(Today I am at the Real Estate & Entrepreneurship Conference for Physicians, in Dallas. If you desire the information presented at this conference, this is your last chance. Click on the link above to attend virtually and avoid the FOMO. The lectures start at 2pm today.) Personal finance is driven by two things, numbers and … Read more
(Are you attending the Real Estate & Entrepreneurship Conference for Physicians on September 26-28, 2024 in Dallas, Texas? If not, why not? If you are considering it but can’t find the time to get away, then you can attend virtually as well. Just click on the link above for details. Thanks to all of you who are sending … Read more
(Are you attending the Real Estate & Entrepreneurship Conference for Physicians on September 26-28, 2024 in Dallas, Texas? If so, send me a message so we can meet up. I would love to meet you in person.) Purchasing life insurance is a very misunderstood transaction. The buyer doesn’t know how much life insurance his family will need, … Read more
Every time I speak or write about retiring at age 54, someone feels the need to tell me “I could have done that too if I was a Specialist like you. I’m just a pediatrician.” Or they are one of the other specialties that tends to rank lower in income than general surgeons. The implication … Read more
Each July new physicians come out of residency and begin their lives as attendings. Many of them will or have already unwittingly set themselves up to lose their independence. All physicians can just as easily set themselves up for independence. Independence in medicine is not about being in private practice vs being an employee, although … Read more
As years go by, we learn many lessons from the school of hard knocks. Although some of these lessons we could have learned from someone who had previously learned the lesson, such as don’t grab an electric fence. If we learn from someone else’s experience, we won’t get the hard knocks that come with learning … Read more
(Today’s guest post comes to you from David Rosenstrock, who is a certified financial planner with an MBA and the Founder of Wharton Wealth Planning, LLC.) Most people want to help ensure that the financial advice they receive is unbiased and truly in their best interest. A financial advisor’s compensation structure can make a significant difference … Read more
It’s that time of year again. Over 30,000 medical residents are about to finish their training and start their first job. Many of them will make some big financial mistakes during their first year that will haunt them for years to come. I wrote The Doctors Guide to Starting Your Practice Right to help new … Read more
Last summer I wrote an article including the benefits of paying off low interest loans titled, You Should Pay Off That 3% Home Mortgage. I was surprised that many people totally missed the main point of the article; we must not have tunnel vision when making decisions. Many of us make decisions using only one … Read more
A few months ago, a friend asked me if my wife and I would like to take Financial Peace University; a nine-week small group study to help families get their personal finances in order, developed by Dave Ramsey. My friend knew we had already spent a decade teaching another similar course, Crown Financial Ministries, and … Read more
