2. Turn off the main water supply for the house. Put a bucket under the drain pipe. Open the cold-water handle of the kitchen faucet and let the water drain out if you're replacing the cold valve. Drain the hot side if you're replacing the hot valve.
According to Fidelity, a family making $55,000 would need to save $48,000 to cover the qualified expenses of a public university and $107,000 to cover such costs for a private one. This translates into saving $160 a month for a public college and $410 a month for a private one.
The $500 contribution you make is not tax-deductible but, like the Roth IRA, you can withdraw it tax-free for your child's college education. (As a matter of fact, it can be transferred to another family member if the one for whom it's intended doesn't use it.he $500 maximum that you could invest yearly in an Education IRA is in addition to that $2,000. (As of this writing, there is a movement afoot to get that $500 per year limit raised to $2,000 per year. However, right now that raised limit is but a gleam in the eye of brokers and lobbyists.).