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2018
Why I Usually Bring My B Game
There is no question that in order to speed the path to financial independence, one should front-load the sacrifice. In other words, when you are young, you...
Disability Dos and Don’ts
This post is geared towards physicians, dentists, attorneys, and other specialized professionals earning high incomes. The intention of this post is not to ...
Why Not Condos?
It is no secret from my previous writing that I think the real estate asset class is both important and lucrative. I would argue that adequate diversificati...
Are The Extras Holding You Back?
Have you ever heard a financial independence enthusiast use the term *I pay extra for that*? *I pay extra *for childcare*, or I pay extra for *a cleaning la...
Good Decision/Bad Decision: Ditching Life Insurance
Today’s subject will hopefully be part of a regular series of Monday posts. As you recall, I recently started Gratitude Wednesdays. This series will focus ...
My First Speculative Market
I really could never fall for Bitcoin. It holds about as much interest for me as tulips! Yet, that doesn’t mean that I have not been a victim of rampant sp...
The Solitary Path of Financial Independence
It’s almost easy to forget. All I have to do is jump on twitter, cruise over to Facebook, or peruse Pinterest, and I come away thinking that the world is on...
Getting Past You Can’t
There are a million personal finance blogs that will teach you how to reach financial independence by the art of incremental gains. They will espouse frugal...
How I Flaunt My Wealth
I’m wealthy. Wealthy beyond my dreams. And I like to flaunt my wealth. Now wait, I know what you’re saying. *Aren’t you a stealth wealth practitioner? D...
My Deal With The Devil
I made my deal with the devil at eight years old. I had no idea what I was doing. In one fell swoop I mortgaged my youth, my rest, and, at points, my sanit...
Why Financial Independence is Easier Than Blogging
Ok, I admit it, bloggers tend to be a little self involved. So before you roll you’re eyes at yet another post about the process of blogging, hang in with m...
Good Decision/Bad Decision: Financial Independence and Narcissism
Today’s subject will hopefully be part of a regular series of Monday posts. As you recall, I recently started Gratitude Wednesdays. This series will focus ...
Financial Independence Is Plan B
My origin story is unique. Not because I climbed out of a simmering pit of debt. Not because of some side hustle that netted me a million bucks a year. I ...
You Are What You Own
Pulling into the garage, my wife and I immediately knew something was wrong. The screen door to the back entrance was ajar and we both noticed a whir of mov...
Financial Independence, Sacrifice, and Misery
One of the great joys of blogging is realizing that after you have written hundreds of posts, occasionally you contradict yourself. Or at least, two posts s...
A Hundred and Homeless
I am not a doctor of finance. I’m a medical doctor. So when I enter an elderly patient’s home, I’m not expecting to do a wallet biopsy. Whether they can p...
Good Decision/Bad Decision: Proof of Concept and Oversharing on the Internet
Today’s subject will hopefully be part of a regular series of Monday (sorry, fell behind this week) posts. As you recall, I recently started Gratitude Wedne...
Personal Finance is Personal
Last night I did something I have never done before. I showed up at the local Rockstar Finance/ChooseFI get together. This was my first chance to hobnob wi...
What I’ve Learned From Writing A Thousand Blog Posts
I searched through my email last night and realized that I have been writing on the internet since 2005. At least, that is the farthest back I can trace. D...
The First Year Phenomena
We all have heard of the one more year syndrome. Financially independent individuals with adequate net worth somehow convince themselves to continue in the ...
Our Best Investment
We made our best investment 13 years ago. Now don’t pay any attention to the featured image. It was not our house (Really? You think I would be talking ab...
Why Real Estate Crowdfunding May Fit Your Portfolio
Real estate crowdfunding has been around since the JOBS Act of 2012, but the new investing paradigm – and value to individual investors – is still poorly und...
The Quickest Path To Wealth
Dear readers, I’ve been holding out on you. I have the secret. The secret to building wealth. Those of us with high net worth have been banking on it for ...
Loss Aversion and the Fallacy of Enough
I have previously written about why I think we are kidding ourselves with the concept of the safe withdrawal rate. In review, the SWR is the percentage of y...