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Sorta Random Sunday: The Illusion of the Prodigy
Stories of prodigies are all over the place. The music prodigy. The sports prodigy. The mathematics prodigy. And on and on. It's not hard to…
Top 5 Tax Mistakes Every 1099 Physician Must Avoid
Let's take a journey together, guided by the team at DocWealth, a physician founded tax strategy firm with a focus specifically on the unique needs…
Sorta Random Sunday: The Tennis Method of Time Management
Time management is an important concept for all of us to master. Unfortunately, I don't think any of us truly ever master it. But we…
3 Real Estate Lessons Learned from Our Last Investment Property
In June 2021, Selenid and I bought our third real estate investment property. It is now about 7 months later as I write this. And…
Investing Basics
6 Reasons Doctors Should Save and Invest for Yourself Before Your Kids
I frequently get asked to give talks to other doctors on financial well-being. And no where in that talk does it mention saving or investing for children – for college,…
5 Interesting (and Scary) Financial Facts
I often reflect back on how different my life would be if I had not begun building the simple habits for financial well-being. In thinking about this recently, I researched…
PhREI Network Roundup 10-26-23: The Launch of the Generation FIRE Video Podcast
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! Carpe Diem MD Using his own…
Creating My Universal FIRE Equation
FIRE is a diverse concept. It applies to each individual differently. It means something different to each individual who meets it. So, can a universal, unified FIRE equation be created?…
Real Estate Investing
Introducing the Doctors and Dollars Podcast!
I have exciting news! I have partnered with Vijay Kini of DocSupp to create a new podcast called Doctors and Dollars! I'm planning to share podcast episodes and show notes…
Monopoly and Life: Important Lessons for Real Estate Investors (& Kids)
Today's post is a guest post from Ian Cook at Carpe Diem MD. Ian is an ER doc focusing on Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine while his wife, Lauren, is…
Chatting All Things Financial Well Being with The Happy Doc
A number of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Taylor Brana on his podcast, The Happy Doc podcast. It was so enjoyable especially because his message…
6 Steps for Physicians to Attain Financial Freedom, Decrease Burnout, and Become a Better Doctor!
Physicians are some of the worst accumulators of wealth despite being high compensated. This contributes to financial strain, burn out, and diminished overall well-being. Financial freedom can seem very far away…
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