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The cheapest money mistake your kid will ever make

A bad purchase costs nine dollars at age ten and nine thousand at twenty-five. Teach money in the right order and let the cheap lessons happen.

GuideGarden & YardWes DunbarOct 5, 20267 min

Save Tomato and Bean Seed First and Leave the Squash Alone

Seed saving is easy with the right five crops and a jar of stinking tomato goo. Pick the wrong ones and next summer gets weird.

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GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanOct 3, 20267 min

Check your own oil, then change it once yourself

Five minutes with a dipstick catches problems a mileage sticker never will. One oil change in your driveway ends the upsell for good.

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$The down payment math nobody ran for you$

Young Men5 min read

The down payment math nobody ran for you

Twenty percent isn't a rule, your truck payment is the real obstacle, and the money has to sit somewhere boring until you need it.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideOld SchoolNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

The Depression tricks my grandmother never stopped using

Bacon grease, a button tin and a soup pot that runs on leftovers, plus the two old-time savings tricks that aren't worth your Saturday.

GuideTravelDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Start with Zion in late April, not Yellowstone in July

The first national park you take your kids to should be small, walkable and shuttle-served. Three that forgive beginners, and the parks worth saving for later.

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GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

The retirement account with your name on it, not his

You can put $7,000 into your own IRA this year without earning a dollar. Here's how the spousal IRA works and what people get wrong.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

BRO TakeOld SchoolRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

The old cash rule, tested against a modern paycheck

My grandfather borrowed money twice in his whole life. The rule he lived by still works, and it breaks in exactly three places.

GuideMomsRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

Run the Household Budget Like the CFO You Already Are

You already track the renewals, the shoe sizes and the grocery creep. Here's how to put a real system under it in about two hours.

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GuideCarsDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Pull Your Own Check Engine Code in Ten Minutes

A twenty-dollar scanner and a parking space is all it takes to find out whether that light means a loose gas cap or a tow truck.

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GuideOld SchoolDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Grandpa's money rules that still beat any budgeting app

He kept his whole financial life in a pocket notebook with a rubber band around it, and most of what he knew has quietly disappeared.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideGadgetsDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Stop paying more for ink than you paid for the printer

Most home printers are sold at a loss and earn it back on cartridges. Pick the right machine once and that stops happening.

GuideBRO SeniorsRay OkonkwoSep 22, 20266 min

The order you spend your savings changes the tax bill

Same portfolio, same spending, two very different lifetime tax bills. What separates them is which account you touch first.

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GuideCarsDean ShawSep 22, 20266 min

The car servicing that can't wait, and the kind that can

Brake fluid, coolant and a timing belt will strand you or bankrupt a repair bill. A dirty cabin filter won't. Know which is which.

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Is your money actually in order?

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Young Men6 min

The first twelve months of earning, month by month

BRO Seniors6 min

How to draw down your savings without running out

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