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Retirement is Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be
When we decide to retire, we jump off into the unknown. Sure, we’ve developed a plan. We’ve saved and accumulated … Read more
Getting Paid What You’re Worth as a Physician: How to Know Your Value and Get It
Most physicians have little to no formal business training. The only negotiating we do is with our patients, trying to … Read more
Post FI Notes 019: $5 Million at 55 and Needing Guidance
One of my more popular blog posts covers 5 ways to retire with $5 million by age 55. Today’s interviewee … Read more
The Sunday Best (07/24/2022)
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated from the furthest reaches of the internet for your reading … Read more
Federal Rate Hikes and How They’ll Impact Your Wallet
If you’ve been paying attention to the news, you certainly know that inflation is running pretty hot. To combat this, … Read more
Five Years Retired from Surgery
A lot has happened in the last five years. Think about your life on July 22, 2017. What was true … Read more
How to Thrive as a Physician in a Broken System
In the United States, we have one messed up medical system. Almost no one is denying that. From the patient’s … Read more
The Sunday Best (07/17/2022)
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated from the furthest reaches of the internet for your reading … Read more
3 Real Estate Lessons Learned from Our Last Investment Property
The best teacher is experience. The best plans never survive contact with the enemy, or so the old saying goes. … Read more
20 Personal Finance Charts To Help You Build Wealth
Sometimes, looking at a visual representation of facts or numbers can really unlock a concept for you. In this guest … Read more
Post FI Notes 018: FI Within 5 Years of Fellowship
Some of us get earlier starts than others. Today’s interviewee went to a low-cost medical school in India, had a … Read more
Asset Protection Made Easy
Asset protection made easy sounds like an impossible task, but Dr. Jim Dahle has set out to demystify this potentially … Read more
The Sunday Best (07/10/2022)
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated from the furthest reaches of the internet for your reading … Read more
Estate Planning On My Mind
We’re all going to die! There’s no sense in pretending we’re immortal. And even the most ardent minimalists among us … Read more
AcreTrader Review: My Investment in Cash-Flowing Farmland
In 2019, I made my first farmland investment via AcreTrader, an agricultural investing platform, and I’ve now had several years … Read more
Seven Lessons From Two Years of Financial Freedom
The goal for most of the audience of this site is to retire, probably earlier than most, from their occupations. … Read more
FIRE Crossroads 032: Working Nights in Another State – A Sustainable Approach to FI?
The night shift can be difficult for many working parents to handle. As our interviewee today relates, working nights across … Read more
5 Ways to Retire With $5 Million by Age 55
Here at Physician on FIRE, I like to help people figure out how they can set themselves up to not … Read more
The Sunday Best (07/03/2022)
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated from the furthest reaches of the internet for your reading … Read more
Why WCI Hates Parent PLUS Loans
Student loans are a necessary evil for some. And even though the federal government inserted itself into most student loans … Read more