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The Potential Implications of the US Dollar Losing Reserve Currency Status: What Physicians Need to Know

The Sunday Best (05/07/2023)

Seven Lessons I’ve Learned From Buying My Short-Term Rental

10 Things We Let Go of As We Age

What is a Credit Crunch and How it Affects Physicians?

The Sunday Best (04/30/2023)

Is Being a Doctor Worth It? The Financial Pros & Cons

We Bought a House….In This Market!?!

8 Physician Side Gigs to Increase Your Earning Potential

The Sunday Best (04/23/2023)

Umbrella Insurance 101: Understanding Your Coverage Options

10 Tax Strategies for High Income Earners: Avoid the Tax Man

The Sunday Best (04/16/2023)

Automatic Renewal Contracts: What are My Options?

Nine Retirement Myths

Retirement Spending: Which Accounts Come First?

The Sunday Best (04/09/2023)

6 Early Budget Considerations That Lead To Financial Freedom

Six Years Retired from Surgery

Six Best 401(k) Alternatives: Save For Retirement Without a 401(k)

Fight Career Burnout by Saving Money AND Spending Money

The Sunday Best (04/02/2023)

Preparing for and Protecting a Child’s Financial Future

The Secrets of Stealth Wealth

Ether to FI: A New Job & a Net Worth Update

The Sunday Best (03/26/2023)

The More You Know

12 Rules to Break on Your Path to Wealth AND Happiness

How to Get More Than $250,000 Insured by the FDIC

The Sunday Best (03/19/2023)

What’s Keeping You From Your Dream Life?

Rich Friends, Poor Friends

Business Card Smackdown: Ink Business Cash vs. Ink Business Unlimited

An Extra Dollar a Day For the Rest of Your Life

The Sunday Best (03/12/2023)

Is There An Ideal Age To Retire?

14 Ways to Lower Your Taxes

Backdoor Roth IRA 2023: A Step by Step Guide with Fidelity

The Sunday Best (03/05/2023)

7 Reasons I Don’t Use Target Date Funds

Family vs. Work: The Everlasting Struggle for Balance

Budget Skiing and Other Oxymorons

The Sunday Best (02/26/2023)

Why a Fiduciary Duty Matters When Choosing a Financial Advisor

The Joy of Spending My Money Guilt-Free

Why Do Financial Advisors Do Crap Like This?

The Sunday Best (02/19/2023)

Five Big Reasons to Retire Often

Debunking 7 Financial Myths Overheard in the Doctors’ Lounge

FIRE Crossroads 036: FI at 45 With a One-Fund Portfolio

Comparing Real Estate Funds: DLP Housing Fund & Origin Investments IncomePlus Fund

The Sunday Best (02/12/2023)

How to Reduce the Risk of Investing in Passive Real Estate

Lessons Learned From 4 Years Outside the Maze

Post FI Notes 024: Retired Cardiologist Combatting Boredom

The Sunday Best (02/05/2023)

Retirement Catch-Up Contributions — It’s Not Too Late

Retiring Right

Comparing Real Estate Funds: Trion Properties & 37th Parallel

The Best Single Credit Card Solution?

The Sunday Best (01/29/2023)

The SECURE Act 2.0: Important Considerations for Physicians

A Fundrise Review After 5 Years Invested

Top 5 Ways to Start on the Path to Financial Independence

The Sunday Best (01/22/2023)

The Most Important Variables in the FIRE Equation

Why You Should Never Retire

FIRE Starter 014: Two Highly Motivated MDs

The PoF Portfolio in 2023

The Sunday Best (01/15/2023)

Which Real Estate Side Hustle is Right for You?

My Fifth Year of Early Retirement

Best Paid Medical Surveys in 2024

The Sunday Best (01/08/2023)

How Do You Endow a Scholarship and How Much Does It Cost?

