Scripted Wealth | Money & Meaning for Pharmacists

Summary

Today's edition of our Pharmacy Innovators series is filled with vital information for pharmacy entrepreneurs on how to expertly navigate the risks involved with leaving the W2 world behind. In today's episode, host Dr. Corrie Sanders sits down with the Founder of Perfecting Peds, Dr. Jena Quinn, PharmD, BCPPS, to discuss Jena's transition from working 9-5 to running her own consulting business that is focused on medication management in complex pediatric patients. Our guest explains the role that her family played in her decision to take up pharmacy, how and why she made the pivot to pediatrics, what inspired her to break free from her W2 job, and how she benefited from being willing to branch into a new industry (cosmetics sales). Dr. Jena then shares why she is not too concerned about AI in pharmacy before diving into how she built her company's team, how she uses the various social media platforms, why she chooses to always lead with authenticity, and what it was like for her to take on a new business challenge as a pregnant mother of two. This powerful conversation is filled with advice and strategies for those who are contemplating a non-traditional career path, and Dr. Jena explains everything she loves about being a business owner and pharmacy entrepreneur!

About Today's Guest

Jena Quinn, PharmD, BCPPS, is an expert pediatric pharmacist. She developed the vision for Perfecting Peds based on her extensive background in medication management of pediatric population, personal love for children and her desire to optimize more children's medical profiles. She has 10 years of safe medication management and direct patient care experience in the pharmacy field with a wide-ranging background in developing, enhancing and managing clinical consulting programs. Dr. Quinn earned both her Doctoral degrees with high honors from the Ernest Mario school of Pharmacy. She is a nationally Board-Certified Pediatric Pharmacist. She is also a mom to three adorable little girls, Hadley, Peyton and Avery.

Links Mentioned in Today's Episode

• Dr. Jena Quinn on LinkedIn
• Dr. Jena Quinn on Instagram
• Perfecting Peds
• Perfecting Peds on Facebook
• Rutgers University
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Rodan + Fields
• MedActionPlan
• Corrie Sanders on LinkedIn
• YFP Disclaimer
• Subscribe to the YFP Newsletter

YFP Director of Tax, Sean Richards, CPA, EA digs into what midyear tax projections are, why they matter, and specific examples where a midyear projection can help someone optimize their financial situation. We discuss the importance of adjusting withholdings, ensuring record keeping is up to date, common pitfalls business owners and side hustlers can avoid with a projection and tax considerations with student loan payments coming back online.

Links Mentioned in Today's Episode

• Subscribe to the YFP Newsletter
• Sean Richards on LinkedIn
• YFP 309: Top 10 Tax Blunders Pharmacists Make
• IRS Tax Withholding Estimator
• YFP Tax
• YFP Planning: Fee-Only Financial Planning for Pharmacists
• YFP Real Estate Investing Facebook Group
• Tim Ulbrich on LinkedIn
• YFP Disclaimer

Episode Summary

Welcome to our seventh installment of the case study series with Tim Baker, CFP®, RLP®, Kelly Reddy-Heffner, CFP®, CSLP®, CDFA®, and Angel Melgoza, MS CFP®. During this episode, we are sharing a fictitious case study with you about an engaged couple in their 20s. We delve into their finances, expenses, and their goals before discussing their assets, savings, investments, liabilities, and debt. Angel and Kelly discuss why they would tackle student loans before anything else in this couple's financial plan, how recent changes announced to student loans will impact their loan repayment strategy, how marriage, children, and other big life events affect financial planning, and the importance of emergency funds and savings. Finally, we talk about why wealth protection is so important and why we see clients struggle with that the most.

Links Mentioned in Today's Episode

• YFP Planning: Fee-Only Financial Planning for Pharmacists
• Kelly Reddy-Heffner on LinkedIn
• Angel Melgoza on LinkedIn
• Tim Baker on LinkedIn
• YFP Planning: Fee-Only Financial Planning for Pharmacists
• YFP Disclaimer
• Subscribe to the YFP Newsletter

Summary

Are you looking to make a shift in your investing, but you've come upon some questions that you're looking for advice on? On this episode, we welcome back Mariah Pierce, PharmD, who reached out to us with a few questions as she prepares to make a shift in her investing. We talk about her new prospective investment options, and we dive into a quick explanation of the FHA 203K loan. We then discuss and share thoughts on her three major questions in preparation for her investment shift.

About Today's Guest

Mariah Pierce, PharmD is a managed care pharmacist and works at a health plan in central Illinois. She is the co-founder of MeRiah Transportation and hopes to start many other ventures in the future. She enjoys all things business, audiobooks, and has a love for entrepreneurship. Mariah is an out-of-the-box thinker finding ways to make money and make a difference.

