Did you know that for a small business there is a loss potential of approximately $387,000 from fraudulent disbursements of cash? What's even scarier, did you know this happens in 73% of all businesses? In order to protect yourself as…
It is no secret that the over-arching goal of planning is to improve your odds of success. I know you've heard it a thousand times but as we begin a brand new year, now is a great time to take…
As some of you may know, I am working towards what some people call early "extreme retirement." Now, please note, this does not mean in any way that I am intending on retiring anytime soon. What this does mean is…
This year's market has definitely been interesting to say the least. Homes have been bought, sold, flipped, and rented. Wholesalers and retailers and just about everything else under the sun has had to do with real estate has been at…
I always seem to get this question at the end of the year. How do I go about maxing out my retirement contributions? The best way to do this is to start at the beginning of the year. Depending on…
Apparently Wendy's is handing out free Frosties. No, unfortunately it's not to just anyone. You have to have one other special tags. The author over at Budgets Are Sexy received one of these tags when driving through Wendy's near the…
All you need to do is find the one dollar bill with the above-mentioned serial number. Have you checked your wallet? Have you checked your safe deposit box? Have you checked your front hallway? It will be worth your time…
In this get Rich slowly article the author talks about challenges for yourself in the 2012 year. My question to you is, what are you going to be your challenges? One of the best ones, is getting yourself saved up an emergency…
Today I read a great article on get Rich slowly. It was about the five ways to raise successful children. I have to say that I was very impressed with the article, and the five ways. I don't have children…
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Dec. 13, 2011 – When it comes to creating new apps or software to solve business problems, a growing number of employees are going it on their own. A new survey from Intuit QuickBase(Nasdaq: INTU) revealed that nearly one in…
President Obama signed modified legislation (H.R. 3765) on December 23, 2011, extending the Social Security “payroll tax holiday” through the end of February, 2012. The “payroll tax holiday” reduced the employee portion of the Social Security tax by 2 percent…
“People let me tell you 'bout my best friend, He's a warm hearted person who'll love me till the end.” Is your banker your best friend? Are they someone you call when you have a problem (financially related or not)? …
I found a great article on the Get Rich Slowly blog that talks about Geo-arbitrage. Since reading Timothy Ferris' Four Hour workweek, this has become one of my favorite new words. Geo-arbitrage is when you earn money in a high-paying currency,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NOVEMBER 21, 2011) BY MICHAEL COHN, ACCOUNTING TODAY President Obama signed into law Monday a bill that provides tax credits for hiring veterans and repeals a 3 percent tax withholding requirement on government contractors. The bill was passed…
News from Intuit, October 2011-- MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Oct. 03, 2011 – Small businesses created 55,000 new jobs in September, and employees worked more hours and made more money. These are among the results of the latest update of the Intuit…