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Episode 49: Physician on FIRE Shares Secrets of Early Retirement

Leif is well-known in the personal finance space as the Physician on FIRE. He runs a website by the same name to inspire physicians and their patients to live a life of financial independence and early retirement. In this episode, I talk with Leif about his strategy of becoming financially independent and getting the most out of your money.

In today’s episode, you'll find out:

  • The trick physicians can use to create more freedom with locum tenens
  • How to leverage your income to retire before traditional retirement age
  • How Leif escaped undergrad with no student loan debt
  • Leif’s thoughts about pursuing loan forgiveness as an anesthesiologist
  • How you can have a better lifestyle with student loan debt
  • When it makes sense to consider PSLF as a physician
  • The risk of taking over a mom-and-pop medical practice
  • What Leif says is the best return on investment of different medical specialties
  • The reasons people start to feel “burned out” by practicing medicine
  • The two big things Leif chooses to splurge on

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  1. The Sunday Best (11/10/2019) - Physician on FIRE November 10, 2019 at 3:56 AM
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    […] I’ve enjoyed getting to know Travis Hornsby, the Vanguard bond trader turned Student Loan Planner, over the last couple of years. The two of us had a great chat on his podcast. Episode 49: Physician on FIRE Shares Secrets of Early Retirement. […]

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