Are you doing what you should to protect your investments against fraud? Investments and fraud seem to go together these days like peanut butter and jelly. We may have seen yet another example of that last Friday with the scandal over at Goldman Sachs. The good old boys at Sachs have been accused of helping […]
Archives for April 2010
How to Declare Bankruptcy and Wipe Out Your Home Equity Line of Credit
Bankruptcy and foreclosure don’t always go hand in hand. You can actually declare bankruptcy, keep your home and lose your home equity line of credit . Yesterday I told you the story of a woman who had piled up tons of debt and was considering bankruptcy. In that post, I explained how she could declare […]
How to Declare Bankruptcy and Not Lose Your Home Equity
You can declare bankruptcy and not lose your home equity. Let me illustrate how by answering an e-mail I received from “B.” My husband and I run a small real estate business. We thought this was one of the best business ideas we could come up with. But when the “housing bubble” began to burst […]
9 Tax Tips for Self-Employed Folks Like Me
If you are in business for yourself, here are some tax tips for self-employed people you must understand. This is an important guest post that I want everyone to read – even if you’re not self-employed. The reason is that many CPAs forget or overlook these simple ideas. You have to remember that your tax […]
Personal Debt Collection Success – 6 Steps to Collecting Money Owed You
When someone owes you money, you can quickly find yourself in the personal debt collection business even though you don’t want to be. There are so many companies out there helping people escape their responsibilities. I figured it was time to help you make sure nobody skips out. After all…you loaned money to somebody – […]
Networking with People – How a Shy Guy Mastered It
Networking with people is probably one of the best business success tools ever. But I used to stink at it. If you met me in person, you wouldn’t think that I was shy at all, but when it comes to networking with people about my business, I just didn’t do it. Why? I used to […]