12Jun

Efficient Internet Marketing with the help (executive business coaching) of SEO

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By kay

  SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. It is the procedure, which is in use to render a web page appropriate for the search engines to index the sheet. The more enhanced is the search engine optimization; more is the likelihood of improved page’s, probably of being scheduled and positively ranked in the search engine. There are qualified SEO mentor available to carry your site to the highest place on MSN, Google, and Yahoo. These websites are available for both purposes that is user friendly as well as engine friendly.

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Using Private Label in Events

By Gregory Bridges

  May 6, 2006

Events are an important part of corporate life. A well planned event can forcefully convey a clear corporate message and engage participants in the respective corporate culture.

Most companies and organizations hold events for a number of reasons. Company picnics, holiday parties, new product introductions, sales and planning meetings and annual shareholder’s meetings are but a few of the occasions that mark milestones of the organization. These meetings require detailed planning and resources and many organizations elect to utilize specialists in managing events.

Event planning is a complex undertaking with the coordination of vendor delivery schedules and maintaining critical timeline requirements. In addition to the logistics involved in planning the meeting most planners develop a theme that captures the essence and intent of the meeting. The theme adds continuity and acts as a reminder of the event for the future.

The Value of the Theme

A common theme brings participants together and allows the event organizers to convey a strong message about the event. The theme is usually expressed in communication and promotional material and documents related to the event. Effective communication of the theme is critical to the success of the event. Since there are a variety of themes to choose from for any event, care must be taken to select the best theme for the occasion and to properly communicate the theme to the audience.

Promotional Items and Quality Communication

The theme is an important element of communications. A quality message, consistent with the overall theme message of the company, is required for effective communication. One aspect of communication is the use of personalized promotional items, effective banners and unique giveaways. These items can be designed to impart an effective message and the use of high quality personalized giveaways creates a lasting impression and reinforces the event theme.

Private Label Drinking Water as an Effective Promotional Item

Private label drinking water is an ideal and powerful way to promote an event theme. Essentially private labeling allows businesses to design and develop a label with a custom message and theme and attach that label to a bottle of healthy drinking water. A result of this process is the creation and promotion of a clear message that is tailored to the event

Because of the immediate and permanent nature of the bottled water product, consumable advertising is created that leaves a lasting message in the mind of the event participant.

Some of the benefits of private labeled water include:

A high-quality, effective and custom message.

Messages can be modified to reflect events like corporate meetings, new product introductions and promotions.

Individual users often carry the water with them and the event message is further extended and promoted.

Pure water is popular and universally accepted as contributing to good health. The message of the private label effectively reaches more prospects as use grows.

Effective cost is low and response to the event message is immediate.

Consumable, portable advertising creates a lasting message and impression.

What to Look for in a Private Label Water Supplier

There are a number of private label water suppliers but they vary widely in the quality of their product offerings. There are three areas to investigate when choosing a supplier:

1. Quality of Water

Events with a large number of participants require proper hydration with water of the highest quality. High quality water in terms of health and taste is also critical for the acceptance of the theme and event message. If the water is low quality or tastes bad then the message will fail. The best quality water on the market today is purified using a distillation/ filtration/ oxygenation process that removes all impurities, including all bacteria, and creates a light, refreshing taste.

2. Quality of Label Design and Production

The label is the message part of the product and poor-quality labels send a poor-quality message. Production of a poor-quality label is a waste of money and adversely affects the message and theme.

It is very important to know that the vast majority (almost all) of the private label opportunities in this country come from water resellers (not bottlers) with desktop-model “thermal” (or “thermal wax”) printing devices with a quality level that cannot compare well to even consumer-grade inkjet printing devices widely available for less than $200 at your local electronics store. These label printers are very cheap in both quality and cost, typically ranging from $10-20k depending on configuration, and are widely used throughout the private label water industry because of their low cost.

In sharp contrast, a quality label, i.e., one that looks like a top-shelf brand that you might find in your local gourmet grocery store, needs to be produced with professional-quality equipment using professional-grade printing equipment. There are three types of printing equipment that can produce a high-quality label.

1. Rotary offset lithography;

2. Flexography; and

3. High-quality digital presses.

For most smaller runs (under about 10,000 units), digital equipment offered by Heidelberg or HP is the most cost effective solution, but instead of $10-20k, the minimum equipment costs for these professional solutions range from $750k to $1.25M per station.

These facts are very important to understand when choosing a private label bottler - because those who sell low-quality labels would have you believe that nothing better is available because of the short runs required by private label customers. Nothing could be further from the truth.

In order to succeed, your label must be professionally designed and produced with high-quality materials using a printing process that renders a high-quality result. Waterproof lamination is also required for long lasting labels. This is easily achieved for an affordable unit cost using the right equipment for the job.

3. Quality of Customer Service

The design and production of private labeled drinking water is complex and requires intense interaction between the customer and supplier. Communication and a culture of customer service excellence is a prerequisite to the creation of an effective theme message and a successful event. Without a significant commitment to customer service on the part of the supplier, the impact of the theme message will fail.

Choose a quality supplier to help develop and communicate your message and to create success for the corporate event.

