Your Financial Pharmacist

Your Financial Pharmacist

Tim Ulbrich, Tim Baker, Tim Church

The Your Financial Pharmacist Podcast is designed to empower pharmacy professionals to take control of their personal finances. Your hosts are the team at Your Financial Pharmacist: Tim Ulbrich, PharmD, Tim Church, PharmD, BCACP and Tim Baker, CFP.

48 minutes 9 seconds

YFP 359: Pharmacy Innovators with Jamie Wilkey, PharmD
Dr. Jamie Wilkey shares her entrepreneurial journey of building and selling a business on this episode of the Pharmacy Innovators series hosted by Corrie Sanders.

This episode is brought to you by YFP+.

Summary

In our YFP Podcast Pharmacy Innovators with Corrie Sanders series, Dr. Jamie Wilkey joins Corrie to discuss her entrepreneurship journey, emphasizing the importance of thinking big, pushing boundaries, and utilizing education to achieve success.

Dr. Wilkey shares her journey of transitioning from a community pharmacist role to building a successful pharmacogenomics practice, highlighting the importance of validating ideas, leveraging scrappy methods, and empowerment through helping others. Dr. Wilkey also shares her experience with selling a pharmacy business and valuable insights on their professional journey, emphasizing the importance of adapting to the changing landscape of the pharmacy industry and embracing digital business ownership.

About Today's Guest

Dr. Jamie Wilkey is a PharmD who loves what she does and brings passion and happiness to the pharmacy profession.

Jamie has had a varied career from working retail pharmacy, to owning, scaling and selling her own company, and to working as a consultant for top universities and companies. Jamie is optimistic about the future of pharmacy and knows great things are in store for those pharmacists who are willing to push boundaries, to think big, and to use the full extent of their education.

You can find her happily living debt-free with her 4 boys being outside as much as humanly possible and enjoying Utah's National Parks. Or reading. A lot.

Mentioned on the Show
16 May 2024, 9:00 am
46 minutes 43 seconds

YFP 358: Top 6 Financial Moves to Make as a Mid-Career Pharmacist
YFP Co-Founder and Director of Financial Planning Tim Baker discusses six financial moves for mid-career pharmacists, including re-evaluating the vision for the financial plan.

Summary

Tim Ulbrich is joined by YFP Co-Founder and Director of Financial Planning, Tim Baker to discuss various financial planning strategies for mid-career pharmacists, including resetting the vision for the financial plan, prioritizing retirement planning and emergency funds, and reevaluating, reviewing and updating insurance policies.

Regularly reviewing and adjusting these funds to account for the various life changes ensures that policies align with current financial goals and circumstances. Tim and Tim also address the importance of having those uncomfortable conversations, such as end-of-life care and inheritance to avoid potential legal and financial issues in the future.

About Today's Guest

Tim Baker is the Co-Founder and Director of Financial Planning at Your Financial Pharmacist. Founded in 2015, YFP is a fee-only financial planning firm and connects with the YFP community of 12,000+ pharmacy professionals via the Your Financial Pharmacist Podcast podcast, blog, website resources and speaking engagements.

Tim attended the United States Military Academy majoring in International Relations and branching Armor. After his military career, he worked as a logistician with a major retailer and a construction company. After much deliberation, Tim decided to make a pivot in his career and joined a small independent financial planning firm in 2012. In 2016, he launched his own financial planning firm Script Financial and in 2019 merged with Your Financial Pharmacist. Tim now lives in Columbus, Ohio with his wife (Shay), three kids (Olivia, Liam and Zoe), and dog (Benji).

Mentioned on the Show
9 May 2024, 9:00 am
28 minutes 5 seconds

YFP Real Estate Investing 120: Deep Dive: Converting to Highest and Best Use
Nate Hedrick and David Bright discuss strategies for increasing property value through repurposing unused spaces.

Summary

Turning a hotel into apartments. Expanding a single-family house from a three-bedroom to a four-bedroom home. Converting warehouses into self-storage units.

