main Associate Advisor helping clients navigate the intricacies of investing for retirement and overall successful financial planning.

In 2021 and 2023, she was named an Elite Producer with American Equity, amongst other accolades.

In Mandee’s spare time, she likes to go to the gym and spend time with her husband, friends, and family. She is an animal lover and rescuer. In fact, Mandee has 3 rescue dogs, a German shepherd and 2 mixed breeds that she adores! She still enjoys almost all things Psychology related and is constantly researching something. Mandee enjoys meeting new client prospects, speaking with her current clients, but most of all she loves helping people.