The Honeymoon Phase of Early Retirement
Many newly-wedded couples go out on a honeymoon. It’s a special vacation, usually after the wedding, that features romance, connection, … Read more
Jorge Sanchez, MD
Post-FI Notes 021: A Super Successful Surgical Subspecialist
This Northeastern surgical subspecialist has cracked the eight-figure mark in net worth, with the majority of it in index funds. … Read more
The Truth About Bear Markets
We can’t control the market, and we can’t control the overall timing with which we invest. All we can do … Read more
FIRE Crossroads 034: Mid-40s with $4.2 Million Net Worth
We’re excited to present another FIRE Crossroads interview today. In it we find a married couple pulling down about $40,000 … Read more
Best Retirement Savings Plans for the Self-Employed
When you first start working, you probably hear a lot about 401ks and IRAs. But as the saying goes — … Read more
The Broken Clock
We humans would love to be able to see the future. That need naturally makes us gravitate toward experts and … Read more
Retiring into Uncertainty
None of us know the future. We have models and predictions, and we can read the news and sometimes detect … Read more
Financial Advice for “Low-Income” Doctors
One person’s “low-income” profession is another person’s “high-income” profession. It’s all relative, of course. But in medicine, there can be … Read more
10 Lessons Learned Along This FIRE Journey
The one thing that all of us have the same amount of every day is time. No rich person has … Read more
The Different Levels of Wealth Categorized and Explained
It is probably not a surprise to anyone that being “rich” is in the eye of the beholder. It is … Read more
Why Your Future Is Going To Be Awesome
The robots are coming! Well, actually, they’re already here in a variety of industries, but artificial intelligence is absolutely going … Read more
4 Lessons From 4 Years of Retirement
Whether retirement is in your distant future or is knocking on the door, just around the corner, it’s useful to … Read more
Financial Progress After 3 Years of Living Like a Resident
Given enough time, even pennies compound into millions. We might not all have that kind of time, but the math … Read more
How to Use Tax Diversification to Reduce Taxes Now AND in Retirement
Paying attention to your taxes now AND your taxes later will give you the tax diversification and freedom you’ll want … Read more
Financial Independence Without Delayed Gratification
Contentment is important. Learning to be satisfied with what you have, to not feel impugned by sacrifice, is a crucial … Read more
Three Years Ago, He Stopped Ironing Shirts
We’ve said many times on this site that early retirement is what you make of it. But it’s always good … Read more
Six Reasons High Earners Fail to Get Rich
It seems logical that the more money you earn, the more money you would manage to accumulate over a lifetime. … Read more
7 Best Real Estate Syndication Tax Benefits
Real estate can be a great alternative asset class for investors of all stripes — accumulators, early retirees, regular retirees, … Read more
How to Invest with a Looming Recession
We talk a lot around here about the importance of staying the course. Jack Bogle was fond of saying, don’t … Read more
Syndication Returns Explained
If you’re thinking of investing in a real estate syndication, you’re probably looking to evaluate the type of return you’ll … Read more