Links Mentioned in Today's Episode

• Mariah Pierce on LinkedIn
• YFP REI Episode 30: Short-Term Rental House Hacking
• Your Financial Pharmacist
• YFP Real Estate Investing Facebook Group

Summary

Buying a home can be a daunting, exciting, and overwhelming experience. On this weeks podcast, sponsored by Real Estate RPh, we are joined by Neal and Kaitie Fox to discuss how they went about buying their first home. Neal is a pharmacist and Kaitie is a stay-at-home mom, and in this episode, they tell us what made them decide to buy a house when they did, what they would say to someone wanting to purchase their first home, and how interest rates and other aspects played a role in their decision. They delve into how they chose a financial lender and why they decided to change who they financed their house with at the last minute before explaining how YFP assisted them in this process. When looking for a real estate agent, it is important that you find someone who takes your needs into consideration and communicates effectively, and Neal and Kaitie explain why they decided to change agents early on in their journey. Finally, our guests remind us to use our resources wisely and ask as many questions as possible when buying a home.

About Today's Guests

Neal and Kaitie travelled from their hometown of Coshocton, OH to attend Cedarville University in 2011. A year later they married at age 19 and began their joint financial adventure. Kaitie began working at the University food service contractor and eventually became the Head Baker, supporting the family through pharmacy school and until the birth of their second son. Now, Kaitie is home raising Timothy, 5, and David, 1, while Neal works. Neal completed his PharmD at Cedarville and a PGY1 residency at Premier Health Miami Valley Hospital, a Level 1 Trauma Center with over 950 licensed beds and over 110 adult ICU beds. He currently serves as one of the Medical ICU Clinical Pharmacy Specialists and the Research Project Coordinator for the PGY1 pharmacy residency program. He occasionally gives lectures or hands-on training at Cedarville University while also taking APPE students from several pharmacy schools throughout the year.

Links Mentioned in Today's Episode

• Neal Fox on LinkedIn
• Neal Fox on Twitter
• Kaitie Fox on Twitter
• Real Estate RPH
• Nate Hedrick on LinkedIn
• YFP Planning: Fee-Only Financial Planning for Pharmacists
• YFP Real Estate Investing Facebook Group
• YFP Disclaimer

Rachel Cruze is a two-time #1 national best-selling author, financial expert, and host of The Rachel Cruze Show. Since 2010, Rachel has served at Ramsey Solutions, where she teaches people to avoid debt, save money, budget, and how to win with money at any stage in life. She's authored three best-selling books, including her latest, Know Yourself, Know Your Money: Discover WHY You Handle Money the Way You Do and WHAT to Do About It. Follow Rachel on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube or online at rachelcruze.com.

National best-selling author and financial expert, Rachel Cruze, joins Tim Ulbrich to discuss her newest book, Know Yourself, Know Your Money: Discover WHY You Handle Money the Way You Do and WHAT to Do About It. Tim and Rachel delve into various portions of the book, highlighting specific lessons and concepts relatable to pharmacists, parents, and anyone interested in learning more about themselves and their relationship to their finances.

Rachel walks listeners through "Discovering Your Personal Money Mindset," including how we form our ideas about money and how we learn to handle money as we do through "Your Childhood Money Classroom." Rachel goes through the four money classrooms. She reminds us that regardless of the quadrant that you grew up in, you can choose your quadrant from this point forward. Rachel outlines seven money tendencies, how they not only impact your financial picture, and how these tendencies affect interpersonal relationships with significant others. Tim and Rachel share an earnest discussion about money fears, detailed in Chapters 5 and 6 of the book. They close with an eye-opening discussion on part 2 of the book, focusing on the "Power of Contentment." Rachel shares how contentment changes your motivation for spending. She explains a practical exercise for determining what brings you joy and demonstrates how learning where and how you find happiness allows you to focus your spending on what is truly important to you.

Mentioned on the Show

• The Rachel Cruze Show
• Know Yourself, Know Your Money by Rachel Cruze
• Dave Ramsey's 7 Baby Steps
• Ramsey Solutions
• RachelCruze.com
• Follow Rachel Cruze on Instagram: @rachelcruze
• Connect with Rachel Cruze on Facebook
• Subscribe to The Rachel Cruze Show on Youtube
• Follow Rachel Cruze on Twitter: @RachelCruze

Welcome to Ask a YFP CFP®, a segment of the Your Financial Pharmacist Podcast! On today's show Tim Baker, CFP®, RLP®, RICP®, takes a question from Sarah in the YFP Facebook Group who asks about considerations with kids 529 accounts in the midst of a divorce.