The Pros and Cons of Being Wealthy

Post FI Notes 023: Freshly FIREd at Fifty-Seven

The FIRE-Minded Approach to Life Insurance

14 Financial New Year’s Resolutions for a Better 2023

The Sunday Best (01/01/2023)

Make Your Own Luck: 16 Ways To Win In Finances And Life

Post FI Notes 022: 2x FI and Working By Choice

Ether to FI: Bye Bye 2022 & a Net Worth Update

The Sunday Best (12/25/2022)

How This Financial Advisor Makes Big Money with Raw Land

Wealth Is Not a Zero-Sum Game

FIRE Crossroads 035: Saving $50,000 a Month to Reach FI

A Fee-Free Way to Anonymously Donate Appreciated Assets

The Sunday Best (12/18/2022)

Tax Strategies for High-Income Professionals

The Honeymoon Phase of Early Retirement

Post-FI Notes 021: A Super Successful Surgical Subspecialist

No, You Didn’t Travel for Free With Those Points and Miles

The Sunday Best (12/11/2022)

The Many Money Mistakes of a Wealthy Doctor

The Truth About Bear Markets

FIRE Crossroads 034: Mid-40s with $4.2 Million Net Worth

The 1% Rule for Spending on Luxury: Live it Up and Still Achieve FIRE

A Net Worth Tracker That Auto-Updates Daily

The Sunday Best (12/04/2022)

Best Retirement Savings Plans for the Self-Employed

The Broken Clock

Post FI Notes 20: Newly Retired and Traveling Like Mad!

Ask and You Shall Receive: Giving Tuesday 2022

The Sunday Best (11/27/2022)

How to Teach Teens About Investing

Retiring into Uncertainty

The 10 Worst Cases of Hyperinflation in History

Ether to FI: Halfway to FI? (a Net Worth Update)

The Sunday Best (11/20/2022)

Death, Divorce, and Life Transitions: Important Financial Considerations

Top 5 Ways to Take Advantage of a Strong Dollar

The Sunday Best (11/13/2022)

Financial Advice for “Low-Income” Doctors

10 Lessons Learned Along This FIRE Journey

How, When, and Why to Buy I Bonds in 2023

The Sunday Best (11/06/2022)

The Different Levels of Wealth Categorized and Explained

Why Your Future Is Going To Be Awesome

Family FIRE Travels: Krakow, Poland

The Sunday Best (10/30/2022)

Does High Inflation Destroy the 4% Rule?

4 Lessons From 4 Years of Retirement

The Sunday Best (10/23/2022)

Creating a Safety Net For Your Life

Financial Progress After 3 Years of Living Like a Resident

Which is Better? Chase Sapphire Preferred versus Sapphire Reserve

Top 5 Ways to Keep Taxes Low in Retirement

The Sunday Best (10/16/2022)

How to Use Tax Diversification to Reduce Taxes Now AND in Retirement

Financial Independence Without Delayed Gratification

You Spend How Much? Clearly, You Lack Imagination.

The Sunday Best (10/09/2022)

Financial and Retirement Planning for Physicians

Three Years Ago, He Stopped Ironing Shirts

A Big List of Tax Loss Harvesting Partners

The Sunday Best (10/02/2022)

Take Advantage of 100% Bonus Depreciation While You Still Can

Six Reasons High Earners Fail to Get Rich

In Defense of FIRE

The Sunday Best (09/25/2022)

9 Financial Mistakes Physicians Make & How to Avoid Them

7 Best Real Estate Syndication Tax Benefits

Three Years of FIRE and the Point of No Return

The Sunday Best (09/18/2022)

7 Great Tax Benefits of Investing in Real Estate

How to Invest with a Looming Recession

The Coming Housing Market Downturn

The Sunday Best (09/11/2022)

Syndication Returns Explained

The Four Backstops to the Four Percent Rule

Crowdstreet: An Honest Review of the Largest Online Real Estate Investing Marketplace

How a Taxable Brokerage Account Can Be Better Than a Roth IRA

The Sunday Best (09/04/2022)

Is the Wealth Effect Making You Think You’re Rich?