Nate Hedrick and David Bright discuss strategies for increasing property value through repurposing unused spaces. Before jumping into a property conversion, David and Nate share the importance of understanding zoning laws and local market conditions to successfully execute these transformations. Tune in for ideas on how you can creatively repurpose your property for the best return on your investment.

About Today's Guests

Nate Hedrick is full-time pharmacist by day, husband and father by evening and weekend, and real estate agent, investor, and blogger by late night and early morning. He has a passion for staying uncomfortable and is always on the lookout for a new challenge or a project. He found real estate investing in 2016 after his $300,000+ student loan debt lead him to read Rich Dad Poor Dad. This book opened his mind to the possibilities of financial freedom and he has been obsessed ever since. After earning his real estate license in 2017, Nate founded Real Estate RPH as a source for real estate education designed with pharmacists in mind. Since then, he has helped dozens of pharmacists around the country realize their dream of owning a home or starting their investing journey. Nate resides in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife, Kristen, his two daughters Molly and Lucy, and his rescue dog Lexi.

David Bright is a pharmacist with a heart for teaching. He’s been a full-time professor since 2009 with a passion for implementing and improving pharmacy services. Themes of “implementing and improving” in the pharmacy space are quite similar to themes of “building and fixing” in real estate, which has been a growing hobby for David and his wife, Heather, who bought their first house more than ten years ago. That fixer-upper house became a live-in house flip, which they sold a few years later, only to repeat the process with their next house. When David and Heather got sick of perpetually living in a construction zone, they pivoted to fixing up rental properties in West Michigan, where they now live.

David invests in real estate as a way to bring greater diversity to financial planning and to fund memorable life experiences with family and friends.

Mentioned on the Show
4 May 2024, 9:00 am
16 minutes 54 seconds

YFP 357: Emergency Fund Check-Up: Five Questions You Must Answer
Tim Ulbrich, PharmD (YFP Co-Founder & CEO) covers five questions that you should ask related to your emergency fund to determine whether or not it is adequately funded and optimized.

This episode is brought to you by First Horizon.

Summary

This week we’re diving deep into a financial fundamental that often flies under the radar: the emergency fund, also known as the rainy day fund.

Saving for unexpected expenses isn’t easy. It requires discipline, patience, and a leap of faith to stash away money for something you can’t predict. Especially when other financial goals, like paying off debt or investing, are competing for your attention.

In this week's episode, we explore why having an emergency fund is crucial. From unexpected medical bills to home repairs or sudden job loss, life throws curveballs when we least expect it. But having a well-stocked emergency fund isn’t just about having the dollars to cover these surprises; it’s about gaining peace of mind and confidence.

Join host, Tim Ulbrich, PharmD, as he covers 5 questions you should ask related to emergency fund to determine whether or not it is adequately funded and optimized. Remember, when life throws you a curveball, your emergency fund will be there to catch you.

About Today's Guest

Tim Ulbrich is the Co-Founder and CEO of Your Financial Pharmacist. Founded in 2015, YFP is a fee-only financial planning firm and connects with the YFP community of 15,000+ pharmacy professionals via the Your Financial Pharmacist Podcast podcast, blog, website resources and speaking engagements. To date, YFP has partnered with 75+ organizations to provide personal finance education.

Tim received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Ohio Northern University and completed postgraduate residency training at The Ohio State University. He spent 9 years on faculty at Northeast Ohio Medical University prior to joining Ohio State University College of Pharmacy in 2019 as Clinical Professor and Director of the Master’s in Health-System Pharmacy Administration Program.

Tim is the host of the Your Financial Pharmacist Podcast which has more than 1 million downloads. Tim is also the co-author of Seven Figure Pharmacist: How to Maximize Your Income, Eliminate Debt and Create Wealth. Tim has presented to over 200 pharmacy associations, colleges, and groups on various personal finance topics including debt management, investing, retirement planning, and financial well-being.

Mentioned on the Show
2 May 2024, 12:48 pm
30 minutes

YFP 356: Love and Money: How to Successfully Navigate your Finances with a Partner
Tim Ulbrich, PharmD (YFP Co-Founder & CEO) digs into how to successfully navigate finances with your partner and shares 25 questions you can use to frame conversations around money.

