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Retirement

9 Financial Considerations as You Approach the End of Your Career

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If you’re rapidly approaching financial independence and are considering an early retirement, you may already be approaching the end of … Read more

The True Cost of Healthcare in Early Retirement: A Guide to Open Enrollment

Healthcare Spending

Today’s timely and insightful guest post started as a post in our fatFIRE Facebook group. A generous soul named Mike … Read more

Top 5 Reasons to Retire With Less Than 25 Years of Expenses

Guanajuato Mexico

Not long ago, I shared the top 5 reasons one might want to accumulate more than 25x of anticipated annual … Read more

Retire Early With Real Estate

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Today, I’m sharing my review of “Coach” Chad Carson’s first book on how to retire early with real estate as … Read more

How Did I Get Here? What I’ve Learned After 4 Years of Early Retirement

4 years of FIRE

I first connected with the Man Overboard Man Overseas online back in May when I was visiting Costa Rica with … Read more

Retired from Medicine at 43: Why, How, and What Now?

Heir Apparent

On Monday, August 12th of 2019, I woke up in a call room, gathered up my belongings, and stepped through … Read more

Early Retirement Checklist Part Two: Insurance, Family, and Social Considerations Prior to FIRE

Friday Fireworks Waikiki

We recently reviewed the many monetary considerations one must entertain before choosing to retire early. For one, you must have … Read more

Early Retirement Checklist Part One: Money Considerations Prior to FIRE

Bracken House

It’s never too early to start checking boxes on an early retirement checklist, even if you don’t plan on retiring … Read more

Which Assets Should You Spend First in Retirement?

Self Improvement Books

Which assets should you spend first in retirement?  When I was just a few years into my medical career, I … Read more

The Financial Burden of a Rare Cancer

Paris Catacomb Skulls

“Everyone’s got a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” – modern day philosopher Mike Tyson. A cancer diagnosis … Read more

10 Reforms That Would Improve Our Retirement System

baja highway

Do you get an employer match in your 401(k)? How about profit sharing? Do you have decent investment options? Or … Read more

Buffer Assets, Bucket Plans, and Sequence of Return Risk

David Graham, MD is back to talk about buffer assets. The FI Physician recently addressed the effect of asset location … Read more

Six and a Half Ways to Bridge the Early Retirement Gap to Age 59 and a Half

Fire Pit

If you’ve been piling money into your retirement accounts, maxing out every tax-advantaged option available, and spending what’s left over, … Read more

Six Reasons Nothing Matters More Than Your Retirement Date After Age 50

Blue Chairs

If you’re a follower of both Physician on FIRE and The White Coat Investor, you already know that WCI is … Read more

The Epochs of Early Retirement

Jaco Beach

When discussing the funding of early retirement, I’m guilty of being fairly vague. Save at least 25 years’ worth of … Read more

Asset Location and Making Your Money Last in Early Retirement

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Optimize. Optimize. Optimize. My pal Dr. James Turner at The Physician Philosopher likes to write about the 20% you need … Read more

Healthcare Costs in Retirement – Don’t Make this Big Mistake

safety first!

Today, we’re going to talk about the healthcare costs all will face in retirement, at least under the system we … Read more

8 Steps to Retire Comfortably Despite a Late Start

WCI_Fishing

It’s great if you learn about investing and retirement planning early in your career. If you start reading sites like … Read more

How to Design Your Personal Retirement Glide Path

A “glide path” describes how your asset allocation is expected to change over time. The traditional sentiment is that the … Read more

My Life Costs $220 a Day. A Realistic Budget for a Family of Four.

Family of Four

Our budget for a family of four is two hundred and twenty dollars a day. That seems like a lot … Read more

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