In this episode of Financial Clarity for Doctors, Rachelle Vanderzanden and Corey Janoff discuss some benefits of tax minimization for high income earners, but also the need to look beyond and keep things simple sometimes.  When you are constantly chasing tax savings, you can end up using strategies that are time consuming, potentially expensive, and sometimes overly complicated.

More complicated tax minimization strategies can include:

Simpler tax planning can include:

There are some people who really enjoy exploring and executing complicated new strategies.  For many people, the best idea is to keep things relatively simple.  Financial professionals can help you with many of these strategies, but it’s important to have a good understanding of what’s happening with your money.  You get to decide how much time and energy you want to put into that.

For more financial planning tips from Corey and Rachelle, find them on social media!

Discussions in this show should not be construed as specific recommendations or investment advice. Always consult with your investment professional before making important investment decisions. Securities and advisory services offered through LPL Financial, a registered investment advisor, Member FINRA/SIPC.  Finity Group, LLC is a separate entity from LPL Financial.  Finity Group  and LPL Financial do not provide legal advice or tax services.  Please consult your legal advisor or tax advisor regarding your specific situation. Traditional IRA account owners have considerations to make before performing a Roth IRA conversion. These primarily include income tax consequences on the converted amount in the year of conversion, withdrawal limitations from a Roth IRA, and income limitations for future contributions to a Roth IRA. In addition, if you are required to take a required minimum distribution (RMD) in the year you convert, you must do so before converting to a Roth IRA

Citations:

Amir Ali, Kamran.  Bonus Depreciation for Short-Term Rentals: The Complete Guide (2026).  Guest Manual.  April 17, 2026. https://www.guestmanual.com/articles/bonus-depreciation-short-term-rental

Watson, Jason.  Selling Your Rental Property – Cost Basis and Recapture.  WCG.  March 31, 2026. https://wcginc.com/kb-rental-property/selling-your-rental-property-cost-basis-and-recapture/

In this episode of Financial Clarity for Doctors, hosts Corey Janoff and Rachelle Vanderzanden talk through some stock market noise.  It’s hard to know when to listen to headlines and what information to heed.  What we listen to as investors and what the movers and shakers listen to may be very different.

Discussion in this episode include:

As always, focus on your long-term strategy!  Trying to use information in the short-term to make decisions about your long-term investments can often be counterproductive.  You can end up selling due to fear and then missing out on gains.  No ones wants that!

For more financial planning tips from Corey and Rachelle, find them on social media!

Discussions in this show should not be construed as specific recommendations or investment advice. Always consult with your investment professional before making important investment decisions. Securities and advisory services offered through LPL Financial, a registered investment advisor, Member FINRA/SIPC.  Finity Group, LLC is a separate entity from LPL Financial. 

Citations:

Dalio, Ray.  New York Times. A Legendary Investor on How to Prevent America’s Coming ‘Heart Attack’. Published May 7, 2026.

Earnings reports pulled from Google AI Overview.

In so many ways, television and movies can be unrealistic. Some things fly under the radar most of the time!  In this episode of Financial Clarity for Doctors, hosts Rachelle Vanderzanden and Corey Janoff walk through some examples of shows with characters living inflated lives.  Does it make sense given their profession and age?  Probably not.  They often have nicer homes and nicer things and a lot more free time than their counterparts in real life.

Shows featuring medical professionals living inflated lifestyles include:

“Keeping up with the Jones” is hard enough.  Do not try to keep up with their counterparts on television!  You never know the resources people may have, but lifestyle and income alone rarely match up on screen.

For more financial planning tips from Corey and Rachelle, find them on social media!

Discussions in this show should not be construed as specific recommendations or investment advice. Always consult with your investment professional before making important investment decisions. Securities and advisory services offered through LPL Financial, a registered investment advisor, Member FINRA/SIPC.  Finity Group, LLC is a separate entity from LPL Financial. 

Citations:

Redfin and Zillow were used to find comparables for houses in specific areas.

Human behavior and feeling is not always driven by numbers and data.  This is especially true when we think about consumer sentiment compared to the economy we review in numbers and charts.  In this episode of Financial Clarity for Doctors, hosts Corey Janoff and Rachelle Vanderzanden discuss current economic sentiment, current economic conditions, and why those two things seem to be harder and harder to reconcile.

How are we feeling and what do the numbers show?

As always, these topics are large and nuanced.  We have little to no control over larger economic trends.  Try to focus on what you can control, whether that’s your own personal finances or the causes you choose to support.  Listen to the full episode to learn more.

For more financial planning tips from Corey and Rachelle, find them on social media!

Discussions in this show should not be construed as specific recommendations or investment advice. Always consult with your investment professional before making important investment decisions. Securities and advisory services offered through LPL Financial, a registered investment advisor, Member FINRA/SIPC.  Finity Group, LLC is a separate entity from LPL Financial. 

For a lot of people, the answer to when they would like to retire is “as soon as possible!”  For those folks, a lot of resources often need to go toward that goal, because it is challenging!  In this episode of Financial Clarity for Doctors, hosts Corey Janoff and Rachelle Vanderzanden discuss some challenges of early retirement and how to best work toward that goal. 

Early Retirement Basics: 

This is a complicated and nuanced topic with lots more to learn!  To learn additional early retirement strategies, listen to the full episode.  As always, we encourage folks to focus on what they can control – spending, savings, and potentially earnings. 

