FIRE Crossroads 036: FI at 45 With a One-Fund Portfolio
Today’s interviewee is a young 45, has a single fund in his portfolio, and has an extremely low withdrawal rate … Read more
Jorge Sanchez, MD
How to Reduce the Risk of Investing in Passive Real Estate
In any investment, there is risk involved. Without risk, there wouldn’t be possible returns. Real estate can be viewed as … Read more
Lessons Learned From 4 Years Outside the Maze
Life’s been a real mixture of things for today’s poster. He reached financial independence and retired four years ago, and … Read more
Post FI Notes 024: Retired Cardiologist Combatting Boredom
Our couple today is made up of a retired cardiologist alongside his retired office billing manager, retiring to sunny Florida … Read more
Retirement Catch-Up Contributions — It’s Not Too Late
Getting older comes with a lot of disadvantages – joint pain, stiffness, a cranky attitude among others – but it … Read more
Retiring Right
There’s retiring, and then there’s retiring. It’s a simple (if not easy) enough matter to quit your job and live … Read more
The Best Single Credit Card Solution?
If you’re a credit card maven, you may have as many as a dozen different cards. And you might have … Read more
The SECURE Act 2.0: Important Considerations for Physicians
Some more sausage was made at the very end of last year in our esteemed houses of Congress: the SECURE … Read more
The Most Important Variables in the FIRE Equation
Retiring early and becoming financially independent is a good goal. But most goals aren’t achieved unless you map out a … Read more
Why You Should Never Retire
Given the name of this site, Physician on FIRE, you might well come away with the impression that I am … Read more
FIRE Starter 014: Two Highly Motivated MDs
Today’s FIRE Starter interviewee is a fellow physician financial blogger with a family of four–and sometimes another–early in their career. … Read more
Which Real Estate Side Hustle is Right for You?
There is no better time than the present to develop a couple of additional income streams to help you on … Read more
My Fifth Year of Early Retirement
Is early retirement as great five years in as it is the first year? That first few months of FIRE … Read more
How Do You Endow a Scholarship and How Much Does It Cost?
One of the cooler and more rewarding ways of giving back is paying it forward. Endowing a scholarship at a … Read more
The Pros and Cons of Being Wealthy
You may have heard the phrase more money, more problems. And it’s true that many of the problems that come … Read more
Post FI Notes 023: Freshly FIREd at Fifty-Seven
He advanced in an engineering career while she put in more than four decades at the local candy store while … Read more
Make Your Own Luck: 16 Ways To Win In Finances And Life
An ancient philosopher from Rome, Seneca, posited, “luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” There’s also the common phrase, … Read more
Post FI Notes 022: 2x FI and Working By Choice
This physician, with four children including two with special needs, retired earlier this year but takes on temporary assignments. With … Read more
Wealth Is Not a Zero-Sum Game
One notion that’s hard for some folks to shake is that someone’s gains, someone’s wins, must come from someone else’s … Read more
FIRE Crossroads 035: Saving $50,000 a Month to Reach FI
Our interviewee today regularly saves mid-five figures every single month into taxable and wants an airplane. Along the way to … Read more