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The Complete Guide to Becoming a
Successful Mortgage Broker: Insider Secrets You Need to Know
A reliable mortgage broker
is in constant demand and never short on business in any economic
condition. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the average
income of mortgage broker's is $43,210. The mortgage brokering
business is one of the fastest growing occupations in America today,
yet the financial success rate for these new brokers is dismal. It
is estimated that less than 30 percent of new mortgage brokers ever
become financially successful. Virtually all mortgage brokers are
paid strictly on commission, so there is little motivation for the
company to help you succeed. You need the proper training to be
prepared.
This new book will provide you with a road map to financial success.
You will learn how NOT to make the big mistakes most new brokers
make, how to put a loan package together, how to find borrowers, how
and what to charge, how to guarantee your fee, how to make buyers
and sellers happy, and how to quickly and easily locate the best
deals for your customers. Additionally, this book provides you with
information on licensing and exam fees, the expenses of doing
business, your vehicle and insurance coverage, sales techniques,
simple methods to get hundreds of referrals, software programs that
make running your business effortless, the private mortgage segment,
the commercial market, secrets to using the Internet, realtors,
online tools and ideas, mortgage technology tips, Internet leads,
building partnerships, and much more.
We also spent thousands of hours interviewing, e-mailing, and
communicating with hundreds of today's most successful mortgage
brokers. This book is a compilation of their secrets and proven,
successful ideas. If you are interested in learning hundreds of
hints, tricks, and secrets on how to earn a high, consistent income
as a broker, this book is for you.
ISBN-10:
1-60138-130-1 • ISBN-13: 978-1-60138-130-9 1 • Item # BMB-01
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For Sale By Owner: The Complete Guide
to Selling Your Home By Yourself and Save Thousands-With Companion
CD-ROM
With the help
of this new book and companion CD-ROM, selling your home without a
realtor or broker will be fast and easy. In this comprehensive and
easy to understand new book you will learn the entire "by owner
process" from A-Z. You will learn how to set the sales price and how
to save the 6 to 8 percent real estate commission, which can add up
to thousands or tens of thousands of dollars in savings.
You will learn how to prepare or "stage," your home, have a
professional appraisal and home inspection, market, advertise, and
show your home, list your home for sale on the Internet, list your
home on the Realtor's Multiple Listing Service (MLS), host an open
house, and develop and market a fact sheet. In addition, you will
learn about mortgage lenders, home inspectors, title companies,
escrow agents, the pros and cons of using a For Sale By Owner (FSBO)
service, the legal issues, including the sale contract, the top five
biggest mistakes FSBO sellers make and how to avoid them, contracts,
legal forms, and check lists (all of which can be found on the
companion CD-ROM), and when and how to use a real estate attorney.
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The Complete Guide to Passing Your Real
Estate Sales License Exam On the First Attempt: Guaranteed or Your
Money Back
Taking a
real estate sales license exam is tough. But what if we told you
that you can pass on your first try? Our guarantee: If you do not
pass your test on the first try, return this book within 30 days,
and we will refund the purchase price. Tests change over time, but
this book is the very latest published on the subject; do not be
fooled by out-of-date material.
In a January 2007 study, it was found that 4,306 candidates for a
real estate sales associate license sat for the exam. Those who were
taking the exam for the first time (1,891) had a pass rate of 44
percent, a little below the previous year's average pass rate of 46
percent. Retesting statistics are even worse: 72 percent of the
2,415 sales associate candidates retaking the exam failed. Do not be
one of the statistics. You can pass the exam on the first try with
the help of this new book.
This valuable new book presents a clear and complete overview of all
the main topics covered on the real estate salesperson examination
and gives exam applicants the information and tools they need to
successfully pass the exam - on the first attempt. You will improve
your test taking skills by completing the included sample test.
Subjects covered include real estate legal issues, encumbrances,
real estate law, financing real estate purchases, leasing, escrow
accounts, contracts and legal documents including leases, taxes and
taxation, land descriptions, and real estate math, terms, and
definitions. ISBN-10: 1-60138-129-8 • ISBN-13:
978-1-60138-129-3 • Item # 9781601381293 $24.95
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Food Service Management: How to Succeed
in the High-Risk Restaurant Business-By Someone Who Did
Many of us have
endured a stint in food service, whether it was our first venture
into the working world or served as a part-time job strictly for
extra income. For the majority of us, there was never any intention
of pursuing it as a career. However, the fast pace and interaction
with a variety of people delights some, and they develop an
enthusiastic attitude toward the business. These people often
understand the sound fundamentals of food preparation, appreciate
the value of personal service, and possess excellent people skills.
But there is much more to the world of food service and food service
management. Food Service Management: How to Succeed in the
High-Risk Restaurant Business—By Someone Who Did will reveal all
the hidden facets of this fast-paced business and show you how to
succeed as a food service manager.
The author, Bill
Wentz, speaks from experience, making his advice that much more
valuable. Wentz truly understands the industry and shares the
priceless experiences he had and lessons he learned throughout his
career. In this book, you will learn if a food service career is
right for you, the many opportunities available in the industry, and
where to go for the best training. Food service managers will learn
how to predict food costs, how to achieve profit goals, how to
conduct recipe cost analysis, and how to realistically price a menu.
In addition, this book discusses labor costs and controls, profit
and loss statements, accounting systems, inventory, sanitation, and
effective communication.
Furthermore, Wentz
shares his philosophies regarding ethics, hospitality, and
performance. This book will show you how to develop and nurture your
relationships with customers and how to keep them coming back to
your establishment time after time, as well as how to be an
effective manager, how to hire and train employees, how to get
results, and how to further your success. The topics of proper
kitchen design and layout, time management, and food quality are
also covered in this unique book.
Whether you are
considering a career in food services or you are already the manager
of an establishment, you will certainly find some wisdom in Wentz’s
words. Wentz passes on his knowledge in this easy-to-read and
entertaining book that not only tells you how to survive in the food
service business but also tells you how to be successful. ISBN-10:1-60138-024-0
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eBay Income Advanced: How to Take Your
eBay Business to the Next Level-For PowerSellers and Beyond
Our first
book on eBay - eBay Income - has been the bestselling book for all
novice eBay sellers by far. It has been on Amazon.com's bestseller
list for over two years. Then, readers started to say, "Yes, we know
the basics of eBay, but how do we get ahead of the crowd? How do we
propel our eBay business to the next level? How do we make a full
time living using eBay?" Those questions are what this new book is
all about.
