Honestly that sounds way better than the chaos I have with five different apps right now.

My buddy dropped $150 on one of those apps and it kept calling his neighbor's cat a "rare shrub." He deleted it after a week and went back to using Google for free.

Married filing separately avoids that spouse's income overlap completely.

Oh man, here we go again with the Austin hype. I mean sure, Austin has some decent spots but acting like it's the only place for skin prep knowledge is a stretch. San Antonio's been quietly doing this stuff forever, my grandma's friend down there uses pulque masks and her face looks better than half the people I see in Austin's overpriced salons. But hey, maybe the client just wanted to make you feel special for dropping cash on a cert. Everybody's gotta justify their expenses somehow, right?

Yeah it's basically the same pattern you see everywhere. Most people who start a new thing don't realize how much work and money it takes before you see any return. Like people who buy gym equipment in January and stop going by March.