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Post FI Notes 009: An Encore Career with a Startup
While not a medical doctor, today’s interviewee is a Ph.D. scientist who completed a post-doctoral fellowship, and worked up to … Read more
FIRE Crossroads 009: Dominating as a Dermatologist
Today’s interviewee first emailed me as a resident in early 2016. I had only been blogging for a little over … Read more
A Passive Investing Strategy to Accelerate Financial Independence
My path to financial independence took about 10 years from the time I was broke, but if I hadn’t saved … Read more
The Sunday Best (11/21/2021)
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated from the furthest reaches of the internet for your reading … Read more
3 Rules for Using Real Estate Investing to Create Passive Income
What steps have you taken to create passive income for yourself? Dr. Peter Kim has taken many steps, and he … Read more
They Don’t Need More Money, But He Wants More
My friend Jim retired from his career at the same age and around the same time that I did. He … Read more
Post FI Notes 008: A Decamillionaire Entrepreneur & Physician
He’s financially independent many times over. That hasn’t stopped today’s Post FI Notes interviewee from continuing to work two jobs … Read more
FIRE Crossroads 008: 2 Physicians, 3 Young Kids, 1 Desire to FIRE
He’s a primary care physician, and she’s an obstetrician and gynecologist. He thinks of his career as a good job. … Read more
How We Spend When We Splurge
I’ve got a reputation for being overly frugal, and it’s well deserved. I’ve earned it. Yet, there are also decreasingly … Read more
FIRE Starter 008: Maxing Out Absolutely Everything
Our featured FIRE Starter is a neurologist, part of a dual-income, no-kids power couple that is making all the right … Read more
The Sunday Best (11/14/2021)
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated from the furthest reaches of the internet for your reading … Read more
5 Myths Surrounding Teaching Others About Money
When you’ve had that lightbulb moment, and once-foreign finance topics start to make sense, do you feel the urge to … Read more
Accidental FIRE Updates His Net Worth Update & Has Some Regrets
As Frank Sinatra famously crooned, “Regrets, I’ve had a few… but then again, too few to mention.” I, too, have … Read more
An Exceptionally Low Withdrawal Rate & No Desire to Spend More
I’m not familiar with today’s interviewee beyond what I’ve read below, but the words I would choose to describe her … Read more
FIRE Crossroads 007: $2 Million Net Worth at Age 39. Time for a Career Change?
A Ph.D. data analyst and an internal medicine physician, with three children and relatively modest salaries given their degrees, today’s … Read more
FIRE Starter 007: An Emergency Vet in the Pacific Northwest
I’ve always been in awe of veterinarians. They take care of animals weighing anywhere from a few ounces to a … Read more
The Sunday Best (11/7/2021)
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated from the furthest reaches of the internet for your reading … Read more
5 Reasons Not to Buy Indexed Universal Life Insurance
What if I told you there’s a tax-advantaged investment product that lets you participate in the upside of the stock … Read more
How To Build Generational Wealth
How does one build generational wealth? Step one is to build some wealth of your own. Steps two and beyond … Read more
Post FI Notes 006: Gone to Carolina With the Rule of 55
As an educator, he never made a huge amount of money, but with the bangin’ stock market of the 1990s, … Read more