Tomorrow many of us will take the day off to celebrate our country’s independence. Thank you to those who report for duty at hospitals around our country making it possible for the majority of physicians to celebrate this special holiday with their families. This year, let’s also celebrate the quest for our own financial independence. … Read more
The purpose of vacations is rejuvenation. Very few doctors reach the goal of being completely rejuvenated by the end of their vacation. We work hard for many years and from time to time we need to take a break and recharge our batteries. For a vacation to be effective at rejuvenating us, it needs to … Read more
I recently attended an investment seminar. The main premise of the seminar was to teach us to build wealth and be generous with our excess. They were very inspirational in teaching those two points. I left the seminar fired up to grow my wealth and give my excess (the income above what my family needs … Read more
(Meet me at the Real Estate & Entrepreneurship Conference for Physicians September 26-28, 2024 in Dallas Texas. Send me a message if you are coming so we can meet up. I would love to meet you in person.) My wife and I just finished a month-long trip visiting areas of New England we have never … Read more
(The picture with this article is the New Hampshire timeshare my wife and I are currently staying in the week I wrote and published this article. The room has four beds, two bathrooms, a kitchen and a living room. The grounds have two clay tennis courts, indoor pool, indoor and outdoor hot tubs, great fitness … 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
My son, brother-in-law, wife and I recently completed a bicycle ride across America from San Diego, CA to St. Augustine, FL. The details of our journey are chronicled in my last eight blog articles. During this 49-day adventure, many life/financial lessons came to light. We can all benefit from the pearls I learned. No, you … Read more
One of the reasons I retired from medicine at age 54 was so I would still be young enough and healthy enough to enjoy adventures and travel. Many people we see on our travels are simply too old and frail to fully enjoy their adventure and we didn’t want to miss out on having big … 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
(Want to meet me in person and attend my live lectures? Please join me at the White Coat Investor’s Financial Literacy and Wellness Conference, February 5-8, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. I will be giving two lectures at this amazing conference where I have been a speaker multiple times in the past. If you have some of … Read more
