Editorial Policy
This page explains how everything we publish is made, checked and corrected: the Sunday letter, the Starter Rules, The Complete Rulebook and this site. It is here so you can judge how much to trust us.
Where the ideas come from
Our hosts publish short videos on Facebook about the habits of wealthy families. A video is roughly a minute long, so our editorial team writes out the full version: the whole list, the reasoning behind each point, and everything the video did not have time to say. That full version is printed in The Complete Rulebook, and one rule a week goes out in the Sunday letter. Reader questions and comments on those videos also become rules.
How a rule is written
Each rule is researched and drafted by our editorial team, then edited into the voice of the host who covers that subject. Every rule follows the same shape, because that is how this material is actually taught at home: the rule, the reason for it, and what to do.
How we check facts
- Etiquette follows mainstream authorities on manners, such as the Emily Post Institute and Debrett's, and long-standing convention. Where sources disagree, we say so.
- Money, tax and legal claims are checked against primary sources: the IRS, the FDIC, the Social Security Administration, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the CFPB, and current federal and state law. Dollar figures name the year they apply to.
- Research claims are traced to the actual study rather than to a summary. If a popular claim cannot be traced, we either leave it out or label it as unverified.
- Viral claims get corrected, not repeated. Our hosts' videos sometimes use a hook that overstates the case. We keep the subject and give the accurate version underneath. Where a video was wrong, we say what is actually true.
- Nothing illegal or reckless. We do not publish tax schemes, ways to hide assets from creditors, or anything that depends on misleading a lender, an employer or the government.
Our hosts
Our hosts are original, AI-generated characters, not real people. They are a consistent voice for the material, in the same way a magazine column has a voice. They are not licensed professionals, they do not know your situation, and what they present is general education rather than advice.
Advertising
The Sunday letter and the Starter Rules are free. We earn money from The Complete Rulebook and, on some pages, from advertising. Advertisers have no say in what we cover or what we conclude, and no advertiser sees anything before it is published. If we ever include a link that earns us a commission, we will say so where the link appears.
Corrections
If something here is wrong, out of date, or unclear, write to studio@therichrules.com. We check corrections against the source and fix it in the next edition of the letter or the books. Buyers of The Complete Rulebook can download the corrected edition from the same link.
Updates
Tax figures and legal rules change, so our money and estate material is reviewed when the relevant figures change, and at least once a year. Every dated figure in The Complete Rulebook is collected on one page, This Year’s Numbers, which is updated each January.
