Last week I wrote a guest post for EJ at DadsDollarsDebts. Here’s an excerpt: We walked into the boys undergarment section and he almost ran to the neon boxer-briefs. Not only were they an awesome shade of yellow, they were “performance” and would wick away sweat! They were clearly the ideal purchase. So we initially…
For the month of February, I am partnering with EJ from DadsDollarsDebts. We’ve never met, but he’s one of the first blogging pen pals I made with after starting my site. As a fellow blogger, father, and physician, we have a lot in common. We even realized we have a mutual close friend that we…
This is the story about my partnership, relationship, and subsequent breakup from my financial advisor. This post was originally part of my review of the Fire Your Financial Advisor course from The White Coat Investor. Click here to read my review. I separated them as I felt they deserved their own post (and it was…
This is a review of the course, “Fire Your Financial Advisor” from Jim Dahle at The White Coat Investor. The first half was originally the story of how I broke up with my own financial advisor. I’ve separated them into their own posts as they are separate topics that deserved their own posts. Read the…
Despite only owning two homes, we’ve cycled through multiple loan types, covering the gamut of what most doctor’s (and non-physicians) will consider when buying their primary residence. We bought once, at the bottom of the market (2010), and again at the top of the market (2016), with a few re-fi’s thrown in for good measure….
Yes, you read the title right. We will be significantly cutting back, if not completely eliminating, our monetary donations to charity in 2018. Jan 11, 2018: I’ve added a slight update to the end of this post Our Charitable Goals For most of our marriage, we have donated without a plan. We donate for holidays,…
In an online forum I read (focused mostly on finance related topics but occasionally veering into politics and news), someone started a discussion with the title “Quick way to make a half million” — the original post is below (in italics). Cops in Salt Lake screwed up and arrested a nurse. But half a million?…
This is part of the recurring $ave Money Series, describing underappreciated ways to save money without significant effort. You can find all of them here, which I will update as I post more. Note, this post contains an affiliate link to Vroom. My first car was a mid-1980’s Volvo Tank, which became mine as a…
I thought I would take a break from alienating readers with posts about politics, and instead talk about sheep. Yes, sheep. Yes, I mean you. And me. And the average American consumer. We are all sheep. This is an entry in the $ave Money Series. Click here to see a page with all of them…
This is the first in the $ave Money Series (click the link to go to page that has all that are written over time). I have several planned, each of which will cover ways I’ve saved some ca$hmoney without a great deal of effort (or ways I’ve heard of others doing so; also feel free…
