Buying FSBO real estate, or houses for sale by owner, has its own particular problems and opportunities. Dealing with an uninformed seller who thought he knew enough to handle everything by himself can be frustrating, but it can also be very profitable if you are prepared. First you need to understand the FSBO seller.People try to sell a house on their own for one primary reason: To save the sales commission. Unfortunately for them, they usually...more
For months, Joe Cline (not his real name) kept his frustration over longhours, cramped quarters and rushed deadlines at an Internet company underwraps. But last month, when his boss needled him one time too many, heerupted, lashing out with an obscenity-laced tirade that I was privileged towitness. As Joe stormed out, I looked at my clientÂ…his comment? "Joe's justa bad employee." I thought, "Really? Could it be something else?"If you've...more
Mike M. was a senior manager for one of my large corporate clients, butyou wouldn't know he was on the fast track if you looked at his office. Heworked long hours, felt pressured, and was always playing catch up. Mike wasunresponsive to requests and missed key deadlines. His company's uppermanagement had reached the end of its patience, so I was called in to helpMike with his productivity. It didn't occur to him that he could lose hisjob; he thought his past successes would carry him through. It took us threemonths to turn a potential disaster into a triumph. It's three years later,and Mike still sends me a thank you note each year on the anniversary of ourturnaround sessions.This situation is not uncommon. I work with hundreds of companies andthousands of individuals every year. My hands-on coaching experience-plusthousands of interviews and email surveys-has enabled me to identify the tenmain factors affecting personal productivity in the workplace. The firstletter of each factor spells the word "PRODUCTIVE":1. P reparation-This competency relates to how well you've planned andlaid the foundation for your daily activities. If you excel in thiscompetency, you are PROACTIVE, rather...more
Where are the best investment real estate locations? If you have enough experience investing in real estate, you can make money almost anywhere, but there are always places that are better or worse for real estate investments. For maximum profits, you want places that have a better demand/supply ratio. You can use the questions below to find...more
Forex trading is nothing more than direct access trading of different types of foreign currencies. In the past, foreign exchange trading was mostly limited to large banks and institutional traders. However recent technological advancements have made it so that small traders can also take advantage of the many benefits of forex trading just by using...more
Credit cards are a huge industry. Everybody who can get one or two or 10, uses them because they are a great convenience. But there are so many credit cards being offered to students these days that it might seem nearly impossible to choose the right college credit card for you. But it is very important to investigate and to choose carefully to make sure you end up with the best deal you can find.It's also important not to go overboard and get a half dozen cards or more. It is very easy to get yourself into serious financial trouble before you realize it. It is so easy to use the cards when you want something - but then the bills start coming and getting bigger and bigger.The interest rate that a college credit card charges is a critical factor in your considerations. Let's face it, when you make a purchase on a college credit card you are actually borrowing money from the credit card issuer. They will want it back - with interest. So you must pay a monthly interest rate on this loan unless you pay your balance off in full every month.Naturally, the best option is to pay off the credit card every month, but sometimes that just isn't going to happen, so you want to get a college...more
So how WAS your first quarter of 2006? Wait - it's still the middle of 4th quarter; what am I talking about? One of the things that salespeople and sales managers tend to lose sight of is the factor that time plays in the sales cycle. We think if we...more
There are many different advantages to trading forex instead of futures or stocks, such as:1. Lower MarginJust like futures and stock speculation, a forex trader has the ability to control a large amount of the currency basically by putting up a...more
THE BARON SON: VADE MECUM 7By Vicky Therese Davis, William R. Patterson, and D. Marques PattonLong & Silverman Publishing, Inc.ISBN - 159575375Today it seems nearly impossible to open a newspaper without finding a story of corruption, cover-ups, or...more
The title of this article may sound a little strange. What did I mean by located and faced for prosperity?I must warn that this is not a typical business article. It has nothing to do with marketing, sales, productivity or even the internet.It is...more
Fifty years ago, uranium fever hit Wall Street. It was then just a few years after a Navajo shepherd in New Mexico, by the name of Paddy Martinez, discovered "yellow rocks" on his property, mistaking them at first for gold. An avalanche of 1950s...more
A few weeks ago I have written about the "Key Factors of a successful home business". A lady has reacted to this article and she has mentioned some important aspects, e.g. "Is the product a category creator?" I want dwell on this question. What could...more