You will
learn about developing a business plan to guide you to success,
increasing seller-buyer communication, expanding business overseas,
selling from your own Web site, keyword marketing, sales tax
resellers licenses, credit card merchant status, banking systems to
streamline your business, alternative shipping methods, taxes,
growing sales, other auction marketplaces, systems to prevent
nonpayment and credit card fraud, locating inventory to sell,
building brand recognition, hints on improving ad copy and
photography, dealing with competition, fulfillment options,
accounting, new ways to find products, and how to get positive
feedback. This book contains marketing tricks that will help you
create interest in your product and tips about taking photos,
managing e-mail, and shipping. You will also learn pricing
strategies, creative methods of writing powerful ad copy, how to
obtain products below wholesale, and ways to make your business work
smarter while decreasing your work load. This book contains
information on: wholesalers, drop shippers, auctions, closeouts,
discontinued merchandise, overstocks, salvage items, surplus
merchandise, below wholesale products, customer returns, wholesale
trade shows, suppliers, liquidators, closeout firms, foreign and
domestic manufacturers, and places to look in your area.
In addition,
we spent thousands of hours interviewing hundreds of today's most
successful eBay PowerSellers. This book is a compilation of their
secrets and proven successful ideas. Additionally, we give you
hundreds of tips and tricks to ensure your eBay listings are
optimized for maximum search engine effectiveness, which will drive
business to your Web site and increase sales and profits. In this
book you will find actual case studies from companies who have used
our techniques and achieved unprecedented success. If you are
interested in learning hundreds of hints, tricks, and secrets on how
to take your eBay business to the next level and ultimately earn
enormous profits, this book is for you. With over 500,000 sellers
making a living on eBay today, there is no reason you cannot use
this medium to become financially successful, too. This book will
arm you with the knowledge you need to become an eBay PowerSeller.
ISBN-10:
1-60138-123-9 • ISBN-13: 978-1-60138-123-1 • Item #
9781601381231
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How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Personal Training
Business (With Companion CD-ROM)
With millions of people eager to lose weight and get in shape,
personal training is one of the fastest growing careers in the
health and fitness industry today. Fitness workers lead, instruct,
and motivate individuals or groups in exercise activities, including
cardiovascular exercise, strength training, and stretching. And they
are well paid.
They work in commercial and nonprofit health clubs, country clubs,
hospitals, universities, yoga and Pilates studios, resorts, and
clients’ homes. Increasingly, fitness workers also go to workplaces,
where they organize and direct health and fitness programs for
employees of all ages.
The business of personal training is growing rapidly. According to
the Bureau of Labor Statistics, personal training businesses are
expected to be one of the fastest growing business segments in the
U.S. economy. There has never been a better time to start your
personal trainer business and get ahead of the competition.
You can operate your personal training business from home, from a
private personal training studio, clients' home gyms or corporate
fitness centers. Many personal trainers earn an average of $30 to
$100 per hour. This new book will teach you all you need to know
about getting started in your own retail business in a minimum
amount of time. Here is the manual you need to cash in on this
highly profitable segment of the service industry.
This new book is a comprehensive and detailed study of the business
side of retailing. If you enjoy meeting people, this may be the
perfect business for you. Keep in mind it looks easy, but as with
any business, looks can be deceiving. To avoid pitfalls, use this
complete manual to arm yourself with everything you need including
sample business forms, leases, and contracts; worksheets and
checklists for planning, starting, and running day-to-day
operations; plans and layouts; and dozens of other valuable,
timesaving tools of the trade that every entrepreneur should have.
While providing detailed instruction and examples, the author leads
you through finding a location that will bring success, learning how
to draw up a winning business plan ( the Companion CD-ROM has the
actual business plan you can use in MS Word ™), employing basic cost
control systems, pricing issues, and sample floor plans and
diagrams. You will avoid trial by error when setting up equipment
layouts, meeting legal and IRS requirements, and tapping into the
best sales and marketing techniques and pricing formulas. This book
will even help you set up computer systems to save time and money,
teach you how to hire and keep a qualified professional staff, do
your own sales planning, customer service, track competitors, keep
your own books, compile monthly profit and loss statements, prepare
taxes. You will become adept at media planning, pricing,
copywriting, and public relations. You will be able to hire and fire
employees, motivate workers, manage and train employees, generate
high profile public relations and publicity, and learn low cost
internal marketing ideas and low and no cost ways to satisfy
customers and build sales. You will learn how to keep bringing
customers back – the secret of continued success ‑ as well as
getting thousands of great tips and useful guidelines.
The manual delivers literally hundreds of innovative ways
demonstrated to operate streamline your business. Learn new ways to
make your operation run smoother and increase performance, shut down
waste, reduce costs, and increase profits. In addition, you will
appreciate this valuable resource and reference in your daily
activities and as a source of ready-to-use forms, Web site
resources, and operating and cost cutting ideas that can be easily
applied to your operation.
ISBN-10:1-60138-117-4 • ISBN-13:978-1-60138-117-0 • Item #SPT-01 • $
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How to Open and Operate a Financially Successful Wedding
Consultant and Planning Business (With Companion CD-ROM)
Weddings are big business. The Association of Bridal Consultants
estimates that consumers spend a whopping $46 billion on their
weddings every year. In 2008 the average wedding cost about $32,000,
and many couples spend more than that!
Today's bride is spending more money than ever before to ensure that
her wedding day the single most important day of her life is planned
to perfection. Once reserved only for the very rich, today's brides
and grooms-to-be, often busy with dual careers yet wanting to make
their wedding uniquely personal, are turning to consultants for help
to help save time, money, and considerable stress planning a
wedding.
More people are finding that a good wedding consultant is a great
source of information, ideas, and contacts for the bride-to-be.
Hiring a wedding coordinator could help ensure that the wedding day
turns out to be far more spectacular than the bride ever envisioned.
They provide guidance on etiquette, invitations, planning and
directing the rehearsal and ceremony, even arranging transportation
and accommodations, and help you manage your time with all the
details. Wedding coordinators may also assist in locating a site for
the ceremony, shopping for the wedding gown and wedding accessories,
and even arranging for childcare. As such, professional wedding
consultants are compensated well for their knowledge, talent, time,
and expertise.
A wedding consulting and planning career makes an ideal home based
or part-time business. You don't need an office. Start-up costs are
low. And you don't need any costly special equipment. All you need
is a calendar, a good organizer, a desire to succeed, and the tips
for success in this book. A consultant's primary function is to help
a couple learn, implement, and manage all the necessary tasks
required to host a successful wedding event. Here is the manual you
need to cash in on this highly profitable segment of the service
industry.
An average wedding using a coordinator costs about $20,000. Some
coordinators charge an hourly rate ranging from $50 to $150.
According to many wedding coordinators, the average wedding takes
about 30 to 40 hours of coordinating, ending up earning between
$1,500 and $3,000.
Creating a dream wedding requires imagination and energy, a concern
for detail, and a love of organization to make certain that things
run smoothly.
You will help couples decide on a budget and help them stick to it.
