Leif is well-known in the personal finance space as the Physician on FIRE. He runs a website by the same name to inspire physicians and their patients to live a life of financial independence and early retirement. In this episode, I talk with Leif about his strategy of becoming financially independent and getting the most out of your money.

In today’s episode, you'll find out:

The trick physicians can use to create more freedom with locum tenens
How to leverage your income to retire before traditional retirement age
How Leif escaped undergrad with no student loan debt
Leif’s thoughts about pursuing loan forgiveness as an anesthesiologist
How you can have a better lifestyle with student loan debt
When it makes sense to consider PSLF as a physician
The risk of taking over a mom-and-pop medical practice
What Leif says is the best return on investment of different medical specialties
The reasons people start to feel “burned out” by practicing medicine
The two big things Leif chooses to splurge on

Full show notes at: http://studentloanplanner.com/49

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