Physician MLM on social media

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Oh how I wish!!!...

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I think it varies based on what you need them to do. My friend used them to start up her practice and said it was great though....

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More physicians should be starting their own private practice, so kudos to you. In Texas, the Texas Medical Association has a whole practice management...

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I had a very good experience buying from carvana a few months ago.

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You do know that the actual phrase they use includes that, right?

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I think there are multiple considerations here.
1. Do you have control over the midlevels you hire? (new grads from a 100% acceptance, 100% online...

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Felt a little like being trolled for outrage. Dr. Oz is not a physician role model and has demeaned the profession with his high profile unethical practices,...

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Curious where you have that much cash parked....

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My neighbor does this. I believe he is financially independent, but has a big van and does around to fill his vending machines. He doesn't seem to work...

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We have done both. We tried the public schools and they were abysmal, so ponied up for private school. It was a great school, and my (neurotypical) kids...

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This article compares all of the marketing for affiliate links in physician FB groups to MLM. I have seen more and more of it recently. https://doct...

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Agree with getting a competitor offer. Then ask for a face to face meeting. Email is easy to ignore. Read "never split the difference" f...

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This is a great thread. I am now reading about SORR, QLAC, etc. Hadn't even realized the market had taken a downturn as I don't really check it at all,...

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I live in a state where it is enforceable, and had a lawyer review the non-compete clause for me. He found it to meet the requirements of the law, and...

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Yes, the bidding war where I live is incredible. We have a suburb of 60,000 people with 20 houses total on the market. Agents are asking for offers...

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Ah, looks as if it was actually due to their adding in health insurance to the bill, which doesn't qualify. I think we can justify his laptop as a school...

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Only a few bookstore purchases. The spring tuition was due in November, so I'm not sure even how to get around this in the future. Surely we are not...

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We paid my son's first semester tuition out of his 529, directly to the school, and then when we received the bill for the second semester in October,...

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The new chief of pathology at Rutgers is the first Black woman in this role. The first Black woman to serve as the joint chair at two medical schools...

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OMG, the pain of entirely submitting a gastrectomy specimen for a CDH1 mutation and searching for these isolated cells is one I have no desire to rep...

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You really need to do a pathology rotation. (I mean, everyone should do a pathology rotation)

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A large medical center I used to work at actually required that to be in social media profiles if you listed them anywhere as your place of employment....

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I think being told to work additional hours without additional pay is not something to be patient about. If this is an employee position, they are basically...

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Those gift card CMEs seem underhanded to me as well....

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I'm curious--what are the tax implications of a $500k gift such as this?

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Was just debating business class international yesterday. Would be easier to consider if it were just me or me and my spouse, but a tougher sell with...

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My son chose one of the schools that offered the most money. We paid for private college counselor in part because she helped him pick schools that typically...

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It's a thrill, isn't it?!

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Going to be a little controversial here, but I think men get away with dressing like a schlub more than women do. People (patients, C-suite types, etc)...

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That is so sweet. He is a good kid for sure. We have always been pretty open when talking with him about money....

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I really appreciate this perspective. My son just started college and it seems to be full of many very wealthy students. He really enjoys driving in...

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My great grandmother did this for her great grandchildren. She used an UTMA and made the parents (her grandchildren) the custodian/trustee. It was definitely...

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Totally agree that you can afford this and it seems like a reasonable splurge. But I'm curious about where a beach resort is that much per night (I tend...

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Pathology is the clear answer here. Do a rotation in path for sure!

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For years, my kids thought that people with a two story house were rich. Stairs *inside* the house! Wowza!...

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I have a friend who has done locums for years and years. His spouse and kids are fine, and it may, in fact, be holding the marriage together. Distance...

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I hate what PE has done to medicine....

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I'm watching the market in the areas just south of Austin, and a home was listed for $275k but sold for $345k the other day. They are flying off the market....

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We tried the public school when the kids were little and it was truly inadequate, for many reasons not worth going into here. So we sent them to private...

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I also loathe stuff. At some point, it owns you. We have a smaller house, which helps, and as the kids have gotten bigger they want one small expensive...

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While I realize this is a financial forum and a financial question, this seems like an excellent time for her to figure out what she really finds fulfilling....

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My current job wouldn't let me contribute to their 401k for the first year, but I had a 401k open from a side job, and contributed to that for the first...

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"Any cons to it for a newbie like me?
-- either messing up, forgetting to rebalance, panic selling...."

What about the con...

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In the hospital: Dr. Mkintx (except the cook or cashier at the hospital cafeteria who knows how I like my eggs, for whom first name, honey or similar...

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This is about where I am. I love to travel, and it is my goal in the summer to go somewhere colder than Texas, but it just won't be a fun vacation if...

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I took a year off between 3rd and 4th year of med school to have a baby, and I am glad I did. I was fortunate to have a supportive dean who told me there...

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I like the idea of a starter home for you. You make a good salary, have a lot of money saved for the home purchase, have a stable job and no debt. Seems...