You will also help them select the wedding dress, set trial hair and
make-up appointments, confirm wedding day appointments, prepare and
confirm wedding reception toasts or speeches; update life, house,
and car insurance policies; complete change of name and change of
address paperwork; open joint bank account (if desired), determine
who will return groom's formal attire, location, caterer,
entertainment, wedding cake, and "going away" wardrobe. You will
learn how to prepare for and run a successful wedding including
determining realistic costs, helping with the guest list, setting
the wedding date, organizing the wedding ceremony and the reception,
acquiring bridesmaids' and groom's attire, ordering invitations and
other stationery, and dealing with the gifts and "thank-you"
messages.
This new book is a comprehensive and detailed study of the business
side of the wedding planning and consulting. If you are
investigating opportunities in this type of business should begin by
reading this book, picturing yourself producing the perfect wedding.
If you enjoy meeting people and planning parties, this may be the
perfect business for you, but keep in mind this business looks easy,
but as with any business, looks can be deceiving. This complete
manual will arm you with everything you need including sample
business forms, contracts; worksheets and checklists for planning,
opening, and running day-to-day operations; sample menus; inventory
lists; plans and layouts; and dozens of other valuable, timesaving
tools of the trade that no consultant should be without.
While providing detailed instruction and examples, the author leads
you through every detail that will bring success. You will learn how
to draw up a winning business plan (The Companion CD-ROM has the
actual business plan you can use in MS Word™), basic cost control
systems, sample floor plans and diagrams, successful food and
beverage management, legal concerns, sales and marketing techniques,
and pricing formulas.
You will learn how to set up computer systems to save time and
money, how to hire and keep a qualified professional staff, how to
meet IRS requirements for your business, how to manage and train
employees, how to generate high profile public relations and
publicity, and how to implement low cost internal marketing ideas.
You will learn how to build your business by using low and no cost
ways to satisfy customers and increase sales and having customers
refer others to you.
You will get the basics down with accounting and bookkeeping
procedures, auditing, successful budgeting, and profit planning
development, as well as learning thousands of great tips and useful
guidelines.
The manual delivers innovative ways demonstrated to streamline your
business. Learn new ways to make your operation run smoother and
increase performance. Successful wedding planners will appreciate
this valuable resource and reference in their daily activities and
as a source of ready-to-use forms, Web sites, operating and cost
cutting ideas, and mathematical formulas that can be applied easily
to their operations. The Companion CD-ROM contains all the forms in
the book as well as a sample business plan you can adapt for your
own use. 978-1-60138-114-9 1-60138-114-X Item #9781601381149 $39.95
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The Complete Guide to Working for Yourself: Everything the
Self-Employed Need to Know about Taxes, Recordkeeping, and Other
Laws—With Companion CD-ROM
Many people dream of starting and running a business of their own
but often do not know HOW to start. Entering the small business
field as an independent contractor, freelancer, sole proprietor, or
consultant is not a single decision but a series of steps, each one
bringing you closer to the day your enterprise is up and running,
competing for customers, and making money.
How will you organize and register your business? What are the
regulatory considerations? How will you protect your intellectual
property? Is your business plan adequate? Where can you find
financing? What are your obligations as an employer? Do you
understand your tax responsibilities? This brand new book includes
the most current tax rates and changes in IRS regulations such as,
"Is it a business or a hobby?"
You will learn all about business operations: selecting a business
structure, licensing and permits, employer identification number
(EIN), business taxes, recordkeeping, self-employment taxes, paying
estimated taxes (and calculating how much to pay), dealing with
independent contractors and 1099-miscellaneous forms, client
agreements, insurance, workers' compensation insurance, rights and
intellectual property law, accounting periods, selecting an
accounting method, checklist for starting a business plan, choosing
a name, business plans, forms of business structures, financing,
location, marketing and advertising,
In addition, new entrepreneurs will appreciate this valuable
resource and reference in their daily activities and as a source of
ready-to-use forms, Web sites, operating and cost cutting ideas, and
mathematical formulas to apply to their operations.
The Companion CD-ROM contains all the forms in the book as well as a
sample business plan you can adapt for your own use.
ISBN-10:1-60138-048-8
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The Complete Guide to Creating Your Own Living Trust: A
Step-by-Step Plan to Protect Your Assets, Limit Your Taxes, and
Ensure Your Wishes are Fulfilled
You worked hard for your money, so it's only natural that you want
some control over what happens to your assets in the event of your
death. At the very least, you probably want to minimize or avoid
potential hassles and headaches for your loved ones.
A living trust, created while you're alive, lets you control the
distribution of your estate. You transfer ownership of your property
and your assets into the trust. You can serve as the trustee or you
can select a person or an institution to be the trustee. If you are
the trustee, you will have to name a successor trustee to distribute
the assets at your death.
A living trust is probably the best strategy to avoid probate,
protect your financial privacy, and provide long-range planning
advantages. If you want to protect your assets and make sure they
are distributed according to your wishes, you should think about
establishing a living trust. It can be designed to manage your
investments now and provide broader financial management later to
make provisions for a surviving spouse, children, or other family
members, and to reduce the impact of estate taxes or avoid probate.
What are the advantages of a living trust? Properly drafted and
executed, it can avoid probate because the trust owns the assets ‑
not the deceased. Only property in the deceased's name must go
through probate. The potential downside? Poorly drawn or unfunded
trusts can cost you money and endanger your best intentions.
Many books on estate planning and living trusts indicate you do not
need the services of an attorney, while we highly recommend an
attorney versed in this area to assist you. We do not recommend
going through the process alone. What this book will do is explain
the complicated issues, terminology, and planning strategies of
living trusts to the layperson (me and you). When you meet with a
qualified attorney you will be well prepared, versed in the
language, and ready to discuss issues and strategies that you will
be familiar with, saving time, legal fees, and ensuring peace of
mind. Get started today with the help of this new book. ISBN-10:1-60138-113-1 • ISBN-13:978-1-60138-113-2 • Item #9781601381132 • $24.95
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The Complete Guide to Writing Effective & Award-Winning Grants:
Step-by-Step Instructions—With Companion CD-ROM
Every day federal, state, and local government as well as other
organizations including corporations and foundations give out more
than a MILLION DOLLARS IN FREE GRANT MONEY. A grant is essentially a
gift. It goes to an organization, municipality, business, or
individual to enable them to continue conducting their activities or
research.
You or your organization may be eligible for millions of dollars in
free grant money.
Grant money does not have to be returned or paid back.
Unfortunately, many grants are not awarded because of improper
filing procedures, and or poorly written proposals, and so literally
millions of dollars go unclaimed every year.
Writing a good grant proposal is not easy. Grants are competitive
and have strict rules for application. This new book is a complete
systematic course with easy to follow instructions in writing an
award-winning grant. You will learn from start to finish how to
write a grant proposal. The book comes with examples of fully
completed proposals on the easy-to-use companion CD-ROM that also
contains templates in Word ™ for easy customizing and printing. You
will have:
Step-by-step methods for creating a fundable proposal—from start to
finish.
