MD & DO co'21 Residency Panic thread
Started by kraskadva
In our city at least there is a HUGE difference in property taxes for buildings occupied by the owner vs. rental properties. The later are taxed basically double due to tax breaks for the former.
Well idk if this war zone market is any better.
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I am sure you know but condo HOA is ridiculous. I looked at one gorgeous condo, HOA is 570 a month 🤣🤦♀️
You surely cannot be serious. A crazy sellers market for a variety of legit factors does not ever warrant government takeover. They literally break everything they touch
Idk if giving incentive to first time buyer vs someone who purchase houses for investment is really government takeover. Look at current market: the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. People like us who want to buy a house to live during residency instead of renting are having difficult time to buy a house even though it costs 20-30K more than what they costs.
They are already doing that. The rates of investment properties are terrible, while primary residence rates are low. So unless everyone’s lying about their intentions and leaving themselves liable that way, or they truly will live there at minimum 3 weeks yearly then they’re getting the lower rate. It’s purely supply and demand.
Just because a current situation sucks doesn’t mean that there is some massive widespread conspiracy. It’s new building costs, rates, people escaping apartment living because of COVID experiences, millennials reaching the age to buy houses, people holding onto homes due to eviction pauses, etc. The government already has breaks built in and any more involvement would be ridiculous. We need less government not more. We’re not special because we’re residents.
Source is family who does this stuff for a living for 40 years. I also just went through it myself. It’s just how it is right now and that’s life
Also have 2 kids and 3 large dogs. Renting is out of our price range and that is IF we can even find something. We are moving to an area with family so we will likely turn it into a rental post residency.
I applaud you guys going out there and buying homes. It's seems like a wise financial decision. Personally, the thought of starting residency and onboarding is stressing me out enough. If I add buying a house for the first time on top of that I would probably lose all my hair prior to July 1st.
The last week has felt like 3 months. I put off onboarding paperwork and just did house hunting stuff for a week straight usually driving 4 hours round trip a day. Did that drive 10 times. It's been absolutely brutal but I set up my schedule nice so I don't really have to worry about much "schoolwork".
Basically where I'm at. Plus i know I won't be in this town after a three year residency and on top of that, it's a flood zone and has a plethora of new build apartment complexes. I was really flirting with the idea of buying about a month ago but it's an easy decision for me now. Also just me and a fiance which helps too.
Amen I cannot even fathom trying to purchase a home right now lmao. Props to everyone that is though
This week I have learned so much about how NOT to list properties. Like, how are you going to post just pictures of the bathroom and dirty kitchen, and nothing else?!
If you're going from M4-> PGY-1 you most likely do not except if you're @ Your program should be giving you login credentials to an onboarding site where you're going to have to apply for numerous things, fill out endless paperwork, and complete a bajillion modules
Things to do sooner than later when you get this package is to get the NPI and training license applications cooking. The rest takes a half day.
1.) Enroll to get an NPI number by NPPES.
2.) Start the process of getting your training medical license.
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Lean on the PC. Things vary per program. You should state your degree is MD/DO unless they are asking you if you are applying for a training license or MD full license in which case you pick training license.
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You say that but they probably got 5 offers for 20% above asking price before they even had their open house
Owning a home is so overrated. I will gladly continue to rent. And I have 2 kids and pets.
You really shouldn’t call your in-laws that...
In that case we are ditching the pet... keeping the cats.
Probably buying. I have two kids so I think it is worth it in our market.
Yeah maybe, I’m thinking of keeping it longer term as a rental for new residents that come in. That’s the plan as of now but who knows. We’re gonna put a little work into it before residency so if it’s a flip it’s a flip if the market ends up calming down
I have a 75lb golden retriever and 4 cats. Finding a place that'll let us rent would be a challenge at best. It'll be much easier for us to purchase. Plus I plan to be there for 4 years, maybe longer.
Were getting 2x the square footage in a better neighborhood for the same cost as renting a 2bedroom. Hard to turn that down for convenience of renting
I’ve definitely found nice places that will accept that. But yeah if you’re going to be there for 4+ years, it is more of a reasonable option.
We have 3 75+ lbs dogs so we are screwed in the rental field lol
This has to be the best comment on SDN thus far.
We are the panic thread now.
Not going to lie, I forgot what today was and was VERY confused logging on today for the first time in a while...