This episode is brought to you by First Horizon.

Summary

On this episode, we're talking about love and money! Discussing finances with your spouse, partner or significant other can be tricky sometimes. Tim Ulbrich shares 25 financial discussion questions to help you navigate these important conversations along with a free resource you can download to help get you started. From reflecting on your “money classroom” and the way you were raised to understand money to how you feel about debt, savings, and other important goals, Tim guides you through these important conversations. There is no one-size-fits all to managing finances in a relationship - but sharing the same vision and goals with your partner can set you up for success. This episode is brought to you by First Horizon.

About Today's Guest

Tim Ulbrich is the Co-Founder and CEO of Your Financial Pharmacist. Founded in 2015, YFP is a fee-only financial planning firm and connects with the YFP community of 15,000+ pharmacy professionals via the Your Financial Pharmacist Podcast podcast, blog, website resources and speaking engagements. To date, YFP has partnered with 75+ organizations to provide personal finance education.

Tim received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Ohio Northern University and completed postgraduate residency training at The Ohio State University. He spent 9 years on faculty at Northeast Ohio Medical University prior to joining Ohio State University College of Pharmacy in 2019 as Clinical Professor and Director of the Master’s in Health-System Pharmacy Administration Program.

Tim is the host of the Your Financial Pharmacist Podcast which has more than 1 million downloads. Tim is also the co-author of Seven Figure Pharmacist: How to Maximize Your Income, Eliminate Debt and Create Wealth. Tim has presented to over 200 pharmacy associations, colleges, and groups on various personal finance topics including debt management, investing, retirement planning, and financial well-being.

Mentioned on the Show
25 April 2024, 9:00 am
28 minutes 47 seconds

YFP 355: Preparing for New Practitioner Life: 5 Financial Moves to Make After Graduation
YFP Co-Founder & CEO, Tim Ulbrich, PharmD shares five key elements for building a strong financial foundation after graduation.

This episode is brought to you by YFP+.

Summary

On this episode sponsored by YFP+, host Tim Ulbrich outlines five key elements for building a strong financial foundation. Whether you are a pharmacy student looking ahead, a soon to be 2024 graduate, or a resident, fellow, or new practitioner trying to find solid financial footing, Tim shares what it means to build a strong financial foundation, no matter where you are in your career.

With the average pharmacist facing staggering student loan debt and often lacking financial knowledge, Tim shares practical strategies to help pharmacists begin to navigate debt management, investing, insurance coverage and retirement planning.

About Today's Guest

Tim Ulbrich is the Co-Founder and CEO of Your Financial Pharmacist. Founded in 2015, YFP is a fee-only financial planning firm and connects with the YFP community of 15,000+ pharmacy professionals via the Your Financial Pharmacist Podcast podcast, blog, website resources and speaking engagements. To date, YFP has partnered with 75+ organizations to provide personal finance education.

Tim received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Ohio Northern University and completed postgraduate residency training at The Ohio State University. He spent 9 years on faculty at Northeast Ohio Medical University prior to joining Ohio State University College of Pharmacy in 2019 as Clinical Professor and Director of the Master’s in Health-System Pharmacy Administration Program.

Tim is the host of the Your Financial Pharmacist Podcast which has more than 1 million downloads. Tim is also the co-author of Seven Figure Pharmacist: How to Maximize Your Income, Eliminate Debt and Create Wealth. Tim has presented to over 200 pharmacy associations, colleges, and groups on various personal finance topics including debt management, investing, retirement planning, and financial well-being.

Mentioned on the Show
18 April 2024, 9:00 am
44 minutes 37 seconds

YFP Real Estate Investing 119: House Hacking with the House Hacking MD
Dr. Ayush Gupta, founder of MD House Hacking, shares his journey into real estate investing and how it has helped him pursue financial independence.

Summary

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Nate Hedrick and David Bright welcome Dr. Ayush Gupta, a pediatric emergency room physician and seasoned real estate investor and founder of MD House Hacking.

