SwipeWise Guides

Smart money moves for people with a full wallet

Straight-talking credit-card guides for freelancers and one-person businesses — the plays that keep interest off your back and put the right card on every charge.

Business & taxes

How the Rich Avoid Taxes — Legally (and Is It Legal?)

Buy-Borrow-Die, S-corps, depreciation, trusts and LLCs — what's legal vs evasion, and which moves actually work for a one-person business.

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Business & taxes

Buy, Borrow, Die: The Billionaire Cheat Sheet

How the ultra-wealthy live large and pay almost no income tax — with real examples, and the scaled-down version you can use.

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Debt & 0% cards

The 0% APR Cliff: How to Reset Instead of Getting Wrecked

Your intro APR is about to expire with a balance left. The balance-transfer reset play — with the math and the traps.

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Card benefits

Your "Travel" Card Might Have Worse Rental-Car Insurance

Primary vs secondary CDW, which cards actually have primary coverage, and how to make sure you get paid.

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Rewards

The Quarterly 5% Game: Free Money You Forget to Claim

Up to $300/year in rotating cash back — if you activate. Plus the gift-card time-shift and Discover's match.

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Card benefits

The Insurance You're Already Paying For

Phone protection, extended warranty, trip delay, no foreign fees — free coverage, if you pay with the right card.

5 min read →
Credit

Credit Building for People With Lumpy Income

The freelancer version: statement-date timing, AZEO, keeping old cards, limit increases, and Chase 5/24.

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Business & taxes

The Business Expense Hiding on Your Personal Card

Separate business and personal spending at the source, catch the strays on your personal card, and stop dreading April — no bookkeeper required.

6 min read →

Put these moves on autopilot

SwipeWise tracks your cards, statement cycles, and 0% deadlines and tells you the one thing to do next — built for people paid from everywhere.

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