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Cover of Breaking Into FP&A The Complete Career Guide by Business Skill ForgeCareer & CFO

Breaking Into FP&A: The Complete Career Guide

FP&A is the seat everyone in finance suddenly wants — where you stop closing the books on the past and start telling the business what to do next.

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From Big 4 to Industry: The Strategic Exit Guide

Big 4 was the down payment, not the destination.

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The Bookkeeper-to-CFO Career Roadmap

A step-by-step path from bookkeeping to the CFO chair — the skills, certifications, milestones, and pay benchmarks at every stage of a finance career.

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The Fractional CFO Pricing Bible

The open secret of fractional CFO work: the people who win aren't the best finance minds — they're the best priced.

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Cover of Quarterly Tax Payments Made Simple 2026 Edition by Business Skill ForgeTax & Compliance

Quarterly Tax Payments Made Simple (2026 Edition)

Stop fearing the four dates.

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Cover of S-Corp or LLC Cutting Your Self-Employment Tax 2026 Edition by Business Skill ForgeTax & Compliance

S-Corp or LLC? Cutting Your Self-Employment Tax (2026 Edition)

When does the S-corp election save a profitable freelancer thousands — and when does it just buy you paperwork?

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Cover of The Freelancer's Tax Survival Guide 2026 Edition by Business Skill ForgeTax & Compliance

The Freelancer's Tax Survival Guide (2026 Edition)

Stop dreading April.

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Cover of The Home Office Deduction Playbook 2026 Edition by Business Skill ForgeTax & Compliance

The Home Office Deduction Playbook (2026 Edition)

Turn the room you already work in into one of the biggest write-offs a self-employed person gets — the right way, with zero audit fear.

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Cover of The Small Business Owner's Tax Playbook 2026 Edition by Business Skill ForgeTax & Compliance

The Small Business Owner's Tax Playbook (2026 Edition)

Every deduction, entity choice, and write-off that keeps more of your profit in the business — and out of the IRS's hands.

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Cover of Real Estate Syndications for Passive Investors 2026 Edition by Business Skill ForgeReal Estate

Real Estate Syndications for Passive Investors (2026 Edition)

Own a slice of large, professionally run real estate — without tenants, toilets, or a second job.

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Cover of Short-Term Rental Investing in 2026 by Business Skill ForgeReal Estate

Short-Term Rental Investing in 2026

The higher-income, higher-effort corner of real estate.

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Cover of The BRRRR Method A Complete Walkthrough 2026 Edition by Business Skill ForgeReal Estate

The BRRRR Method: A Complete Walkthrough (2026 Edition)

Buy it, fix it, rent it, refinance it, and pull your cash back out to do it again.

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Cover of The Real Estate Tax Playbook 2026 Edition by Business Skill ForgeReal Estate

The Real Estate Tax Playbook (2026 Edition)

Why the tax code rewards property like nothing else — and how to use it.

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Cover of Underwriting Your First Rental Property 2026 Edition by Business Skill ForgeReal Estate

Underwriting Your First Rental Property (2026 Edition)

Learn to read a rental deal like an investor — the metrics, the hidden costs, and the math that tells you to walk away.

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Cover of ISO NSO AMT Stock Options Explained 2026 Edition by Business Skill ForgeEquity Compensation

ISO / NSO / AMT: Stock Options Explained (2026 Edition)

Stock options can create real wealth or a real disaster, and the difference usually comes down to two letters — ISO or NSO — and one dreaded acrony…

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Cover of RSU Tax Strategies That Save Six Figures 2026 Edition by Business Skill ForgeEquity Compensation

RSU Tax Strategies That Save Six Figures (2026 Edition)

High earners routinely lose six figures over a career to the same avoidable RSU mistakes.

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The Equity Compensation Playbook (2026 Edition)

RSUs, stock options, the 83(b) election, and the AMT trap — decoded.

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Cover of The Tech Worker's Equity Comp Handbook 2026 Edition by Business Skill ForgeEquity Compensation

The Tech Worker's Equity Comp Handbook (2026 Edition)

Equity compensation is often the largest and least-understood part of a tech worker's pay.

