Posted on Jul 30, 2026 · by Gordon Achebe · in Financial 4 min read
The line between storm damage and an old roof is where most residential property claims are actually decided, and it is decided on paper rather than on the roof.
Continue reading A roof claim denied as wear and tear, and the three documents that reopened it →
Posted on Jun 29, 2026 · by Gordon Achebe · in Financial 5 min read
Nobody is withholding anything on your behalf anymore, and the bill arrives on a schedule that does not match the way the money came in.
Continue reading Your first year self employed? Set aside the tax before you spend the money →
Posted on Apr 28, 2026 · by Gordon Achebe · in Law 5 min read
Spring brings the largest volume of home improvement work and the largest volume of disputes about it. Several of the useful remedies cost nothing at all.
Continue reading Five places to take a contractor problem this spring before you call an attorney →
Posted on Apr 3, 2026 · by Gordon Achebe · in Financial 5 min read
Worker classification is decided by how the relationship actually works, not by what either party agreed to call it. Several agencies get a vote.
Continue reading Calling someone a contractor does not make them one. Who decides, and on what →
Posted on Feb 16, 2026 · by Talia Winshaw · in Financial 5 min read
The difference between records that make a return straightforward and records that cost a weekend is not effort. It is when the effort happens.
Continue reading Fifteen minutes on Friday keeps a shoebox from becoming an April problem →
Posted on Jan 2, 2026 · by Talia Winshaw · in Education 5 min read
Tuition is the number on the letter and rarely the number that decides anything. The rest of it is knowable in January if you sit down and list it.
Continue reading Build the real number for next school year, line by line, before February →