What the Happiest (and Unhappiest) Retirees Know

FIRE Crossroads 033: Government-Issued Golden Handcuffs

Starbucks: Buy the Real Estate, Not [Just] the Coffee

The Sunday Best (08/28/2022)

Cut Your Tax Bill With a Flexible Spending Account

We All Knew This Would Happen

7 Things You Can Do When You’re Done Saving for Retirement

The Sunday Best (08/21/2022)

Ominous Predictions

Minimizing the Impact of a Sabbatical on Your FIRE Date

The Sunday Best (08/14/2022)

8 Common and Costly Retirement Planning Mistakes

20 Unique Ways to Change Your Spending Habits

Most Physicians Who Qualify for Loan Forgiveness Don’t Know It, and Time is Running Out

The Sunday Best (08/07/2022)

5 Reasons Passive Income MD Prefers Real Estate Over Stocks

Why It Seems Like All Doctors Are Quitting Medicine

Next Level FIRE

The Sunday Best (07/31/2022)

What Will Your Tax Rate Be In Retirement?

Retirement is Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be

Post FI Notes 019: $5 Million at 55 and Needing Guidance

Getting Paid What You’re Worth as a Physician: How to Know Your Value and Get It

The Sunday Best (07/24/2022)

Federal Rate Hikes and How They’ll Impact Your Wallet

Five Years Retired from Surgery

How to Thrive as a Physician in a Broken System

The Sunday Best (07/17/2022)

3 Real Estate Lessons Learned from Our Last Investment Property

20 Personal Finance Charts To Help You Build Wealth

Post FI Notes 018: FI Within 5 Years of Fellowship

Asset Protection Made Easy

The Sunday Best (07/10/2022)

Estate Planning On My Mind

AcreTrader Review: My Investment in Cash-Flowing Farmland

Seven Lessons From Two Years of Financial Freedom

FIRE Crossroads 032: Working Nights in Another State – A Sustainable Approach to FI?

5 Ways to Retire With $5 Million by Age 55

The Sunday Best (07/03/2022)

Why WCI Hates Parent PLUS Loans

Drawdown Strategy Revisited After 3 Years of Retirement

FIRE Crossroads 031: $1.1M With Two Pensions Pending

3 Years of Homeschooling & Worldschooling: What We’ve Learned & What’s Next!

The Sunday Best (06/26/2022)

Sir Isaac Newton’s Revenge on Wall Street

A CPA Dissects and Critiques a FIRE Plan

Why Work When You Can Afford to Retire?

The Sunday Best (06/19/2022)

7 Ways to Increase Your Savings Rate

Historical Market Return and Current Expectations

Social Security & Early Retirement 2025: Know Your Bend Points!

The Sunday Best (06/12/2022)

Yes, You Can Beat the Stock Market

The Boring Early Retirement Truth: It’s What You Make It

Post FI Notes 017: Couple in Mid-Sixties Seeking Nirvana

Family FIRE Travels: Rome, If You Want To

The Sunday Best (06/05/2022)

5 Reasons You Should Not Self-Manage Rental Properties

I Took a 90% Pay Cut and I Couldn’t Be Happier

FIRE Starter 013: Just Starting Out in Residency

Common Financial Advice that Makes No Sense for Physicians

The Sunday Best (05/29/2022)

The Brutal Tax Treatment of Widows and Widowers

How a NYE Windfall Was Our Biggest Money Mistake of 2021

Family FIRE Travels: Catania, a Sicilian City

The Sunday Best (05/22/2022)

Pros and Cons of Investing for Cash Flow

Going Undercover: The Truth About “Free” Financial Seminars

FIRE Crossroads 030: A Physician and Pharmacist are Almost There!