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Well, here's what they are offering nurses, for comparison, in one location....

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We had good luck with a nanny agency back in the day, but I think we just happened to live somewhere with a good agency. I will warn you to be careful...

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I'm going to guess that you are male. It is amazing to me how much weight the men in my life can lose by just limiting a bit of junk food and adding in...

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My teens have gotten super skinny. They are not doing all of the conditioning their coaches normally demand of them and they aren't as hungry because...

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I have owned a truck before, but haven't desired one in a long time. Until I saw the abbreviation Taco. Now I want a taco....

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I am in my third and hopefully final job. It is a group where finances are transparent within the group, and paying everyone equally or a transparent...

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Nope. Happily married for 19 years. But I have had friends who didn't have the financial resources to leave a troubled marriage--that it is indeed a...

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Why?...

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When I was younger, my mother taught me to never be without a way of supporting myself or some mad money to leave a relationship if I wanted to. My parents...

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LOL...

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She may be superwoman, but she needs a super-spouse. Encourage her to try to stop being all things to all people. Learn to cook as well as she does....

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I had $3 million (20 year term, about 17 years left), with two high school kids and a spouse who doesn't earn income. We don't owe much on the house,...

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You are definitely not the only one. The data shows that NPs do more biopsies, and from a pathology standpoint I am more likely to get a poor clinical...

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I think you have to be careful about what you allow, especially if some people find it distracting. One of the secretaries where I work plays Christmas...

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Right? I've sold multiple places fairly easily and have always had cats. Multiple cats....

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The best gift is always something that I mentioned wanting, or that solved a problem I complained about, but then forgot about. When my spouse shows...

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We had a nanny for year when I was in residency, since my hours were longer than daycare hours. We did it all legally and determined that by the time...

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Generally, if something seems too good to be true, it generally is. Agree with several of the posters above. You have more questions to ask, and your...

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I was on board with the house until I read this....

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I actually have a legacy binder, but found it was easier to do online. I change my passwords so frequently that it would be a lot of work to keep it...

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It's a really good question. We gave each other power of attorney when we made our wills, and also did health care power of attorney, etc. I guess we...

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I know you are asking a different question, but here's something I did fairly recently that I thought was useful. I set up LastPass for all of my accounts,...

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As a pathologist, I often think about how many hours I spend a day trying to get through to a physician or non-physician practitioner with patient results....

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So I tax harvested an insane amount when the markets dropped, and have enough for many years to come. Given that I have no intention of bothering with...

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I owned a condo during medical school. Financially it was fine, but never again will I own in a place with an HOA. The mismanagement of the HOA board...

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I am not derm, but I remember rotating through derm clinic and they did earlobe repair. I think derms are conscious enough of appearance, and have an...

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This sounds like a crappy way to treat someone, but it is not something you are supposed to know. Ideally he has already been told his volumes aren't...

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I watched several of their promo videos, and they are just too aggressive for me. They seem to both overpromise and to endorse using more leverage than...

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MPMD I agree. It was quoted below, which helped, but I spent a few moments trying to figure out what was going on here....

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I hadn't done my investment buy for the first quarter of the year yet, so decided to do so....

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My spouse just got a bill from a collections agency for an urgent care visit 18 months ago. He thought he had paid when he was there with our kid, and...

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I have a friend who stockpiles vodka for use as currency in end times....

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Fidelity is sending me a recharacterization form. Easier than I'd expected! Phew!

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Thanks, Peds...

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After transferring my 2020 IRA money to my rollover IRA, I went to backdoor it into my Roth, only to realize I had accidentally funded my Roth directly,...

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Paula Pant is a big advocate of this. She has a podcast, Afford Anything, which you might enjoy.

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It sounds as if he has realized he is not going to continue to make easy money off of you any more. If you want a new advisor, why not look for at the...

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But . . . . but . .. . . https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/as...go-in-taxable/

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I don't either. Weird....

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Did you compare quotes at https://www.term4sale.com/?

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I use google flights to track the prices on the routes I am interested in, and when the price drops enough I book. They will send you emails when it...

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Here’s a response for you:
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You don't find the pathologist fee interesting? lol

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MSooner I believe it was the professional, as the rest wasn't broken down for me, and I saw the professional bills individually. The radiology bill is...

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Why would you even test at this point? Can't you just assume your kid has the same virus as the rest of the family?...

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My surgeon made a whopping $900 taking out my appendix. The anesthesiologist made $1100. The pathologist made less than $50. The radiologist made about...

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Yes, I am definitely more interested in warm and welcoming than in fancy and upscale.

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My allocation is very similar to yours, so I would stick to it. Why be more complicated? Oh, because a more complicated portfolio needs a financial...

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So true! We've delayed for over 15 years, though.

It's not that its hard, its just that I don't want to do it again for 20 years, so I'd...

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My last job didn't. One of many reasons I left.

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Stop sneaking into my house to take pictures.

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So where did she start, and did she interview them? This is so far out of my comfort zone....