Taxes in The Self-Employed Man

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House hacking a duplex when your tenant shares your wall

Live in one side, rent the other, and let the loan do some of the work — plus the documents, the fees and the arguments nobody warns you about.

GuideTradesAde Fisher23 Sept 20266 min

Welding Pays Well If You Chase the Right Certifications

The test that separates a $22-an-hour shop job from traveling pipe work takes about six hours and most guys fail it the first time.</title> <dek>The test that separates a shop job from traveling pipe work takes about six hours, and most guys fail it the first time.

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GuideSide HustlesRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20267 min

Weekend Pressure Washing and What It Actually Pays

The machine spec that matters, how to set a price that isn't a donation, and the ten customers that decide whether this works.

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The Math Your First Rental House Has To Pass

Before you fall for the kitchen, run the four numbers that decide whether a single-family rental pays you or bills you every month.

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GuideNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20265 min

The Ballot Nobody Reads Is the One That Sets Your Taxes

Ninety thousand governments in America, and almost all of them meet on a weeknight in a room with eleven people in it. One of them should be you.

GuideCryptoRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

The people who promise to get your stolen crypto back

You lost coins once. The second crew is already in your inbox, and they're better at this than the first one was.

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GuideReal EstateRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

The Questions That Separate A Good Agent From A Busy One

Most people hire the first agent who returns a call. Twenty minutes of real questions will tell you who actually knows your market.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

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.

GuideCryptoRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Holding crypto in a retirement account, and what it costs

Spot ETFs, self-directed IRAs, 401(k) brokerage windows — the four real options, the fees nobody advertises, and the mistake that turns the whole account taxable.

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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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GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

The first year with your name on the van

Most new trades businesses don't fold because the work was bad. They fold because of cash timing, one ugly job, and a rate set by guesswork.

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GuideCryptoRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

Read the token table first, then read the white paper

Most of what a crypto white paper is hiding sits in two places: who gets the supply, and who can change the rules.

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.

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GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Hiring your first employee without blowing up your business

The real cost of employee number one, when you can actually afford them, and the mistakes that sink most first hires inside a year.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

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Putting crypto in a retirement account without wrecking it

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Tile Your Own Backsplash Without Redoing It Twice

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GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

The hourly number you need before you quote another job

Most small service businesses price off what the guy down the road charges. Do the arithmetic on your own costs first, then decide what to do about the market.