Building Wealth in a Bear Market

The Sunday Best (05/15/2022)

Would Working Part-time Make You a Better Doctor?

Why This Retired Physician Owns No Bonds

FIRE Starter 012: Orthopedic Surgeon With a Lucrative Side Gig

Earn 2.25% to 15% Back on Purchases With These 2 Credit Cards

The Sunday Best (05/08/2022)

How To Profit With Real Estate in a Difficult Economy

Working Less is Worth Every Penny

FIRE by Trial

The Sunday Best (05/01/2022)

What It Actually Takes to Eliminate Debt

Who are the Happiest Retirees?

FIRE Crossroads 029: Two CRNAs Seeking Work-Life Balance

Family FIRE Travels: Malta in the Mediterranean

The Sunday Best (04/24/2022)

Physician Early Retirement: Keys to the FIRE

Mr. Fates’ Reflections on 3 Years of Early Retirement

FIRE Crossroads 028: Geoarbitraging to Partial FIRE

Inflation in 2022, the Rule of 72, and What to Do

The Sunday Best (04/17/2022)

Alignment of Interests When Investing in Real Estate

Creating a Withdrawal Strategy when Accidentally Retired Early

Post FI Notes 016: In Control of Your Time and Your Wealth

Family FIRE Travels: Athens, Greece

The Sunday Best 04/10/2022

Making Golf a More Affordable Retirement Hobby

Room for Error in Retirement

FIRE Crossroads 027: Perhaps FI, Perhaps Not, But Working Toward It

Analyzing All 69 Completed RealtyMogul Equity Deals

The Sunday Best 04/03/2022

Balancing Your Financial Goals

NFL and IOU: 10 Debt Lessons You Can Learn From Football Players

FIRE Starter 011: An Anesthesiologist and Pediatrician in Debt

Play Money: Invest AND Have Fun!

The Sunday Best 03/27/2022

Crypto and NFTs: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Why We Need Different Types of Financial Independence

FIRE Crossroads 026: Brewing a Path to FI

Family FIRE Travels: A Week in Medellin, Colombia

The Sunday Best 03/20/2022

The Worst Financial Gifts to Give to Your Children

7 Streams of Income: The Millionaire’s Secret

FIRE Crossroads 025: On the Way to FIRE in South America

The Future is Unknowable. Spend it All or Sock it Away?

The Sunday Best 03/13/2022

What Is a Limited Partner in a Syndication?

40 Reflections on Life on the Eve of a 40th Birthday

FIRE Crossroads 024: Coasting to fatFIRE

Charityvest: A Better Donor Advised Fund

The Sunday Best 03/06/2022

If You Don’t Ask, You Don’t Get, So Keep Asking

The 15 Worst Ever Pieces of Financial Advice

FIRE Crossroads 023: Single & Frugal Equals FI by 40

Taxes on a Million Dollars of Earned Income

The Sunday Best 02/27/2022

Remote Work: A Viable Alternative to FIRE?

Do The Weird Things Now While You Still Can

FIRE Crossroads 022: Giving Up $700,000 a Year

6 Years of Physician on FIRE: Blog Stats and the Year in Review

The Sunday Best (02/20/2022)

3 Ways Real Estate Investors Can Benefit From Inflation

Creating Active and Passive Income Streams After a Late Start

FIRE Crossroads 021: 60 Years of Expenses Saved at Age 46

My Top 5 Airbnb Pet Peeves & How to be a Good Host

The Sunday Best 02/13/2022

Ether to FI: 2022, The Best Year Yet & a Net Worth Update

Exploring the Relationship Between Happiness and Intelligence

Post FI Notes 014: $20 Million with a Unique Asset Allocation

FIRE Crossroads 020: Should They Pay Off the Mortgage?

