Hire Temporary Employees for Your Small Business

By Jim Antonilli · Comment
Filed under: Human Resources 

No matter what kind of work you require, you can find a temporary worker to fit all. The greatest advantage to hiring a temp is that because they are on someone else’s payroll, you don’t have to worry about benefits or payroll taxes.

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State Sales Tax Number and Sales Taxes for Online Sales

By Jim Antonilli · Comment
Filed under: Small Business 

You do not pay any sales tax if you do not apply for and get a sales tax number from your state. But, if you do have a sales tax number from your state, you must make sure to pay your taxes. Many states not only impose financial penalties, which are double or triple the amounts due, some even impose criminal penalties.

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How To Get Local Business License

By Jim Antonilli · Comment
Filed under: Small Business 

Local business licenses are designed for businesses where customers visit the business location. If, however, you open an office or take some space in a commercial location, then you might need a local business license.

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How to Minimize Taxes - Consider these Tax Reduction Strategies for your Business

By Jim Antonilli · Comment
Filed under: Taxes Relief 

Setting up a Keogh Plan or a SEP-IRA can also save you thousands of dollars in taxes each year. The tax savings can be so great that I have known business people to borrow money to put into these plans near the end of the year to get the savings and then pay the money back after the end of the year.

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What is Disability (Income) Insurance

By Jim Antonilli · Comment
Filed under: Disability 

If you couldn’t work, how would you pay your bills, buy food, and pay your rent or mortgage? A lot of people mistakenly think the government will take care of this if they become disabled. This used to be more true than it is today.

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Getting a Federal Tax ID Number (TIN) and Employer Identification Number (EIN)

By Jim Antonilli · Comment
Filed under: Taxes Tools 

The federal tax ID number is used in place of your Social Security number when you are opening bank accounts, applying for credit, or sending invoices for your business. You use it to file your business tax return and you will need to furnish it each time someone paying you money for services requests it.

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How Good is the Customer Service of Your Business And How Do You Improve Your Customer Service

By Jim Antonilli · Comment
Filed under: Customer Service 

Do you really know who your customers are and whether you are responsive to their changing needs? If you are unsure, create a database to collect information on their purchasing habits, likes, wants, and business practices. Be sure to update the database on a regular basis.

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Five Quick Time Management Tips To Improve Your Workplace Productivity

By Jim Antonilli · Comment
Filed under: Workplace 

Start with the big picture. Ask yourself what you want to accomplish, where you are trying to go, and what the most important things are for you to do. This type of clear thinking will give you a solid foundation for goal setting, prioritizing, and establishing a clear sense of direction.

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What is Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, Corporation and Limited Liability Company (LLC)

By Jim Antonilli · Comment
Filed under: Corporations LLC 

Definitions and Differences between a Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, Corporation and Limited Liability Company (LLC)

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LEARNING TO FORECAST YOUR PROPERTY’S FUTURE VALUE

By Jim Antonilli · Comment
Filed under: Buying 

When you incorporate the buy-and-sell strategy, you are wise to invest in good areas where the future appreciation of real estate seems assured. It is the same formula as having a quick turn-around property, only the analysis goes much deeper.

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Uniform Commercial Code and How it applies to Leasing Commercial Spaces to a Retail Tenants

By Jim Antonilli · Comment
Filed under: Leasing Renting 

Technically, if the tenant does not remove trade fixtures before the lease expires, the fixtures become the property of the landlord by abandonment.

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Borrowing Money to Finance your Inventory - FACTORING

Borrowing money to finance inventory is called “factoring” in the retail trade, and is probably the easiest type of credit to find. All you need to do is show a lender you are a successful seller, and you can turn the inventory over rapidly.

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Tips for Shopping for a Home Mortgage to Buy or Refinance Existing Loan

Because there are a lot of bad deals out there, do some research to make sure you’re dealing with a reputable broker and lender. If you were happy with your original lender, consider checking there after you’ve done some research on rates and closing costs available elsewhere.