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Investment Funds in Panama

By Gregory Bridges

  Investment corporations, also known as investment funds, are institutions of collective investment. They gather capital from the public to reinvest it collectively and diversely, therefore the investment risks are lower and the returns to the investors are in theory going to be enhanced. It is a Panama vehicle to raise third party investment funds.

Definition - An investment corporation in Panama is any judicial person (corporation or foundation), trust or contractual agreement that, through the issuance and sale of its own participation quotas, is dedicated to the business of obtaining monies from the investment public, through one time payments or periodical payments, with the object of investing and negotiating, either directly or through investment managers or administrators, investments in securities, bonds, options, futures, metals, real estate or any other recognized investment medium. The Panama investment corporations are entities that gather funds from the public to reinvest them collectively. The intent is that they can offer lower risks and costs of administration (reduced trading commissions for instance) and a professional capability of investment analysis, administration, follow up and financial control of the investment.

Investment Corporations Conducting a Public Offering in Panama

It is legally understood that a public offering of participation quotas of an investment corporation is taking place when it or its investment administrator, or another entity on behalf of it, offers securities through marketing and promotion activities in the territory of the Republic of Panama. These marketing and promotional activities are any form of communication targeting potential investors with the object of promoting the subscription or obtaining participation quotas (investments) in an investment corporation vehicle, and will be considered to be in the territory of the Republic of Panama as long as it is addressed to people domiciled in Panama. This is probably not of interest to many of you since you are reading this in English not Spanish. It is useful to read through this article to see how the law operates and how one can be excluded from registration which will probably be of great interest to you.

An investment corporation is considered to be administered in or from Panama when one of the following applies:

1. That the investment corporation designates an investment administrator in the Republic of Panama.

2. That the principal domicile of the investment corporation is located in the Republic of Panama, or the prospect or any other advertisement material indicates that it is located in Panama.

3. That the investment corporation designates a custodian in the Republic of Panama

4. That the directors necessary to adopt a resolution of the Board of Directors of the investment corporation have their domicile in Panama.

Investment Corporations Requiring Licensure with the Panama Securities Commission

1. Simple Investment Corporations: Only have one type of participation quotas and one investment portfolio.

2. Umbrella Investment Corporations: Have multiple series of participation quotas with different investment portfolios.

3. Multiple Class Investment Corporations: Have multiple series of participation quotas, each one of those series with different terms regarding the payment of commissions and subscription fees, redemptions and administrative fees.

4. Principal Fund Feed by other Funds: This is best described as an investment corporation that invests in other investment corporations.

Requirements for the Registration of an Investment Corporation in Panama

1. Name and incorporation information.

2. Legal and commercial domicile of the corporation.

3. Designation of an investment administrator who will have to have a License issued by the National Securities Commission. When the investment corporation will be administered for itself, the documentation regarding the person who will be the principal executive and the compliance officer must be submitted.

4. Designation of a custodian for the investment corporation.

5. Identification of the type of fund.

6. Authorized share capital and minimum capital to initiate the operation.

7. Amount of participation quotas required to be registered for public offering and value of the initial offer.

Documents to be Submitted with the Application

1. Authenticated copy of the articles of incorporation, which must establish that the corporation will exclusively operate as an investment corporation and the accounting books will be kept in Panama. Must be in Spanish but a certified English translation can be obtained.

2. Copy of passport or Panama Cedulla of Directors.

3. Audited financial statements or audited initial balance.

4. Curriculum Vitae of Directors and Dignitaries and Legal Representative.

5. Informative prospect of the investment corporation.

6. Signed contract with the investment administrator and signed contract with the custodian.

7. Draft Code of Conduct for those investment corporations that will assume their own administration and representation.

8. Advertisement and other publicity material that will be used by the investment corporation (everything that will be used even once).

9. Draft of the investment contract to be subscribed to every potential investor.

10. Draft Minutes of the Board of Directors establishing all terms and conditions related to the operation of the investment corporation.

Private Investment Corporations ? Registration Exempt

This type of investment corporations are not required to be registered in the Securities Commission and therefore are not subject to the rules that applies to registered investment corporations found above.

The Commission can sanction any representation or declaration that the investment corporation does, stating that it is registered in the Commission.

It is considered to be a private investment corporations when it is administered in the Republic of Panama or from the Republic of Panama, and has participation quotas that are not offered in the Republic of Panama and that its Articles of Incorporation includes one of the following two dispositions:

1. One disposition that limits the amount of effective owners of its participation quotas to 50, or that stipulated firmly that the offers for the investment will be done through private communications only and not through public communication such as web sites, newsletters, print or media ads etc.

2. A disposition that establishes that its participation quotas will only be offered to qualified investors in minimal initial investment amounts of $100,000.

The private investment corporations must designate a representative in Panama, who can be an licensed investment administrator, a securities house, a licensed investment advisor, a licensed Bank, an Accountant or a Lawyer, who must be able to dully represent the investment corporation before the Securities Commission at any time.

They must provide copy of the Articles of Incorporation, the Offering Prospectus, Audited Financial Statements, name and address of Directors. Yearly audited statements must be submitted.