6 Weeks of International Travel During Peak COVID

The Sunday Best 02/06/2022

10 Reasons Doctors Spend Too Much Money

An Epic Fail at Early Retirement

FIRE Crossroads 019: When $10 Million is Not Enough

The Sunday Best 01/30/2022

Why You Should Never Retire

Inflation and the Case for Real Assets

The Radiologist’s Guest House Fiasco: a $300,000 One-Bedroom in the Woods

FIRE Crossroads 018: Grossing 7 Figures Annually as a Dentist

Tax Loss Harvesting with Fidelity: A Step by Step Guide

Top 5 Tax Loss Harvesting Tips

Tax Loss Harvesting with Vanguard: A Step by Step Guide

The Sunday Best 01/23/2022

6 Steps to Hire A Virtual Assistant & Why You Should

Working Toward FIRE Made Her Miserable, So She Changed Course

FIRE Crossroads 017: A Coast FI Physician from the Land Down Under

The Curious Splurges of Benjamin Wallace

The Sunday Best (01/16/2022)

Investing in International Real Estate

The 90/10 Rule of Retirement

FIRE Crossroads 016: 42 with a $4.2 Million Net Worth & FatFIRE Plans

5 Things You Didn’t Know Empower Can Do For You

The Sunday Best (01/09/2022)

Financial Independence Is Not The Holy Grail

Turning 50: Rethinking the Perfect Day

FIRE Crossroads 015: 2 Dentists, Nearly $2 Million, and 2 Different Goals

Money is Fungible & Why That Matters

The Sunday Best (01/02/2022)

Should Physician Investors Get A Real Estate License?

A Hundred Grand Lost On an Employment Contract

FIRE Crossroads 014: FI Goal of $1 Million by Age 30

Understanding the 5% Rule Of Real Estate

The Sunday Best (12/26/2021)

Their Finances After 2 Full Years of FIRE: Up More Than $1 Million

Post FI Notes 013: ESI Money Reflects on 5 Years of Early Retirement

FIRE Crossroads 013: 50 with 5 Years to fatFIRE

Christopher Guest Post: B.C. Krygowski

How to Buy a Car the White Coat Investor Way

The Sunday Best (12/19/2021)

How to Protect Against Inflation

Post FI Notes 012: Mostly Retired at 55 with a Military Pension and Millions

FIRE Crossroads 012: Millionaire Engineer with a Box Company Side Hustle

The Best Tool for Tax Planning

FIRE Starter 010: New Attending Practicing Geoarbitrage in the Heartland

The Sunday Best (12/12/2021)

Why Creating Additional Income Streams is No Longer Optional

Unlimited Upside

Post FI Notes 011: Up Kilimanjaro & Back to Europe for Good in Their 30s

FIRE Crossroads 011: Two 36-Year Old Physicians Halfway to a FI Goal of $5 Million

Taking a Cruise During the Pandemic

FIRE Starter 009: A Resident in the Red Questions His Career Choice

The Sunday Best (12/5/2021)

End-of-Year Financial Checklist for High Earners

Are You Ready to Retire? Probably Not

Post FI Notes 010: A Chemically Engineered Transition to Retirement

FIRE Crossroads 010: Dentist on the Cusp of FI in His Early 40s

Giving Tuesday 2021: You Request. We Give.

The Sunday Best (11/28/2021)

The Massive PSLF Overhaul: What You Need to Know

Five Lessons from Un-Retirement

Post FI Notes 009: An Encore Career with a Startup

FIRE Crossroads 009: Dominating as a Dermatologist

A Passive Investing Strategy to Accelerate Financial Independence

The Sunday Best (11/21/2021)

3 Rules for Using Real Estate Investing to Create Passive Income

They Don’t Need More Money, But He Wants More

Post FI Notes 008: A Decamillionaire Entrepreneur & Physician

FIRE Crossroads 008: 2 Physicians, 3 Young Kids, 1 Desire to FIRE

How We Spend When We Splurge

FIRE Starter 008: Maxing Out Absolutely Everything

The Sunday Best (11/14/2021)

5 Myths Surrounding Teaching Others About Money

Accidental FIRE Updates His Net Worth Update & Has Some Regrets

An Exceptionally Low Withdrawal Rate & No Desire to Spend More

FIRE Crossroads 007: $2 Million Net Worth at Age 39. Time for a Career Change?