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Cover of Life After the Exit Managing a Windfall and Building a Legacy 2026 Edition by Business Skill ForgeWealth & Retirement

Life After the Exit: Managing a Windfall & Building a Legacy (2026 Edition)

You built it and sold it.

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Cover of Mega Backdoor Roth The Tech Worker's Wealth Hack 2026 Edition by Business Skill ForgeWealth & Retirement

Mega Backdoor Roth: The Tech Worker's Wealth Hack (2026 Edition)

There's a legal way for high earners to put an extra $30,000–$40,000 into a Roth every single year — on top of the normal 401(k) limit — and let it…

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Cover of The Self-Employed Wealth Playbook 2026 Edition by Business Skill ForgeWealth & Retirement

The Self-Employed Wealth Playbook (2026 Edition)

No employer match, no pension, no safety net — and bigger tax shelters than any employee gets.

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Cover of The Mortgage Payoff vs Invest Decision Guide 2026 Edition by Business Skill ForgeInvesting

The Mortgage Payoff vs. Invest Decision Guide (2026 Edition)

Pay down the mortgage or invest the money?

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Cover of The Tax-Smart Investing Playbook 2026 Edition by Business Skill ForgeInvesting

The Tax-Smart Investing Playbook (2026 Edition)

It's not what your investments earn — it's what you keep.

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Cover of Scaling Up From Freelancer to a Sellable Business 2026 Edition by Business Skill ForgeBusiness & Scaling

Scaling Up: From Freelancer to a Sellable Business (2026 Edition)

Stop trading hours for dollars.

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The High-Earner's Tax Optimization PlaybookTax & Compliance

The High-Earner's Tax Optimization Playbook

Keep more of what you earn — the legal, dollar-by-dollar system for households the tax code is built to squeeze.

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The FIRE Movement: Path to Early RetirementWealth & Retirement

The FIRE Movement: Path to Early Retirement

The number, the math, and the tax machinery to buy back your time decades before a traditional retirement.

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Roth Conversion Strategy Across Career StagesWealth & Retirement

Roth Conversion Strategy Across Career Stages

Choose the rate you pay on your retirement money by moving it to tax-free ground in the right years.

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The SaaS Founder's Financial Model BibleBusiness & Scaling

The SaaS Founder's Financial Model Bible

Build the model that runs your company — the metrics, unit economics, and forecast investors actually believe.

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SMB Financial Health: A Diagnostic ManualBusiness & Scaling

SMB Financial Health: A Diagnostic Manual

A complete checkup for your business — read the vital signs and fix the symptoms before they turn fatal.

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Cash Flow Forecasting for Service BusinessesBusiness & Scaling

Cash Flow Forecasting for Service Businesses

See the crunch before it hits — the 13-week forecast that keeps a lumpy-revenue business solvent.

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Pricing for Profit: The Service Business GuideBusiness & Scaling

Pricing for Profit: The Service Business Guide

Stop selling your hours. The models, psychology, and scripts to charge what your work is truly worth.

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The 3-Fund Portfolio: Simplicity That WorksInvesting

The 3-Fund Portfolio: Simplicity That Works

Three funds beat almost every professional — the whole low-cost system and the discipline to keep it.

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Tax-Loss Harvesting: The Hidden AlphaInvesting

Tax-Loss Harvesting: The Hidden Alpha

Turn market losses into tax savings — the mechanics, the wash-sale trap, and the year-round system.

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Dividend Investing for Income GenerationInvesting

Dividend Investing for Income Generation

Build a growing stream of income you can live on, with a clear-eyed look at what dividends really are.

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Financial Planning for Doctors and DentistsWealth & Retirement

Financial Planning for Doctors and Dentists

High income does not guarantee wealth — the debt, insurance, tax, and asset-protection playbook for physicians.

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Financial Planning for Tech Workers (West Coast Edition)Equity Compensation

Financial Planning for Tech Workers (West Coast Edition)

Big comp, mostly volatile stock, highest taxes in the country — the playbook for turning tech equity into wealth.

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Financial Planning for Startup Founders: Pre/Post ExitEquity Compensation

Financial Planning for Startup Founders: Pre/Post Exit

The moves that turn a paper fortune into a real one — QSBS, the exit, and surviving sudden wealth.

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