Self-Administered Investment

When the investment corporation decides not to use an outside investment administrator, it must comply with the following:

1. The investment corporation must have at least 3 members of the Board of Directors, all of whom must have renowned business and professional honorability. They must be able to demonstrate that they are reputable well-regarded business professionals. This is generally established with reference letters, education and professional licensures.

2. At least one third of the members of the Board of Directors must have adequate knowledge and experience in fields related to securities market and financial market in general. This would be established through professional licenses, work experience, references and education.

3. Have a complete administrative and accounting organization, in addition to technical (Information Technology, Legal) and human resources for the administration of the investment corporation. They must be able to clearly demonstrate that all the pieces are in place to be able to competently and profitably administer the investment.

4. An internal code of conduct.

5. Designate a compliance officer that can ascertain all investment and due diligence requirements are being complied with.

This document was basically translated from Spanish Legalese and putting it into English Legalese which if you have ever tried it you would know it is not easy so do feel free to ask questions.

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10Jun

Having The Basic Concept Of A Mortgage (coaching in business)

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By Dustin Hines

  If you are new to borrowing and are just looking for your first home, then you probably are unsure about how mortgages work, and what the various types of mortgages are. If you are about to get your first mortgage, then you need to know the basics of what mortgages are and their various features. Here is some useful advice on the basics of mortgage lending:

What is a mortgage?

A mortgage is the loan that you take out to pay for a property. The loan is split into the capital and interest. The capital is the amount you have actually borrowed to buy the property, and the interest is the amount the lender charges you for the privilege of borrowing. There are various types of mortgages, but in general the two main types are repayment mortgages and interest only mortgages. Repayment mortgages are ones that require you to pay back the capital and interest each month. Interest only mortgages require you to pay just the interest each month and then the final capital amount at the end of the mortgage term. Whatever type of mortgage you are looking for, there are a number of features you should consider:

Interest rate

The interest rate of the mortgage is very important, because the lower the interest rate, the less you will pay back over the loan term. Mortgage rates are lower than most other types of loans, at around 5 or 6%. However, you should shop around for the best interest rate, as even .5% difference can mean a lot more to pay back over 20 or 30 years.

Exit fees

When you take out a mortgage, you agree a length of time over which you will repay the loan, known as the mortgage term. Mortgage terms usually range from 15-25 years. However, during this long period of time you might find a better deal or want to change your mortgage terms. If you leave during the mortgage term to use another lender, then the current lender will often charge exit fees to allow you to leave. This amount can be quite high, and is usually a percentage of the amount you still owe. You want a mortgage with low interest rates, but also make sure that you are fairly free to change lenders if required.

Insurance

As with all loans, you will be offered insurance on your mortgage, in case you are ill, out of work or die and cannot make the payments on the mortgage. If you die, then having insurance will allow your family to continue to pay the mortgage even without your income. When getting mortgage insurance, make sure that you are not paying too much for it and that your other insurance policies do not already cover you. If you aren’t covered, then getting mortgage insurance is a good idea.

How do you get a mortgage?

Mortgages can be obtained from banks, specialist mortgage lenders and online lenders. If you are looking for a mortgage, you should shop around for the best deals before committing to one lender. In order to get the mortgage, you need to show proof of income, and how much the property you want to buy is worth. The lender will then determine how much they can afford to lend you. It is often a good idea to discuss the amount you can borrow before looking at property, because then you will have a maximum budget when looking for your new home.

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Why Interest Only Can Be A Risky Option

By Dane Pearson

  The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ figures are showing a growing trend in interest only mortgages. From January to March 2002, 9% of new mortgages were interest only. Now take the period from October to December 2005, and the amount of new interest only mortgages has risen to 23%. In the same timeframe, the number of first time buyers choosing interest only mortgages has increased from 6% to 15%.

There’s a good reason for this upturn, and that’s because the monthly payments are so much lower than with a repayment mortgage. All you have to do is pay the interest, delaying the repayment of the capital itself until the end of the mortgage term when it is paid off in full.

Getting an interest only mortgage is an easy way to avoid having to change lifestyle habits like eating out and holidays - and having a mortgage is incredibly affordable this way. However, we think that there could be a lot of people in trouble in the future when they realise that they didn’t start saving soon enough for this eventual lump sum payment.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) have voiced concerns about homebuyers potentially getting an interest only mortgage and not making sufficient provisions to pay off the capital, so as a result mortgage lenders have tightened up the rules on interest only mortgages. Now you need to provide proof of an alternative savings fund to cover the capital, before they will agree to lend you the money. The most common ways to save include pensions and ISAs, regular payment schemes that could potentially save more than the capital required. Of course, they may also fall short. The main danger is that the homebuyer will go and cancel the savings plan once the mortgage has been agreed.

If a borrower decides not to save money to cover the capital, the only option would be to sell the home and then buy a home of less value when the time comes to repay the capital. This is not a scenario that the FSA and lenders want to be faced with, especially as property prices cannot be depended on.

Back in the 1970s and 1980s interest only mortgages were very popular - homebuyers would take out an endowment policy to cover the capital repayment at the end of the term. However, we all heard in the news recently about endowment policies under-performing - many borrowers were not able to cover the capital because of an endowment shortfall. They were considered to be a ‘guaranteed’ way of saving, but they did not fulfil their promise. In a similar way, there’s no way to be sure that an investment product will have performed as well as is needed when it comes to paying back the capital in 20 years time.