Access to information and annotated links for hundreds of
foundations, state, and federal resources, sample proposals, sample
letters, worksheets, and checklists to assist in the
proposal-development process. Basic steps of preparing a grant
proposal. Correct organization for your project.
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The Encyclopedia of Real Estate Forms & Agreements: A Complete
Kit of Ready-To-Use Checklists, Worksheets, Forms, and Contracts on
CD-ROM
Always wanted a personal assistant at your disposal? Now you will
have one, in book and CD form! Designed to save the busy real estate
professional both time and money, you won’t know how you got along
without it. Inside you will find over 250 essential forms,
agreements, and contracts for buying and selling real estate,
managing your business, and managing property and tenants. Designed
for use by new and veteran agents, property managers, and brokers
alike, this book is essentially a unique "survival kit" packed with
ready-to-use materials for all aspects of your job.
The book and companion CD-ROM focus on the issues, situations, and
tasks that you face daily in your real estate career…from working
with difficult buyers, sellers, and employees to ensuring
profitability. Included in this book are hundreds of
easy-to-implement tools, contracts, forms, and checklists to help
you get your professional life organized, and easier to manage while
building your bottom-line! Expertly organized, this unique book
takes you step-by-step through the many valuable forms contained in
this work which may be easily printed out and customized from the
companion CD-ROM.
ISBN-10:0-910627-10-X
• ISBN-13:978-0-910627-10-8
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The Real Estate Investor’s Success Chronicles: Insider Secrets
and Techniques Investors Use Every Day to Make Millions
It is a common fact that real estate investing has created more
millionaires than any other investment vehicle in this country.
There are many books on real estate and real estate investing; but
this is the only one that will provide you with the insider secrets
you need to know. We asked over 100,000 real estate experts who make
their living buying, selling, and investing in real estate every day
to share their knowledge — and they talked.
We spent countless hours researching, interviewing, and e-mailing
these successful investors. This book is a compilation of their
secrets and proven successful strategies. If you are interested in
learning hundreds of hints, tricks, and secrets on how to make money
(or more money) investing in real estate then this book is for you.
The experts chronicled in this book earn $1,000 to $300,000 per
month through their real estate investments. Inside the pages of
this new exhaustively researched guide you will find a jam-packed
assortment of innovative ideas that you can put to use today. This
book gives you the proven strategies that you need to put to work
today.
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How to Plan Your Own Wedding and Save Thousands Without
Going Crazy
Congratulations! You are getting married and want a beautiful,
memorable event, yet you need to stick to a tight budget. Don't
despair! There are hundreds of proven ways to have your dream
wedding without breaking your budget.
The average cost of a wedding in the United States in 2007 is
approaching $30,000, a 73 percent increase since 1992, according to
a recent study. What's astonishing is how quickly all the other
smaller expenses those you don't immediately think of add up. The
stationery, invitations, announcements, thank-you notes, postage,
make up, hair stylist, limousines, menus, and so on, not including
the cost for an engagement party, rehearsal dinner, gifts,
honeymoon, engagement ring, and bridal consultant or wedding
planner. Just imagine what you could do if you could save $30,000 as
you start out your new life together.
Whether your budget is $1,000 or $50,000, in this easy to read and
comprehensive new book you will learn hundreds of simple ways to cut
down on your wedding expenses without serving a roomful of guests
hamburgers and hot dogs at your reception. Reducing your wedding
costs doesn't have to mean plastic forks and pitching a tent on your
aunt's front lawn. This new book will teach you hundreds of insider
secrets to nip the overcharges out of your wedding budget. The
author tackles invitations, facility, catering, gifts, bar-liquor,
tables and chairs, decorations, napkins, centerpieces, flowers,
limousine, dishes and glasses, music, candles, photography,
videographer, ring pillow, linens, guest favors, tents, dance floor,
cake, matches, place cards, thank you notes, and dozens more -
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The Complete Guide to
Investing in Commodity Trading and Futures: How to Earn High Rates
of Returns Safely
Many people have become very rich in the commodity markets. It is
one of a few investment areas where an individual with limited
capital can make extraordinary profits in a relatively short period
of time. Commodities are agreements to buy and sell virtually
anything that is harvested except onions. (A 1958 federal law
prohibits trading onions.) Such goods are raw or partly refined
materials whose value mainly reflects the costs of finding or
gathering them. They are traded for processing or incorporation into
final goods. Examples are crude oil, cotton, rubber, grains, and
metals and other minerals. Since it is impractical to transport
these bulky, often perishable materials, what is actually traded are
commodities futures contracts, or options, that are agreements to
buy or sell at an agreed upon price on a specific date. Trading in
futures and options is speculative in nature and there is a
substantial risk of loss. These investments are not suitable for
everyone, and only risk capital should be used.
As with many other business segments, the Internet and technology
have opened up this attractive marketplace to a new breed of
individual investors and speculators working part-time. You and I
can now stand on an even playing field with the largest banks,
wealthiest individuals, and trading institutions from the comfort of
home.
Commodity trading can provide you with very high, secure rate of
return, in some cases as high as 12%, 18%, 24%, or even 300% or more
per year. If performed correctly, commodity trading will far outpace
all other investments. The key is to know how to perform this
process correctly.
This all sounds great, but what is the catch? There really is none,
except you must know what you are doing! This groundbreaking and
exhaustively researched new book will provide everything you need to
know to get you started generating high investment returns from
start to finish.
In this easy to read and comprehensive new book you will learn what
commodity trading and futures are, how to set up your account
online, how to choose software to use in trading, how to invest in
commodities, evaluate their performance, and handle fees and taxes.
This book explores numbers of investing strategies and tactics,
charting techniques, and position trading. You will pick up the
language of a trader so that you recognize terminology and know how
to use leverage, call options, put options, advancing and declining
issues, advancing and declining volume, the Commodity Channel Index
(CCI), and commodity charts, among others. Like the pros who have
been trading commodities for years, you will learn how to pinpoint
entry, exits, and targets for your trades, and use insider secrets
to help you double or even triple your investment - all while
avoiding the common traps and pitfalls.
In addition, we took the extra effort and spent an unprecedented
amount of time researching, interviewing, e-mailing, and
communicating with hundreds of today's most successful commodity
Investors. Aside from learning the basics of commodity and futures
trading you will be privy to their secrets and proven successful
ideas.
Instruction is great, but advice from experts is even better, and
the experts chronicled in this book are earning millions. If you are
interested in learning essentially everything there is to know about
commodity and futures investing in addition to hundreds of tactics,
tricks, and tips on how to earn enormous profits in commodity
trading while controlling your investments, then this book is for
you.
