Finvest
The Finvest guide library

Money, explained, end to end

Comprehensive guides in plain English, with interactive calculators you can run on your own numbers. Pick the decision in front of you and start there.

Money, explained simply

The Personal Finance Guide

Cash flow, emergency funds, debt, investing, taxes, retirement, and every decision in between. The foundation the other guides build on.

29 chapters · 9 calculators
From first search to first key

The Home Buying Guide

Readiness, affordability, down payments, loan types, offers, inspections, closing costs, and the first year of owning.

15 chapters · 7 calculators
Keep more of what you earn

The Tax Playbook

Brackets, capital gains, loss harvesting, backdoor Roths, conversions, quarterlies, and the 2026 rule changes.

15 chapters · 6 calculators
Rentals, with honest math

The Real Estate Investing Guide

The four returns, deal math, the expenses listings skip, house hacking, financing, landlord taxes, and the passive routes.

15 chapters · 6 calculators
Salary in a costume

The Equity Compensation Guide

RSUs, ESPPs, options, the AMT, QSBS, IPOs, and the 90-day window. Every instrument decoded, every tax traced.

12 chapters · 6 calculators
The math gets you out

The Debt & Credit Guide

The minimum-payment trap, the score machine, balance transfers, the new student-loan rules, and building credit from zero.

12 chapters · 5 calculators

About this library

The Finvest guides cover personal finance end to end: budgeting and cash flow, emergency funds, debt payoff and credit scores, investing, the 2026 tax rules, buying a home, rental property investing, and equity compensation. Each guide is a complete, plain-English book with worked examples, decision rules, and interactive calculators that run on your own numbers, right in the page.

Every factual figure carries a source: IRS publications, Social Security and Medicare rules, CFPB guidance, and federal data. The library is written as one system, so the home buying guide hands tax questions to the tax playbook instead of paraphrasing it, and the five recurring households let you follow realistic decisions from chapter to chapter.