This is nothing earth-shattering but I believe, when given the choice, most individuals would jump at the opportunity for financial freedom. No one wants to be shackled to debt. No one wants to be on the wrong side of the lender-borrower equation. Financial freedom is just that, the freedom to live a […]
Real estate investing is something that I have started tilting my portfolio towards as I find it a great way to generate positive cash flow and take advantage of tax breaks. Most physicians have very limited experience with real estate (apart from buying and selling my homes my prior knowledge classified me as […]
Growing up, chess was one of the board games I absolutely loved. What appealed to me most about this game was that it truly required you to think several moves ahead. A seemingly innocuous move made by your opponent could in actuality initiate a trap that only gets sprung several moves later […]
There is a popular saying in the financial community, “One House, One Spouse, One Job.” It essentially constitutes one of the “golden rules” of finance and is advice often given to those seeking financial independence. Breaking one or more components of this tenet implies that you may find yourself in a financial pit with […]
For those unfamiliar with the show “Deal Or No Deal” it is essentially a game show hosted by Howie Mandel where the contestant chooses 1 out of 26 briefcases that contain various amounts of money from $0.01 to $1M. Every round requires the contestant to open a given number of remaining cases. At […]
For those not familiar with Dollywood (not to be confused with Bollywood the hub of Indian cinema), it is a fairly large amusement park tucked in the the hills near beautiful Gatlinburg, Tennessee, created by the famous country singer, Dolly Parton. I happened to visit Dollywood a couple of times in 2018 and […]
There is a popular saying in the financial community, “One House, One Spouse, One Job.” It essentially constitutes one of the “golden rules” of finance and is advice often given to those seeking financial independence. Breaking one or more components of this tenet implies that you may find yourself in a financial pit […]
Marriage can be challenging financially for many reasons. How do you treat individual incomes? How are shared expenses to be handled? Is your partner on the same financial page as you? If one partner is a spendthrift, it does not matter how frugal the other partner is or how much he or she […]
One of my favorite posts on this website recalls the time when I finally paid off my mortgage and finally became debt-free and owned, “Every Blade of Grass.” What made me especially proud of this moment was that it was just four years removed from me being at my lowest place in life, […]
There is a popular saying in the financial community, “One House, One Spouse, One Job.” It essentially constitutes one of the “golden rules” of finance and is advice often given to those seeking financial independence. Breaking one or more components of this tenet implies that you may find yourself in a financial pit with […]