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The Complete Guide to Investing in Short-Term trading: How
to Earn High Rates of Returns Safely
Short-term trading refers to the practice of buying and selling
financial instruments within the same trading week or, at most, a
few weeks. Short-term traders buy and sell stocks over a few days or
weeks in the hope that their stocks will continue climbing in value
for the time they own them, making for quick and, often, huge
profits. Some of the more commonly traded financial instruments are
stocks, stock options, currencies, and futures contracts such as
equity index futures, interest rate futures, and commodity futures.
Short-term trading was once the preserve of banks, financial firms,
and professional investors. Many traders are bank or investment
firms' employees working in equity investment and fund management.
As with many other business segments, the Internet, technology, and
legislative changes have opened up this attractive marketplace to a
new breed of individual investors and speculators working part-time.
You and I can now stand on an even playing field with the largest
banks, wealthiest individuals, and trading institutions from the
comfort of home.
Short-term trading can provide you with very high and secure rate of
return as high as 12%, 18%, 24%, or even 300%. If performed
correctly, short-term trading can far outpace all other investment
techniques. The key is to know how to perform this process
correctly.
This all sounds great, but what is the catch? There really is none,
except you must know what you are doing! This groundbreaking and
exhaustively researched new book will provide everything you need to
know to get you started generating high-investment returns with low
risk from start to finish.
In this easy to read and comprehensive new book you will learn how
to set up your online account, how to choose the correct software to
use in trading, how to get started in short-term trading, how to
invest in short-term stocks, evaluate performance, and handle fees
and taxes. This book delves into trading tactics for swing trading,
position trading, leveraging the stock market, selling short, and
pinpointing entry, exits, and targets for your trades. You will pick
up the language of a trader so that you recognize candlestick
patterns, advancing and declining issues and volume, call options,
and put options. You will know how to find the very best stocks
every day, how to read and prosper with stock charts, how to use the
New York Stock Exchange tick indicator and trading index (TRIN), the
Commodity Channel Index (CCI), the moving average
convergence/divergence (MACD), the Dow 30-Day Moving Average. As you
read this book, the mysteries of short-term trading will unfold so
that you can double or even triple your investment - all while
avoiding the common traps and pitfalls.
In addition, we took the extra effort and spent an unprecedented
amount of time researching, interviewing, e-mailing, and
communicating with hundreds of today's most successful investors.
Aside from learning the basics of mutual fund trading you will be
privy to their secrets and proven successful ideas.
Instruction is great, but advice from experts is even better, and
the experts chronicled in this book are earning millions. If you are
interested in learning essentially everything there is to know about
short-term investing as well as hundreds of hints, tricks, and tips
on how to earn enormous profits in short-term investing while
controlling your investments, then this book is for you.
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The Complete Guide to Investing In Mutual Funds: How to Earn High
Rates of Returns Safely
Over the past decade, American investors increasingly have turned to
mutual funds to save for retirement and meet other financial goals.
Mutual funds can offer the advantages of diversification and
professional management. It pays to understand both the upside and
the downside of mutual fund investing and how to choose products
that match your goals and tolerance for risk. As with other
investment choices, investing in mutual funds involves risk, fees,
and taxes. This new book explains the basics of mutual fund
investing - how mutual funds work, what factors to consider before
investing, and how to avoid common pitfalls.
Mutual funds are not guaranteed or insured by the FDIC or any other
government agency. - even if you buy through a bank, and the fund
carries the bank's name. You can lose money investing in mutual
funds. In addition, there are more than 10,000 mutual funds to
choose from. The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds
increased by $132.8 billion, or 1.3 percent, to $10.414 trillion in
December 2006, according to the Investment Company Institute's
(ICI's) official survey of the mutual fund industry. In the survey,
mutual fund companies report actual assets, sales, and redemptions
to ICI. Why should you consider investing in a mutual fund? One
reason is simply the high potential returns. Many funds have
earnings in the triple digits.
This all sounds great, but what is the catch? There really is none,
except you must know what you are doing! This groundbreaking and
exhaustively researched new book will provide everything you need to
know to get you started generating high investment returns with low
risk from start to finish.
You will learn what mutual funds are, the various types and
advantages of each, how to evaluate their risk against other types
of investments, how to and how not to invest in them, how to
allocate your assets, how to set up your account online, how to
choose when to sell, and how to cash them in.
This is your source for understanding investment funds: open end,
exchange traded funds, equity funds, index funds, bond funds, money
market funds, funds of funds, hedge funds, growth stock funds, value
stock funds, income stock funds, sector mutual funds, enhanced index
funds, sector mutual funds, closed end funds, exchange traded funds
(ETFs) and many others.
You will pick up the language of mutual fund investing and what the
lingo means to you: net asset value, load versus no load, turnover,
expenses and total expense ratios, capitalization, share classes,
growth versus value, dollar cost averaging and many more.
We have also included a history of mutual funds (including their
scandals), and we have disclosed the mysteries of documents you will
encounter in mutual fund investing, such as their ratings, share
classes, fees, annual reports, and indexes. We show you how to
compare your fund to the competition, how to compare it to other
types of investments, and how to compare various funds on an
after-tax basis. We make it easy for you to grasp strategies for
expanding your investments into different market sectors and among
various classes of stocks, such as small and micro-cap stocks, mid
cap and large cap companies, defensive stocks, and mixtures of stock
types.
You will develop your own expertise in reading the economy both
nationally and globally, handling taxes, devising investment tactics
for portfolio allocation whether interest rates are rising or
falling, with down-to-earth instructions to help you bring in a high
and steady income, all the while evading losses and downfalls.
In addition, we took the extra effort and spent an unprecedented
amount of time researching, interviewing, e-mailing, and
communicating with hundreds of today's most successful mutual fund
investors. Aside from learning the basics of mutual fund trading,
you will be privy to their proven, successful ideas.
Instruction is great, but advice from experts is even better, and
the experts chronicled in this book are earning millions. If you are
interested in learning essentially everything there is to know about
mutual fund investing and in getting hundreds of hints, tricks, and
tips for earning enormous profits in mutual fund investing while
controlling your investments, then this book is for you.
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The Complete Guide to Investing In Hedge Funds: How to Earn High
Rates of Returns Safely
Money managers have traditionally used hedge funds as they would
mutual funds: to pool investors' money and place it in financial
instruments in an effort to make a high positive return. Hedge funds
have typically been available only to the very affluent or to
investors with inside contacts, but today that has changed. Almost
any investor can now participate in a hedge fund and earn high
returns.
Why should you consider investing in a hedge fund? One reason is
simply the high potential returns. Since January 1990, as measured
by the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index, which accounts for more
than 1,600 funds listed on the internal Hedge Fund Research (HFR)
Database, hedge funds have returned 14 percent per year through
October 2005. Many funds have earned triple digit returns.
