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When the Unthinkable Happens
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Her Father’s Last Gift: A Financial Lifeline
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Securing a Future When Facing the Unexpected
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This Silicon Valley Executive Created a Work-at-Home Office on Wheels
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When This Teacher’s School Shifted to Remote Learning, She Created a Tiny Classroom

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This Couple Closed on Their First Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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One Grandfather Drove a Hearse. The Other Never Talked About Dying. This is What They Taught Us About Death and Grief

Discussing your own funeral plans can be an uncomfortable topic and some try to avoid it. Read a real-life story of a family who experienced both approaches.
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Trapped by $87,000 in Student Debt and a Career He Didn't Love, This Gig Economy Entrepreneur Side Hustled His Way to Financial Independence

Looking to perfect your side hustle? Read the real story of a man who left his job at a law firm and gained financial independence through the gig economy.
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Their Home Sweet (First) Home Was Nothing Like They Imagined
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These Startups Nailed Scaling Up, and the Owners Made It Look Easy. (It Wasn’t.)
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Before COVID-19, We Made Wallets. Now, We’re Cranking Out 50,000 Life-Saving Face Shields a Week
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Our Home Was Ready When Covid-19 Hit Because We Designed It to Accommodate the Unexpected
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They Love #RVLife. When COVID-19 Struck, This Couple Prepared for the Worst and Hit the Road for Three Months.
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His Sparkling New Restaurant Was Only Six Days Old When COVID-19 Shut It Down
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An Employee Stole $225,000. It Took 10 Years for This Small Business to Uncover the Truth

Small businesses are the biggest victims of internal fraud. Read how these Minnesota shop owners discovered a trusted employee was stealing money from them.
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Adapt or Get Left in the Dust. How One Business Owner Keeps Pace With the Cars of the Future

Self-Driving cars are disrupting the auto service industry. Learn how one auto shop owner became an early adopter of this new automotive technology.
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She Started Selling Tamales Door to Door. Now She's Operating a 6,000-Square-Foot Factory to Keep up With Demand
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Confessions of an Estate Planner: Why We Delayed Naming a Guardian and Making a Will
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For Historic Home Buffs, Restoring an Old House Is Like “Rescuing a Stray Dog”
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What They Grabbed Before a Natural Disaster Hit
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When the Small Business Is a Band, Musicians Turn Detective to Track Stolen Gear
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Rethink Bacon, Laundry Baskets and Other Tips from a Couple Who Downsized to 536 Square Feet
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A Hurricane Destroyed His Home. The Renovation Was a Bigger Disaster.

When Hurricane Sandy destroyed his family’s home in September 2012, Wamley Amoako thought it was the worst thing that could ever happen.

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My Real-Life Highs and Lows of Buying, Fixing and Selling Classic Cars

Restoring cars is all about education, patience and passion. Learn about Josh Pfeiffer's lessons in car restoration and the pros and cons of fixing and selling.
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This Long Island Pizza Joint Went from 0 to 45,000 Followers (and Counting), Practically Overnight
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“A Smoke Alarm Saved My Life”
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A Crash. Flashing Emergency Lights. Then, the Accident That Changed His Life
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He Popped the Question, Then Dropped Her Engagement Ring in a River
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With the Neighborhood in Ruins, He Doubled Down to Keep His Cafe Open
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When the Roof Collapsed, I Knew Our Family Business Was Gone
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40,000 Pets Die in Home Fires Every — Year But Two Pre-teen Girls Saved This One

Find out more about the life-saving emergency equipment that helped firefighters save the life of a Shih Tzu named Jack.
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Rescue Stories from the Houston Flooding: “We’d Bang on Roofs and Listen for People Inside”

Team Rubicon volunteer Breaux Burns talks about the rescue and disaster recovery mission after Hurricane Harvey and the Houston flooding.
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This Cross-Country Ride Could Change Your Travel Bucket List
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A Freak Snowstorm Helped This Family Business Grow
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The Chores Can Wait. Follow This Guy's Journey to Plan the Road Trip of a Lifetime
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A View of Life on the Road from a Guy Who Lives and Works in an RV
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He Lost $400k and Wants Everyone to Know
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“We Prepared for Two Inches of Water, Not Five Feet.”
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They Wanted a Bigger Living Room. They Got an Indoor Waterpark

From Indoor Waterfalls To Mosquito Larvae, Learn From One Contractor's Remodel Horror Stories.
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She Raced a Fire That Scorched 40,000 Acres in 12 Hours and Lost Almost Everything

A harrowing first-person account of a family outrunning one of the worst blazes in California history.
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I Can Still Hear the Sound of the Fire
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"You Could Hear Crackling and Popping... Like Kindling in a Fireplace."
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Seven Years, $40K in Debt, Three Trucks, a Few Flat Tires and One Huge Risk That Paid Off
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Rickie Fowler Learns the Hard Way, and It's Paying Off
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How I Started as a Rental Property Investor
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When Your Teenager Tells You, “I've Got This”
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This Mom’s Trouble Sounded like a Million Trains Coming

Even if your home is considered outside the danger zone you could still be at risk Learn about the importance of flood insurance before disaster strikes.

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“We Came Back to a War Zone.”

Read about how a woman lost her home and business in Superstorm Sandy, but a crumb cake (and plenty of volunteers) saved the day.