Money in How To

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What Part-Time Work Does to Your Social Security Check

The earnings test isn't a penalty, the money comes back, and the real traps are hiding in Medicare and your HSA.

GuideTradesRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Licensing, Insurance and Your First Ten Customers

You can be running your own trade business a year from now. The order you do things in decides whether you make money or just make noise.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideSide HustlesRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

The Side Hustle Offers That Cost You Money Instead of Paying You

How to spot an MLM, a reshipping scheme or an upfront-fee job in about ninety seconds, and what each one actually costs when it goes wrong.

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Retirement5 min read

Downsizing Sounds Like Free Money Until You Run the Numbers

Selling the family house rarely frees up as much cash as the kitchen-table math suggests. Do it anyway if the numbers work, but do the real numbers first.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

BRO TakeMarriageMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Marriage Is Still the Best Bet a Young Couple Can Make

Waiting until you are "ready" is the most expensive habit in modern romance. Here's the case for the covenant, and what to do in year one.

GuideMomsNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

When to Hire a Sitter, a Cleaner or Call Grandma

The math that settles the argument, the mistake that wastes the money, and the one job you should never hand to your mother.

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$The Social Security math married couples keep getting wrong$

GuideRetirementRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

The Social Security math married couples keep getting wrong

A spousal benefit tops out at half. A survivor benefit can be the whole check. The gap between those two numbers shapes a widow's entire budget.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideMarriageCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

The First Year After the Kids Leave Is Harder Than Anyone Says

The quiet isn't the problem. The missing job description is. What to do with the twenty years you just got handed back.

GuideBoys & GirlsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Three Jars and a Stack of Ones

How to run a kid's first allowance so the money actually teaches something, including the part where you let him waste it.

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideRetirementRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Medicare Parts A, B, C and D Without the Alphabet Soup

What each part actually pays for, the seven-month window you can't miss, and the one deadline that quietly costs you money for the rest of your life.

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GuideMarriageRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

One Paycheck, Two Jobs, and Nobody Keeping Score

A single-income house runs on two full-time jobs. Here's how couples keep both of them honest, funded, and respected.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

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.

GuideRetirementRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

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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GuideMarriageCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

How to Know You Need a Marriage Counselor and How to Find One

Most couples wait years too long, then pick the first name their insurance spits out. Do it the other way around.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

Dating6 min

Tell Her What You Owe Before You Buy The Ring

Autos6 min

Sell Your Car Yourself and Keep the Dealer's Margin

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideMarriageJosh Halloran23 Sept 20265 min

Book Premarital Counseling Before You Book the Venue

Six sessions with a pastor or counselor will tell you more about your marriage than any wedding website ever will. What it covers, what it costs, what goes wrong.