After witnessing his colleagues lose their jobs and investments during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Gupta felt prompted to explore other income opportunities, specifically in real estate investing. Dr. Gupta illuminates the concept of "house hacking" and its financial benefits, drawing from his own experience of purchasing a four-unit building with a minimal down payment and renovating it for profit.

Dr. Gupta shares his journey of acquiring multiple properties, including invaluable tips for negotiating with contractors, finding and financing deals, scaling investments and navigating market conditions.

About Today's Guest

Dr. Ayush Gupta, is a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician. He was born and raised in India. He moved to the US in 2012 to complete his Residency and Fellowship. Soon after Fellowship, he moved to New Orleans where he works Full time in the emergency department. But he isn't your average doctor. Witnessing COVID burnout, he started investing in real estate through househacking, living rent-free while empowering other healthcare heroes with house hacking and financial freedom tools. Now, he shatters the "just a doctor" label, advocating for multiple income streams and crafting an identity beyond medicine.

Mentioned on the Show
13 April 2024, 9:00 am
39 minutes 18 seconds

YFP 354: From PharmD to Debt Free to FIRE with Derek Schwartz, PharmD
Derek Schwartz, PharmD, returns to talk about his debt free journey and his path toward FI/RE: Financial Independence, Retire Early.

Summary

On this episode, we check back in with Derek Schwartz, PharmD, on his debt free to FIRE journey. Derek was an early guest on the podcast back in 2017 when he was working toward becoming debt free by ambitiously paying off $180,000 in student loan debt.

Today, Derek returns to share a life update after successfully eliminating his student loan debt - from getting married to owning a home to becoming a father of two - Derek explains how he continues to save and view spending and how his journey toward an early retirement evolves as he pursues FIRE. Derek shares encouraging advice for new grads and anyone looking to pay down debt and what it can mean when you are truly financially free.

About Today's Guest

Derek Schwartz, PharmD, RPh is a 2014 graduate of Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy who currently works with the Kroger Company in the Cincinnati, OH area. After graduating in 2014 with over $180,000 in debt, he paid it off in March 2018. Derek and his wife, Jessica, married in October 2020, and have two children: Julia, age 2, and Calvin, 8 months old. The family of four have a happy and busy life in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Mentioned on the Show
11 April 2024, 9:00 am
39 minutes 47 seconds

YFP 353: Avoiding the Trap of House Poor: Evaluating the True Costs of Home Ownership
Nate Hedrick, The Real Estate RPH, discusses how to avoid the trap of becoming house poor, the ever-lively debate of renting vs buying a home, the costs of buying a home, and how to determine how much house you can afford.

Summary

In this episode sponsored by Real Estate RPh, host Tim Ulbrich chats with pharmacist and real-estate agent Nate Hedrick, CEO and founder of Real Estate RPh all about the costs of home buying. Beyond the initial down payment and monthly mortgage payment, there are a lot of expenses with home ownership. Some expenses can be expected and planned for, others can catch you by surprise, as Nate and Tim have both learned.

Hear valuable insights and resources for pharmacists looking to purchase a home, covering topics such as down payment assistance options, planning for those unexpected expenses, and creative ways to help achieve the goal of home ownership.

About Today's Guest

Nate Hedrick is full-time pharmacist by day, husband and father by evening and weekend, and real estate agent, investor, and blogger by late night and early morning. He has a passion for staying uncomfortable and is always on the lookout for a new challenge or a project. He found real estate investing in 2016 after his $300,000+ student loan debt lead him to read Rich Dad Poor Dad. This book opened his mind to the possibilities of financial freedom and he has been obsessed ever since.

After earning his real estate license in 2017, Nate founded Real Estate RPH as a source for real estate education designed with pharmacists in mind. Since then, he has helped dozens of pharmacists around the country realize their dream of owning a home or starting their investing journey. Nate resides in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife, Kristen, his two daughters Molly and Lucy, and his rescue dog Lexi.

