[Editor's Note: This post by Harry Sit, who has been blogging for years as The Finance Buff, came in response to my Invitation to Contribute a few months ago. As you might imagine, he's a very talente...
By Dr. Jim Dahle, WCI Founder A medical school graduate recently published an account of the financial disaster she is facing due to a failure to match into a residency program two years running. Afte...
I have a confession to make. I'm not frugal. I used to be. In fact, I was pretty frugal for a good portion of my life. Maybe I still am in the view of many physicians, since I drive a 13 year old car...
[Editor's Note: I was invited to submit a guest post on the Sermo blog. So many of the posts on Sermo seem so pessimistic to me sometimes. They are full of whining, complaining, fretting, and venting...
Well this has been a fun week. It's not typical for me to have posts that generate over 100 comments on them, nor have my email box filled with hate mail about something I wrote. Lest I be accused of ...
I'm a big fan of debt-free living. Probably too big of a fan, actually. I know of at least one financial error I've made because of a general abhorrence of debt (can anyone say HPSP?) At this point in...
Should you go for forgiveness or try to refinance student loans? When should you pay off debt vs invest? Here are the 10 best ways manage your debt.
For those dissolving their marriage, if you follow these 4 to-dos, you will likely avoid the most common (and costly) mistakes people make with their use-property and retirement accounts during the separation of assets.
As a general rule, I recommend against residents buying a home for a number of reasons. However, there are exceptions to every general rule. More recently, I have become aware of a program that makes...
[Founder's Note: Those who are familiar with our financial journey are aware that my wife and I decided to forgo spending a great deal of our income in our first few years out of residency in order to...
A reader recommended Gregory Karp's Living Rich by Spending Smart to me. It is a great read and very useful for anyone having trouble saving 20%+ of their gross income. I cannot recommend the introduc...
[Editor's Note: This is a guest post from Eris Saari, President of AmeriFund Home Mortgage, LLC based out of New Jersey. He has been doing residential mortgage lending for 25 years. We have no financi...
[Editor's Note: Yesterday, Dr. Mom, a regular WCI reader and commenter who wishes to remain anonymous, shared her family's financial journey to relative wealth. Today, she continues her post with some...
Many other high income professionals are eligible for physician mortgage loans. This loan allows less than 20% down without PMI, is issued with a contract rather than proven income, and generally ignores the student loan burden.
[Editor's Note: Doug Carlsen, DDS, is a dentist who retired at 53. He is a new columnist at The White Coat Investor. This is his second column. Let me know how you like his articles by email or in the...