As with many other business segments, the Internet and technology
have opened up this attractive marketplace to a new breed of
individual investors and speculators working part-time. You and I
are now on an even playing field with the largest banks, wealthiest
individuals, and trading institutions from the comfort of our own
homes.
Hedge funds can provide you with very high, secure rate of return
12%, 18%, 24%, or even 300% per year. If performed correctly, hedge
fund trading will far outpace all other investments. This all sounds
great, but what is the catch? There really is none, except you must
know what you are doing!
The key is learning how to proceed. This groundbreaking and
exhaustively researched new book will provide everything you need to
know to get you started generating high-investment returns with low
risk from start to finish.
In this easy to read and comprehensive new book, you will find out
how to invest in hedge funds, evaluate their performance, and employ
investing strategies and tactics, deftly using the latest technology
to set up your account online. You will be able to handle fees,
taxes, and risks, and you will get little known data to help you
double or even triple your investment - all while avoiding the
common traps and pitfalls.
In addition, we took the extra effort and spent an unprecedented
amount of time researching, interviewing, e-mailing, and
communicating with hundreds of today's most successful hedge fund
investors. Aside from learning the basics of hedge fund trading, you
will be privy to investors' "closed club" secrets and proven
successful ideas.
Instruction is great, but advice from experts is even better, and
the experts chronicled in this book are earning millions. If you are
interested in learning essentially everything there is to know about
hedge fund investing along with hundreds of hints, tips, strategies,
and inside advice, then this book is for you.
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Asset Protection for Business Owners and High Income Earners: How to
Protect What You Own from Lawsuits and Creditors
Congratulations! You have worked hard for many years and have a
successful business or perhaps you're are a successful doctor,
attorney, CPA or other high income producing individual. Making that
money was difficult; now you have to devise a strategy for keeping
it.
Unfortunately, you are on the radar screen for lawsuits from other
businesses, employees, partners, past marriage partners, relatives,
possibly the government, and anyone else who thinks they can get at
your assets. With a little knowledge and the Internet anyone can
find out essentially everything about you including your home, cars,
boats, real estate, bank, and investment accounts essentially
everything you own.
Lawsuits are rampant in this country. Statistics show there is one
attorney in this country for every 300 residents; there are an
estimated 150,000 people in law school as we speak. On average
80,000 lawsuits were filed in 2006 EVERY DAY. When you are sued, it
is too late to protect your assets. You are exposed.
Fortunately, you can act now to protect your self and family.
In this easy to read and comprehensive new book, you will learn the
simple steps you need to do to protect yourself now before there is
a problem. We provide numbers of worksheets to help you decide the
best plan of action for your financial position and personal needs.
You will learn the ins and outs of protecting yourself and your
family through the use of legal methods such as corporations, family
limited partnerships and trusts, family saving trusts, offshore
trusts corporations, and limited liability companies (LLCs).
You will learn how to reposition your assets into legal entities
that you control, creating bullet-proof security You will learn
about irrevocable living trusts, creating and maintaining LLCs,
equity stripping techniques, privacy plans, durable powers of
attorney, living wills, new bankruptcy legislation, estate planning
for high income individuals, testamentary wills, pour-over will. The
trick here is to own nothing directly but control everything,
legally.
Once your assets are repositioned and protected, attorneys mostly
working on contingency fees are not going to sue you because they
have nothing to gain, and since 98% of all lawsuits are only about
the money, how can they legally take it from you? With the sound
guidance in this book, you will be able to protect your hard earned
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Cheap Insurance for Your Home, Automobile, Health, & Life:
How to Save Thousands While Getting Good Coverage
By several measures, insurance for you, your family, your home, and
your car continues to rise at the fastest rate in our history. In
2005 (the latest year data are available), total national health
expenditures rose 7.9 percent - more than three times the rate of
inflation. Nearly 50 million Americans are uninsured for healthcare.
According to Insurance Information Institute projections, the
average annual expenditure for auto insurance in 2006 was $851.
Millions of drivers have no auto insurance. The average expenditure
for homeowners insurance was $729, according to a February 2007
report by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners
(NAIC).
Insurance takes a huge bite out of the average American's monthly
budget, and as stated above, many Americans simply forgo insurance
because they consider it out of reach. Shopping for insurance
requires more effort than many people want to devote to it. They
simply grab the first price they come across or accept routine rate
increases when it is important to compare not only the price but
also coverage and exclusions among carriers.
In this easy to read and comprehensive new book you will learn
hundreds of ways to secure and or reduce your health, automobile,
life, and home insurance costs. If you do not have or cannot afford
insurance, we will show you how to get it at a price you can afford.
The Internet and technology have opened up a great new way to search
for low cost insurance services; we will give you the Web sites,
tell you what to look for and to look out for.
There is a great deal you can do right now to cut insurance costs.
For example, did you know that installing a theft tracking device in
your car can save you up to 35% on your auto insurance and that your
credit history can dramatically affect your auto insurance premium.
Recent studies have shown that more than 90% of insurers use credit
information to create an "insurance risk score," which they then use
as a factor to determine your insurance rate. Add a simple home
security system to monitor your home, and your insurance rates may
be discounted up to 30%, depending upon where you live. Your
insurance could end up costing you more if you choose to make
monthly payments rather than pay the entire premium annually. Notify
your agent if you retire, your children go to school, or you start
working from home (when you're not traveling as much your rates will
go down). Have you stopped smoking? Lost weight? Started exercising?
All of these efforts can have a dramatic effect on your insurance
rates.
Insurance topics covered in this book are How Insurance Works,
Insurance Company Rating, National and Local Firms, Auto, Health,
and Disability Insurance, along with work sheets and forms to assist
you in your search for the best coverage at the lowest price.
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The Online Identity Theft Prevention Kit: Stop Scammers,
Hackers, and Identity Thieves from Ruining Your Life
Statistics about identity theft from the Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) are staggering. In 2004 (the last year available), the number
of identity theft victims was close to 10 million. Individual
Americans lost more than $5 billion dollars, and businesses lost an
unbelievable $47.6 billion dollars. The FTC now says that as many as
one in every eight adults and one in every four households has been
victimized by identity thieves in the past five years. To make
matters even worse, if you end up a victim of identity theft, it can
take years to clean up the mess.
The FTC defines identity theft as stealing personal information such
as your name, credit card number, driver's license number, or other
personal identifying information to commit fraud. The most common
identity thefts occur when thieves use your name to apply for
services, for credit cards or loans, to buy merchandise or lease
equipment such as cars or apartments, and obtain medical care. They
can assume your complete identity and live and work under your name,
and even commit serious crimes.
A primary goal of hackers and online crooks is to find, uncover, and
abuse your personal information, anything that clearly identifies
you, such as your name, address, social security number, birth date,
family members' names or friends' names. Used in combination with
other private information, like a bank or credit card account
number, your stolen information can be used by an identity thief to
open a new credit line, access your bank accounts or even apply for
official documents like a driver's license or passport.