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How do people get into Foreclosure?

By Jim Antonilli · Comment
Filed under: Foreclosures 

Regardless of what hits us, when we then lose our job, we are ill prepared to continue making mortgage payments. We get behind and begin to experience a financial strangle-hold. This condition throws us into a fiscal and emotional tailspin, and we plummet into financial and emotional darkness.

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FINDING FORECLOSURES IS EASIER THAN EVER BEFORE

By Jim Antonilli · Comment
Filed under: Foreclosures 

Not long ago, finding pre-foreclosures was largely a game of luck. If you knew a foreclosure attorney, they might have had advance knowledge o F properties about to be foreclosed on. Foreclosure auctions gave public notice in the local paper, and getting through the bank managers in the post-foreclosure stage was iffy, at best.

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STEPS TO HOLD OFF FORECLOSURE: THE PREVENTIVE MEASURES

By Jim Antonilli · Comment
Filed under: Foreclosures 

The best way to keep from going into default is to be able to afford the debt service in the first place. Naturally, few investors would be able to carry all or at least a major portion of the debt service, so look to a prudent demand rate and safe mix of extension and leverage.

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ALEXANDER THE GREAT - Ruler and Conqueror

By Jim Antonilli · Comment
Filed under: Inspirational 

Alexander led many campaigns against foreign powers who threatened Greek borders. He had immense public support, but other members of his court soon began to oppose him.

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Working With You Real Estate Agent Through MLS to find Handyman Specials

Within two to three minutes maximum, your real estate agent will have a nice printout of all the information you requested, plus some very interesting statistics.

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Qualifications for VA Loans

By Jim Antonilli · Comment
Filed under: Home Loans 

Qualifying a veteran for a VA loan is not difficult; however, it requires consulting several tables to determine various taxes, maintenance costs, residual requirements, and child care expenses. Military pay tables for active duty veterans also are helpful.

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Invest In a Vacation Home - Perfect Solution for Get-A-Way Vacation and Nice Investment

By Jim Antonilli · Comment
Filed under: Vacation Homes 

It has been my observation that people are spending more and more discretionary money on entertainment and vacations. Vacation destinations have their hot or “peak” season. The rest of the year they do not have as much demand.

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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Composer

By Jim Antonilli · Comment
Filed under: Music 

Johann Sebastian Bach composed such masterpieces of classical music as Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor and Little Book for the Keyboard.

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GENERAL CONCEPTS OF LAND USE AND INVESTMENT

By Jim Antonilli · Comment
Filed under: Land 

The highest and best use for most improved land is its current use, assuming that the use conforms to the expectations of the local marketplace. Highest and best use analysis and decisions become highly relevant in developing unimproved land and considering urban renewal and renovations in blighted areas.

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What are Margins and How does Margin Guarantees Safety and Honesty in Futures Market

By Jim Antonilli · Comment
Filed under: Futures Trading 

Futures markets are first and foremost a risk transference vehicle. Futures markets also provide price information that the world looks to as a benchmark in determining value of a particular commodity or financial instrument on any given lay or at any specific time of the day.

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eBay stocks falls below $20 - eBay cuts 1500 jobs

By Jim Antonilli · Comment
Filed under: Stock Market 

With the above Policies, eBay is in direct cross with both their Sellers as well as their Affiliates. It may be worth noting that if there are too few Affiliates, it results in fewer sales, and if there are lesser sales, there are lesser eBay Sellers. If there are fewer Sellers, lesser competition in price and fewer inventory drives Buyers away from eBay!

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What is a Futures Contract?

By Jim Antonilli · Comment
Filed under: Futures Trading 

Futures contracts represent more than just Corn and Soybeans; today we have futures contracts on traditional commodities ranging from Corn and Crude Oil, to contracts on Treasury Bonds, Foreign Currencies, Eurodollar Deposits, as well as single stock futures contracts.

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