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Insider Look: Deal Analysis of My First Investment Property
Recently, I posted my strategy for screening and analyzing real estate investment properties the right way. Now, I’d like to share the actual deal analysis…
My Written Financial Plan Update: New Financial Goals and Priorities
Continually, one of my most popular posts on the blog is my actual written financial plan. It was actually one of the easier posts to…
The 7 Step Basic Formula for Wealth as a Physician
The path to wealth for a physician is actually pretty simple. Now mind you, this doesn’t make it easy. But it is simple. And with…
How to Screen & Analyze Investment Properties the Right Way
Learning to screen and analyze investment properties is truly an art. But, fortunately for physicians, there is also some science behind it. I guess as…
Investing Basics
Preferred Equity 101: Hedging Downside by Limiting Upside in Passive Real Estate Investing
Investing in real estate can be a huge wealth accelerant. Selenid and I have experienced this via our active real estate investments. They have been the biggest factor in the…
PhREI Network Roundup 11-2-23: Understanding Average GPA
As you know, as part of the PhREI network, we decided to start a weekly roundup to share new activity from across the network. Enjoy! Carpe Diem MD Ian Cook of…
6 Reasons Doctors Should Save and Invest for Yourself Before Your Kids
I frequently get asked to give talks to other doctors on financial well-being. And no where in that talk does it mention saving or investing for children – for college,…
5 Interesting (and Scary) Financial Facts
I often reflect back on how different my life would be if I had not begun building the simple habits for financial well-being. In thinking about this recently, I researched…
Real Estate Investing
PhREI Network Roundup 11-9-23: Financial Origin Stories
As you know, as part of the PhREI network, we decided to start a weekly roundup to share new activity from across the network. Enjoy! Carpe Diem MD Ian Cook of…
One Year Real Estate Review of Investment Property #5
At the time of writing this post (August 2023), Selenid and I have officially owned our 5th investment property for 1 year! So, we recently sat down and performed a…
PhREI Network Roundup 11-2-23: Understanding Average GPA
As you know, as part of the PhREI network, we decided to start a weekly roundup to share new activity from across the network. Enjoy! Carpe Diem MD Ian Cook of…
PhREI Network Roundup 10-26-23: The Launch of the Generation FIRE Video Podcast
As you know, as part of the PhREI network, we decided to start a weekly roundup to share new activity from across the network. Enjoy! Carpe Diem MD Using his own…
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