If you have a family, most of your decisions and daily schedule will focus on what is best for them. You want to provide comfort and stability for your spouse, your children and anyone else who depends on you. Thinking about what will happen to the people you love if...
When you’re planning to start a business for the first time, there are a lot of ways to make mistakes and errors that might hurt your business later. That’s why it’s important to start out strong and to avoid common mistakes that harm new businesses. As a novice...
One of the first pieces of advice people give small business owners is to be careful about their contracts. Recognizing that you need a formal contract for most business agreements is important, as is ensuring that your contract contains all of the necessary terms and...
If you’re looking to get out of a commercial lease as a business owner, you may find that your landlord isn’t too keen on letting you out of it. Finding another tenant may be difficult and they were counting on that consistent income. They may decide that it’s not in...
Real estate transactions often involve hundreds of thousands of dollars and mountains of paperwork. There is practically an entire language of real estate jargon you have to learn to communicate effectively when selling or buying property. The better you understand...
Successful businesses need well-written contracts in place so that they can make bold moves and function efficiently. Without contracts, businesses would need to operate solely on the basis of other people's words, which is high risk and will inevitably lead to...
Starting a business requires that you know a lot about many different topics. There's a reason that so many people go to school for a degree before they try to start a business or assume control over one. However, you don't need an MBA to run your own plumbing...
If you think of an estate plan as nothing more than a last will, it is very easy to put off creating one. After all, there are state laws that will divide your property among your closest family members if you die without a will. However, a good estate plan is more...
A 2-year-old yellow lab sat in an overcrowded shelter 186 days ago after having been found as a stray. As a gorgeous and young dog, there should have been hope for a family to save him quickly. Unfortunately for Cooper, he had heartworm disease. Transmitted through...
As a pet parent, it’s difficult to look toward a future in which you may not be able to care for your animal. However, if you put this off, you’re putting your pet at risk. And that’s not a risk you want to take. A pet trust is one of the best ways to protect the...
