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“I currently own a one-person information technology consulting firm, which operates as a limited liability company (LLC). “I have a number of small clients. I go out and get the business, but I am also the person who has to ...

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At any given time, you will find on my list of to-do projects drafting paperwork for one or more loans being made by IRA accounts in private-lending arrangements. This is something I enjoy doing, but more and more people are coming ...

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It’s a rough economy out there, but even scarier than the persistent threats of recession, deflation, countries defaulting on their debt, governments’ inability to balance the budget and other boogie people is the pace of change itself. If you are ...

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  Whether you like it or not you can’t do it all by yourself. Investing in real estate requires many different professionals. There are realtors, appraisers, inspectors, builders, remodelers, mortgage companies, banks, property managers, attorneys, partners, accountants, sign companies, printing ...

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  Not long ago, I received an email from a panicked client asking what they should do now because the deal on a property they had under contract and thought they had successfully and legitimately assigned to another buyer was ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: You certainly called Lyft correctly. Because it’s way down, is it a buy? Do you think Uber will profit by Lyft’s experience? If so, I might buy Uber to recover my losses on Lyft. — N.C., Oklahoma ...

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There are no shortcuts to worthwhile results in real estate or in any business. The formula that you can’t shortcut is this:   VALUE in = RESULTS out So, if you want more results (i.e. deals, profits, income, long-term wealth), you ...

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Dear Readers: The new tax law has caused a lot of confusion about tax refunds. On the one hand, early filing data indicated smaller refunds, but then a Feb. 28 Treasury Department report stated that four weeks into the filing ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: I know that Marriott International franchises most of its hotels, like the Courtyard or the Ritz-Carlton, to third parties. What is your opinion of Marriott, and do you know what it would cost me to buy a ...

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  I am frequently asked something along the lines of “How do you find good deals in a strong market like Charlotte today?” This list is in no particular order, nor are these even a fraction of the ways available ...

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