FIRE Starter 007: An Emergency Vet in the Pacific Northwest

The Sunday Best (11/7/2021)

5 Reasons Not to Buy Indexed Universal Life Insurance

How To Build Generational Wealth

Post FI Notes 006: Gone to Carolina With the Rule of 55

FIRE Crossroads 006: Mile High, Mostly FI, Working in Finance and Wine

FIRE Movement Growth in Spite of the Pandemic

FIRE Starter 006: $800k Increase in 14 Months

The Sunday Best (10/31/2021)

5 Reasons Doctors Prefer Passive Real Estate Investing

If You Don’t Understand the FIRE Movement, Read This

Post FI Notes 005: Expat Living in Panama

FIRE Crossroads 005: Newly FI Physician Figuring Out the Next Step

Paying Off the Mortgage Early is a Mistake I’ll Never Regret

FIRE Starter 005: A Bachelor With a Passion for FI

The Sunday Best (10/24/2021)

Doing Nothing: The Best Goal for High Performers

Post FI Notes 004: $5.5 Million at 55

FIRE Crossroads 004: Messing with fatFIRE in Texas

FIRE Starter 004: Fast fatFI in Five Years???

The Sunday Best (10/17/2021)

Real Estate Intensivist: $190,000 in Debt to a Positive Net Worth Before the First Real Paycheck

Live Like You’re Already Retired

Post FI Notes 003: FI Radiologist With One More Year Syndrome

FIRE Crossroads 003: Academic Radiologist with 22 Vacation Days a Year

Opportunity Zones for Real Estate Investors: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

FIRE Starter 003: A Young Anesthesiologist’s Take on Geographic Arbitrage

The Sunday Best (10/10/2021)

5 Morning Habits of Successful People

The Finish Line Keeps Moving for This Primary Care Physician

Post FI Notes 002: Early Retired Physician Reflects on Investing Hits and Misses

FIRE Crossroads 002: From Military Service to Private Practice Radiology

2021 Reader Survey Results: A Wealth of Information

FIRE Starter 002: Employed Orthodontist Destroys Debt

The Sunday Best (10/3/2021)

How Financial Planning Differs for Dual High-Income Couples

5 People Who Reached Financial Independence in Their 30s and Exactly How They Did It

FIRE Starter 001: Locums NP Leans toward LeanFIRE in 2022

Ether to FI: The Goal is Happiness, Not Perfection & Net Worth Update

FIRE Crossroads 001: Anesthesiologist with a 2nd Career & 1st Baby on the Way

The Sunday Best (9/26/2021)

5 Steps to Start Saving for Retirement

The 4% Rule May Not Work for Early Retirement

Post-FI Notes 001: Retired Physician Traveling the World with His Party of Five

DLP Prosperity: Free Membership Has Its Privileges

The Sunday Best (9/19/2021)

How to Increase Your Chances of Success in Real Estate Investing

Never Sell Assets And Pay Less In Taxes Like Billionaires

Interviewees Needed: the FIRE Starter, FIRE Crossroads, and Post-FI Interview Series

The Sunday Best (9/12/2021)

Don’t Let Comparison Be the Thief of Your Joy

Some Fascinating Retirement Statistics

Physician on FIRE Reader Survey

Credit Cards for Free Travel & Cash Back

The Sunday Best (9/5/2021)

Financial Lessons from the Doximity IPO

Borrowed Ideas From The Opposite Of Spoiled

The Side Gigs of an Orthopedic Surgeon in His First Year of Retirement

The Sunday Best (8/29/2021)

Is Passive Real Estate Investing Really Passive?

