About Max

Max started Main Street Max after spending years watching his parents, his in-laws, and eventually himself try to answer the same set of questions. When to take Social Security. Which Medicare plan actually fits. Whether that travel insurance is worth it or a complete waste of money.

The answers were out there, but they were buried under jargon, sales pitches, and articles written by people who'd clearly never sat at a kitchen table running the numbers themselves. So he built the site he wanted to read.

Every piece on Main Street Max gets read, tested, and written by someone who'd actually use the information. No filler, no fluff, no talking down to anyone. Max lives outside Austin with his wife and a stubborn old Labrador named Biscuit. When he's not writing, he's probably in the garage fixing something that doesn't need fixing.