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Financial Services Contact - OU

Jeremy Jones
Associate Director for Financial Services
jjones@oakland.edu
248.370.3611

Student Financial Services

North Foundation Hall, Room 120
318 Meadow Brook Road
Rochester, MI 48309-4454
(248) 370-2550
finservices@oakland.edu

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Student Debt, Loans & Credit

Information for Medical Students:

Financial Information, Resources, Services & Tools (FIRST) / Association of American Medical Colleges
Provides information and tools on the cost of medical school, strategies for handling medical school debt, and loans.

General Information:

Coping with Debt / Federal Trade Commission
Includes tips and strategies on managing debt, paying down credit card debt, and credit repair.
Credit & Loans / Federal Trade Commission
Includes general information on credit scores, how to get free credit reports, disputing credit card report errors, and electronic banking tips.
How to Avoid a Scam / Federal Trade Commission

Budgeting & Investing

Developing a Budget / Federal Trade Commission
Provides tips, strategies, and a budget worksheet to help you develop your budget.

The Physician's Guide to Investing, 2nd edition by Robert M. Doroghazi
ISBN: 9781603275439
Publication Date: 2009
Understanding the Financial Score by Henry E. Riggs
ISBN: 9781598291681
Publication Date: 2007
Includes chapters on The Balance Sheet, The Income Statement, Valuation, Timing, Capital Structure, Cash Flow, Evaluating with Ratios, Cost Accounting, Budgeting and Forecasting, Rules and Integrity.

Home Buying, Mortgages & Renting

'Should You Buy or Rent' by Shelley O'Hara; The Chicago Tribune, 2010

Home Buying & Mortgages:

Don't Be Fooled by the Purchase Price by Setu Mazumdar, MD; Emergency Physicians Monthly, 2013
Mortgages for Home Buyers & Home Owners / USA.gov
Provides links to sites that can help you shop for loans, a mortgage calculator, and links to mortgage assistance programs.
'Purchasing and Financing a Home Can Differ for Physicians' by Jon C Ylinen; Physician's Money Digest, 2012
Shopping for a Mortgage / Federal Trade Commission
Includes step-by-step process for shopping, comparing, and negotiating mortgages.

Renting:

Rental Listing Scams / Federal Trade Commission
Tips and strategies for identifying and avoiding rental listing scams.

Financial Tips & Strategies for Physicians

The following books include chapters on various topics in financial planning such as investing, mortgages, money management, and more.

Doctor's Eyes Only: Exclusive Financial Strategies for Today’s Doctors and Dentists by Thomas Martin; Paul Larson; Jeffrey Larson
Call Number: Books - 3rd Floor ; HG 179 .D62 2012
ISBN: 9780985368012
Publication Date: 2012
Financial Physician by Louis Scatigna
Call Number: Books - 3rd Floor ; HG 179 .S263 2010
ISBN: 9781601630988
Publication Date: 2009
Financial Planning Fundamentals for (new) Doctors by Larry, Larry Seaman, CLU, ChFC
Call Number: Books - 3rd Floor ; HG 179 .S43 2013
ISBN: 9781461055631
Publication Date: 2011
Personal Finance for the New Physician by Daniel R. Lefebvre
Call Number: Books - 3rd Floor ; HG 179 .L45 2007
ISBN: 9781425793937
Publication Date: 2007
Real Life Financial Planning for the New Physician: A Resident’s, Fellow’s, and Young Physician’s Guide to Financial Security by Todd D. Bramson
Call Number: Books - 3rd Floor ; R 728.5 .B72 2009
ISBN: 9798478459765
Publication Date: 2009