As people realised that the endowment policies had under-performed, the whole concept of getting an interest only mortgage with a separate savings vehicle fell out of favour, and now repayment mortgages are the norm. But from the recently published statistics mentioned earlier in this article, it looks like the tide may be turning again. For some people it’s the only option. House prices are too high for many people to be able to afford the full repayment mortgage payments.

So it looks like interest only mortgages will be becoming a lot more popular again, but we think that mortgage lenders could do more to help homebuyers see the other options available to them. For example, a mortgage doesn’t have to be over 25 years - the term can be extended to 30 or even 35 years, which would help lower the payments on a repayment mortgage considerably.

A 25-year repayment mortgage of 125,000 at 4.9% will cost 731.69 per month. Stretch the mortgage over 35 years instead, and the monthly payment is 103.53 less at 628.16. That can make the difference between a mortgage being not affordable and affordable.

Many mortgages now offer the option of overpaying when you can. So just because a mortgage is over 35 years, it doesn’t mean it will take 35 years to pay it off. Many homebuyers move house every eight to ten years as well, so the mortgage never needs to run its full course. It’s then a good opportunity to reassess how much you can afford on monthly repayments.

There are other options too, like a mortgage in which you repay half of the capital on repayment, and the rest at the end. It means you get a head start on repaying the capital, and the mortgage can always be renegotiated if you feel you can afford to pay more each month.

Our most serious advice is this - don’t try and make a decision about something as important as a mortgage without getting advice from a professional first. There are a number of solutions so it is always best to get the whole picture from someone who knows the market well.

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Why Higher Lending Charges Are Outrageous

By Dane Pearson

  After you scraped together a modest deposit for your new home you may think you’re home and dry. Think again. On top of there’s the surveyors and solicitors to pay. Then the government want a slice. You’ve got to pay stamp duty at 1% of the property’s price (if the house costs more than 250,000 the rate of stamp duty increases - see the information at the foot of this article). Phew! You’re lucky you’ll just make it - you’ll be a homeowner at last!

Then out of the blue the mortgage lender sends you a new bill - another 1,500 please Sir. They’ve called it a Higher lending Charge (HLC) and it’s charged if you borrow more than 90% of the value of the house. About 75% of all mortgage lenders charge it and 1,500 is about the average they ask for.

And guess what - they money you pay won’t benefit you in any way whatsoever! Not one jot. You’re being charged for a form of protection insurance that protects the mortgage lender, not you. The HLC pays the lender if you default on your mortgage, your property has to be repossessed and the sale proceeds are less than the outstanding balance on your mortgage. In theory the HLC then pays out the shortfall to the lender but in practice many lenders carry the risk themselves so the HLC is just an extra fee to offset a higher lending risk.

But an HLC doesn’t let you off the hook! If your home is repossessed and there’s a shortfall, you still have to pay the shortfall back to your lender - they’re sure to chase you for the money.

Whilst most of the lenders who charge HLC’s will readily agree to add the charge to your mortgage, that’s little consolation. In any case this means that you’ll end up paying interest on top of the charge. Then, over a 25-year term, your HLC will have cost you closer to 2,700!

In our opinion HLC’s should have died out with the dinosaurs. If a lender is worried you’ll default, they shouldn’t have lent the money in the first place. And with all today’s hi-tec credit checks and the risk based assessments used to process your application, you’d think the lenders were doing enough to protect themselves. In any case you may also end up paying a small interest premium for a 90% plus mortgage - so in practice you’re being charged twice for the same risk!

The Nationwide Building Society, who incidentally do not charge HLC’s, recently reported that during the last five years 1 billion has been charged in HLC’s by some 800,000 borrowers. It also found that just over 500,000 were first time buyers - largely youngsters struggling to buy a home. We believe that HLC’s are just another money making ploy for the mortgage lenders. By the way, the Higher Lending Charge used to be called a Mortgage Indemnity Guarantee, but they are all the same - only the name is different!

We think it’s time for the Office of Fair Trading to open up the box and take a look inside in the same way as they did with credit cards. The OFT recently ordered many credit cards to reduce their charges by up to 40%. A bit of that magic would do wonders for Higher Lending Charges!

Current Stamp Duty rates on house purchases in the UK

Houses under 125,000 No Stamp Duty

Houses 125,000 to 249,995* 1%

Houses 250,000 to 499,995* 3%

Houses over 500,000 4%

*HM Inland Revenue rounds up house prices to the nearest 5. Therefore, a house sold for between 249,996 and 249,999 will be rounded up to 250,000 and they’ll charge you 3% Stamp Duty on the lot!

Information correct as from the April Budget 2006.

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10Jun

Why Higher Lending Charges Are Outrageous (business leadership coaching)

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By Dane Pearson

  After you scraped together a modest deposit for your new home you may think you’re home and dry. Think again. On top of there’s the surveyors and solicitors to pay. Then the government want a slice. You’ve got to pay stamp duty at 1% of the property’s price (if the house costs more than 250,000 the rate of stamp duty increases - see the information at the foot of this article). Phew! You’re lucky you’ll just make it - you’ll be a homeowner at last!

