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Christopher Guest Post: Full Time Finance

Christopher Guest Post Full Time Finance

Today’s Christopher Guest Post features a father who shares his financial philosophies on his site known as Full Time Finance. Like me, he is a product of the 1970’s, is relatively, but not overly frugal, and has two boys that figure prominently in any discussion of the future. He’s assembled a blogroll of sorts that includes only fellow Gen-Xers. I don’t know of another list like it, so be sure to check it out if you’re somewhere between Millennial and Boomer. He posts two to three times a week, and, as you will learn, has attained an education that makes […]

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Christopher Guest Post: From Cents to Retirement

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Today’s guest joins us from across the pond. Benjamin Davis of From Cents to Retirement grew up in Portugal and Italy, and has lived in Canada and Germany. The 28-year Ph.D. old has spent a great deal of time on his education, yet has the lofty goal of being able to retire at 33. He plans to take advantage of geographic arbitrage, and figures he’ll be good to go in Portugal with about €670,000 generating €2,500 a month. He built his reputation answering questions on Quora, where he has nearly 10,000 followers, and launched a website in 2016. He has released […]

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Christopher Guest Post: Gen Y Finance Guy

Gen Y Finance Guy

Today’s Christopher Guest Post starring Dominic, the Gen Y Finance Guy, is a bit of a two-for-one, or BOGO if you will. Please stick around here to learn a lot more about our half-millionaire friend and suffer my attempts at witty banter, then head on over to his site to read my Freedom Fighter Interview there. While Dom is not a physician, he is a high income professional who got a head start compared to those of us who chose to wear the write coat. Like I once did, he has designs on accumulating a $10 Million fortune, and ihe is […]

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Christopher Guest Post: Get Money Got Money

Get Money Got Money

Welcome to the latest Christopher Guest post. Today’s lucky guest is a young man who caught my attention with a guest post entitled What Hiking 700 Miles Taught Me About Money and Life. I’m a big fan of walking, but WOW! That is one long walk. I first saw the post on Pauline Paquin’s Reach Financial Independence, and learned that the author, Brian Groener, has a site of his own known as Get Money Got Money. The recent college grad has wisdom well beyond his years, a fact that should be quite evident as you wade through the proceeding paragraphs. […]

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Christopher Guest Post: Mr. Tako Escapes

Welcome to the latest Christopher Guest post. Today, we feature Mr. Tako, a young man who runs a killer tako stand with the best guac retired early in his thirties with a multi-million dollar net worth. Like me, he has a couple sons that he cherishes. Unlike me, he decided to leave his day job when his second son was born, whereas mine will be in grade school when I have decided I’ve had Enough. Having started his blog about the same time as me, he’s got more than 18 months worth of quality posts on his site, a number […]

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Christopher Guest Post: My Money Wizard

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Welcome to the latest Christopher Guest post. Today’s interview is with a young man who took I-35 north from Texas to the great state of Minnesota, where he has found success in both life and blogging. His writing has been featured in lots of places that mine hasn’t, like Yahoo!, MSN, Business Insider, and Forbes. He’s a millennial in his late twenties with a six-figure net worth and thousands of readers. When I was in my twenties, I had a decidedly negative net worth and struggled to get friends to read my e-mails. Do you hate this guy as much […]

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Christopher Guest Post: Senior Resident

Welcome to the latest Christopher Guest post. Today’s guest post is the “Resident Sensei” of his site known as Senior Resident. Despite the name, the good doctor is no longer a resident, but is an attending radiologist in sunny Honolulu, Hawaii. Like me, he was initially anonymous to the public, but he has since revealed his identity as Walter Nguyen, MD. Dr. Nguyen was kind enough to answer my inane questions in great detail and I think you’ll enjoy the banter between us. Although we haven’t met in real life, I hope to remedy that, perhaps within a year or […]

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Christopher Guest Post: Big Law Investor

Welcome to the latest Christopher Guest post. Today’s distinguished guest has been blogging for nearly a year. He has crushed his debt and put out a number of great posts on the topics of investing, debt payoff, taxes, and more despite his busy day job as a lawyer. A what?!? How did a #$(* lawyer sneak in here? Does this site have no criteria? No shame? Well, to be fair, he doesn’t chase ambulances. He wasn’t the guy handing OJ the little gloves. He’s not John Edwards reenacting the birth of a cerebral palsy patient from the fetal perspective. Read on […]

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Christopher Guest Post: Ten Factorial Rocks

Welcome to the latest Christopher Guest post. Today’s guest is Dr. TFR, Ph.D. or if you prefer, the author behind Ten Factorial Rocks. You may be asking yourself, what kind of rocks are those? I remember sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous… but factorial? In this case, the idea is that the mathematical function known as 10! (ten factorial) is awesome. It rules. It rocks. The number, which is equal to 10 x 9 x 8 x 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 3,628,800. That’s how many dollars the engineer might like to have […]

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Christopher Guest Post: Family Money Plan

Family Money Plan

Welcome to the latest Christopher Guest post. This is the second Q & Eh to come from north of the border in the question and answer series. Today’s guest is Andrew of Family Money Plan. Andrew is a hockey-playing, big-smiling family man with a plan. He paid off his mortgage to become 100% debt-free and is doing his part to help others do that same. Let’s see what the good man has to say, eh? What’s a Christopher Guest post? Inspired by Nigel Tufnel, the character portrayed by Christopher Guest in Spinal Tap, I took Mr. 1500’s ten questions, and amped them up to eleven. […]

