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Finding a full time job in today’s market is a full time job
After spending months looking for a job, I finally found something working as a sales associate at a local department store. I’m making $10 an hour and averaging 30-35 hours a week. With an hourly...
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It’s time to limit PowerPoint presentations
PowerPoint has been around for 25 years now, and while it was first geared toward people who had to present in business meetings and salespeople, the program has now become synonymous with anyone who...
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Maybe having a lot of money can bring happiness of a different kind
A report came out today that said up to 90% of the paper money in the United States has traces of cocaine on it. The group of scientists that tested the notes tested money from thirty different cities...
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If you’re looking for work, here is where you may be able to find it.
There are so many businesses out there that have hiring at a standstill with hiring and pay raise freezes. However, some industries are coming out as the places to work, where you can find a job and...
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Employers may treat candidates unfairly in these ways
In the recession, some employers are finding themselves in the position to leave a lot of candidates hanging when it comes to finding employees. Some employers are actually taking advantage of the...
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Note to Apple: It would be nice to be able to pick any app we’d like
Apple has a serious downfall when it comes to their iphone and software development kit or sdk for those in the know. The problem with the ingenious design is the fact that the “apps” are only...
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You can cut your phone bill in half with a different service
How many times have you gotten your phone bill and thought “We are spending way too much money on this?” We used to do that a lot. When you take your phone bill and add it to the fact that you’re...
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The problem with online reviews
I’m sitting in a hotel lobby this week writing posts. If you noticed last week the pitch was about Hotwire and Priceline. I was trying to book a trip. I was determined to find something good and didn’t...
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Investing in Multi Family
Multi-family investments are a great stepping stone for residential investors who are expanding their portfolio, or higher net worth investors purchasing one of their first investment properties....
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Investing in Single Family Homes
For decades, investors have built fortunes from owning single family homes. Single family homes tend to experience stronger appreciation than multi-family investments and rent better head to head....
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Non Performing Note Investing
A non-performing note is a property, usually in the commercial definition that is no longer able to sustain itself and defaults on its mortgage debt. Non-performing notes are a hot item for investors...
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Investing For Cash Flow
What is just as important as location, location, location when analyzing a piece of real estate? Cash flow, cash flow, cash flow! The Lucrative Investor defines cash flow as the net profit left after...
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Triple Net Lease Investing; Start Collecting Checks Today
Walking to the mailbox and collecting a 4 to 5 figure check every month without the headaches of being a landlord almost sounds too good to be true. Typically it is, unless you are the owner of a...
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U.S. Debt Downgrade! What Does That Mean For My Portfolio!
After the market closed last Friday, Standard & Poors, one of three major rating agencies, cut the rating on U.S. long-term debt to AA+ from the risk free rating of AAA. We all know in the real...
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What Does The U.S. Debt Downgrade Have To Do With My Apple and Johnson &...
It’s an old truism that the stock market balances fear and greed. Lately, fear has come out on top. (Chicago Tribune editorial) The Chicago Tribune editorial writers are exactly right about the above...
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This Market Volatility Is Driving Me Crazy!
Over the past weeks the stock market has been especially turbulent. “For the first time in history the market moved by more than 400 points over four consecutive days.” (WSJ August 12, 2001) I was...
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Dow Opens Down 500 – Does This Mean Recession?
Unlike most economists and portfolio managers I know I’ve always thought that the best economic forecasting tool was the stock market itself, which is why I wrote “What’s the market signaling” a couple...
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Standard & Poors: What’s Good For the Goose Is Good For The Gander
I was browsing the financial headlines as I do nearly every night, when I came across an article that nearly blow my mind. “US Inquiry Eyes S&P Ratings of Mortgages” The first paragraph read “The...
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Take Advantage of the Scurrying Rats In The Market!
As the market was swinging back and forth in 100 point increments yesterday, I was reminded of something an old Wall Street friend of mine, who was very old school, used to say about the kind market...
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Steve Jobs Resignation: Is Apple a Buy or Sell?
Apple Computer (COMP: AAPL) shares opened sharply lower today on news that Steve Jobs has submitted his resignation to Apple’s board of directors. Wow! That is a big announcement, but is it really...
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