Then out of the blue the mortgage lender sends you a new bill - another 1,500 please Sir. They’ve called it a Higher lending Charge (HLC) and it’s charged if you borrow more than 90% of the value of the house. About 75% of all mortgage lenders charge it and 1,500 is about the average they ask for.

And guess what - they money you pay won’t benefit you in any way whatsoever! Not one jot. You’re being charged for a form of protection insurance that protects the mortgage lender, not you. The HLC pays the lender if you default on your mortgage, your property has to be repossessed and the sale proceeds are less than the outstanding balance on your mortgage. In theory the HLC then pays out the shortfall to the lender but in practice many lenders carry the risk themselves so the HLC is just an extra fee to offset a higher lending risk.

But an HLC doesn’t let you off the hook! If your home is repossessed and there’s a shortfall, you still have to pay the shortfall back to your lender - they’re sure to chase you for the money.

Whilst most of the lenders who charge HLC’s will readily agree to add the charge to your mortgage, that’s little consolation. In any case this means that you’ll end up paying interest on top of the charge. Then, over a 25-year term, your HLC will have cost you closer to 2,700!

In our opinion HLC’s should have died out with the dinosaurs. If a lender is worried you’ll default, they shouldn’t have lent the money in the first place. And with all today’s hi-tec credit checks and the risk based assessments used to process your application, you’d think the lenders were doing enough to protect themselves. In any case you may also end up paying a small interest premium for a 90% plus mortgage - so in practice you’re being charged twice for the same risk!

The Nationwide Building Society, who incidentally do not charge HLC’s, recently reported that during the last five years 1 billion has been charged in HLC’s by some 800,000 borrowers. It also found that just over 500,000 were first time buyers - largely youngsters struggling to buy a home. We believe that HLC’s are just another money making ploy for the mortgage lenders. By the way, the Higher Lending Charge used to be called a Mortgage Indemnity Guarantee, but they are all the same - only the name is different!

We think it’s time for the Office of Fair Trading to open up the box and take a look inside in the same way as they did with credit cards. The OFT recently ordered many credit cards to reduce their charges by up to 40%. A bit of that magic would do wonders for Higher Lending Charges!

Current Stamp Duty rates on house purchases in the UK

Houses under 125,000 No Stamp Duty

Houses 125,000 to 249,995* 1%

Houses 250,000 to 499,995* 3%

Houses over 500,000 4%

*HM Inland Revenue rounds up house prices to the nearest 5. Therefore, a house sold for between 249,996 and 249,999 will be rounded up to 250,000 and they’ll charge you 3% Stamp Duty on the lot!

Information correct as from the April Budget 2006.

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Solution To Oversea Mortgages

By Giuseppe Mathis

  Finding an expert provider of mortgage fulfillment and mortgage processing solutions. Lenders need an outsource variable cost solution alternative that will not only streamline their processes and enable them to shift their focus to filling their pipelines, but that will also enable them to reduce risk, errors and overhead in their mortgage operations, while remaining responsive to fluctuations in their loan closing pipeline.

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Understanding For No Income Verification Loans

By Giuseppe Mathis

  What is a stated income second mortgage? A stated income second mortgage is one that does not require the borrower to prove income stated on the application. This is most advantageous to self employed and contract workers who receive a 1099 instead of a W-2 as they would have a difficult time proving their income. Stated income mortgage loans are the most commonly used and usually the least expensive of the no documentation types of mortgages.

Mortgage lenders understand that it is difficult for individuals who are self-employed or operate a one-person firm to verify their income. Different types of no income loans are offered including state income or no income verification loans.

Inquiries should be made to a loan officer as to the types of reduced documentation information required to secure the loan. Lenders may require anywhere from 3 to 6 month reserve for principal interest taxes and insurance (p.i.t.i.). If the monthly p.i.t.i. payment is $ 2,000 a month; the lender may require proof of assets anywhere from $6,000 to $ 12,000.

A fixed rate second mortgage is a way to refinance higher adjustable rate second mortgages or home equity loans. If the interest rate on the second mortgage is below the adjustable rate, lower payments monthly would be a benefit of the second mortgage.

Home equity loans can serve a number of purposes. They can be used to reduce credit card debt, consolidate high interest credit lines, make home improvements and pursue educational endeavors.

Stated income lines are available to all borrowers but the lenders usually require the borrower to have a minimum credit score. The higher the credit score the better the interest rate offered.

A stated income second mortgage loan is suitable for borrowers who have no verifiable income and have assets to meet minimum reserve requirements of the lender. The stated income on your application must be reasonable in terms of your assets. Qualifications for no income verification loans require the borrower to have a minimum credit score. While it varies from lender to lender, most lenders will require the borrower to have a credit score above 580.

The lower the credit scores the higher the interest rate the lender will require. If your credit score is high you may be able to take advantage of a fixed rate second mortgage before the interest rates increase above 7%.

Consideration is usually given to the tax consequences of the different types of loans. A tax adviser should be consulted before a borrower commits to a mortgage whether he is a first time buyer or an experienced homeowner refinancing.

