Self-Employed Couples

Running a business together and staying married: roles, money, decisions and leaving work at the door.

The BRO Code. What to do, what not to do, and a few laughs on the way.

Do's & Don'ts: Husbands Do's & Don'ts: Wives Do's & Don'ts: Business Owners

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.

GuideReal EstateRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Price Your House Right In Week One Or Watch It Go Stale

The first ten days on the market decide your sale price. Here's how to set the number, read the feedback, and cut once instead of four times.

Ask BRO

Pressure-test my business idea

Ask it

GuideRetirementRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

What to Ask Before You Sign an Annuity Contract

The dinner is free, the brochure is glossy, and the contract is ninety pages. Nine questions that tell you what you're actually buying.

Dude.com — 16 advisers who listen, talk and pray with you

PartnerDude.com

Side Hustles6 min read

Sharpening Blades for the Neighborhood Without Ruining Anybody's Knives

Mower blades, kitchen knives and chainsaw chains pay real money on a Saturday, but only if you batch the work and know what to turn away.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideReal EstateRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20267 min

The Move-Out Walkthrough Is Won On Move-In Day

A landlord's deposit case is built before the tenant ever unpacks. The lease, the condition report and the photos decide who wins the argument fourteen months later.

GuideRetirementRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

The Beneficiary Form Beats Your Will Every Time

A one-page form you filled out years ago decides who gets your retirement money, and most people have never looked at it since.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

PartnerDelicious.com

GuideSide HustlesNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

What Sells at the Farmers Market and What Just Sits There

Cottage food law, a 30-inch home oven, and the honest math on an 18-hour week spent behind a folding table.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideReal EstateRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Check The Well Before You Fall For The Farmhouse

Ten acres, a red barn and a wraparound porch can hide a two-gallon-a-minute well and a septic field nobody's touched since Reagan. Look here first.

GuideRetirementRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

What Goes Away From Your Budget At Retirement, And What Grows

Your spending doesn't fall off a cliff when the paychecks stop. It changes shape, and the parts that grow are the ones nobody budgets for.

Ask BRO

Rehearse the raise conversation with me

Ask it

GuideSide HustlesNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Photography Side Work Pays by the Edit, Not the Shoot

Real estate listings, fall family sessions, event nights: the startup bill, the hours nobody counts, and the point where you should walk away.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

PartnerNames.com

GuideReal EstateRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

What Building a House Costs You That Buying an Existing One Doesn't

The contract says ten months. Put fourteen on the calendar, keep a cash cushion, and know which surprises land on whose side of the table.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideRetirementRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

The Scam Call That Sounds Exactly Like Your Grandson

Three scripts hit retirees hardest, and one household rule stops all three. Set it up this week, before the phone rings.

GuideSide HustlesRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Don't Lose Your Day Job Building Your Side Hustle

The clauses in your employment agreement that actually matter, how to run the hours, and the tax and insurance stuff nobody tells you until it's late.