Why You Should Be Practicing Stealth Frugality

What Is The Average Student Loan Interest Rate?

The Sunday Best (8/22/2021)

6 Reasons Index Funds Remain King

The Magic of Compound Interest, Revealed!

Camp FI Review: A Weekend with FI-Curious Strangers

How to Ruin Your Retirement by Investing in Real Estate

2 Years of FIRE: Life After an Early Exit From Medicine

The Sunday Best (8/15/2021)

17 Physician Disability Insurance Mistakes to Avoid

How to Grow Passive Income & Pay Little-to-No Tax Forever

Why This Professor Quit Real Estate Investing

My $1,500 Giveaway Will Be Awarded Soon!

20 Steps to Becoming a DIY Investor

The Sunday Best (8/8/2021)

Active vs. Passive Real Estate Investing

Looking Back at a 10-Year Life Plan (5 Years Later)

Your Evolving Finances at Each Stage of Career Development

Investing in an HSA: Don’t Sit on Cash Like Everyone Else

The Sunday Best (8/1/2021)

The Best Time to Buy a Car & 8 Other Steps to Get the Best Deal

One Fatal Investment Mistake and His Life Savings Was Gone

The 26 Most Affordable Medical Schools in the United States

Selling a Home By Owner is Easier Than You Think

The Sunday Best (7/25/2021)

Using a 529 Account for Retirement Savings

The Unknown Billionaire

When “Professionals” Time the Market: A Case Study

Why Doctors Don’t Get Rich

The Sunday Best (7/18/2021)

Capital Gains Tax: A (Mostly) Unavoidable Reality

The Emergency Fund: It’s Still Useless!

SPAC vs. Traditional IPO: Pros and Cons of Investing in Each

Money is Everything

The Sunday Best (7/11/2021)

Do You Suffer from Someday Syndrome?

Six Important Reasons Not to Retire Early

Cityfunds: Index-Type Investing for Residential Real Estate

The Sunday Best (7/4/2021)

7 Reasons Not to Have a 100% Stock Portfolio

How to Know It’s Time to Retire

YOLO vs. FIRE: The Balance Between Saving and Spending

The Unspoken Risks of NOT Retiring Early

The Sunday Best (6/27/2021)

Get 80% of the Benefits of Real Estate Investing with 20% of the Work

Make Fewer Things Matter: An Epiphany From Cutting A Pineapple

Travel Restrictions By State

10 Ways to Use 122,500 Chase Ultimate Rewards Points

The Sunday Best (6/20/2021)

Student Loan Advice: 7 Important Rules of Thumb

Semi-Retirement: Benefits of Working “Retirement Jobs”

Prices are Rising. Should We Be Worried About Inflation?

Whole House Fan Cost: Is the Energy Savings Worth It?

The Sunday Best (6/13/2021)

The Most Important Factor in Retirement Withdrawal Plans

Marginal vs. Effective Tax Rates & Taking Advantage of Tax Bracket Arbitrage

A Commercial Real Estate Investing Thesis

How Much Money Does a Doctor Need to Retire?

The Sunday Best (6/6/2021)

Favorite Financial Rules of Thumb

A Scam Victim Tells His Story: All That Glitters is Not Gold

A Role for Tech ETFs in Your FIRE Investment Plan?

The Sunday Best (5/30/2021)

When Should a Doctor Get Disability Insurance?

Indulge and Enjoy Life Along The Way to FI

Health Tech is Booming: 4 Profitable Ways to Start a Tech Side Gig

The Doctor Loan: My Experiences Buying and Building with Physician Mortgage Loans

The Sunday Best (5/23/2021)

The Value of a Financial Advisor

How To Get Rich Quick in a College Town

Christopher Guest Post: Financial Success MD

Why It’s So Important to Live in Your Home for at Least 2 Years

The Sunday Best (5/16/2021)

5 Mistakes Real Estate Investor Newbies Make

Pay Negative Taxes

Raising Money-Savvy Teens: a Fast-Track Guide

The Sunday Best (5/9/2021)

Bernstein Says to Stop Playing When You Win The Game

31 Lessons from 31 Years on Earth

Physician Work-Life Balance and Gender Disparities

What Would You Do With 9 Extra Hours Every Day?