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08Jun

(Small business coaching) How Credit Card Balance Transfers Can Influence Your Credit Score

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By Maxwell Gould

  Transferring balance from a high interest credit card to a new lower interest card can definitely save you money on interest, if nothing else at least until the introductory rate ends (if applicable). We all receive those infamous credit card offers in the mail, urging us to apply for a new card and transfer our high interest balance over, in order to take advantage of the lower interest rate that this new card has to offer.

This seems like a logical thing to do, right? I mean, lower interest rates on your credit accounts equals more money in your pocket, true? Yes, transferring your credit card balance from a high interest credit account to a lower one is an excellent way to save money on interest, especially if you carry a lot of debt on your credit card(s).

But how does this affect your credit rating and credit score? The answer to that question really depends on your situation, and how you go about it.

A closer look

Lets say you have $5,000 in debt on a credit card account from “ABC Credit Services”, which has a total credit line of $10,000. For this example, lets just say this is currently your only open credit card account. Since your debt takes up half of your total credit line, this would put your percentage of debt compared to your credit line, for this account, at 50%. We’ll call this your “debt percentage”.

You’re making payments to ABC with no problems and you seem happy with the account and the interest rate. That is, until one day you check your mail, and there it is, a credit card offer from “XYZ Credit Services” with a fixed interest rate set at half of what you’re paying now with ABC! Suddenly dollar signs start popping up in your head, and you start trying to figure out how much money you could save by transferring your $5,000 balance to XYZ. You then decide you’re going to apply for the account at XYZ. Your credit is good right? No problem! You receive the card in a week or so, and go ahead with the balance transfer.

So how does this affect my credit score?

How this balance transfer affects your credit rating and credit score really depends on what you do from this point on, and also what your credit line is on your new card from “XYZ”. If your credit line on your new card is lower than that of the original “ABC” credit account, then your “debt percentage” will be higher, which generally will lower your credit score. This would be true if you closed the original account at ABC, and kept your new account as your only open credit card account.

If you’ve had your “ABC” credit card for a while (maybe 2 years or more), and you have a good payment history with them, then it will most likely be in your best interest to keep that account open, even if you don’t use it. Especially if your credit line with your new lower interest card is below $10,000. Usually for the sake of your credit score, you don’t want to increase your “debt percentage”, you want to decrease it.

For example, if you keep both accounts open, you will have a total credit line of $20,000. With your $5,000 in debt on your new card, and your original account at ABC having no balance, your debt percentage would only be 25%, which is a good percentage and your credit score will reflect that.

Now reverse that and say that you closed your credit account from “ABC”, given that your credit line at “XYZ” stays the same, you would have a debt percentage of 50%, which is what you started out with in the beginning. Add to that a newly acquired credit card with little or no payment history on it, and you’re credit score would almost surely decrease, at least until you establish a longer payment history on your new account.

So for this example, it would probably be best to keep both accounts open. Your lower debt percentage could possibly offset the hit your score took from obtaining your new credit card. And looking to the future, it should look better on your credit report this way too.

Avoid increasing your debt percentage

When trying to keep your credit score as high as possible, try to avoid doing anything to increase your debt percentage. Even though the amount of debt you are carrying on your “revolving credit” is the same, it will always look better if you’re using 25% of your total credit, compared to using up 50% of it.

But don’t try too hard to decrease it either

Be sure not to take it too far by applying for more credit than you need, just because you think it will help your credit score by having an even lower debt percentage. Obtaining any new credit will generally bring down your credit score slightly, at least for a short period of time. Applying for credit too much and too often will almost always have a negative impact on your credit score, which is exactly what you don’t want. Your time would be better spent on trying to pay down this debt instead.

As with anything, being informed is the key

Balance transfers such as this can and will save you money on interest, if you do it right. Stay informed about how things like this affect your credit, and you should be just fine!

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How Do You Dispute A Mistake On Your Credit Card?

By Maxwell Gould

  If you have ever ordered anything using your credit card and you haven’t received it but you were billed for it, you have some options. Once you get over your initial anger, calmly follow these steps.

Write to the credit card issuer at the address for “billing inquiries,” not the address for sending your payments (the address for billing inquiries is often found on the back of your most recent monthly statement); include your name, address, account number and a description of the billing error.

Send your letter so that it reaches the credit card issuer within 60 days after the first bill containing the error was mailed to you.

Send your letter by certified mail, return receipt requested, so you have proof of what the credit card issuer received. Include copies (not originals) of sales slips or other documents that support your position. Keep a copy of your dispute letter.

It is important to send the letter to the correct company. In the case of Visa and MasterCard, you should send it to the bank that issued the card.

The credit card issuer must acknowledge your complaint in writing within 30 days after receiving it, unless the problem has already been resolved. And the credit card issuer must resolve the dispute within two billing cycles (but not more than 90 days) after receiving your letter.

What happens while your bill is in dispute?

You may withhold payment on the disputed amount (and related charges), during the investigation, but you must pay any part of the bill not in question, including any finance charges on the undisputed amount. Hi-light or circle the disputed item(s).

The credit card issuer may not take any legal or other action to collect the disputed amount and the related charges (including finance charges) during the investigation. While your account cannot be closed or restricted, the disputed amount may be applied against your credit limit.

