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Be The Match
Hi everyone, it’s Medicine Mondays and I apologize that this post is late. I’ve been kind of running around California trying to meet up with old friends. However, today I want to talk about “Be The Match”. Stock Photo from: Pexels What is “Be The Match?” Well, “Be The Match” is a database run by the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP). As you may or may not know, the mainstay for a potential curative treatment […]

Be The Match (Marrow Registry) #illumedati

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Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays again. I’m actually back at my old stomping grounds in California for my friend’s wedding. However, I still want to try to keep up with my blog. As such, this will be a relatively short post about “What is a 1031 Exchange?” Stock Photo from: Pixabay What is a 1031 Exchange? Well, first of all, let’s be clear. I’m talking about houses here. More specifically, the buying of a new […]

What is a 1031 Exchange? #illumedati

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Hey everyone! It’s Medicine Mondays again and this is kind of follow-up to my prior post Talking to Med Student Me. Today I’m going to go back in time and talk to Pre-Med Me. Stock Photo from: Pexels Before I jump into this post, I wanted to do a quick side story. Awhile back my daughter went to a birthday party from one of her friend’s from daycare. At that birthday party I was introduced […]

Talking to Pre-Med Me #illumedati

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Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays. After looking through some of my old posts, I have alluded to Credit Card Debt and how bad it is for you. However, I realized I’ve never talked about it explicitly. So let’s talk about Credit Card Debt. Stock Photo from: Pexels Ok, so let’s discuss Credit Card Debt Remember how I mentioned compound interest before and how powerful it is? Credit Card Debt is like that, except probably even […]

Credit Card Debt #illumedati

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Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays and this is going to be one of those “right now” posts. I received a comment on my post about Roth 401k/403b in Residency. I was going to write a relatively long comment, but instead I’ve decided to turn it into a complete post: Roth 401k/403b in Residency Case Report. Stock Photo from: Pixabay Here’s the comment: (from Queue) My wife and I are making retirement a priority. We’re just about […]

Roth 401k/403b in Residency Case Report #illumedati

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Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays again and this is going to be a relatively short post about Catchup Contributions. Stock Photo from: Pexels What are “Catchup Contributions”? Well, your normal allowable yearly contributions to 401k/403b and 457 are $18000 (as of 2017). However, after the age of 50, this limit increases by $6000 to $24000 in order to help “catchup” in preparation for retirement. This also increases the prior maximum contribution of $54,000 (2017) from all […]

Catchup Contributions #illumedati

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