The Grow Your Wealthy Mindset Podcast Elisa Chiang

Depending on your job situation, there’s a good chance that at some point, you may switch from a guaranteed salary to being paid based on your productivity. The productivity may be based on Revenue Value Units/RVUs or collections. Many people, and probably more so trainees looking at their first position post medical training, focus on the salary offered. If you plan on being at the job for more than 2 years, you’ll want to look ahead at what your compensation will be like and how it may chan...

Many people tend to think of Financial Independence as a static goal, achieving some magical number in net worth or passive income that means you don’t have to work for money anymore. However, many people will push the goal post once they achieve their number, feeling like they need more. I see financial independence more as a journey with different stages. In this week’s podcast episode, I’ll talk about four different levels of financial impendence. Survival FI, Coast FI, Traditional FI and ...

You may have heard that the National Association of Relators was sued by a group of homeowners earlier this year and the outcome of the lawsuit was a settlement included a changes to relator compensation. Traditionally, when you sell a piece of property through a relator, the seller pays both the seller’s agent and the buyer’s agent anywhere between 4 and 7% of the sale price. The new rules will require buyers’ brokers to enter into written agreements with their buyers. It also prohibit...

In the quest to build multiple income streams, is doing physician surveys something to consider? In this episode, I discuss my own experience with medical surveys as well as the experience of Dr. Rikki Racela, who wrote a blog article entitled “How I made $30,000 Taking Doctor Surveys” (You can read the blog article for yourself at https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/how-i-made-30000-taking-doctor-surveys/) As suggested by the blog article, it is possible to make a five figure amount doing medi...

What do you actually know about the Social Security Program and what kind of benefits you may possibly receive from Social Security? If you are like me, not all that much. You may know that you pay taxes to Social Security and may think it’s unlikely you’ll get much payout or all those taxes that you have paid over your entire working life. I spent some time learning a lot more about social security and this episode is the fruits of that labor. Chances are, social security will provide some b...

Employment contracts layout the terms of employment and generally layout the terms for what can cause termination of employment as well as any consequences that result from termination of employment. If you are considering leaving your current job for another job, then you will want to find your current employment contract and review what you previously agreed to. In this episode, I specifically talk about non-competes, how much notice is required when you plan to leave your job, and malpract...