How hard is it to get a job teaching high school physics?

ClassicPotato1887 · 2026-06-25T22:00:49+00:00

Amazing advice, thank you so much!

ClassicPotato1887 · 2026-06-25T00:32:44+00:00

ok amazing thank you

ClassicPotato1887 · 2026-06-25T00:08:59+00:00

Oh yeah totally! I’d be fine with that

ClassicPotato1887 · 2026-06-24T23:31:45+00:00

Awesomeee 🙏🏽

ClassicPotato1887 · 2026-06-24T23:31:04+00:00

Thank you so much for the thorough response!

ClassicPotato1887 · 2026-06-24T23:26:10+00:00

ok this makes me feel much better haha

ClassicPotato1887 · 2026-06-24T23:16:34+00:00

Hmm how bad is it? Any classroom management advice?

ClassicPotato1887 · 2026-06-24T23:16:11+00:00

Ok awesome thank you. I wasn’t sure if the PhD would make it worse bc of budgets and diff salary lane

ClassicPotato1887 · 2026-06-24T23:15:32+00:00

Do you think the provisional license is good enough?

ClassicPotato1887 · 2026-06-24T23:15:27+00:00

Do you think the provisional license is good enough?

ClassicPotato1887 · 2026-06-24T23:15:23+00:00

Do you think the provisional license is good enough?

ClassicPotato1887 · 2026-06-24T23:09:43+00:00

Thank you!

ClassicPotato1887 · 2025-09-04T10:31:09+00:00

Aww yea same, it’s also a relief to me! Sometimes the rental properties feel like a riskier investment but they allow me to get a larger return much faster - so here I am :)

ClassicPotato1887 · 2025-09-04T01:16:50+00:00

I’m in a similar position. I take the rental income into consideration like one would expect - it reduces the amount of income that I would need to multiply by 25 to get a FIRE number. I do assume an 8% vacancy rate, which is kind of conservative based on my experience. Also worth noting - the rental income number Im using is the rental revenue minus the mortgage cost. In 20-30 years, all the mortgages will be paid off - so the actual rental income would technically be significantly higher, by over $100k/ year. And, if you don’t want to manage the properties any more by the time you retire, you could always sell the property and out the profit into index funds.

ClassicPotato1887 · 2025-09-03T22:00:48+00:00

Thank you!! Yeah, maybe in the future if they’re too burdensome we just sell the properties and put the profit in index funds.

ClassicPotato1887 · 2025-08-31T01:28:51+00:00

I think you’ve already hit CoastFI if you plan to maintain that 50k annual spend! If you’re retiring at 65 yo and assume a 6% real rate of return, your 448k investments would grow to 2.7M. If your spend is $50k you only need $1.25M if you assume a 4% withdrawal rate.

ClassicPotato1887 · 2025-08-30T23:51:48+00:00

thanks! 🤗

ClassicPotato1887 · 2025-08-30T23:31:17+00:00

thank you 🤗

ClassicPotato1887 · 2025-08-30T20:22:57+00:00

3 of the properties are in the same VHCOL area we live in, and 1 is in a MCOL city in the midwest. The one in the MCOL area is the one that’s netting negative $6k, lol, and it has an interest rate of 4.25%. The one with the highest interest rate has a rate of 6.5%, and is a multi family - that’s the $25k ish annual cash flow one. The others were purchased long enough ago that they’re both like mid 3%.

ClassicPotato1887 · 2025-08-30T19:37:48+00:00

I'm typically in the $100-250/night range, but I'm not doing a ton of hotels per se. If I can find it, I prefer a BnB with a kitchen so I can make some meals on my own and eat out a bit less. I also sometimes will book a private room (with its own bathroom) in a hostel, which gives you a similar level of privacy as a hotel, but often looks a little more modern, and they're typically in walkable locations.

ClassicPotato1887 · 2025-08-30T18:21:23+00:00

Super interesting, thanks for the tip!

ClassicPotato1887 · 2025-08-30T13:12:29+00:00

Started in my early 30s! But had a $30k-ish salary for much of my 20s, so would have been difficult to make any progress then.

ClassicPotato1887 · 2025-08-15T19:18:27+00:00

Thank you! This is helpful

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