No Chicken Little, the Sky is Not Falling

I recently was part of a conversation on social media in which the following question was posed: Watching the past couple days of red in the S&P 500 is a little scary, and I am wondering what percent of people have sold vs. staying the course? Of course, many people chimed in with their comments, … Read more

Was the Recent Stock Market Drop Abnormal?

Whenever the stock market drops, even a tiny bit, everyone goes crazy. The news headlines always state a reason for the drop, whether their reason was the culprit or not. They imply one specific thing that happened in the world is responsible for the downturn. “Crisis on Wall Street as Lehman Totters,” “Worry about oil … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 4-6-20

Every week I run into a few articles that I feel are especially valuable, so each Monday I plan to share some of the best with you, my readers. I hope you find them helpful. This week’s favorites include six keys to physicians coming out of retirement to help with this crisis, 30 ways to … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 3-16-20

Every week I run into a few articles that I feel are especially valuable, so each Monday I plan to share some of the best with you, my readers. I hope you find them helpful. This week’s favorites include what you should know about locum tenens licensing, how a physician becomes a capitalist and not … Read more

Calculating the Optimal Down Payment for an Investment Property

In my recent book, The Doctors Guide to Real Estate Investing for Busy Professionals, I give a detailed explanation about how I was able to buy investment property with no money down. Questions came up about what is the optimum down payment for an investment property.  Since my goal in acquiring property was to put it into my portfolio for the least acquisition cost, I didn’t calculate its optimal down … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 12-30-19

Every week I run into a few articles that I feel are especially valuable, so each Monday I plan to share some of the best with you, my readers. I hope you find them helpful. This week’s favorites include the story of one man who retired at 34 and failed and at age 42 he … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 12-23-19

Every week I run into a few articles that I feel are especially valuable, so each Monday I plan to share some of the best with you, my readers. I hope you find them helpful. This week’s favorites include an evaluation of investing in storage units, what happens to your debts when you die, why … Read more

Reasons You NEED Investment Real Estate

It’s a Business There are huge tax advantages to owning a business, and doctors today are losing those advantages as medicine transitions to an employment model. By starting a real estate business, you can get back some of those lost advantages that employees do not enjoy. Owning a single rental property means you have a … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 10-14-19

Every week I run into a few articles that I feel are especially valuable, so each Monday I plan to share some of the best with you, my readers. I hope you find them helpful. This week my favorite read is of course my new book, The Doctors Guide to Real Estate Investing for Busy … Read more