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The Optometry Money Podcast — 167 episodes

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1

(Rewind) Implementing a Strategic Planning Week To Level Up Your Optometry Practice with Dr. Chad Fleming

2

Mid-Year Tax Check-In: 4 Questions Every Optometrist Should Be Asking

3

Finding the Bottlenecks Limiting Your Practice's Capacity with Kerry Reeves, OD

4

Planning Your Practice Exit: The Retirement Math That Sets the Floor

5

The Biggest IPOs in History Are Here - Should Optometrists Invest?

6

(Rewind) Should Optometrists Invest at All-Time Highs? What the Data Says

7

Big Student Loan Changes Are Final: What Optometrists Need to Decide Now

8

How to Maximize Your Optometry Practice Value Before You Sell with Erich Mattei

9

How to Stop Scrambling at Tax Time: An Optometrist's Guide to Quarterly Tax Payments

10

(Rewind) An Optometrist's Guide to Business Entities

11

The Location-Independent OD: Compensation, Licensing & the Future of Remote Care with Crystal Edison, OD

12

Listener Q&A #2: S Corp Salary, How Much Practice Cash to Keep, Buying Practice Real Estate, and More

13

Are Your Retirement Accounts Protected from Lawsuits? A Guide for Optometrists

14

Trump Accounts for Kids: What Optometrists Need to Know

15

How to Invest Tax-Efficiently and Keep More of Your Returns (After-tax)

16

Listener Q&A: Practice Ownership, Backdoor Roths, and Student Loans

17

How Filing Taxes Separately Impacts Student Loan Outcomes for Optometrists

18

Four Tax Planning Levers You Can Still Pull for 2025

19

What’s Changing in 2026: Five Key Financial and Tax Updates for Optometrists

20

Profit Sharing Demystified: How Optometry Practice Owners Can Maximize Their 401(k) with Matt Ruttenberg

21

5 Key Tax Planning Levers Optometrists Need to Know

22

Four Common Investment Mistakes Optometrists Should Avoid

23

Four Gaps That Can Break Your Estate Plan (Even If It’s ‘Done’)

24

End of the Interest-Free SAVE Forbearance - What It Means for Optometrists

25

How the Final One Big Beautiful Bill Act Impacts Optometrists - Taxes, Student Loans, and More!

26

Are Individual Bonds Safer Than Bond Funds? What Optometrists Need to Know

27

Rewind: Financial Planning Considerations for Owners of Established Optometry Practices

28

What Most Investors Get Wrong About Dividend Investing

29

Optimize Your Pay: 7 Key Factors for Setting Practice Owners' Compensation

30

The Big Beautiful Bill Act: Tax & Student Loan Reforms Optometrists Need to Watch

31

(Rewind) Why Active Investment Management Fails with Andrew Berkin, PhD

32

Creating a More Holistic Integrative Healthcare Patient Experience with Dr. Neda Gioia

33

Beyond Indexing: An Optometrist's Guide to Factor-Based Investing

34

The Case for Index Funds: Why Optometrists Should Embrace Passive Investing

35

Strategic Tax Planning Levers in the Optometrist's Tax Return

36

Creating a Clear Pathway from Associate Optometrist to Partnership with Erich Mattei

37

Fresh Student Loan News and Tradeoffs ODs Choose When Using IDR Plans Toward Forgiveness

38

Are Stock Market Declines Normal? What History Tells Us and What ODs Should Do About It

39

2025 Student Loan Update: New Court Decisions and Actions to Take

40

Cold Start vs. Practice Purchase: Most Common Questions & Misconceptions with Dr. Jennifer Stewart and Dr. Aaron Neufeld

41

Scaling an Optometry Practice and Embracing Family Entrepreneurship with Tony and Kim Turin

42

Lessons from Expansion: Growth, Hiring, and Refocusing the Practice with Dr. Nick Lillie

43

Implementing a Strategic Planning Week To Level Up Your Optometry Practice with Dr. Chad Fleming

44

Scaling and Freedom: When, Why, and How to Add an Associate Optometrist with Erich Mattei

45

Savings Rate: The Ultimate Indicator of Future Financial Success

46

Key 2025 Financial and Tax Updates Every Optometrist Should Know

47

Critical Year-End Financial Moves for Optometrists

48

An Optometrist's Guide to 529 Plans and Saving For College

49

(Rewind) Tax Planning Targets to Aim For Mid-Year

50

Adding Private Label to Improve Margins Without Compromising Quality with Dr. Chad Fleming

51

(Rewind) Investing in Election Years: What History Tells Us About the Stock Market and Elections

52

Can You Buy a Car in Your Optometry Practice as a Business Expense with Jackson Pace and Kevin Dang, CPAs

53

Cash Flow Clarity: Navigating Important Differences Between Profit and Cash Flow in Your Optometry Practice

54

Tax Planning Targets to Aim For Mid-Year

55

(Rewind) An Optometrist's Guide to How Income Taxes Work

56

Actions to Take During (Routine) Market Declines

57

2024 Mid-Year Retirement Plan Updates and Deadlines Practice Owners Need to Know with Matt Ruttenberg

58

Student Loan Updates: Can't Access PAYE Plan, SAVE Court Cases, and more!

