Category: Personal Finance

“Get your mind right son!” This is what I’d hear each time I stepped into the gym when I was living in South Louisiana from one of the “regulars”. I was fresh out of dental school and didn’t know what he was really trying to do…I just thought he was being funny. It took years…

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You failed your math test. Your football team was defeated last night in the playoffs. You lost your tennis match yesterday. You’re an epic failure. If you’re like most people, you probably have a bad relationship with failure. I know I have. Look, I understand that nobody wants to fail.  For most people, the word…

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“Hey Jeff, I’ve got an extra $300K in surplus cash parked in a savings account earning zero interest, what should I do with it?” It’s not uncommon to receive questions like this each month. This stems from people spending less during the pandemic plus depositing the excessive “stimulus” checks that’s been handed out like M&M’s…

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“Rule No. 1 is never lose money. Rule No. 2 is never forget Rule No.1.” – Warren Buffett If one of the greatest  investors ever tells us the MOST important rule to reach our financial goals is to NEVER lose money, do you think we should pay attention? He didn’t mention about investing in real estate,…

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“Money can’t buy happiness…but it CAN buy cows, right? And cows produce milk, and milk makes ice cream, and ice cream makes you happy.“ This is the type of stuff I think about when my brain is in “relaxation” mode while eating Huckleberry ice cream at my favorite Montana resort, Paws Up. Whether you realize…

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There are many things money can buy, but the most important one of all is freedom.  With regards to freedom, I’m specifically talking about being able to do: what you want when you want for as long as you want with whomever you want And the best way that can be accomplished is with something…

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Everybody wants to be a millionaire, right? If you’re a doctor or other high income earner then you may think you’d have a better chance of attaining millionaire status vs the average person. Not so fast. Not only do we start practicing later in life (sometimes in mid to late 30’s) but our debt load…

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It seems as if I missed the boat again. Back in early 2016, my wife and I were at a tennis camp in Miami. One of the other players introduced himself as being in the “crypto” space. I had no idea about Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency and shrugged it off. He told me to…

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Occasionally during college I assisted my friend’s dad (general surgeon) in surgery at our local hospital.  I’d pull into the patient parking lot and walk by the “Doctor’s Parking Only” sign. It wasn’t hard to miss this section as it mainly consisted of: Mercedes BMWs Lexus High-end SUVs I’ve never been much of a car…

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Grant Cardone started out as a successful entrepreneur teaching others how to sell then moved to the real estate investing space. He currently has several billions of dollars of real estate under management and is now a best selling author known for the book, “The 10X Rule“. Here’s a list of some of the quotes…

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“We’re DEBT-FREE!!” After racking up $300K of student loan debt (dental school), I became a Dave Ramsey disciple hoping one day to be able to call his radio show and give our debt-free scream.  I thought his way was the ONLY way to building wealth. Heck, he even starts each radio show with, “…where debt…

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