Doctors Building Wealth
Doctors Building Wealth is for physicians drowning in student debt and working endless hours, wondering if your medical career will ever bring true freedom. Despite your six-figure income, the path from successful doctor to financially independent professional feels impossibly complex.
We get it—balancing patient care and financial planning is overwhelming when no one taught you how to invest during medical school. Lucky for you, you don't have to figure it out alone.
Meet Drs. Letizia Alto and Kenji Asakura, physicians who've built a multi-million dollar real estate portfolio while maintaining their medical careers. They've helped hundreds of fellow doctors replace clinical income with passive cash flow—without sacrificing patient care.
Join Leti and Kenji each week as they interview physician investors who've escaped the burnout cycle, share step-by-step strategies to analyze deals, and provide actionable blueprints to build your real estate portfolio with your busy schedule. Learn how to leverage your high income, create tax advantages most doctors miss, and build the time freedom you deserve.
It's time to stop trading your time for money and start building generational wealth. Your patients need you at your best—not burned out and counting the years to retirement.
Doctors Building Wealth
Should I Pay Off Student Loans Before Investing?
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What If Paying Off Your Student Loans First Is Actually Costing You?
If you're a physician sitting on $200K+ in student loans, you've probably been told the same thing over and over: pay off the debt first, then start building wealth.
It sounds responsible. It feels safe. And we get it, because we both did it ourselves.
But looking back, we wish someone had challenged that advice. Because what we've learned after reaching financial freedom in just three years of real estate investing is that waiting five to ten years to start can cost you far more than the interest on your loans ever will.
In this episode, we break down the real arguments for why you might consider investing in real estate before your student loans are fully paid off. This isn't about being reckless with debt. It's about being strategic with your time, your money, and the opportunity in front of you right now.
BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU'LL DISCOVER:
- Why the five to ten years you spend paying off loans could be your most valuable investing years, and what that delay may actually cost you
- How real estate returns can significantly outpace your student loan interest rate when you stack all six ways to earn
- Why having only one source of income (your W-2) is actually the riskier position, and how cash-flowing properties change that
- The tax strategy that could put six figures back in your pocket each year, giving you the ability to invest and pay down debt simultaneously
- How to rethink "good debt" vs. "bad debt" so fear doesn't keep you on the sidelines
- The real question you should be asking: not "should I pay off my loans first?" but "how do I start building assets while managing debt responsibly?"
Whether you're a fellow, a new attending, or a physician years into practice still chipping away at your loans, this episode will give you a new way to think about what's really possible when you stop waiting for the "right time" and start building now.
Don't let conventional wisdom cost you your best investing years. Listen now and start making a plan that works for your life.
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