Still haven’t been able to find a suitable place to rent. Every place I looked is not available until July or August. Struggling to figure out the best student loan repayment plan. On top of rotations and tons of paperwork for onboarding, I am very stressed. Anyone else in the same boat?
Consolidate > IBR > REPAYE is my plan for residency.
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Thanks. I am debating between PAYE and REPAYE. Can you share your reasoning on choosing REPAYE?
I think if you're not married the decision is easy. REPAYE offers the 50% interest subsidy which is incredibly better than PAYE. However if you're married and your spouse makes good money, then REPAYE will take their salary into account when calculating your adjusted gross income. If they make little and you run the numbers and the monthly payments aren't that much increased then it may still be worth it. PAYE allows you to do either married filed jointly or separately so you can do it without taking your spouses salary into account.
doctoredmoney.org is a great resource
doctoredmoney.org is a great resource
Thanks. Will check out dictoredmoney.org. I think my challenge is that my situation is dynamic, not static. Am single now, but plan to get married in ~5 years. My SO will be making the same money as I as an attending in about 5 years. REPAYE makes great sense for me now, but down the road in the future, I don’t think it is the best option. So, what to do for dynamic situation like this?
Don’t make a decision based on what your maybe spouse will maybe be making in maybe 5 years.
I think you need to read about how repaye and paye works and how you can switch between them. It will expose why your line of thinking is faulty here. I think you should also take the above advice about relationships. You don't make 5 years of payments under a suboptimal payment plan for you based on the fact that you can switch payment programs and based on what your (to be perfectly blunt) maybe? spouse maybe? makes in 5 years....
None of that makes any sense.
I am listening. Can you please elaborate instead of just making a blanking statement that "none of that makes any sense"? What is not making sense? When you refer to a suboptimal payment plan, which one are you referring to? PAYE or REPAYE? Re: my SO, her salary is not maybe, she will be out of residency by the time I am done. So she will be making attending salary. She is also not a maybe spouse. We are committed to each other (have been for the past 7+ years).
You can switch between REPAYE and other payment plans as you go. Each time you switch the accrued interest will be capitalized but it's still a common thing to do. For example, I'm engaged now but we don't plan to get married for another 2-3 years. She makes roughly the same income as me as an intern resident. I still plan to do REPAYE to start then switch once we're married. And who knows? The engagement can blow up in my face in a few years.
The point of REPAYE is to minimize your monthly payments during training, to allow for more opportunities to save and invest for retirement. By the time you're done with training you can stay in those repayment plans and start paying way more (extra payments) because at that point the interest subsidy doesn't matter as much. You'll be making a lot of money.
I highly advise that doctoredmoney.org website and also the subreddit r/whitecoatinvestor they have a ton of great information on there.
So if you were married now, making roughly the same income (let's say mid-50s-mid 60s each), you would do PAYE from the start? I have been trying to figure this out for myself.
typically, yes. Unless you're okay with the combined salary that then calculates the REPAYE monthly payment. I think that's an individual decision. Also depends on your loans. The benefit of PAYE is that it allows you to either file jointly or separately. REPAYE always combines spouses salary.
Check this out: Federal Student Loan Repayment Calculator — Doctored Money you can plug in your loans and salaries/incomes to see what sample payments would look like.
I matched here!
I matched here!
Hey friends! How's the house hunting going for all of you? My partner and I signed a lease to our top unit/complex just ~8 minutes from the hospital and I'm really excited! Reserved a Uhaul for the first week of june and things are looking good!
I hope everyone else's onboarding and house hunting is going smooth. I weirdly miss this thread. It's been a whole month since Match Day, crazy
I hope everyone else's onboarding and house hunting is going smooth. I weirdly miss this thread. It's been a whole month since Match Day, crazy
House showing happened on a Saturday. 3 offers by the end of the day. Had to pay 20k above asking. Not ideal :/
Similar thing, ended up paying 10K above asking. Things have really heated up in the last month - I was looking lazily at a few areas before match and many houses on zillow were there 3+ months, but since March it seems like every reasonable home has been snapped up in <2 weeks.
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Our agent said the current average was 3-5 days, and this is not in a hot location
My fiance and I were thinking about buying and quickly said eff this. Renting is much more manageable.
Just got my tentative schedule today! Luckily I have honeymoon planning to distract myself...
May I know the city of the rental? I just want to gauge the housing. Thanks.
May I know the city? I just want to gauge the housing. Thanks.
