The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated from the furthest reaches of the internet for your reading pleasure.

Every week, I scan hundreds of headlines, read dozens of posts, and bring you the best of the best to save you time and mental energy.

Financial Independence (FI) is a primary focus, but it’s an awfully broad topic. I tend to approach FI and early retirement from a fatFIRE perspective and through the lens of a physician, so expect to see those biases in the selected articles.

Related topics that have become recurrent themes include early retirement, selective frugality, tax issues, travel, physician issues, and of course, investing.

For more great articles, take a peek at The Sunday Best Archives. Now let’s get to the best… The Sunday Best!

 

 

 

I’ve been around the FIRE community long enough to be considered old school. Also, I’m kind of old. Doc G and I kicked off his recent Earn and Invest podcast with a 2-year update on my post-FIRE life. Old vs New School Financial Independence.

 

The Frugalwoods, who moved to a homestead in rural Vermont several years ago, also give an update on their post-FIRE lives now that he’s joined her in early retirement. Mr. FW Retired and We Paid off Our Mortgage: Frugalwoods FIRE is Complete.

 

Some view frugality as a virtue. Others see it as an obstacle to overcome. Rick Kahler with Advisor Perspectives falls into the latter camp. His perspective on how and why one should work on Overcoming the Frugality Syndrome.

 

When you spend very little and continue working a job you despise, FI can be a long slog. Mr. 1500 and The Fioneers collaborate with this cautionary message. It’s no Bataan, but you should still Avoid the “Death March” to Financial Independence.

 

Jim Wang sold a website for millions at a young age, but he soon realized that he was not ready to retire, even though he could easily afford to do so. At Wallet Hacks, he discusses the challenges associated with a true early retirement. Are You Ready to Retire? Probably Not.

 

Joe Udo from Retire by 40 revisits the story of “Dr. Doom,” a true old school FIRE buff who thought he was ready to retire and pulled the trigger in 2015. Things did not go as planned. At all. A post-mortem on this Early Retirement Epic Fail.

 

The physician who shares his story, net worth, and investments with us was definitely ready to retire in his forties. So far, so good, he reports! Post-FI Notes 001: Retired Physician Traveling the World with His Party of Five.

 

He’s paying for health insurance in both the United States and abroad! Jim from Route to Retire plans to return to the U.S. after an extended stay in Panama, and he’s researched his options. Health Insurance in the U.S. – How We’ll Keep Costs Low.

 

Jim should pay close attention to what the folks at Clipping Chains are doing, which is being paid to have healthcare coverage. How to Have Negative Health Insurance Costs (which is a very positive thing).

 

Stocks turned negative early last week, and out came the “Buy the Dip” memes. Does that actually work, though? Nick Maggiulli with Of Dollars and Data shows us the data behind the dry powder phenomenon. Why Buying the Dip is a Terrible Investment Strategy.

 

If proposed legislation passes, we’ll have to alter a number of our investment strategies. The White Coat Investor looks at many features of the latest tax proposal and offers potential steps to take if this comes to pass. Is the Backdoor Roth IRA in Danger of Being Wiped Out? Spoiler Alert: Yes!

 

Most family wealth is wiped out within three generations and DLP is doing its part to change that, one family at a time. DLP Prosperity: Free Membership Has Its Privileges. They’ve got 2 events coming up soon in northeast Florida, and I’ll be there in November.

• Legacy Builder 9/30 in St. Augustine, FL
• Prosperity Event 11/11 to 11/14 in Ponte Vedra  Beach, FL.

 

The early retiree from Stop Ironing Shirts has made his first two investments in private real estate, using his investment banking background to better understand and vet these (and many other potential) deals. My Introduction to Passive Real Estate.

 

If you don’t have an investment banking background, fear not. Passive Income MD has done the legwork and brought on experts to help you learn to understand and vet these potentially lucrative deals on your own. Today is the final day in 2021 that he’ll be taking students in his signature course, Passive Real Estate Academy.

• If active real estate is more your style, you still have a few days left to get in on the fall enrollment period for Zero to Freedom Through Cashflowing Rentals.

 

Are you familiar with BTR real estate as an investment?  Crowdstreet shares What You Need to Know About “Build to Rent” (BTR): A Break-Through in Rental Housing.

 

 

$250 is the new $100

 

It’s all about the Benjamins, and it seems my medical survey partners have settled on 2.5 Benjamins as the proper incentive for you to register to receive paid medical surveys. Sometimes inflation works out in your favor.

Note that any bonus offered is on top of any money you receive for completing surveys and that not everyone will receive this bonus money. When offered, it goes to one person referred from Physician on FIRE each month. Note that I might refer dozens of people in a month but never hundreds, so you’ve got decent odds of winning as compared to many raffles.

Incrowd has decided to reward one person who signs up via this link with an extra $250 this month. This is a new incentive and it applies whether you signed up earlier this month, sign up today, or sign up before the month ends.

 

 

The same is true of Curizon, and this monthly $250 bonus is a perk that they’ve offered to one lucky registrant from Physician on FIRE each month for quite some time, and that offer still stands!

 

Register with Incrowd Register with Curizon

 

 

 

 

Have an outstanding week!

-Physician on FIRE

 

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