Door Knocking is back! Tired of the poor results from "we buy houses" advertising, Real Estate Investors are tapping an old resource to generate higher profit deals.Door knocking is a lead generation, qualification, and development tool used by real estate investor for years to gather information, build rapport, and negotiate with the seller. Historically this method takes the most work and is the most costly per lead. So why is it suddenly...more
Sure, you're a business, non-profit, association orgovernment agency manager specializing in activities likesales, human resources, distribution, finance, programmanagement or any of many other operating functions.So you know what you're doing.But what about the money you're hopefully spending on public relations, which happens NOT to be your managerial specialty!?Are you doing the action planning you need to alterindividual perception leading to...more
He was a little old man, and he was confused. All around him were huge, confusing technological marvels, and he had no clue what he was really looking for...or at, for that matter.I was on commission, so the higher-end merchandise meant a bigger commission for me.I began by asking him what he was trying to do.It was simple. He had a huge record collection (you remember records, right?), and he just wanted to sit and listen to Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters, Perry Como, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra...artists like that.This led to one of my next questions. Were any of the records 78's?Yep, he had a bunch of those.Well, in that time and place, the standard reply was that it was very hard to find anything that would play a 78 rpm record. Most people were looking for high-end sound reproduction also, so that cut out the few units that would play 78's.In talking to him a little more, I learned that he didn't care that much about sound quality, he just wanted something that would make Dean Martin sound like Dean Martin or Peggy Lee sound like Peggy Lee. I also learned that he was on a fixed income and didn't have much money, but, as he looked around at the systems valued at several...more
You can find gas credit cards for just about any major - and some minor - gas companies. These gas credit cards are easily found online. One site we perused, for example, told us about several different gas credit card offers. It told us how to find gas credit cards for Marathon, Hess, Phillips 66, Citgo and Conoco. A few of the gas credit cards...more
Your Credit Report (the Boring Part)Your online credit report is a collection of files and records pertaining to your credit history. It is often referenced for hiring, renting, mortgages, loans, background checks and many other situations which may require an involvement of a larger sum of your income or a need for your personal services. Your...more
Many of you have probably heard the term "asset management" Before, but you may not have an idea of what it really is. Asset management is a broad term. It can be defined as a process that guides the gaining of assets, along with their use and disposal in order to make the most of the assets and their potential throughout the life of the assets. While doing this, it also manages and maintains any costs and risks associated with the assets. It is not something you can buy, but rather a discipline you must follow in order to maintain your assets. Asset Management can be used for a variety of things. Most use asset management to keep track of their cash or "liquid assets." Banking institutions are considered a form of asset management (savings accounts, CD's, mutual funds, money market accounts, etc.) along with investments. Another example of assets: businesses often have a product to sell. These products are considered assets. The right asset management system can be utilized to make the product more readily available, easier to produce, cheaper to ship to customers, etc. Asset Management Resource: Tracking and insuring the product is also a way of asset managagemant. The product is...more
For many Americans reaching the retirement age, the equity build up in their home is their only real asset. Reverse mortgage is a way to tap into this asset and create a stream of income needed for retirement or take care of an unexpected financial...more
A background check is essentially a verification procedure. It is a method of investigating the past of an individual and his achievements and failures for the purpose of recruitment. This helps the employer to judge the validity of information...more
If there was ever a life saving drug in the loan industry to people with bad credit - it is personal loans. Bad credit usually is not very keen to part with your credit history and stays for 7-10 years depending on the severity of the credit problem....more
Whether you want to buy a car, furniture, home electronics or you need to pay off medical expenses, most of us need to borrow money at some point in life. The willingness of lenders to loan you the money you want depends largely on what is inside...more
You've all seen the want ad: "Executives needed. Set your own hours, earn huge bonuses, 6+ figure income, travel. Prior management, college degree, and experience required."It sounded great, but you weren't eligible. You either didn't have the...more
A debt consolidation loan is a loan taken to consolidate a number of loans into one manageable loan. A debt consolidation loan can also help you in reducing the cost of your total debt as it usually carries a lower rate of interest than other loans,...more