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Lessons Learned From My Hiatus

The Motivated MD

I don’t mean it in the sense that no matter who you are or your educational background you can reach all your wildest financial goals. managing significant educational debt, navigating physician mortgages, owning your own practice, etc.). If I feel like someone has said it better than I could, I will reference that article.

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How Doctors Should Address Lifestyle Creep

The Motivated MD

Housing Aside from educational debt, housing is commonly the largest expense we will make in our lives. Last time, we published an article comparing renting versus purchasing a home. This could be debt elimination, saving for your children’s education, or maxing out all your tax-advantaged retirement accounts.

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When Should Doctors Begin Investing in Real Estate?

The Motivated MD

With a significant portion of our income now free from the shackles of educational debt, we can entertain new ways to invest our earnings and grow our wealth. I am seriously considering it however, so I figured I would do some self-education and explore when should doctors being investing in real estate?

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Should Recent Weather Events Impact Your Emergency Fund?

The Motivated MD

Helene highlighted that even wealthy communities and well-financed and well-educated populations can be caught off guard and devastated. One of my first articles ever written on this site was titled: Emergency Fund: Your First Financial Goal. Perhaps the lesson lies in collegiality, comradery, and helping your fellow man.

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How Doctors Can Save More and Do Less

The Motivated MD

For the better half of 2024, I have been periodically writing posts that are individual articles that double as potential chapters to a future book. From the moment you start post-graduate education (internship and residency), this is seen as a physician’s first ‘real job.’ These posts may contain affiliate links.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

Adherence to medical advice improves and unnecessary self-referrals to other doctors decrease. Patients share personal issues more easily and medical errors are more easily avoided. GPs are highly trusted, which encourages adherence to medical advice. If so, please share this article!

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Motivation Monday Recap – September 16th, 2024

The Motivated MD

This week we are featuring a handful of articles on a plethora of subjects from various physician finance content creators across the web. I hope you find the below articles informative and entertaining. The first article on our list is our most recent publication. You can find the entire article by heading to The Motivated M.D.:

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