MtoM #105 - Public Health Dentist Pays Off Student Loans
White Coat Investor Podcast
Dr. Jim Dahle of the White Coat Investor
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Today we hear from a general dentist who works in public health. She explains her path to paying off her students loans only 4 1/2 years into practicing. This dentist shows us that you don't have to be making a huge salary to tackle your loans. She combined several methods to pay off her student debt including the NHSC loan repayment program, inheritance money and putting all of her extra income toward the loans. Her tips? Live like a resident, get advice from people who know more than you, budget, and make sure your spending matches your values. Want to learn about different programs to help with loan forgiveness? Check out this post: https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/not-so-common-debt-forgiveness/
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The White Coat Investor has been helping doctors with their money since 2011. Our free financial planning resource covers a variety of topics from doctor mortgage loans and refinancing medical school loans to physician disability insurance and malpractice insurance. Learn about loan refinancing or consolidation, explore new investment strategies, and discover loan programs specifically aimed at helping doctors. If you're a high-income professional and ready to get a "fair shake" on Wall Street, The White Coat Investor channel is for you!
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Whitecode Investor Podcast, milestones to millionaire, celebrating stories of success |
| 0:05.6 | along the journey to financial freedom. |
| 0:12.7 | This is milestones to millionaire podcast number 105, public health dentist pays off student loans. |
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| 0:50.0 | of the WCI community. All right, welcome to the milestones to millionaire podcasts. We've been |
| 0:56.0 | doing this now for a little over two years, just highlighting the accomplishments of the WCI |
| 1:02.0 | community. Whatever accomplishment you may have, I don't care if it's paying off your $5,000 |
| 1:08.8 | biter loan or whether it is becoming a multi-deck millionaire, we'll celebrate it with you |
| 1:15.4 | on this podcast and use your experience to inspire others to do the same. If you'd be willing to |
| 1:20.2 | come on, you can apply at whitecodeinvestor.com slash milestones. All right, we've got a great |
| 1:26.0 | guest on today. Let's get her on. Our guest today on the milestones millionaire podcast is Elena. |
| 1:32.1 | Welcome to the podcast. Hi. All right. I understand that you have accomplished a recent milestone. We |
| 1:39.6 | want to congratulate you on that. Before we get into it, tell us what you do for a living, |
| 1:44.1 | how far you are at a school and what part of the country you live in. I am a general dentist. I work |
| 1:49.1 | in public health. I graduated dental school in 2017 and then I did a one-year general practice residency |
| 1:55.4 | that I finished in June of 2018 and I am in Southern Oregon. All right. So you live on the best coast. |
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