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GuideRay OkonkwoOct 22, 20265 min

Write your job-loss plan while you still have a job

Layoffs make bad decisions for people who are scared and guessing. One page, written now with a clear head, takes the guessing out.

Pay yourself a salary when the work won't

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Worth an hour of your evening

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GuideRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

The only refinance number that matters is the break-even month

Closing costs divided by monthly savings gets you close, but two common tricks make a bad refinance look like a good one.

GuideRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

Pay yourself the payment for three months before you borrow

A $12,000 loan at 12.9 percent hands the lender $3,424. Saving the same monthly amount gets you there in 36 months instead of 48, and the math is yours to check.

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GuideRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

Pay for the wedding in cash or move the date

The guest list is the budget. Everything else is decoration, and most of it's negotiable if you run the numbers first.

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The second income is smaller than the paycheck says

Before one parent comes home, do the subtraction that tells you what that job is actually adding to your family.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

The side income tax bill nobody sets money aside for

You cleared $11,000 detailing cars on Saturdays. Roughly a third of it was never yours. Do the arithmetic now, not in April.

$The rent versus buy math nobody runs before they sign$

GuideRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

The rent versus buy math nobody runs before they sign

A $350,000 house, an $1,850 rent, and five years of arithmetic that doesn't flatter either side.

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GuideRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

The family tax breaks that are worth the paperwork

A credit cuts your bill dollar for dollar. A deduction cuts it by your tax rate. Once you see the difference, the rest of the form gets simpler.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

When to do your own taxes and when to pay somebody

The test isn't how smart you are. It's whether your return contains judgment calls, and how many Saturdays you're willing to burn finding out.

GuideRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

Run the monthly money check in forty-five minutes

Same day, same order, same folder. Statements, bills, transfers, goals, plus one annual job you rotate in so nothing ambushes you in March.

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GuideRay OkonkwoSep 22, 20265 min

How to work out your life insurance number and stop there

The arithmetic takes twenty minutes. The hard part is refusing the upsell that comes after it.

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GuideRay OkonkwoSep 22, 20266 min

Do the arithmetic on your mortgage before you sign

The monthly payment is the number they show you. The total of payments is the number you actually agree to pay.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideJosh HalloranSep 22, 20266 min

Giving when the month is already tight

Pick the number on a calm day, write down the order of operations, and decide in advance what you'll do when the car breaks.

GuideSam OrtizSep 22, 20266 min

Teach your kids money before an app does it for you

Your children are learning about money right now, from you or from a screen. A practical plan by age, with the arithmetic written out.

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GuideRay OkonkwoSep 22, 20266 min

How much life insurance you need, and what kind to buy

Work out the number yourself in fifteen minutes, then buy the boring policy that covers it and get on with your life.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

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The car payment isn't the price

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Your emergency fund is insurance, not savings

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GuideRay OkonkwoSep 22, 20266 min

Paying Off Debt in the Order the Arithmetic Says

Most people attack consumer debt evenly across every balance. That's the expensive way to do it. There's a sequence, and it isn't complicated.

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Build a budget that survives an actual month

Most budgets break in week three. The fix is arithmetic: fund the irregular stuff monthly, build in slack, and check the numbers once a week.

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Budgeting in Money

Write your job-loss plan while you still have a job

Your $2,400 repair quote versus a $634 car payment

The dream job test is what it pays in February

Add up the worst year before you pick a health plan

Pick your family's health plan with three columns of math

Pay yourself a salary when the work won't

Worth an hour of your evening

The only refinance number that matters is the break-even month

Pay yourself the payment for three months before you borrow

Pay for the wedding in cash or move the date

The second income is smaller than the paycheck says

The side income tax bill nobody sets money aside for

The rent versus buy math nobody runs before they sign

The family tax breaks that are worth the paperwork

When to do your own taxes and when to pay somebody

Run the monthly money check in forty-five minutes

How to work out your life insurance number and stop there

Do the arithmetic on your mortgage before you sign

Giving when the month is already tight

Teach your kids money before an app does it for you

How much life insurance you need, and what kind to buy

The car payment isn't the price

Your emergency fund is insurance, not savings

Paying Off Debt in the Order the Arithmetic Says

Build a budget that survives an actual month