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Christopher Guest Post: ESI Money

Welcome to the latest Christopher Guest post. Today’s post is a page turner from a veteran blogger and recent early retiree. His latest opus is the site ESI Money. That’s Earn Save Invest. Easy enough. The former corporate president is a man physicians can identify with. He didn’t retire at 28 on a shoestring budget, but rather at 52 with a healthy 7-figure portfolio. Read on to learn more about the man, and if you’re willing to share your e-mail address, he’ll gladly share with you his free e-book: Three Steps to Financial Independence. Can you guess what they are? What’s a […]

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Christopher Guest Post – Green Swan

Welcome to another in the growing series of Christopher Guest Posts. Today’s guest is the one and only JW from The Green Swan, a healthcare investment banker who reached a net worth of $1 million as a 30-year old, the same age at which I had a net worth of zero. J-Dub probably had the smarts to pursue medicine, but he followed the money instead. Now, he dabbles in both finance and healthcare with what might sound like a dream job, but has its own demands, more of which will be outlined below. What’s a Christopher Guest post? Inspired by […]

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Christopher Guest Post: Smart Money MD

Welcome to another in the growing series of Christopher Guest Posts. Today’s guest is none other than Smart Money MD. The ophthalmologist has been blogging for nearly two years, with archives going back to March, 2015. A closer look shows the first post on St. Patrick’s Day, and the busy doctor posted every day for a month straight! Those posts look lonely, sitting there with no comments, so if you’re feeling charitable, head back to the March or April 2015 archives and share your thoughts on a post or two. What’s a Christopher Guest post? Inspired by Nigel […]

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Christopher Guest Post: The Retirement Manifesto

Welcome to another Christopher Guest Post, a Q&A interview series that I will run every few weeks to get you better acquainted with some excellent fellow writers who have graciously accepted my invitation to be showcased here for you. I’d like to thank Fritz from The Retirement Manifesto for taking the time to share a part of his story and answers to my many questions. His blog dates back to April, 2015, or about 20 months. You’ll see some of his best work linked below, and you can check out all of them on one page here. Fritz describes himself as a corporate commodity trading […]

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Christopher Guest Post: Johnny K. Johnson

Welcome to another in the growing series of Christopher Guest Posts. I encountered Johnny Johnson’s interview over at 1500days.com, and he had some interesting insights on money and its place in our world. His background is very different from mine, but he’s got some solid ideas. He expressed an interest in participating in this series, and I expressed an interest in not saying “No” to a personal trainer who teaches people how to beat other people up. What’s a Christopher Guest post? Inspired by Nigel Tufnel, the character portrayed by Christopher Guest in Spinal Tap, I took Mr. 1500’s ten questions, and amped them up […]

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Christopher Guest Post: J.L. Collins

Welcome to another Christopher Guest Post, a Q&A interview series that I will run every few weeks to get you better acquainted with some excellent fellow writers who have graciously accepted my invitation to be showcased here for you. I’m excited to bring you the one and only one of several men named Jim Collins. This particular Jim Collins might be better known to some of you as J.L. Collins, the author of The Simple Path to Wealth and the popular personal finance blog jlcollinsnh.com known for its witticisms and stock series, among other things. This summer, I jumped at the opportunity to […]

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Christopher Guest Post: Early Retirement Now!

Welcome to another Christopher Guest Post, a Q&A interview series that I will run every few weeks to get you better acquainted with some excellent fellow writers who have graciously accepted my invitation to be showcased here for you. I’d like to thank Big ERN from Early Retirement Now for taking the time to share a part of his story and answers to my many questions. You’ll learn all about him shortly. He is a doctor but not the kind of doctor that wields a stethoscope. As an Ph.D. economist, I think he wields a protractor or slide rule or something. Maybe an abacus? He’s […]

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Christopher Guest Post: Tawcan

Welcome to today’s Christopher Guest Post, a Q&A Q & Eh interview series that I will run every few weeks to get you better acquainted with some excellent fellow writers who have graciously accepted my invitation to be showcased here for you. Today, I am pleased to feature a young man who hails from the land of milk & honey Molson & hockey. The FI-minded Canadian has been blogging about personal finance and early retirement for nearly two and a half years at Tawcan.com. Be sure to check him out. What’s a Christopher Guest post? Inspired by Nigel Tufnel, the character portrayed by Christopher […]

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Christopher Guest Post: Son of a Doctor

Welcome to another Christopher Guest Post, a Q&A interview series that I will run every few weeks to get you better acquainted with some excellent fellow writers who have graciously accepted my invitation to be showcased here for you. Today, I take great pleasure in presenting the dynamic duo Richard and Christy Pearce, who share blogging duties at Son of a Doctor. The maternal fetal medicine physician and attorney / registered investment adviser have teamed up on several other projects, including marriage and procreation. They post at least twice a week, and have been featured here in The Sunday Best. Their professional […]

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Christopher Guest Post: The Happy Philosopher

Welcome to another Christopher Guest Post, a Q&A interview series that I will run every few weeks to get you better acquainted with some excellent fellow writers who have graciously accepted my invitation to be showcased here for you. Today, I take great pleasure in presenting The Happy Philosopher, a radiologist who began blogging in 2015 to share his experiences as a formerly burned out physician who made a number of life-altering changes. As a result of implementing new and different practices, he is much happier while continuing to work part-time. There are many lessons to be learned from the good doctor, many of […]

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