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Securing A Home Equity Loan
by: Peter Kenny
If you own a home, then one way to free up extra money to consolidate debt or to make home improvements is to take out a home equity loan. A home equity loan is money that you borrow against the money you have paid towards your property. The amount you can borrow depends on the level of equity that you have, which is determined by your property value minus the amount you have outstanding on your m... (read more)
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A New Age Of Small-Unit Leadership
by: Brent Filson
Recent mergers in many industries remind me of a point that Gen. Dwight Eisenhower often made, "Generals move the pins on a map," he would say, "but the front-line troops have to get the job done." And the key to the job is leadership, small-unit leadership, leadership of the most basic units or teams of an organization. Without good leadership in front-line units the squad leaders and platoon ... (read more)
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Letters of Reference - Writing Power Phrases
by: Shaun Fawcett
As a result of writing literally hundreds of letters of reference over the years, I am aware that there are certain common elements and approaches that are applicable to almost all such letters. If you look closely at most reference and recommendation letters you will notice that there are certain "types" of phrases that recur over and over again, throughout the various letters. These statement ... (read more)
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Lead Generation: Pay-Per-Action
by: Joseph Pratt
The June 20th cocktail party for Exchange Place could have doubled as a movie set. I was an invited guest representing ICMediaDirect.com and among some advertising professionals thoroughly enjoying views of the Manhattan skyline and park from the Hayden Planetarium’s spacious patio. I was beginning, in fact, to feel as sophisticated as my surroundings when a dutiful bartender firmly rebuffed my ... (read more)
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The All Important Disclosure Statement For Real Estate
by: Alan Cowgill
When I was getting my real estate education and started to learn about using private lenders, ALL of my instructors left out a HUGE piece of the equation. It was the part about being in compliance with the SEC and their regulations. I now see it as my charter to make sure folks are aware that when they borrow money from private individuals, it is not the Wild West. There are rules that come in... (read more)
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8 Reasons To Form A Strategic Business Alliance
by: Darren Phipps PhD
A strategic alliance is when two or more businesses join together for a set period of time. The businesses, usually, are not in direct competition, but have similar or complimentary products or services that are directed toward the same target audience. Below are ten reasons to create a strategic alliance. 1. You could offer your customers a larger variety of products or services. This will allow ... (read more)
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The 5 Most Dangerous IT Management trends in 2006 and What to Do About Them
by: Joey Smith
IT managers that lose their jobs usually do so not because of skills which technical professionals deem so necessary, but because of management, leadership and strategy. This is scary considering the recent trends this year and potentially in the future as well. Let's take a look at each trend and discuss what to do about them and how to beef up your management, leadership and strategy to head... (read more)
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CeMAP Training Courses
by: Joe Kocsis
We all strive for success by studying for university degrees, attend courses and continuously look for a spark for direction in life and it's not until we see a professional person in front of us that we realise that it's a job that we would like to do. It seems easy watching that individual working at the height of their career without realising what price they have had to pay to achieve su... (read more)
• August 2006 •
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Become a CeMAP Qualified Broker
by: Joe Kocsis
Cemap training and regulation of the UK mortgage industry. Regulation of the UK mortgage market has increased in line with the overall trend of consumer protection. It is generally felt that hitherto the UK mortgage market has been under- regulated. The financial scandals of the 1980's and 1990's resulted in much tighter control over the entire industry, not least for self-employed mortgage ... (read more)
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Mortgage Advisor Jobs Secrets
by: Joe Kocsis
Mortgage Advisor Jobs - Are you looking for an opportunity in the UK mortgage industry and finding it hard to get on to the mortgage advisor jobs ladder? The key to being successful in the mortgage industry is persistency but getting fixed up with work requires something else, "exposure," but do we really know all the mortgage advisor jobs secrets? We all aspire to the nice things in life but rar... (read more)
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