Retirement

Scott, a loyal reader who has made amazing personal and financial progress in recent years, reached out to me with

I’m sure you’re well acquainted with the advantages of becoming wealthy. You can buy what you want, travel in luxury,

Calculating your FIRE figure is easy. Just apply the 4% and sail off into the sunset with nary a care

Did you not read the title? What exactly are you doing here? There are some totally legitimate reasons that you

You’re a millionare? Cool! You achieved financial independence and retired early? Awesome. Just don’t go thinking that makes you rich.

When does a fiscally responsible physician dealing with burnout know when it’s time to play the financial independence card? As

In the updated Tale of 4 Physicians 2021, we analyzed the impact of different spending budgets on wealth creation. Each

The millionaire definition is pretty straightforward. It’s a person who has a million-dollar net worth. Always has been. Always will

#1 Live forever. You see, if you never die, you don’t need to avoid probate. Figure out immortality, and you’ve

I recently took a deep dive into the finances of four imaginary but realistic physicians in A Tale of 4

Here’s a retirement planning tactic: trade options in a brick-and-mortar retailer that sells used and new video games and turn

Have you ever watched House Hunters International, that show on HGTV where US expats shop around for the overseas retirement

In January of 2016, a week after this website was launched, I first published the original Tale of 4 Physicians.

What if I told you that there’s an easy way to create a healthy retirement income stream from assets well

A medical degree generally confers the ability to earn a high income. It also comes at a high cost, including

Public versus private school — it’s a highly-charged faceoff that is heavily influenced by our own past and biases. What

It’s a common conundrum. If I’m planning to retire early, why on earth would I choose to max out retirement

Just start investing, Kevin says. Is it really that simple? Start by starting. I hear our friend The Physician Philosopher

If you haven’t yet noticed, we like to discuss first world problems here at Physician on FIRE, and the “RMD

When financial independence is irrelevant? That sounds like heresy! But such irreverence regarding the relevance of FI came from a