If you’ve already retired, what do you do for health insurance? Knowing what you know now, what (if anything) would you do differently in terms of healthcare financial planning in the years leading up to retirement?
Healthcare planning IS retirement planning.
This week I chat w/ Bo Bowen, pharmacist + certified healthcare financial advisor. Bo’s background gives him unique insight on how healthcare financial planning is crucial for retirement security.
NEW EPISODE: https://t.co/nBrzFZ9i4b
This week, I talk with Diya Liu, a full-time Airbnb short-term rental investor who scaled from zero to 9 properties in 1 year, netting $100k annual profit, then quit her BigLaw job to do STR & hotel real estate investing full-time.
NEW EPISODE: https://t.co/x26JAC4xf1
Do you own / operate short-term rental properties (e.g., Airbnb)? If so, how have bookings changed in the last 1-2 years? Do you see over-saturation in listings inventory in your area?
This week, I chat with early retirement health insurance expert Tracy Winters about health insurance options for early retirees who plan to travel significantly in retirement.
NEW EPISODE: https://t.co/8a6tRDEEAb
Hope you enjoyed this week’s podcast interview / FIRE profile with Kim. (https://t.co/jgLN6dGRUt)
Know any other interesting unmarried women who are pursuing or achieved FIRE? I’d be interested in potentially interviewing them for the podcast. Feel free to DM or leave a comment.
If you early retired, did you struggle with losing your professional identity and having to create a new non-career identity & community? How did you come to grips with this?
This wk, I chat w/ Kim re: her path from MBA to FIRE at 39 + life now 5 yrs later. We discuss how to build post-career identity, find fulfillment/community & dating/companionship in early retirement…plus advice for other women pursuing FIRE.
NEW EPISODE: https://t.co/Pc6Wm4dktT
Have you come across interesting FIRE stories / profiles of women (especially unmarried women)? Where?
Most FIRE profiles *seem* to be: single men, married couples, or married with kids. Where are the single (or at least unmarried) women profiles?
@LiveRichCheaply ...ofc one could "take a risk" by saving little in whatever vehicle (consuming a lot), thinking they'll get more financial aid that way, but finaid is more heavily weighted toward income rather than assets anyway, plus one still may not get enough finaid w/ that strategy...
If you’re planning to help your kids with paying for college, what percent of the bill are you likely to help them cover?
1. 25% or less
2. 25-50%
3. 50-75%
4. 75-99%
5. 100%
When you entered college, what was the approximate all-in sticker price – for tuition, room, board, supplies/fees?
Me:
- Private: ~28-32k
- Out-of-state public: ~15-20k
- In-state public: ~9-10k
This week, I talk with a midwest dentist w/ 2 kids who built a $7M nest egg before retiring from clinical practice. He explains the actions he took to reach financial independence (+ detailed breakdown of his numbers) and what he’s doing now.
NEW EPISODE: https://t.co/QdUpPUoriV