59

Investing in Election Years: What History Tells Us About the Stock Market and Elections

60

Navigating Commercial Real Estate Decisions for Your Private Practice with Colin Carr

61

Should Optometrists Invest at All-Time Highs? What the Data Says

62

Navigating a Successful Transition from Corporate Sublease to Private Practice with Dr. Tessa Sokol

63

(Rewind) An Optometrist's Guide to Business Entities

64

(Rewind) An Optometrist's Guide to The Qualified Business Income Deduction

65

Avoiding Capital Gains When Selling Your Home with the Home Sale Exclusion

66

Unlocking Real Estate Losses to Offset Your Other Active Income with Thomas Castelli, CPA

67

Tackling Conflict Head-On To Improve Your Optometry Practice with Dr. Bethany Fishbein

68

100th Episode! What You Should Expect From Working With a Financial Advisor

69

Creatively Structuring Practice Sales to The Next Generation of Optometrists with Michael Pote

70

Student Loan Update: Pause to Recertify Incomes Extended for IDR Plans

71

Financial Planning for Optometrists: Part Two (Guest Appearance on The Four Eyes Optometry Podcast)

72

Deep Dive Into Financial Due Diligence When Buying an Optometry Practice with Jackson Pace and Kevin Dang, CPAs

73

Improving Student Loan Outcomes When Filing Taxes Married Separately

74

Why Active Investment Management Fails with Andrew Berkin, PhD

75

Improving Your Practice's Hiring Process by Turning It On Its Head with Dr. Micheal Neal

76

Navigating New Business Entity Reporting Under the Corporate Transparency Act with Ali Oromchian

77

An Optometrist's Guide to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)

78

Financial Planning for Optometrists: Part One (Guest Appearance on The Four Eyes Optometry Podcast)

79

2024 Financial Updates Optometrists Need to Know

80

Best of 2023: Freedom From Vision Plans Through A Direct Care Model with Dr. Kara Foster

81

Best of 2023: Financial Planning Considerations for Owners of Established Optometry Practices

82

Best of 2023: Financial Planning Considerations for the Early Years of Practice Ownership

83

Year-End Financial Planning Checklist for Optometrists

84

(Holiday Rewind) Tax Planning For Charitable Giving

85

(Rewind) 5 Levers to Control Capital Gains on Your Tax Return

86

How to Protect Your Assets From Liability with Levi Barlavi

87

An Optometrist's Guide to Estate Planning with Ali Oromchian, J.D., LL.M.

88

Intro to Optometry Practice Valuations with Erich Mattei

89

Partnering With an Independent Lab and Maintaining Independence with Ben Collier and Dan Korolev

90

Separating Fact From Fiction of Indexed Universal Life Insurance with Andy Panko, CFP®, RICP®, EA

91

Ins and Outs of Permanent Life Insurance with Broc Buckles

92

An Optometrist's Guide to Life Insurance

93

(Rewind) Building a Multi-Location Practice and Improving Culture with Dr. Andy Yaryan

94

Student Loan Planning for Optometrists in 2023 and Beyond!

95

(Rewind) Using Traction to Level Up Your Optometry Practice with Dr. Larry Golson

96

Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Your Optometry Practice with Ankit Patel

97

Viewing the Health of Your Practice Through the Eyes of a CFO with Jackson Pace, CPA

98

Financial Planning Considerations for Owners of Established Optometry Practices

99

Financial Planning Considerations for the Early Years of Practice Ownership

100

Financial Planning Considerations When Preparing for Practice Ownership

101

The Supreme Court Ruling, New SAVE IDR Plan, and Other Big Student Loan Updates

102

Retirement Plan Options for Independent Contractor Optometrists

103

(Rewind) How to Track Progress Toward Financial Independence

104

How to Invest Six Figures A Year Into Your Practice Retirement Plans with Matt Ruttenberg

105

Choosing a Retirement Plan For Your Optometry Practice with Matt Ruttenberg

106

Payments Restarting and Other Student Loan Updates!

107

Should You Invest In International Stocks?