The results for you can be devastating, reaching into every
transaction you attempt until you clear your name and credit. Due to
bad credit reports, victims of identity theft are often rejected for
loan applications, credit of any kind, job opportunities, and
housing. Your credit can be ruined overnight. You can even be
arrested for crimes you didn't commit. To avoid being a victim of
identity theft, your first rule is to get the knowledge you need to
protect yourself before it happens.
The good news is that the chances of online identity theft can be
greatly reduced and mostly eliminated by taking the simple, free
suggestions as outlined in this new up-to-the-minute book. You will
find valuable expertise to evaluate and determine your, your
family's, and your business's risks. After evaluating the risks, you
are provided a detailed plan so that you can take action for
prevention now.
We have also outlined a step-by-step program detailing what you can
do if you think, or know, that your identity has been stolen. In
addition, there are numerous forms and letters that can be used as a
template to contact credit agencies, government agencies, credit
card companies, banks, and anyone else involved.
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The Complete Guide to Project Management for New Managers
and Management Assistants: How to Get Things Done in Less Time
A sobering new statistic indicates that less than half of all
projects assigned to management are completed, done correctly,
finished on time, and under budget. Project management is the
discipline of organizing and managing resources so that projects
meet their defined scope, time, and cost constraints.
As a manager or assistant manager, you will be responsible for many
projects, and you will be evaluated on their planning, coordination,
and control from inception to completion, including meeting their
quality requirements on time and within cost. Projects are critical
to the success of any business or organization. They are the
activities that result in new or changed products and services. They
increase sales, improve customer satisfaction, reduce costs, improve
the work environment, and result in countless other benefits.
As a manager or assistant manager, you will be evaluated on the
success of your project management skills. In this easy-to-read and
comprehensive new book, you will learn planning strategies for each
phase of project management and for everything from the start-up
meeting, to the project's execution and closure, including its scope
and information gathering requirements.
You will learn how to create a project plan, assess its risk, manage
multiple projects, manage organization-wide initiatives, implement
project management concepts, and schedule, control, and manage
contracts. The information in this new book will help you make the
most of your time by efficiently handling your workflow. Managing
time effectively within your company will serve to deliver projects
on time and increase profits and will make you stand out to your
supervisors. You can succeed in real-world project management.
The Internet, software, and technology have dramatically changed the
way traditional projects have been managed. Online project
management software helps your organization share, store, and manage
key project information through a central, online location
accessible to everyone. There is a complete review of this new
technology in this book.
In addition, we spent thousands of hours interviewing, e-mailing,
and communicating with hundreds of today's most successful project
management experts. This book contains their secrets and proven
successful ideas, including actual case studies. If you are
interested in learning hints, strategies, and secrets for
implementing highly effective project management skills, then this
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The Savvy Business Traveler's Guide to Customs and Practices
in Other Countries: The Dos and Don'ts to Impress Your Host and Make
the Sale
So you jump off the plane ready to meet your foreign counterpart and
close that big business deal. You are too far away to shake hands so
you make a circle with your thumb and forefinger up into the air for
all to see, meaning "OKAY!" - to you. There is a problem. We hope
you are not in France where it means, "You are a zero," or in Japan
where it is a blatant symbol for money, or in Brazil where it is
just plain vulgar.
Avoiding cultural gaffes such as these is critical to success in
international business. Lack of familiarity with the business
practices, social customs, and etiquette of any country can weaken
your firm's position in the market, prevent it from accomplishing
its objectives, and ultimately lead to failure.
There are many nuances in communicating with people in other
countries, just as there are in America. This new book will be the
next best thing to living in a foreign country. It will introduce
you to some of the more important cultural differences, based upon a
country-by-country break down. You will find country-specific
information about business customs and protocol in more than 100
nations worldwide. You will understand business culture, successful
communication, social etiquette, and negotiating tactics.
With this book, you can proceed confidently through business deals
that involve foreign travel and negotiations.
Find out about proper gift-giving, business entertainment, travel,
security issues, and much more. Some of the cultural pitfalls
detailed are stereotypes, personal space, forms of address,
demeanor, restroom customs, tipping, social and business visits,
greetings and introductions, names and titles, proper manners,
proper conversations, business dress, clothing, telephone and
computer use, dining, gift giving, smoking, gestures, noises,
numbers, calendar dates, time and temperature, holidays, weights and
measures, jewelry, religious information, developing relationships,
being on time, exchanging favors, and addressing women in business.
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How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Consulting
Business - With Companion CD-ROM
Companies, organizations, or individuals hire consultants to provide
advice to themselves or to clients for a fee to help solve a
particular problem or provide certification within the area of their
expertise.
A majority of consultants have gained their expertise from previous
employment. There are as many consultants as there are areas of
expertise; one thing they all have in common is that they are well
paid.
The business of consulting is growing rapidly. According to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, consulting in particular business and IT
consulting are becoming one of the fastest growing business segments
in the U.S. economy. There has never been a better time to start
your consulting business and get ahead of the competition.
This new book is a comprehensive and detailed study of the business
side of providing consulting services. If you enjoy meeting people,
having a home-based business, traveling, problem solving, and using
your expertise, this may be the perfect business for you. Keep in
mind it looks easy, but as with any business, looks can be
deceiving. To avoid the pitfalls, use this complete manual to arm
yourself with everything you need including sample business forms,
agreements and contracts; worksheets and checklists for planning,
starting, and running day-to-day operations; and dozens of other
valuable, timesaving tools of the trade that every entrepreneur
should have. Here is the manual you need to cash in on this highly
profitable segment of the service industry.
While providing detailed instruction, examples, and case studies,
the author leads you through establishing your office, learning how
to draw up a winning business plan ( the Companion CD-ROM has the
actual business plan you can use in MS Word ™), and provides dozens
of forms you will need in your business. You will learn basic cost
control systems, the best sales and marketing techniques, and
pricing formulas.
This book will teach you how to hire and keep a qualified
professional staff (if you even need one), to use subcontractors, to
deploy word of mouth marketing to get new clients, to use the power
of the Internet, to network, get referrals, evaluate consulting
opportunities, do your own sales planning, have great customer
service, get reimbursed for expenses, proposals, and sales
presentations, track competitors, do your own accounting, be
certified as a "professional" consultant, increase client
satisfaction, develop valuable contacts and resources (including the
top professional associations for consultants and magazines),
compile monthly profit and loss statements, and prepare taxes. You
will be provided IRS requirements, and even get help to set up your
computer systems to save time and money. 978-1-60138-016-6
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How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Construction
Company - With Companion CD-ROM
Starting a construction company, even a small one, can be a very
profitable venture. In good times and bad construction is an
industry that will always be in demand, and construction is not an
industry where technology will replace or undermine it. The
construction field is growing rapidly. According to the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, construction firms are expected to be one of the
fastest growing business segments in the U.S. economy. There has
never been a better time to start a construction company and get
ahead of the competition.