Mentioned on the Show:

• YFP Episode 211: The Ins and Outs of the 529 College Savings Plan
• 7 Things to Consider Before Starting a 529 Plan
• YFP Planning: Financial Planning for Pharmacists
• Record your questions here or send them via email to [email protected]
• Your Financial Pharmacist Disclaimer and Disclosures: This podcast is intended for educational purposes and should not be considered financial or investment advice as we do not know all the variables to one's personal situation when answering a question. For more information visit https://yourfinancialpharmacist.com/disclaimer/

Episode Summary

No matter where you are in your career journey, it's never too early to start optimizing your retirement plan. One important factor to consider when building your retirement paycheck is Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs). RMDs refer to the minimum amount that you must withdraw from certain retirement accounts each year after reaching a certain age.

On this week's episode, YFP's Co-founder and Director of Financial Planning, Tim Baker, CFP®, RICP®, RLP® unpacks the many intricacies of RMDs, like which accounts demand RMDs, which ones don't, and what to consider when planning how to build your retirement paycheck. You'll learn about how RMDs are calculated, the penalties you can expect when you don't fulfill RMD requirements, how to optimize and reduce the impact of RMDs, and why optimizing your retirement strategy starts in the accumulation phase.

Links Mentioned in Today's Episode

• Free Checklist: What Issues Should I Consider When Reviewing My Investments?
• YFP 313: 4 Reasons Your Financial Planner Should Manage Your Investments
• Book a Free Discovery Call: YFP Planning
• Subscribe to the YFP Newsletter
• YFP Disclaimer

Summary

Venturing into real estate is often a carefully formulated plan backed by a healthy savings account. But as today's guest has proven through his real estate journey, sometimes it's best to jump straight in with both feet! Khoa Nguyen is a pharmacist and real estate investor from Vietnam who has now settled in Oklahoma City as the Founder, CEO, and Managing Partner of KNN Capital Partners. After catching the real estate bug in college, Khoa describes his first deal and what he learned from the experience. We learn how and why he pivoted to multifamily, the benefits of investing in multifamily that can't be found in single-family, where and how to find multifamily deals, and Khoa's method for evaluating the best multifamily deals. We also discuss the ins and outs of syndication, the roles of a general partner versus a limited partner, what's important when vetting different syndicators, and how interest rates affect property evaluations.

About Today's Guest

Khoa Nguyen, PharmD founded KNN Capital Partners based in Oklahoma focusing on Multifamily acquisitions and investor relations. With a strong background in leadership and analyzing numbers, Khoa excels at underwriting deals as well as building power teams. Khoa led his team to become a trusted "boot on the ground" partner in Oklahoma. Khoa has used his sharp skills to find different solutions to acquire the properties, maximize investors' return, and execute the project plan within expected timeline. With a medical background, Khoa has created a rapidly growing medical community, exclusively for pharmacists, that focuses on multifamily investing where he helps many of his fellow pharmacists build up their passive income to achieve financial freedom. Together with his trusted partners and investors, KNN Capital Partner currently owns and operates a total of 170 units.

Links Mentioned in Today's Episode

• Khoa Nguyen on LinkedIn
• KNN Capital Partners
• KNN Capital Partners on Facebook
• PharmD to Freedom on Facebook
• 'YFP REI 49: Scaling Big from a Single Family House with the Flying Investor'
• 'YFP REI 53: Understanding and Vetting Syndications with Senate Eskridge'
• Danny Mah
• Rich Dad Poor Dad
• Your Financial Pharmacist
• YFP Real Estate Investing Facebook Group

Episode Summary

Financial planners often get a bad reputation because people either don't trust them or they feel like planners are a waste of time — they could be doing the job themselves. So on today's episode, sponsored by First Horizon, YFP's Co-founder & Director of Financial Planning, Tim Baker is here to discuss the four reasons why having a financial planner is crucial for managing your investments. From our conversation, you'll gain a better understanding of the type of accounts that a financial planner could manage on your behalf, what an Investment Policy Statement (IPS) is, and why it's vital for your financial plan. Then, we dive into the 4 reasons why, if it is the right fit, having a financial planner manage your investments is a good idea. Spoiler alert…hiring a financial planner to beat the market didn't make the list!

Links Mentioned in Today's Episode

• 'What Issues Should I Consider When Reviewing My Investment'
• 'YFP 275: How to Build a Retirement Paycheck'
• 'YFP 213: 5 Investing Considerations for a Volatile Market'
• Investing for Dummies
• YFP Planning: Fee-Only Financial Planning for Pharmacists
• YFP Disclaimer
• Tim Baker on LinkedIn
• Tim Baker on Twitter
• Tim Ulbrich on LinkedIn
• First Horizon's Pharmacist Home Loan
• Subscribe to the YFP Newsletter