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Brandon Marcus

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Oct 1, 2026
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Jul 29, 2026

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Brandon Marcus

    10 Things Men Learn About Marriage Too Late — And What Each One Costs in Divorce Court - AOL (opens the original)

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    Marriage can make financial life feel wonderfully simple. One mortgage, two paychecks, a couple of retirement accounts, some credit cards, and a shared Netflix password. Then divorce arrives and suddenly every dollar seems to have a backstory. The expensive surprises often involve ordinary decisions made years earlier. Whose name appears on the account? When did the money enter it? Who paid the mortgage? When did the marriage actually end? Rules vary widely by state, but these ten lessons show w

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Brandon Marcus

    7 Things to Check Before Buying a Used Car That Has Been in a Crash - AOL (opens the original)

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    A used car with a crash in its history can look like a bargain until one overlooked repair turns into a very expensive problem. The accident itself matters, but the quality of the repair, the title history, and the car’s current condition matter just as much. A collision does not instantly make a vehicle a bad purchase. Some cars receive careful repairs after relatively minor crashes and return to normal service for years. Others receive rushed bodywork that hides problems underneath shiny paint

  3. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Brandon Marcus

    Your Adult Kid Needs Another $5,000 — When Does Helping Become Enabling? - AOL (opens the original)

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    Your adult kid needs another $5,000, and the word “another” may matter more than the dollar amount. A one-time rescue can look very different from a pattern of repeated bailouts that leaves the same problem waiting around next month. Parents face this dilemma more often than many might expect. Pew Research Center found that 59% of parents with children ages 18 to 34 had helped a child financially during the previous year. The question is not whether parents can love their children and still help

  4. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Brandon Marcus

    You Helped a Friend Remodel His House — Does He Owe You More Than Pizza and Beer? - AOL (opens the original)

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    Helping a friend remodel a house can start with a simple favor and end with a surprisingly complicated question: was that free help, or was it work worth paying for? A Saturday spent carrying drywall is one thing. Several weekends installing flooring, framing walls, or doing electrical work can look very different. The answer does not come down to how tired the helper feels afterward. It usually depends on what the two people agreed to before the work started, what the helper actually did, and t

  5. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Brandon Marcus

    That Cheap Aftermarket Car Part Could Be a Bigger Gamble Than You Think - AOL (opens the original)

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    That cheap aftermarket car part can look like an easy way to cut the repair bill. The problem starts when the part costs less because something besides the brand name changed. An aftermarket part simply comes from a company other than the vehicle manufacturer. That does not automatically make it bad. Plenty of aftermarket parts work perfectly well, and federal law generally does not let a manufacturer void a vehicle warranty merely because another company’s part went into the car. The real issue

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