Mentioned on the Show
4 April 2024, 9:00 am
52 minutes 12 seconds

YFP 352: Pharmacy Innovators with Kelley Carlstrom, PharmD, BCOP
In another episode of the Pharmacy Innovator series, Dr. Kelley Carlstrom, CEO and founder of KelleyCPharmD, discusses entrepreneurship in oncology pharmacy.

Summary

On this episode, we have another segment of the YFP Podcast's Pharmacy Innovator series! Hosted by Corrie Sanders, PharmD, this series is tailored for pharmacists venturing into entrepreneurship, featuring stories and strategies for aspiring pharmacy entrepreneurs.

This week, we delve into the dynamic world of entrepreneurship within oncology pharmacy with Dr. Kelley Carlstrom. Kelley is a board-certified oncology pharmacist and CEO and founder of KelleyCPharmD, which addresses crucial gaps in clinical oncology training. Dr. Carlstrom shares her experiences working in traditional and non-traditional settings, healthcare technology, insights on her transition from employee to entrepreneur, her evolving business model, and opportunities in oncology for pharmacists. Kelley also discusses how to monetize your expertise and the value of communities when starting a business.

About Today's Guest

Kelley Carlstrom is the CEO and founder of KelleyCPharmD, an education company that fills the considerable gap in clinical oncology training. She is passionate about democratizing oncology pharmacy education and increasing accessibility and inclusion through her unique L.E.A.R.N Oncology Method.

Kelley received her Doctor of Pharmacy from The University of Colorado and completed post-graduate residency training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA.

She is a board-certified oncology pharmacist that has worked in a variety of traditional and non-traditional settings including at large academic and small community cancer centers, as a consultant for a large electronic medical record implementation, and in the healthcare technology space helping create digital products for oncology clinicians and patients.

Kelley is also a prolific content creator, sharing clinical and motivational pearls about oncology. She is part of the LinkedIn Top Voices program, an invitation-only program that recognizes and celebrates the most influential and engaging professionals on LinkedIn.

Mentioned on the Show
28 March 2024, 9:00 am
29 minutes

YFP Real Estate Investing 118: Navigating the NAR News: Insights for Real Estate Investors
Hosts David and Nate break down the NAR settlement and what it means for the future of buying and selling homes.

Summary

On March 18, 2024, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced it had reached a $418 settlement in an antitrust lawsuit. NAR, which represents over one million Realtors, agreed to put in place a new set of rules, including changes to the typical 6% of the sale price paid by sellers toward a fee split between the buyer’s agent and seller’s agent. Hosts David Bright and Nate Hedrick, who is a licensed real estate agent himself, break down the ramifications of this ruling and what it means for the way Americans buy and sell homes.

About Today's Guests

Nate Hedrick is full-time pharmacist by day, husband and father by evening and weekend, and real estate agent, investor, and blogger by late night and early morning. He has a passion for staying uncomfortable and is always on the lookout for a new challenge or a project. He found real estate investing in 2016 after his $300,000+ student loan debt lead him to read Rich Dad Poor Dad. This book opened his mind to the possibilities of financial freedom and he has been obsessed ever since. After earning his real estate license in 2017, Nate founded Real Estate RPH as a source for real estate education designed with pharmacists in mind. Since then, he has helped dozens of pharmacists around the country realize their dream of owning a home or starting their investing journey. Nate resides in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife, Kristen, his two daughters Molly and Lucy, and his rescue dog Lexi.

David Bright is a pharmacist with a heart for teaching. He’s been a full-time professor since 2009 with a passion for implementing and improving pharmacy services. Themes of “implementing and improving” in the pharmacy space are quite similar to themes of “building and fixing” in real estate, which has been a growing hobby for David and his wife, Heather, who bought their first house more than ten years ago. That fixer-upper house became a live-in house flip, which they sold a few years later, only to repeat the process with their next house. When David and Heather got sick of perpetually living in a construction zone, they pivoted to fixing up rental properties in West Michigan, where they now live.

David invests in real estate as a way to bring greater diversity to financial planning and to fund memorable life experiences with family and friends.

Mentioned on the Show
23 March 2024, 9:00 am
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