(BPT) – Three Asian-American entrepreneurs who have channeled their rich heritage and unique experiences into success are now using their voices, creativity and care to give back to their communities in inspiring ways. In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Target is lifting up the voices of the Asian community by spotlighting…
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Like, nearly, everything else, in life, purchasing, and owning, investment real estate, should be considered, on a risk/ reward basis/ scale! While, many have earned their fortunes, or supplemented their incomes, buying these types of properties, doing so, is not true, for all! There are many possibilities, both, positive, and negative, and a wise buyer/…
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Smaller, investment properties, often, offer, significant financial/ economic benefits, in terms of creating a combination of asset growth, return – on – investment, and some degree of safety! However, this is true, only, if, the purchaser, first, thoroughly, understands, what to seek, and why! Different potential properties, have, varying, potential, for optimal performance, etc! While,…
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All too often I see small business owners missing the mark with their marketing. Sure, it’s easy to do when you specialize in a specific industry niche and you spend your time engulfed in industry sector jargon. However, it’s best to put yourself in your potential customer’s shoes and think your marketing through from their…
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Joint venture businesses are composed of two or more companies, groups or individual businessmen or businesses. The join each other to create a much better or a new business line, hence the name joint. Today, a lot of businesses have been joint venturing with other businesses and companies for numerous benefits. Although the benefits are…
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The idea of joint venturing is now attracting lots of business out there, and it does not matter whether they are big or small. This is because of the benefits that small businesses and even successful and big businesses. But before a big business will consider to joint venture with a smaller business, they inspect…
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Today’s article contains great news for investors and brokers alike. According to an important Bloomberg article published this week, the economic boom currently being enjoyed in America will probably not result in an extra big bust, according to the work done by the Nobel-prize-winning economist, Milton Friedman. You may recall that Milton Friedman was a famous…
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When underwriting commercial loans, commercial lenders need to be very careful about properties that are leased out for far more than their fair market value. A story will make this clear. GrandpaJack was a brilliant man. He was also a darned fool. Forty-five years ago, he spotted the fact that Silicon Valley on the San…
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First a correction. A few days ago, I wrote a blog article about how deflation is sweeping the world. In that article, I mentioned that deposit rates in Germany are slightly positive. I am pretty sure that this statement was wrong. Listening to Bloomberg today, I just discovered that the yield on ten-yield German bunds…
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Venture capital firms are different from private investors in that they have raised capital from a number of high net worth individuals with the intent to make investments on their behalf into promising start up companies and expanding businesses so that they can ultimately take the business public via an IPO or sell the business…
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