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Is the Certainty Bias Causing Doctors to Make Financial and Medical Mistakes?
The certainty bias is a particularly strong bias and heuristic. And we may think that as “sophisticated” and educated doctors, we are not as susceptible…
Sorta Random Sunday: Invest Your Change to Build Wealth
Usually these Sorta Random Sunday posts don't have anything to do with investing. But I just thought I'd mention one way I invest that I…
Finance Flash Go! Episode #44: Understanding Growth vs. Value Stocks
On this episode of the Finance Flash Go! podcast, we cover growth versus value stocks. What in the world does that mean?! But before I…
Doctors & Dollars S2E1 Recap: Side Gig Showdown
The second season started with a heated debate over if and why physicians need a side gig. Listen to the full episode here! I took…
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Balancing Life as a Doctor & Real Estate Investor
I've always said that the best part about starting this blog is meeting all of you out there. I love hearing your stories, learning from you, and sharing in our…
PhREI Network Roundup 12-21-23: Don't Be a Prisoner of Your Former Self
As you know, as part of the PhREI network, we decided to start a weekly roundup to share new activity from across the network. Enjoy! The Darwinian Doctor Daniel Shin of…
Creating an Asset Protection Plan for Real Estate Investments
One of the big reasons that physicians, and people in general, are nervous about getting into real estate investing is liability. Basically, what if you get sued by a tenant?…
The Pro Rata Rule Explained
The pro rata rule seems to be something that gives investors some pause and concern. I think because anytime that there is a financial “rule,” investors worry excessively about doing…
Real Estate Investing
A Blogger's Individual Stock Portfolio Revealed
A few months ago, I shared my actual stock portfolio on a blog post. Not surprisingly, it is composed entirely of index funds with no individual stock holdings. This is…
Does Every Doctor Need to Invest in Real Estate?
Nope. It's a simple answer. Post over. Ok…you got me, I'm not gonna let you off the hook that easily. But I guess maybe the more appropriate question is, “Should…
Insider Look: Deal Analysis of Investment Property #2
As many of you know, Selenid and I recently closed on and rented out our second investment property. It is a duplex in the city of Buffalo with three bedrooms…
How to Finance Your Short-Term Rental Property
This week’s PhREI guest post is from short-term rental expert Ian Cook of Carpe Diem MD. He's going to show us how to finance a short-term rental property. This is something that Selenid…
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