MtoM #240: Pulmonologist Pays Off Student Loans in Less Than 5 Years and Finance 101: Paying for School
White Coat Investor Podcast
Dr. Jim Dahle of the White Coat Investor
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Today we talk to a Pulmonologist who paid off nearly $300,000 of loans in less than 5 years. He shares that he initially operated under the ignorance is bliss mindset and opted to avoid worrying about his loans at all. Once he had a bit of a financial awakening, got married and started a family he realized he needed to get after the loans and take control of his financial life. He then made a goal to pay off his loans by age 40 and happened to accomplish that goal early. He shows that all it takes is a plan, and even if you get started a little late you can always become financially successful. Not only has he paid off his loans but he has also become a millionaire. His next goal is to reach financial independence by his mid 50s. After the interview we talk about how to pay for school for Finance 101.
Southern Impression Homes takes owning rental property to the next level with their innovative 2.0 approach, focusing solely on turnkey new construction investment properties. Single family homes, duplexes and quads in high growth markets of Florida. They handle every aspect of the process with expertise and efficiency. Including financing, insurance, and property management. To learn more about build-to-rent, visit https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/southernimpressionhomes or call 904-831-8058!
The White Coat Investor has been helping doctors, dentists, and other high-income professionals with their money since 2011. Our free personal finance resource covers an array of topics including how to use your retirement accounts, getting a doctor mortgage loan, how to manage your student loans, buying physician disability and malpractice insurance, asset allocation & asset location, how to invest in real estate, and so much more. We will help you learn how to manage your finances like a pro so you can stop worrying about money and start living your best life. If you're a high-income professional and ready to get a "fair shake" on Wall Street, The White Coat Investor is for you!
Have you achieved a Milestone? You can be on the Milestones to Millionaire Podcast too! Apply here: https://whitecoatinvestor.com/milestones
Find 1000's of written articles on the blog: https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com
Our YouTube channel if you prefer watching videos to learn: https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/youtube
Student Loan Advice for all your student loan needs: https://studentloanadvice.com
Join the community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewhitecoatinvestor
Join the community on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WCInvestor
Join the community on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewhitecoatinvestor
Join the community on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/whitecoatinvestor
Learn faster with our Online Courses: https://whitecoatinvestor.teachable.com
Sign up for our Newsletter here: https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/free-monthly-newsletter
00:00 MtoM Podcast #240
02:28 Pulmonologist Pays Off Student Loans
15:14 Advice for Others
21:24 Paying for Your Kids' School
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This is the White Coat Investor podcast, Milestones to Millionaire, |
| 0:04.2 | celebrating stories of success along the journey to financial freedom. |
| 0:13.3 | This is Myelstown to Millionaire podcast number 240. |
| 0:16.6 | Holmonologist pays off student loans in less than five years. |
| 0:20.4 | Southern Impression Homes takes owning |
| 0:21.8 | rental property to the next level with their innovative 2.0 approach, focusing solely on turnkey, |
| 0:27.6 | new construction, investment properties. Single-family homes, duplexes, and quads in high-growth areas |
| 0:33.5 | of Florida. They handle every aspect of the process with expertise and efficiency, including |
| 0:38.1 | financing, insurance, and property management. To learn more about build to rent, visit |
| 0:42.8 | whitecoatinvestor.com slash southern impression homes or call 904-831-8058. All right, we got a few |
| 0:53.3 | events coming up. This podcast drops on the 15th. The event is on the 22nd. |
| 0:59.1 | It's next Monday, 6 p.m. Mountain. Sign up whitecoatinvestor.com slash few FeeW. |
| 1:06.8 | Alyssa Chang's coming on. She's a doc, a life coach. She's been a WC.I.Con speaker. She is at Grow |
| 1:13.3 | Your WealthyMineset.com. But she's going to be talking about wealth and women deconstructing |
| 1:18.5 | social narratives for financial empowerment. She's going to talk about discovering where your |
| 1:22.5 | money beliefs really come from, how they shape your decisions today. She's going to uncover the |
| 1:27.0 | hidden history of |
| 1:27.7 | women's financial rights, what it means for you now, talk about the gender pay gap, especially |
| 1:31.8 | among docs, break down the money messages that society pushes on men versus women and help you learn |
| 1:37.3 | some practical ways to reframe your money thoughts and step into financial empowerment. |
| 1:41.8 | Again, you can sign up for that at whitecoat investor.com slash few |
| 1:45.4 | in case it's not obvious. This one's for the women out there. All right. It's run by the women at |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. Jim Dahle of the White Coat Investor, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. Jim Dahle of the White Coat Investor and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.