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How to decide whether your next dollar goes Roth or traditional

One question settles most of it, and almost everybody gets the math backwards the first time they try.

GuideReal EstateRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

The twelve steps from preapproval to keys on your first house

What actually happens between the day you talk to a lender and the day you change the locks, in the order it happens.

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GuideTradesNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Breaking Into the Trades When You're the Only Woman on the Crew

Harness fit, apprenticeship math, the tools that suit a smaller frame, and how respect actually gets earned on a jobsite.

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Your 401(k) match is a raise you have to go claim

The money's sitting in your benefits portal behind a formula nobody reads, and the default settings are tuned low enough that you'll walk right past it.

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GuideReal EstateRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

The Bank Will Approve You For Too Much House

A preapproval letter is a sales document, not a budget. Work out your own ceiling before an agent ever asks what you're comfortable with.

GuideTradesAde Fisher23 Sept 20266 min

Apprentice to Master Electrician and What Each Step Pays

Four to five years of paid work, 8,000 hours on the books, and a code exam that eats people who wing it. The real path, the money, the trade-offs.

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GuideRetirementRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

401k, traditional IRA and Roth IRA explained without jargon

Three accounts, one paycheck, and a tax bill you get to choose the timing of. What each one actually does, and the order most people should fill them.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

StoryNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20266 min

The Census Sets Your District for the Next Ten Years

New York lost a House seat in 2021 by 89 people. That's how thin the margin is between a headcount and political power.

GuideTradesAde Fisher23 Sept 20266 min

How to Get an A and P Certificate and Make a Living With It

The FAA license that never expires, the two routes to earning it, what the job actually pays, and the parts of the work nobody warns you about.

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GuideRetirementRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

How Much You Actually Need to Retire, in Real Numbers

Forget the million-dollar headline figure. The number you need comes out of your own checking account, and you can work it out this weekend.

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GuideNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20265 min

Read the Jobs Report Before Anyone Tells You What It Means

The tables, the technical note and the revision schedule go public at 8:30 a.m. Eastern, free. Ten minutes gets you ahead of the commentary.

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GuideTradesCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

How to Save Your Knees, Back and Hearing on the Job

Hearing loss is permanent, kneeling on concrete is a slow injury, and the back you wreck at 30 bills you at 50. Here's how to stay in the trade.

GuideSkillsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Swapping a Switch and an Outlet, in the Right Order

The whole job takes twenty minutes once you know what to look at first, and exactly where it stops being a homeowner job.

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StoryNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20266 min

What a Poll Worker Actually Does From 5 a.m. to Midnight

The pay is modest, the day is long, and the sign-up window closes earlier than you think. Everything else about the job is simpler than people assume.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Trades6 min

Starting a Trade at Thirty or Forty Is Not Too Late

Startups6 min

The first year with your name on the van

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GuideNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20265 min

Homeschooling Law Is State Law, and the Paperwork Proves It

Four states let you start tomorrow with no notice at all. Others want an affidavit, a portfolio and a certified evaluator. Know which one you live in.