My New Book is the Amazon #1 Best Seller in Real Estate Law
I launched my new book, Using A Limited Liability Company (LLC) for Real Estate Investing: What’s Really at Risk If You Get Sued a few weeks ago. I just learned my book is the Amazon #1 Best Seller in Real Estate Law! Thanks to everyone that downloaded and read a copy of my book and […]
Free E-Book Using LLCs for Real Estate Investing
For a limited time only, get a FREE copy of my new book on Amazon.com, Using LLCs for Real Estate Investing: What’s Really At Risk When You Get Sued. If you’re buying rental properties or investing in real estate, you’ve probably heard that you should put the property in a limited liability company (LLC). In […]
Top Signs You and Your Business Partner Are A Good Match
Thinking about going into business with someone? A friend, relative, spouse, or an outsider? There are a number of different considerations when going into business with someone, not the least of which is: are you both actually compatible? Here are the top signs you might be a good match: 1. You Disagree. Sounds counter-intuitive, but […]
How to Live Like A Lottery Winner Every Day
When I worked for someone else, I was miserable most of the time. I disliked having a boss, disliked my boss having a boss, and disliked all the politics and hierarchies that came along with being a cog in a machine. It kind of didn’t matter what type of work I was doing, I always […]
Facing the Ghosts of Business Past, Present and Future
“Men’s courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead,” said Scrooge. “But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change.” My favorite holiday story is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Ebenezer Scrooge is a rich old codger with enormous wealth but little empathy and kindness. On Christmas […]
Start A Gratitude Practice
With Thanksgiving upon us, we’re forced to look at a topic that often gets overlooked and ignored in our society: Practicing gratitude. For most people the thanks that they give around the dinner table once a year is their only practice of gratitude. And while being consciously grateful once a year is better than not […]
Why Villains Make Bad Business Owners
My son is currently obsessed with Star Wars. He won’t watch the original movies from the 1970’s because they’re “boring” (there is way too much dialog in the first two, but I do love Return of the Jedi), but he’s fascinated by the worlds and characters. Every night I have to read him several pages […]
Who Profits From Pope Visit
It’s almost time for the Pope visit! After months of anticipation and sometimes dread, the Pope will be upon us in under 48 hours. This week the city finally released numbers for how much all of this will cost the city and taxpayers. That leads to the question – who will actually make money from […]
Fraud Alert- Business Compliance Division
Fraud alert! Many clients have recently received a postcard in the mail from a Business Compliance Division. The return address is from Harrisburg and warns of a compliance violation regarding your business. When you call the number, you are told that you need a “certificate of existence” or “certificate of good standing” and the person […]
The Pope in Philly:Â Business Savior or Supreme Foe?
Photo by Alfredo Borba Unless you’ve been living under a rock all summer, it’s common knowledge that Pope Francis is coming to Philadelphia September 26th and 27th. The news about unprecedented security measures being put in place has the majority of the city’s population in a tizzy. Rightfully so, with talk about a huge fence […]