Tweet We have talked about this in an earlier blog… but here is a different organization of the facts. Michigan Seniors need to be mindful of all of their pension sources because most are automatically beginning the withholding process for Michigan tax. Our office is here to help if you (or a family member) would [...]
Tweet No good news for the economy seen here except that inflation remains low. Hopefully the Federal Reserve has a pessimistic view. And we will count on small business to change that forecast with all of their hard work. Always remember that small business is where the growth is! Go get’um folks and let’s turn [...]
Tweet Sixty five years I have spent in and around the Detroit metropolitan area. I grew up in a Detroit suburb, earned a bachelor’s degree in management, traveled the world in the military and returned home to start a family and embark on a 24-year banking career. Sandwiched in there I earned an MBA. Today, [...]
Tweet The 2012 tax filing season is officially open, according to the IRS. The IRS e-file system for individuals is now operating at 100 percent after initially coming back on line on January 17 and experiencing lengthly upload delays after accepting individual and business returns. The system was taken off line without notification on January [...]
Tweet “If I had had some of this counsel starting out, what a difference it would have made in my entrepreneurial journey!” – Beth Schensky of EA Schensky & Associates . The E Myth Revisited Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It If a business is to be successful, the [...]
Tweet We have all become painfully aware that we need protection from credit card companies who vow to make our lives better, sweeter and neater than ever before – NOT! The commandments, or shall we say rules, put in place as consumer protections, have been completely in effect since February 22nd, 2010. The Credit Card [...]
Tweet I have to be truthful. I was sold on Michael E. Gerber and “The E-Myth Revisited” when I read the book. That was all it took to earn my respect. Now that I have studied the way this entrepreneurial whiz-kid is described in dozens of biographies, he has also gotten my admiration. (Well, actually [...]
Tweet Just remember the standard rule of real estate: If the deal looks too good to be true, it might very well be too good to be true. Grandma owns a building. It is a little run down. It is an hour away from our best customer. But we can save $5 per square foot [...]
Tweet We were visiting Ripley’s Believe It or Not in Orlando, Florida last year when lo and behold there was a video of a young man whose claim to fame was snake charming. It was not the cobra-in-a-basket-swaying-to-the-music vision that comes to mind. Warning: Do not attempt to picture this: a 10-inch grass snake crawling [...]