Other People's MoneyStraight answers to the questions people actually ask — how wealth is built, where tax dollars leak, how little-money-down real estate really works, and how business credit gets underwritten. Each guide links straight into the tools that run the math on your own numbers.
A practical sequence for building wealth: cut the tax leak, map real borrowing capacity, then buy assets that service their own debt. Run it on your own numbers.
The difference between tax prep and tax planning, plus the moves that lower an effective rate for employees, business owners, and real estate investors.
Deferral, character change, rate arbitrage, timing, and exclusion — the five mechanisms behind every legitimate tax reduction strategy, with examples of each.
What still works above $400k: mega backdoor Roth, cash balance plans, entity structure, QSBS planning, residency, and gain timing — mapped by income type.
Owner-occupant loans, seller financing, private capital, BRRRR, and wholesaling — how each little-money-down structure actually works and who qualifies.
Build a business credit file the way underwriters read it: entity setup, reporting vendor tradelines, then cards, bank lines, and SBA debt — with realistic timelines.
Most 'loopholes' are deliberate tax incentives. Here are the well-documented ones, the eligibility tests each requires, and where the line into abusive shelters sits.
How buyers actually fund a business purchase: SBA 7(a) sizing, seller carry-backs and earnouts, asset-based lending, and the DSCR math lenders test. Run it on a real deal.
Other people's money (OPM) explained: the seven sources of capital you can control without owning it, the coverage tests that keep leverage safe, and where to start.
The low-cash acquisition structures that actually fund: SBA 7(a) with a standby seller note, full seller carry, ROBS equity, and management buyouts — plus the DSCR math lenders run.
The deductions small business owners most often miss, the substantiation each one needs, and the entity and election moves that save more than any single write-off.