MtoM #285: This Orthopedic Fellow Reached a $0 Net Worth Before Becoming an Attending

Podcast: White Coat Investor Podcast · Dr. Jim Dahle of the White Coat Investor

Opublikowano: 2026-07-27

How do you finish medical training with $300,000 in student loans and still reach a net worth of zero before your first attending paycheck? In this episode of Milestones to Millionaire, an orthopedic surgery fellow shares how he and his family accumulated nearly $300,000 in investments while carrying roughly the same amount in federal student loans. Despite raising three children on a resident salary with a stay-at-home spouse, they consistently invested in retirement accounts, kept expenses low, benefited from a favorable housing market, and let long-term investing do much of the heavy lifting. We discuss why they...