108

How to Decide The Amount of Stocks and Bonds in Your Investments

109

Master Your Money (Evon's Guest Appearance on the Try Not To Blink Podcast)

110

Investing Fundamentals - Understanding Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds, and ETFs

111

A Framework for Deciding Where to Save/Invest Next

112

Helping Your Team Learn Good Financial Habits (Evon's Guest Appearance on Power Hour Podcast)

113

Back to Basics: The Way of Budgeting That Works

114

Freedom From Vision Plans Through A Direct Care Model with Dr. Kara Foster

115

An Optometrist's Guide to Estimated Tax Payments

116

Creating a More Patient-Centric Contact Lens Sales Process with Dr. Brianna Rhue

117

An Optometrist's Guide to The Qualified Business Income Deduction

118

Guide to Due Diligence on Practice Purchases with Erich Mattei

119

An Optometrist's Guide to Business Entities

120

Calculating the Return On Your Practice Investments with Amanda Collaso

121

An Optometrist's Guide to How Income Taxes Work

122

Creating Your Practice Marketing Plan with Justin Knott

123

What is the 4% Safe Withdrawal Rule?

124

An Optometrist's Guide to Financial Advisors (5 Questions To Ask)

125

Observations on the Most Profitable Mode of Practice with Bethany Fishbein

126

Why and How to Launch a Specialty Lens Practice with Dr. Aaron Neufeld

127

Navigating Internal Practice Transitions with Dr. Mick Kling and Craig Moritz

128

The Optometrist's Guide to The SECURE Act 2.0

129

Building a Personal Brand As An Optometrist with Dr. Joseph Allen

130

Holiday Replay: Getting a Grip On Your Practice Bookkeeping with Wade Weisz

131

Tax Planning For Charitable Giving

132

Debt Management for Optometrists (Guest Appearance on The Chris Wolfe Podcast)

133

Tax Planning for Short-Term Rental Properties with Arsalan Ashraf, CPA

134

5 Levers to Control Capital Gains on Your Tax Return

135

(Holiday Replay) Assessing the Health of Your Optometry Practice with Dr. Chad Fleming

136

How Mindset Impacts Financial Decision Making with Bethany Fishbein (Guest appearance on The Power Hour Podcast)

137

Year End Tax Planning for Optometrists with Joe Erickson, CPA

138

Internal Succession, Private Equity, and the Future of Optometry with Dr. Chris Wolfe

139

Getting a Grip On Your Practice Bookkeeping with Wade Weisz

140

Keeping Your Beneficiaries Up To Date

141

How To Check the Health of Your Cash Flow

142

Using Traction to Level Up Your Optometry Practice with Dr. Larry Golson

143

Creating Operational Freedom and a Sale-Ready Optometry Practice with Josh Patrick

144

How to Plan for the Costs of College with Michael Labos, CFP®, CCFS®

145

Is There Balance in Your Balance Sheet?

146

How to Track Progress Toward Financial Independence

147

How Mentality Impacts the Success of Your Optometry Practice with Bethany Fishbein

148

Using an Independent Optical Lab and Keeping Control Over Profitability with Ben Collier

149

Optometrist Student Loan Planning in 2022

150

PEOs and Solving HR Headaches in Your Practice with John Wiley

151

Assessing the Health of Your Optometry Practice with Dr. Chad Fleming

152

Becoming a Partner, Learning Leadership and Improving the Sales Process with Dr. Ryan Gustus

153

Actions to Take During a Declining Stock Market

154

Navigating Financing for Optometry Cold-Starts and Practice Acquisitions with David Tessier

155

Lessons Learned from Building a Business (Evon's guest appearance on the Ultimate OD Podcast)

156

Mid-Year Financial and Tax Planning for Your Optometry Practice with Yuri Kapilovich, CPA

157

Navigating Mortgages in a Crazy Market with Troy Root

158

Building a Multi-Location Practice and Improving Culture with Dr. Andy Yaryan

159

Scaling a Practice, Building the Team, and Adding Specialties with Dr. Nick Lillie

160

Cold-Starting a Specialty Vision Therapy Practice with Drs. Miki Lyn Zilnicki and Jessica Licausi

161

The Ins and Outs of Disability Insurance with David Bennis

162

Navigating Associate Contracts, Practice Ownership, and Partnerships with Dr. Chad Fleming

163

How to Level Up the Operations, Tech, and Marketing in Your Optometry Practice with Perry Brill

164

Steps to Launch a Successful Cold-Start with Erich Mattei

165

Three Factors That Can Make or Break Your Optometry Cold Start

166

Financial and Tax Planning for 1099 Optometrists

167

Introduction & Welcome to the Show!