Deep dives on the records and phone calls that decide who gets the job. Every post goes deeper than the video it pairs with — the numbers, the steps, and what to do with them.
Status: The first posts are in final review and publishing shortly. Each one below is finished and working through our last style pass before it goes live.
Research published by BT this month found that on an average day, two out of three small businesses miss at least one call that could have made them money. This deep dive walks the three leaks — the phone, the follow-up, and the review that never gets asked for — and the five-step fix for the first one.
Miami-Dade County's own code-enforcement data holds 25,095 open cases. This deep dive reads one record field by field, explains the status ladder from OPEN to CONDEMNED, and shows the free tools that translate a citation into plain English.
The first 24 hours after a booking, mapped hour by hour: when the family calls, the three questions they ask, and why the premium on a $10,000 bond is about $1,000 — explained before they have to ask.
Empowerment Buddy is our sister YouTube channel for people rebuilding — benefits, grants, and the paperwork of real life, explained before you're standing in it. Its blog lives here, in its own section:
Grant clawbacks, unemployment insurance, and the letters nobody warns you about — written warm, with the steps in order.