Jul 30 2009

Need money? Start shopping!

With so many people out of work or just looking to make some extra money to help with the bills you may have considered clicking on one of those advertisements for mystery shopping.  Here’s the good news, you don’t have to.  Those advertisement require you to pay before they give you the lists of who [...]

Jul 14 2009

Beware of Fraud

Since houses are worth less today than they were purchased for, i.e. the homeowner is underwater on his mortgage, some families have tried to put their homes on the market as a short sale and then have a family member purchase the house at the lower price and then sell the property back to the [...]

Jul 13 2009

Florida Real Estate Auction

http://www.condo.com/Auctions/ I just discovered a great new website.  This site has info on condos for sale around the country, including auctions. Check out the auction in Orlando coming up next month.  The bank is auctioning off 179 condo units in 3 different complexes around the city.  The condos are FHA approved and there is no [...]

Jul 10 2009

Medical Insurance for Employees

S Corporations are required to treat medical insurance payments for employees who are also shareholders owning more than 2% of the business as a wage.  Thus, the amount would be included in the employees gross income.  However, the amount is not subject to the Social Security, Unemployment, or Medicare taxes.

Jul 9 2009

How To Raise Money For Starting A Business

The task of raising money for a business is not as difficult as most people seem to think. This is especially true when you have an idea that can make you and your backers rich. Actually, there’s more money available for new business ventures than there are good business ideas. A very important rule of [...]

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Jul 8 2009

Multi-family Investments – Great options for this economy

Yes it is difficult to get a mortgage right now.  Banks are loaning money but they want more downpayments and they are taking more precautions to protect their investments.  As such, I would recommend that couples looking to purchase a home consider a multi-family. Multi-families are great because it allows the couple to purchase a [...]

Jul 2 2009

Piercing the Corporate Veil

With so many people starting their own businesses now, it is essential that they get proper advice in setting up the companies to ensure that they don’t end up with issues later on in the life of the company. Many people like to form corporations because of the limited liability for shareholders.  Limited liability means [...]

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