Twenty+ years ago, I nearly lost everything to tax debt. Today, I guide families through the same crisis I survived. What I discovered in those dark months changed how I see the entire tax resolution industry. There's a hidden world operating beneath the surface—a place where families fight for survival while predators circle and bureaucrats shuffle papers. I call it the … [Read more...] about Welcome to the Tax Underworld: Real strategies from a survivor-turned-guide who knows every trap in the IRS maze
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We are Officially Empty Nesters: Our Daughter Bella Reported to US Coast Guard Academy
There we were. Standing in a too-quiet kitchen, coffee mugs in hand, wondering how the house got so... still. The Bella is gone. The schedules cleared out. The laundry pile shrank to an almost insulting size. After decades of chasing ball games, deadlines, forgotten lunchboxes, and 2 a.m. “can you pick me up?” texts... we’d officially entered empty nester life. But … [Read more...] about We are Officially Empty Nesters: Our Daughter Bella Reported to US Coast Guard Academy
My Time in Psych Ward and Fixing Your Tax Problems
There’s a part of my past I don’t often talk about. Not because I’m ashamed of it. Not because it’s classified. Just because I didn’t think it mattered in the world of tax investigations. But as I started reviewing more cases, interviewing more overwhelmed taxpayers, and going deeper into the psychological wreckage caused by IRS pressure... …I realized it matters more … [Read more...] about My Time in Psych Ward and Fixing Your Tax Problems
You’re Not a Tax Guy… You’re a Damn Detective.
That's what she said—after I found the $18,947 the FTB had clawed from her account… and got it back. I've been called a lot of things over the years:Army doc. EMT. Tax pro. But the one that stuck like glue?The Tax Debt Detective™. And it didn't come from branding meetings or some marketing guru in a turtleneck. It came from a client. Someone who had been … [Read more...] about You’re Not a Tax Guy… You’re a Damn Detective.
Something Big Is Happening This Sunday
The Income Unchained Newsletter Is Getting a Complete Makeover If you've been following my work, you know I don't make changes lightly. But sometimes life forces your hand. And when it does, you have two choices: resist the change and get left behind, or embrace it and come out stronger. This Sunday, I'm choosing to come out stronger. What's Really … [Read more...] about Something Big Is Happening This Sunday