TrackersByHand

Guides

Guides, in plain words

Short, sourced, and dated where dates matter. Each guide ends at the tracker that does its math.

Debt snowball vs avalanche

One worked example from our demo file, both finish lines, and what the example actually proves.

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Airbnb host fees 2026

The split fee and the host-only fee as Airbnb publishes them — checked October 26, 2026, source named.

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Rental expenses for taxes

The Schedule E categories walked through, line by line. Organization, not tax advice.

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Paycheck budgeting

Why monthly budgets break on real paydays, and how assigning bills to checks fixes it.

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Google Sheets vs Excel

Which file to open, what is the same, and what honestly differs.

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