MtoM #243: Locums Psychiatrist Crushes Student Loans in 4 Years and Finance 101: How Dental Insurance Works
Release Date: 10/06/2025
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Today we are talking with am Emergency Doc who has paid off over $500,000 in student loans in only 3 years! This couple committed to getting rid of these loans as fast as they could and chose to live like residents and pour everything they could into tackling them. He is the doc and she is a physical therapist who is pursuing PSLF to pay off her $185,000 of loans. They are excited to start tackling their next goals like making home improvements and paying off the mortgage. For Finance 101 we are talking about PSLF. This podcast is sponsored by . He is an independent provider of disability...
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info_outlineToday we are talking with a full time locums doc who has paid off his student loans. He is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and tackled about $400,000 in only 4 years. He refinanced a couple of times and he said it is debatable if that was the right choice, but at the end of the day he just made big payments and poured in everything he could until the loans were done. He said as a locums doc his income is fairly variable so he always has a big chunk of cash available for taxes and expenses and he used that money to wipe out the last of his loans. Despite putting so much towards his loans he has also saved more than half a million dollars and also bought a new car with cash. He also provided a lot of great information about being a locums doc. After the interview we are talking about how dental insurance works for Finance 101.
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00:00 MtoM Podcast #243
02:45 Locums Psychiatrist Crushes Student Loans in 4 Years
25:42 How Dental Insurance Works