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Bulgaria - The Investment Opportunity, With Prices For Everyone
by: Mark Gardner Emerson
The secret is well and truly out for Bulgaria. With the cheapest property prices in Europe, and a ridiculously low cost of living, people are buying Bulgarian properties in their droves. Traditionally, property investing has been for the well-heeled, and the well-connected. Exotic foreign climes, slick city centre apartments and bustling holiday hideaways have offered huge returns to the canny a... (read more)
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Home Office Tips
by: BB Lee
You've decided to start a home based business. Now your next important step is to decide where to place your home office. You decide to place the home office in a corner of your bedroom. Or in the corner of a dinning room. Maybe even the family room surrounded by the kid's huge toy collection. Heh, you reason, it's better than no office at all. Besides it takes up a small space and cos... (read more)
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How Rich Is Rich?
by: Codi Morieta
Just how wealthy should a person be to be considered financially self-reliant? To the question "How Rich is Rich", there is no specific answer. It is likely that there will be a difference in opinion between two persons who may have the same financial status in life. We can expect an even obvious difference in answers between two persons who are not in the same financial status. Some answers may s... (read more)
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Why You Need a Target Market
by: Jennifer Givler
One of the first things you must do for your business is define your target market. I hear business owners tell me all the time that “anyone can use their products,” or “they don’t want to narrow down their customer base by excluding groups of people.” I understand that there is fear around excluding a portion of the population – you feel it’s money walking out the door. But, do you really want to... (read more)
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What Do You Need to Know Before You Design Your Own Logo?
by: Karen Saunders
Everyone's got 'em. You likely see the "Nike swoosh" logo everywhere you go. And you know the Texaco station at the corner by its distinctive "star." So, you're thinking, "My company needs a logo, too." Maybe you want to design your own logo too. Why create a logo for your company? Because a logo: -- visually represents your company in a graphic form (a picture is worth a thousand words, ... (read more)
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Life Insurance – Why Your Policy Should Be Written In Trust
by: Michael Challiner
One of the UK's biggest life insurance companies recently pointed out that only 1% of life insurance policies are written in trust. This should not be the case – and in this article we explain why. By having your policy “Written in Trust”, it means that if a claim is made, the beneficiaries named on the policy receive the payout directly. If you're not in the know, then you could be forgive... (read more)
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Is Your Credit Ready to Take on a Mortgage?
by: Shawn Henson
To help determine whether you’re ready to take on a mortgage or not take a look at your finances. Two things that you really want to take a look at are your credit score and current debts. These two factors greatly determine how much home you can afford. Credit Scores. What determines a good credit score depends upon the scoring model and the lender. Some credit reporting companies will score ... (read more)
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This Thing Called Business
by: Eric Gurr
The explosion of information has led to an explosion of confusion. Confusion as it relates to business is a dangerous thing. Let's put it out there in plain English. Business is the creation, selling and delivery of a product or service for a profit. That's it. Nothing more and nothing less. It doesn't matter if you're running a home based business a small business or IBM, lose focus ... (read more)
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2006 List of Tax Scams Released by IRS
by: Richard A. Chapo
Every year, the IRS issues a list of tax scams. The goal is to alert taxpayers to the lack of merit of certain strategies as well as letting everyone know the IRS will not accept them. 2006 Scams The IRS has kicked out its annual list of highly dubious tax scams for 2006. Promoters often make these strategies sound credible, but they simply aren’t. If a taxpayer attempts to use one of the scams, t... (read more)
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Tax Tips for S Corporation
by: Howard I Schwartz
Tax Tips for S Corporations : http://www.tax-definition.org/Define-Payroll-taxes.html Description: The “C” and “S” corporations refer to the Internal Revenue Code’s subchapters. The “S” corporation status eliminates the possibility of double taxation on the profits in businesses. There are many things that you are required to do before filing your taxes if you’re small business owner. The IRS tax... (read more)
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