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014 | Ensure That You're Insured (A Brief Overview of Disability Insurance, Life Insurance, and Umbrella Insurance)
As a physician assistant, you are likely very familiar with common types of insurances such as medical insurance, home and auto insurance, and malpractice insurance. But did you know that you should be assessing your...
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013 | Part 2 - Investing Strategies for the Physician Assistant (401k Retirement Accounts, Roth IRAs, Roth Conversion Ladders, Backdoor Roth IRAs, and Beyond!)
This is Part 2 in reviewing the basics of investing and retirement accounts for PAs, as well as the order of operations for starting to invest to build your wealth. This episode continues to review retirement accounts...
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012 | Part 1 - Investing Strategies for the Physician Assistant (Investing vs. Only Saving, Index Funds 101, and the Power of HSAs!)
This is Part 1 in reviewing the basics of investing and retirement accounts for PAs, and the beginning of reviewing the order of operations for starting to invest to build your wealth.
Investing can seem overwhelming...
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011 | Emergency Funds, Debt Payback Strategies, and Should You Invest or Pay Back Debt?
Read about emergency funds, debt payback strategies, and investing vs. paying back debt here: https://www.pathefiway.com/blog/emergency-funds-debt-payback-strategies-and-should-you-invest-or-pay-back-debt
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010 | What is Your Money Story? (And How You Can Rewrite a New Money Story by Changing Your Money Mindset)
Have you ever thought of why you think a certain way about financial topics, and others in your life may have a completely opposite point of view? Why is it easy for some people to save since childhood, while others...
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009 | An Overview of Various Physician Assistant Compensation Models
Did you know that as a PA, there are several different ways that you can be compensated? Your income may not be as clearcut as getting paid via hourly pay or via a salary. In this episode, the various compensation...
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008 | Tax Tips and Tidbits for PAs
Various tax tips to consider for physician assistants are reviewed, which include possibly being able to deduct student loan interest, investing in tax-deferred and tax-exempt accounts, donating to charity,...
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007 | PA Student Loan Strategies to Consider
Strategies to tackle your probable six-figure plus PA student loan debt amount are reviewed in this episode. Trying to pay off your student loans aggressively will help set you up for success and allow you to reach...
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006 | PA-S the FI Way: How to Be a PA Student with a Financial Independence Mindset
If you're a PA student, congrats on getting accepted into a PA program!!! The next 2 - 3 years will be some of the hardest of your life, but very rewarding. During PA school, it can be very tempting to spend some of...
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005 | Pre-PA the FI Way: How to Be a Pre-PA High School or College Student With a Financial Independence Mindset
If you're a Pre-PA student, you’ve thoroughly researched many career options, and decided that becoming a PA was the decision for you. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the growth rate for physician...
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004 | 5 Steps to Calculating and Tracking Your Net Worth (And Why It Matters)
Take the time to figure out your net worth by calculating your assets and liabilities so you know where you're starting from on your journey to FI. However, even if your net worth is currently a negative number, don't...
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003 | Why PA? (Why the PA Profession is Awesome!)
In this episode, I'll review why I chose to become a PA, and why I’m passionate about the PA profession. PAs were just named the #1 overall best job, #1 STEM job, and the #1 best health care job by US News!
Although...
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