For more financial planning tips from Corey and Rachelle, find them on social media! 

Discussions in this show should not be construed as specific recommendations or investment advice. Always consult with your investment professional before making important investment decisions. Securities offered through Registered Representatives of Cambridge Investment Research, Inc., a broker-dealer, member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services offered through Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc., a Registered Investment Adviser. Finity Group, LLC and Cambridge are not affiliated. Cambridge does not offer tax or legal advice. 

April is Financial Literacy month, and in this episode of Financial Clarity for Doctors, hosts Corey Janoff and Rachelle Vanderzanden talk about some basics of teaching kids to save and manage money responsibly.  Getting kids to the point where they are financially independent is a huge milestone, and sometimes it feels like that is harder to achieve than it has ever been. 

Strategies and ideas for raising financially literate children: 

There is no perfect way to teach every single kid, but knowledge is key here!  You don’t necessarily need to discuss specific numbers like salaries, but involving kids in the household finances at a very basic level is a great way for them to learn. 

For more financial planning tips from Corey and Rachelle, find them on social media! 

Discussions in this show should not be construed as specific recommendations or investment advice. Always consult with your investment professional before making important investment decisions. Securities offered through Registered Representatives of Cambridge Investment Research, Inc., a broker-dealer, member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services offered through Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc., a Registered Investment Adviser. Finity Group, LLC and Cambridge are not affiliated. Cambridge does not offer tax or legal advice. 

In this episode of Financial Clarity for Doctors, hosts Corey Janoff and Rachelle Vanderzanden are joined by Zach Kill, CFA® to walk through some of the basics of mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs). They are very similar!  But there are a few differences and pros/cons to both.

Similarities:

Differences include:

There are a few other options that we cover in this episode as well.  Listen to the full episode to learn more, including why any of this even matters.

For more financial planning tips from Corey and Rachelle, find them on social media!

Discussions in this show should not be construed as specific recommendations or investment advice. Always consult with your investment professional before making important investment decisions. Securities offered through Registered Representatives of Cambridge Investment Research, Inc., a broker-dealer, member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services offered through Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc., a Registered Investment Adviser. Finity Group, LLC and Cambridge are not affiliated. Cambridge does not offer tax or legal advice.

In this episode of Financial Clarity for Doctors, hosts Corey Janoff and Rachelle Vanderzanden walk through some realistic expectations for investment returns.  The biggest thing is to expect a bumpy ride!  Then it is harder to be caught off guard.

In this episode we discuss:

Past returns cannot tell us how markets will perform in the future, but they provide great examples of just how volatile investing can be.  One of the best years to be invested in large US companies was 1954 with about a 53% return in the S&P 500; while one of the worst years was 2008 with about a -37% return.  That is a wide variety of outcomes that you must be prepared for when investing in the stock market.  Having diversification can soften those sharp edges a bit, but it’s still going to be a bumpy ride!  Listen to the full episode to hear more.

For more financial planning tips from Corey and Rachelle, find them on social media!

Discussions in this show should not be construed as specific recommendations or investment advice. Always consult with your investment professional before making important investment decisions. Securities offered through Registered Representatives of Cambridge Investment Research, Inc., a broker-dealer, member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services offered through Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc., a Registered Investment Adviser. Finity Group, LLC and Cambridge are not affiliated. Cambridge does not offer tax or legal advice.

It’s tax season!  In this episode of Financial Clarity for Doctors, hosts Corey Janoff and Rachelle Vanderzanden dive into the horror and torture of filing your annual tax returns.  We may not be accountants, but we can certainly commiserate.

In this episode we discuss:

Often paying your taxes is not too terrible, but the process of completing and filing your return can cause anxiety and fear.  Our tax system is complicated, and it is not uncommon to feel like you’ve missed something.  It may be worth a little money to offload that worry and concern.  Listen to the full episode to hear more.

For more financial planning tips from Corey and Rachelle, find them on social media!

Discussions in this show should not be construed as specific recommendations or investment advice. Always consult with your investment professional before making important investment decisions. Securities offered through Registered Representatives of Cambridge Investment Research, Inc., a broker-dealer, member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services offered through Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc., a Registered Investment Adviser. Finity Group, LLC and Cambridge are not affiliated. Cambridge does not offer tax or legal advice.

Sometimes the world feels scarier than average.  In this episode of Financial Clarity for Doctors, hosts Corey Janoff and Rachelle Vanderzanden, walk through some questions and discussions that have come up with clients who seem to be bracing for something scary to happen that will affect their portfolios.

In this episode we discuss:

Trying to time the market could potentially be the biggest risk of all, especially if you sell when the market declines and you feel less comfortable investing.  This may mean you’re in the market for the bad days and then miss the good ones!  Try to remain consistent.  Listen to the full episode to hear more about alternative investments that offer some downside protection.

For more financial planning tips from Corey and Rachelle, find them on social media!

Discussions in this show should not be construed as specific recommendations or investment advice. Always consult with your investment professional before making important investment decisions. Securities offered through Registered Representatives of Cambridge Investment Research, Inc., a broker-dealer, member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services offered through Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc., a Registered Investment Adviser. Finity Group, LLC and Cambridge are not affiliated. Cambridge does not offer tax or legal advice.