You placed an order with a catalog company and they charged your credit card immediately. The catalog company contacts you two weeks later and says the shipment will be delayed 60 days. You agree to the delay. The 60 days have passed and you don’t have the merchandise. Can you still dispute the charge?

Maybe. In delayed shipment situations, credit card issuers often are more generous when they calculate the time for allowing disputes. To take advantage of this flexibility, include the following information in your dispute letter.

Tell the credit card issuer if the premature charge was unexpected. Some credit card issuers make an exception to the general industry rule against merchants charging before shipping if the merchant tells you about its practice at the time of sale. If you’re certain the merchant said nothing or wasn’t clear about its charge practice, the credit card issuer is more likely to allow the dispute.

Tell the credit card issuer when delivery was expected. In no delivery situations, some credit card issuers will use the expected date of delivery rather than the charge date as the start time for you to dispute charges. If you dispute the charge within a reasonable time after the expected delivery date passes, chances are good that the credit card issuer will honor the dispute. When you order or when a merchant notifies you of delayed shipment, it’s important to keep a record of the promised shipment or delivery date. Include a copy of any documentation of the shipment or delivery date when disputing the charge with your credit card issuer.

What if you used a debit card to pay for the merchandise? The consumer protections for a debit card fall under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) and may differ from protections for a credit card under the Fair Credit Billing Act (FCBA). So you may not be able to dispute a debit and get a refund for non-delivery or late delivery. Still, some debit card issuers voluntarily offer protections and solutions to problems like the failure to receive merchandise bought with a debit card. Contact your debit card issuer for more information about particular policies and protections.

What if you financed your purchase through the merchant? If you financed your purchase through the merchant, you also may have protections under state and federal law. Check your credit contract for the following language: Notice: Any holder of this consumer credit contract is subject to all claims and defenses which the debtor could assert against the seller of goods or services obtained with the proceeds hereof. It means that you may be able to claim that the seller failed to deliver the goods as stated in your credit contract.

Don’t just suck it up and take the loss. It may take a little time to resolve your problem, but the law is on your side. Just follow the steps to file your dispute, provide the necessary paperwork, and let the system correct the problem.

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Bad Credit Cash Business Loans, No Credit Checks, Financing Up To $50,000

By J.M Luna

  Bad credit business loans and financing programs without credit checks are accessible with easy qualify financing up to $50,000. This enables established small businesses a notable likelihood to obtain a business loan and/or financing for their business without a personal credit check. This bad credit business loan program with a no credit check isnt a merchant cash advance or merchant loan. Additionally, it isnt related to the payday loan program.

This bad credit no credit check business loan and financing program is set up in the following manner. The bad credit business applicant should follow the below guidelines:

1) Maintain at least a $4,000 ending bank balance business account

2) Deposit at least 10-15 times per month in their business account

3) Be in business at one year and establish the ability to repay back the loan

4) Have no outstanding large tax liens, delinquent child support issues, not currently in bankruptcy or foreclosure

Documentation Requirements

1) Signed and dated application

2) Provide a photocopy of the detailed business bank statements for the last four months

3) Copy of the Owners Drivers Licenses

4) A photocopy of the Articles of Incorporation if Applicable

5) Photocopy of a business license, tax id number or any other relevant license

The lender will lend up to 2.5 x the average ending balance on the business bank account for the last four months up to $50,000. These are business loans and the length of the loan is four months which can be renewed. The loan can take the place of a merchant cash advance if it doesnt surpass 40% of the qualified borrowing base. At funding, the bank will pay off the merchant cash advance or loan and pay you the difference.

Example, your monthly average ending balance in your business bank account is $20,000 for four months. Your borrowing base would be $20,000 x 2.5 or $50,000. If your current cash merchant advance is $18,000, the bank at funding would payoff the merchant first and remit to you the difference for $32,000. Apparently if you didnt have an outstanding merchant cash advance, this section wouldnt apply.

The types of businesses that would be great for this type of bad credit business loans would be the following:

Gas stations, restaurants, bars, discos, tanning salons, pizza shops, dry cleaners, doctors, dentists, physicians, lawyers, accountants, Cpas, limousine owners, automobile service centers and body repair shops, dog groomers, florists, beauty and nail shops, distributors, all different types of service providers.

In conclusion, this is a huge opportunity to obtain a bad credit business lending in this hard economy. This isnt a merchant cash advance or loan program which can be quite tedious in its paperwork and processor work standards . This great business loan program isnt credit driven, therefore your Fico Score isnt an issue.. These business loans can be renewed every four months if needed by the applicant and gives the business a working capital injection.

Happy hunting for your bad credit business loan without a credit check and its associated financing.

J.M Luna has over thirty years experience in the financial field. This includes financing, leasing, business loans, hard asset money loans and commercial lending..

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06Jun

Why accounting and finance software is better than an accountant? (business coaching services)

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By Shahid Naser

  Software that is designed to apply to take care of business expenditures, profits, employees and pay rolls along with a range of other bookkeeping tasks is known as accounting software. To handle different accounting functions, it consists of several modules. This software comes in different versions to meet the need of different needs of all types of businesses, large or small.

