Cash Flow, Profits And The Cash Conversion Cycle
Calculating cash flow is one of the most important tasks of the business owner. Revenue and expenses are rarely constant in a business and cash requirements need to be planned for shortfalls, seasonal factors or one time large payments. At the end of the day, a company that cannot pay its bills is ... more...

Shrug Off Your Debt Burden: Take An Unsecured Debt Consolidation Loan
You have a number of credit card dues to pay. You have not been able to repay the loan you had taken to buy a car last year. You have also not paid back the debt of your recent holiday trip. The burden of loans is increasing and the interest amount is multiplying. As you dont have any property to ... more...

Credit Card Reward Programs: Getting The Most Out Of Your Credit Cards
Credit cards can earn you cash, airline miles, or rewards. To get the most out of your credit card company, you have to choose the right program and use your card often.Pick The Right ProgramDo you want a free trip to Hawaii or cash at the end of the year? Credit card companies offer a variety of ... more...

Who Wants to End Up in a Nursing Home? NO ONE!
As a long-term care consultant for seniors and their families I have visited many different types of facilities. But my favorite type of facility to visit is adult family homes.There are over 2200 adult family homes in Washington State. Adult family homes have many things in common, but are each ... more...

Quality Recovery and Rework - When It All Goes Wrong
When Quality is the Target, but not the Result, what do you do?While Quality may be the overarching goal of all production, stuff happens, resulting in non-conforming parts. This results in failure verification, rework, recalls, sorting, kitting, retest, relabeling and pipeline management, which ... more...

Getting Your First Home Loan: What Should You Do?
For people who are buying a house for the first time, often the biggest obstacle is credit. They simply wont have made that big of a purchase before - buying a home is a big thing, and if you havent improved your credit beforehand, you can end up with a much higher interest rate that costs a lot ... more...

Fraud in Real Estate, Are You Being Victimized? - Part II
The phone range and Peter was on the other end of the line. "Willard, I have a friend of mine that has a real estate problem." I said, "Send him over." Two hours later, Jerry sat in front of me terribly upset. Three years earlier, he had been talked into buying a 4 unit building in partnership with ... more...

When A Two-Salary Income Fails
While this may not apply to everyone, you may find that a second salary brings in substantially less than you thought it would. In the beginning, Rachael thought that since she and her husband were just about breaking even as a couple, that staying home with the new baby would not work -- infant ... more...

Student Credit Cards 101
If youre a college student, you probably already have a credit card. If not, you may have plans to get one or more soon. So why should you read on?Because financial debt is one of the main reasons that many students end up dropping out of college.Because your college years can be some of your most ... more...