This new book is a comprehensive, detailed study of the practical
side of starting and operating a construction firm. It will take you
step by step through every aspect and prepare you with everything
you need including sample business forms, leases, contracts;
worksheets and checklists for planning, starting, and running
day-to-day operations. You will get dozens of other valuable,
timesaving tools of the trade that every entrepreneur should have.
While providing detailed instruction and examples, the author help
you find a location and business name that will bring success, take
you through the process of drawing up a winning business plan (the
Companion CD-ROM has the actual business plan you can use in MS Word
™), and teach you how to start and manage your construction company.
You will find guidance on obtaining licenses and permits, drawing up
contracts, hiring subcontractors, meeting governmental regulations,
attracting new clients and referrals, applying for financing,
tracking utilities, employing basic cost control systems, dealing
with pricing issues, and staying ahead of the competition.
You will avoid trial by error when setting up equipment layouts,
meeting legal and IRS requirements, and tapping into the best sales
and marketing techniques and pricing formulas. This book will even
help you set up computer systems to save time and money, teach you
how to hire and keep a qualified professional staff, use the best
computer software, network with publishers and associations, do your
own sales planning, customer service, keep your own books, compile
monthly profit and loss statements, and prepare taxes. You will
become adept at media planning, pricing, and public relations. You
will be able to manage and train employees, motivate workers,
generate high profile public relations and publicity, and learn low
cost marketing ideas and low cost ways to satisfy customers and
build sales. You will learn how to keep bringing customers back -
and build referrals the secret of continued success as well as
getting thousands of great tips and useful guidelines.
The manual delivers literally hundreds of innovative demonstrated
ways to operate and streamline your business. Learn new ways to make
your operation run smoother and increase performance, shut down
waste, reduce costs, and increase profits. The secret of continued
success as well as getting thousands of great tips and useful ideas.
In addition, you will appreciate the valuable CD ROM resource in
your daily activities as a source of ready-to-use forms, templates,
worksheets, business plan, surveys, letters, web site resources,
everything you will need to get up and running.
We also went the extra mile and spent an unprecedented amount of
time researching, interviewing, e-mailing, and communicating with
hundreds of today's most successful construction company executives.
Aside from learning the basics you will be privy to their secrets
and proven successful ideas.
Instruction is great, but advice from experts is even better, and
the construction experts chronicled in this book are earning a great
deal of money for their expertise. If you are interested in learning
essentially everything there is to know about starting and operating
a consulting business in addition to hundreds of hints, tricks, and
secrets for your own construction firm and earning enormous profits,
then this book is for you. 978-1-60138-017-3
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How to Be Your Own Contractor and Save Thousands on Your New
House or Renovation While Keeping Your Day Job: With Companion
CD-ROM
If you're thinking about building or remodeling your house, you
should consider hiring yourself as the contractor. You can save 10%
to 35% of the project's cost and perhaps more important, you'll be
able to monitor the quality of materials and workmanship, fine-tune
the design, and make sure the result meets your needs. The best part
is you can do this part time without picking up a hammer.
This all sounds great, what is the catch? There really is none,
except you must know what you are doing! This groundbreaking and
exhaustively researched new book will provide everything you need to
know to get your house or renovation completed the way you want it
while saving thousands.
Since your success depends on thorough preparation as well as an
ability to hire and schedule subcontractors, control costs, keep
work moving, and stay calm we have charted the course for you to
avoid costly - even illegal - mistakes.
In this easy to read, comprehensive new book you will learn
step-by-step procedures for subcontracting and building your home or
renovating while still working full time. You will learn how to
choose a site, draw up construction time line and flow charts, apply
for construction loans and financing, obtain essential insurance
information, buy inexpensive plans, find and negotiate with sub
contractors, and comply with building code, inspection, and permit
requirements.
Now you can be armed with the right information and save money and
time. The ins and outs of self contracting are explained, combined
with the experiences of others, and with dozens of forms and
checklists at hand, you will learn all about: building materials and
foundations, floors, walls, paint, windows, decks, garage doors,
roofing, flashings, chimneys, plumbing: piping, fixtures, faucets,
water heating and fuel storage systems, pools and equipment, wiring:
main service panels, conductors, switches, receptacles, heating, air
conditioning and heat pumps, ceilings, floors, railings, doors and
windows, attics, walls, kitchens, and bathrooms. In addition you
will gain valuable information about: septic systems, wells, water
quality testing, mold, radon testing, asbestos, termites, carbon
monoxide testing, and lead testing.
Included in this book are hundreds of easy-to-implement tools,
contracts, forms, and checklists to help you get your project
organized, and easier to manage while saving thousands! Expertly
organized, this unique book takes you step-by-step through the many
valuable forms contained in this work which may be easily printed
out and customized from the companion CD-ROM.
978-1-60138-004-3 1-60138-004-6 $24.95 Item # 9781601380043
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How to Go to College on a Shoe String: The Insider's Guide
to Grants, Scholarships, Cheap Books, Fellowships, and Other
Financial Aid Secrets
Once again in 2006 the cost to attend college was double the
inflation rate, according to the report "Trends in College Pricing
2006". The average rate of tuition at four-year private colleges was
about $21,235; four-year public universities average $5,491. Tuition
costs, of course, are just the beginning now add room and board, the
cost of attending a private college is $29,026 per year on average,
and $12,127 at four-year public universities. Take a look at IVY
league universities such as Princeton and the total fees will climb
to nearly $37,000.
An 8% college inflation rate means that the cost of college doubles
every nine years. For a baby born today, this means that college
costs will be more than three times current rates when the child is
ready for college. The average debt for graduating college seniors
who borrow to finance their undergraduate degree is just under
$20,000.
But there is good news. There is more financial aid available than
ever before-over $134 billion. And, despite all of these college
cost increases, a college education remains an affordable choice for
most families. Armed with the information detailed in this
comprehensive new book you will be privy to the more than 2,200
programs that offer scholarships, internships, or loans to more than
1.7 million students each year. These are scholarships, grants, and
loan programs that you have never heard of for example:
The Millennium Scholarship Offers $10,000 to students who have lived
in Nevada for at least two years before they graduate from high
school. State-funded by Nevada's portion of the lawsuit settlement
against national tobacco companies. Or Patrick Kerr Skateboard
Scholarship One $5,000 and three $1,000 scholarships to students who
promote skateboarding. Created by a Philadelphia mother after her
15-year-old son was killed while skateboarding. Are you tall ? Then
apply for the Tall Clubs International Scholarship, Males 6'2" or
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