The One Smart Money Move That New DVM Grads Can Start Today
As a new veterinary graduate starting your career, life can be overwhelming. You have just spent four intense years of your life preparing for this moment, not to mention all of those years of education and experience to get you into vet school. You are more than ready to finally practice as a full-fledged DVM.…
Read MoreInvesting: Should You Use a Roboadvisor?
Ever wish you could get started with investing, but you felt like you needed a financial advisor to help you figure it all out? Thanks to technology, people are turning less to human advisors and relying more on roboadvisors. In order to understand how roboadvisors fit into the picture, it’s important to look at the…
Read MoreBook Review: The 5 Money Personalities: Speaking the Same Love and Money Language
Updated 2/2022 For those of you who are currently in a relationship, I’m willing to bet that you’ve had a money fight or two. Often, it’s after the honeymoon phase of the relationship that disagreements about how to handle money pop up. Major life events, such as starting a family or changing jobs, may magnify…
Read MoreUse Automation To Make Your Financial Life Easier
Want a really easy way to get better at money? Pay off debt? Save money? Build wealth? AUTOMATE! It turns out that the best way to accomplish these goals is to sidestep human nature. Our brains aren’t wired to prepare for events far off in the future because we have more pressing concerns in the…
Read MoreWhat It Means To Leave A Financial Legacy
One of my great inspirations is the story of my grandmother, a woman with grade school education who fled a war–torn country with her four children. She found a life here in the United States, raising them alone on the edge of Harlem in New York City. She worked night shifts at a hospital while…
Read MoreAvoid Common Pitfalls with Benefits in Veterinary Practice
The following blog post is a reprint from an article that was originally printed in the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association magazine. The author, MacKenzie Martin, is a financial advisor who works with many veterinarian clients. You can find out more information about her here. She has given full permission to re-print this article on this…
Read MorePay Off Debt Or Invest? The 9 Step Priority List
Should I pay down debt or invest? If you happened to win the Mega Millions, then the answer would be pretty easy. The first thing people typically want to do is to pay off all debt. Then in no particular order, they spend, donate, and invest. But of course, we are not Mega Millions lottery…
Read MoreSTAT Mode Vs. Preventive Money Mode: Which One Are You?
Practicing veterinary medicine feels a lot like you’re playing defense. The patient comes in with a problem. You use your skills to diagnose and treat the problem while taking into account the owner’s finances, owner compliance, and patient compliance. With each step, you are constantly vigilant, ready to respond to forces outside your control. When…
Read MoreThe Power of Stretching the Dollar Using Geographic Arbitrage
The Power of Stretching the Dollar Using Geographic Arbitrage
Read MoreTransforming Your Average Goals To S.M.A.R.T. Goals For Success
What’s stopping you from achieving your goals?
Time and money are typical answers. These are both limited resources, so not having enough of one or the other (usually both!) are difficult roadblocks to overcome for many of us.