The Sunday Best (5/2/2021)

The WCI Children’s Inheritance: A Five Point Plan

How This FI Physician Decided When to Retire

The Best Chase Credit Card to Get Depending On Your Stage in Life

The Sunday Best (4/25/2021)

Is It Too Late To Start Investing In Real Estate?

Ranking The Historical Returns of Different Asset Classes

Eight Lessons From Building A Seven-Figure Real Estate Portfolio (And Adding $1M A Year)

A Timeshare Presentation Survival Guide: Getting to “No”

The Sunday Best (4/18/2021)

Doctors Aren’t Burned Out, They are Morally Injured

Pursuing FIRE in a High Cost of Living Area: One Couple’s Experience

Planning for Plan B: What Happens When You Can’t Work Anymore

How We Got Our Home Offer Accepted in a Crazy Aggressive Seller’s Market

The Sunday Best (4/11/2021)

Spend $200K in Retirement and Pay $0 Income Tax

Owning Assets Beats Having a Job

Facts to Help Your Non-Financially Savvy Friends Turn a New Leaf

The Taxman Leaveth 2021: A No-Tax Early Retirement

The Sunday Best (4/4/2021)

4 Great Ways to Protect Your Real Estate Assets

7 Takeaways from 2 Years of FIRE

Come On, Get Happy: Money Lessons from the World Happiness Report

The Sunday Best (3/28/2021)

There is Hope on The Road to Burnout

Learn From This Financial Journalist’s 5 Money Mistakes

FIRE & Real Food: Losing 90 Pounds While Adding a Net Worth Comma

The Sunday Best (3/21/2021)

7 Ways the Rich Pay Less in Taxes (and You Can Too)

11 Most Unanticipated Disadvantages of Becoming Wealthy

Living Stingy During a Hard Life Event

Spend Less. Live More.

The Sunday Best (3/14/2021)

6 Rules for Owning Rental Properties Without The Headaches

Everyone is Using The 4% Rule Wrong

4 Easy Steps to Kickstart Your Healthcare Branding Strategy

Top 5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Listen to a Word I Say

The Sunday Best (3/7/2021)

Why Aren’t More Doctors Wealthy?

Being a FIRE Millionaire Doesn’t Mean You’re Rich

Why FIRE Was This Burned Out Doc’s Only Way Out

4 Physicians 2021: Dr. A & the Impact of Working After FI

The Sunday Best (2/28/2021)

Disability Insurance for Two-Doctor Couples

How This Anesthesiologist Invests His Money

How to Invest in Real Estate With a Self-Directed IRA: Is It The Best Option?

No Called Strikes in This Business

The Sunday Best (2/21/2021)

How to Get an Infinite Return Investing in Real Estate

Owning Rental Properties Is Smart, but I’m Out, Jack!

Breaking Barriers: Helping Professional Women Overcome Hurdles & Achieve Success In Business

Ether to FI: Thank You 2020 & a Net Worth Update

The Sunday Best (2/14/2021)

I am a Doctor and I Hate My Job: The Cure for Burnout

The Millionaire Definition Hasn’t Changed, But Its Meaning Has

The Sunday Best (2/7/2021)

Estate Planning: 11 Ways to Avoid Probate

The Danger of Assuming You Can Out-Earn Your Bad Spending Habits

A Tale of 4 Single Primary Care Physicians

The Sunday Best (1/31/2021)

Buying a Turnkey Property Out of State

5 Retirement Planning Tactics to Aid Your FIRE Journey

The Sunday Best (1/24/2021)

Choose FI over FIRE

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