I have owned, traded, and vacationed using my timeshare for more than 30 years and love it. I own a single week of timeshare in New Orleans and have yet to stay in the unit I own. My happy experience is contrary to what is found on social media. There is a reason for that. … Read more
Every week I find a few great articles I feel are especially valuable. Following are this week’s best. I hope you find them as useful as I did. This week’s favorites include a debate between myself and The White Coat Investor on the value of timeshares, be sure you know what you are retiring … Read more
(Check out my latest appearance on The Changed Physician Podcast where we discuss finding the right job as a physician on the first try which will save you $175,000 and a lot of headaches.) For the last few winters we have taken an RV trip to warmer weather in January thru March. This year we … Read more
This month marks six years since I walked out of the hospital in Lebanon, Oregon, to the song 18 wheels and a dozen roses, by Kathy Mattea, after my final week of locum tenens work. I was reluctant about giving up surgery at age 54, wondering if we had enough passive income and retirement savings … Read more
Every week I find a few great articles I feel are especially valuable. Following are this week’s best. I hope you find them as useful as I did. This week’s favorites include an interview on my latest best-selling book, what gets taxed, date night ideas to keep the romance alive, keeping your retirement savings on … Read more
Every week I find a few great articles I feel are especially valuable. Following are this week’s best. I hope you find them as useful as I did. This week’s favorites include why every physician should own a timeshare for travel hacks, self-funding long term care, twelve rules to break on your path to wealth … Read more
(This article was originally published on KevinMD under the title Should Physicians Own Timeshares?) Timeshares have an undeserved bad rap. I’ve owned and used my timeshare for great and cost-effective vacations all over the world for 30 years. After getting tired of reading all the misinformation on the web concerning timeshares, I put my timeshare … Read more
Every week I find a few great articles I feel are especially valuable. Following are this week’s best. I hope you find them as useful as I did. This week’s favorites include a review of my new timeshare book, what makes happy and unhappy retirees, why this doctor is leaving emergency medicine, and can primary … Read more
(The $0.99 introductory price on my new best-selling book ends today. Don’t miss out!) Many people have told me they want to get rid of their timeshare because they don’t like paying the maintenance fees. When I hear this, I want to shout out to them DON’T GET RID OF YOUR GOLDEN GOOSE! If one … Read more
Were you ever given the impression that using timeshares for vacationing was expensive? I spent $311 per week this year for the eight timeshare weeks I used. Did anyone ever make you think that owning a timeshare meant you had to go to the same place every year? The eight weeks I used this year … Read more