Accountant management, task that ultimately decides success and failure of a business, can be done either with the help of an accountant(s) or accounting software. Which one is better? From the growing popularity of accounting software, it is easy to say that the better one is investing in software. The most beneficial thing is to run the software knowledge on accounting is not required. Invest and install good quality software, it will take care of everything.

No matter, what type of business you has, large or small, you will find software for your business. Just choose the best one for your business.

If you are still in hesitation to install accounting software in stead of employing an accountant, keep in mind the following points:

Accuracy

In modern day business, accuracy of financial data is the most important thing. Any types of documents that are made and reviewed by humans can never be error free. But documents that are made with the help of accounting software can be fully error free.

Compliance

Recently different laws are passed that put accounting and finance manager under tremendous pressure. So they have to find new ways to avoid the risk of non-compliance to avoid severe penalties. Accounting software with its analyzing facilities helps companies to cope with the newly enforced laws.

Staff productivity

Productivity of the staffs paves the way for the companies to development. To be productive, employees have to be free from administrative burden to focus more of their time and effort on the processes of revenue generation and business growth. Accounting software can help them by automating routine and repetitive manual tasks.

Increase Revenues

To increase revenues, companies have to improve financial planning, budget management, and strategic decision-making. To do these companies need 360 degree visibility into the organizations financial status and performance. Not human brains but accounting software can provide such analysis.

Apart from these the analysis and data that are made by using accounting software provides new opportunities to the companies. When a company knows better about its present situation, it becomes helpful for them to take decisions to grip the new opportunities.

To do these works is quite impossible for an accountant or accountants in the shortest possible of time. Accounting software can do these tasks not only in short span of time but also perfectly.

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Establishing Your Credit From Scrape

By Maxwell Gould

  Establishing Credit

Many countries use a system of ‘credit’ in order to do business with the public. It is in fact, a very good method in order for merchants to minimize losses. The issue is when a person or business does not have an established credit, it is extremely hard to receive loans, and apply for other unsecured benefits. I have provided many tips and strategies which should help in establishing good credit. Please be advised that good credit takes time.

Getting your first line of credit:

1. One of the best methods of obtaining good credit is by having revolving accounts. Revolving accounts are type of loans that allow the borrower to keep spending as long as they have sufficient balance and continue to make regular payments on the already used balance. Credit card and line of credits are revolving accounts. Without good credit it is hard to obtain a revolving account. I think the best way to do this is by applying for secured credit cards. This means, a financial institution will take a specified amount of money from the borrower and place this in an interest bearing savings account in their name. In return, they will be granted a credit card with the same spending limit as the deposit. The credit card operates just the same as a regular credit card. The only difference is the financial institution has the deposit in case the borrower decides not to make any more payments. Please be ensured that as long as you have been given a secured credit card from a reputable institution your deposit should not be at risk. In order to build your credit it is important that you make all your payments on time. Only payments that are at least thirty days late are usually reported to the major credit bureaus, but be aware of late charges, that will usually be incurred by the financial institution.

2. If you are a college student you may be eligible to receive a ’student’ credit card. Many financial institutions offer unsecured credit cards to college students, but these cards will usually have higher interest rates as well as lower spending limits. Do not be discouraged by this, as a well managed credit card will only be of good to you in the future. The way to reduce the interest you pay is to make higher payments each month.

What’s next?

1. Ok, so you have your first revolving account, what comes next? Try to follow the same procedure above to receive two or three accounts. Make sure that you pay on time every month. After about six months try applying for other unsecured credit cards. Your credit would still be considered a ‘high risk’ but you would have established some degree of credibility. With a little luck you will receive offers. Never make too many applications as this does not help your credit and will create a red flag to potential lenders. Please remember, establishing credit is a gradual process, it takes time and plenty of it. Repeat this process every three months or so. Another strategy is to keep paying the credit cards you currently have, for a much longer period of time, and apply for other cards when you are ready. The longer you have an account the better it is for your credit. Also, maybe one of the worst things you could ever do is apply for store credit cards at every store you visit. Store credit cards are good at building your credit but it is very tempting to apply for them all, considering that they are usually offered along with a discount on your merchandise. Be wary of the fact that too many revolving accounts will do more harm than good.

These tips should prove very helpful in your search for good credit:

1. Do not make too many applications for credit.

2. Keep making payments on time, all the time-Missing payments hurts.

3. Don’t keep a ‘no balance’ credit card (a credit card with none of the spending limit used) - You need your good paying habits to be constantly reported to the credit bureaus.

4. Do not have too may revolving accounts.

5. Try not to use too much of the available balance on your accounts.

6. Do not keep closing out accounts and reopening new ones.

7. Avoid unnecessary debt.

8. Avoid Financial Institutions that charges a fee to report your paying habits to the Credit Bureaus.

If these tips are followed then you are almost guaranteed that your credit ratings will be improved. The next thing you should do is properly discard of any documents with private information such as your name, address, date of birth and social security number. A wise investment is a shredder for your home, as identity theft is very rampant in our society. There are many credit watch programs out there which allows you to check on your credit at all times so you will be aware when any unknown inquiries or accounts are opened in your name.

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