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Our U.S. flag. It’s been around a long time, and it has seen a lot of war and destruction, a lot of happiness and grief. It’s not Flag Day, but the flag is what I think of on the 4th of July.
Here is a great […]
A friend of mine who runs a health care practice just got a letter telling him to report for jury duty. He is in a solo practice and any day he isn’t working is a day when he makes no money. He is married, with one child, and his wife doesn’t work (outside […]
Iowa’s smoking ban went into effect yesterday (July 1). The only two exceptions, as I understand it, are casinos (can’t stop those gamblers from smoking, can we?) and veterans hospitals (maybe on the assumption that they served their country and they have earned the right to kill themselves with smoking if they want).
You can […]
Are you thinking about retirement in the next few years? In my interview with Bill Losey in recognition of National Retirement Planning Month, I asked him:
Q: What is the single biggest mistake people make in planning their retirements?
A: In Retire in a Weekend I said the biggest mistake is taking advice from unqualified […]
In recognition of National Retirement Planning Month in July, I interviewed Bill Losey, America’s Retirement StrategistTM , author of the book Retire in a Weekend: The Baby Boomer’s Guide to Making Work Optional. Bill is a Certified Financial PlannerTM and a Certified Senior Advisor and he has lots to say to those of […]
My post yesterday about Boomers vs. Gen X’ers as shoppers got me to wondering about the differences between men and women as shoppers. So I did some research and I have some comments on how this research might affect your business:
Women think about shopping as much as men think about sex. Women think […]
I have lots of stuff to talk about in July:
July is National Retirement Planning Month, and I’m going to be interviewing Bill Losey, CFP, CSA, author of Retire in a Week, who will provide some great information about retirement planning for Baby Boomers.
July is also the middle of the year and time to take stock […]
I just found a website for an interesting company called VocationVacations®. The company sends you on a vacation to try out a vocation.
Have you ever wanted to be:
An alpaca rancher?
A bed and breakfast owner?
A chef?
A dude rancher?
An interior designer?
A private investigator?
A sailing boat captain?
A wine bar owner, vineyard owner, or wine retailer?
There are many […]
Good question. You are getting ready to retire in a few years. You have a fairly nice house, accompanied by a fairly large mortgage. Should you pay it off?
For: Paying it off will give you more money to spend in retirement. You will have money sitting around and available […]
In my last post today, I talked about a new course from the SBA describing the types of loans they have available. Here is the second new course from the SBA.
The second one, How to Package a Loan Request, discusses the requirements for putting together a loan.
It also includes a list of “realities” about small […]
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