Jerry Wright's (jerrywright) Blog

Most of us are sales people when you get right down to it. Our job is to sell our services - and ourselves - as we strive to add more clients to our existing book of business. The unfortunate fact is that most of us are in such a hurry to sell our services that, in the process, we forget to do th...

It's staggering when you think about the cost of living, especially if you're a renter and not a home owner. If you are currently paying $1,000 a month for rented housing, then over the next three years, your property management company will effectively have reaped $36,000 of your hard earned cas...

The Law of The Gate Keeper states: The business professional that refers out the most business will create the most reciprocal referral relationships in return. Translation: The business professional who controls the lead WINS!Regardless of your vocation, there will always be other business profe...

It's safe to say that recycling plays a significant role in most of our lives, and is very rewarding when we consider the ecological impact we collectively produce by our efforts to recycle, reduce, and reuse. But, what if I told you that "going green" could be financially rewarding as well? The ...

10 Fees You Shouldn't Be Paying Awareness and planning will help you avoid these unnecessary charges. It's easy to overlook fees when they're just a couple of bucks. But even the small ones quickly add up. However, most of the time you can avoid being nickel and dimed. With the help of BillShrin...

Passwords are crucial to accessing your personal accounts and information. The problem is we all have so many accounts that we worry more about remembering our passwords than we do about making sure that they actually protect our data from hackers. Because of this, we end up using passwords like ...

Have you ever completed your tax returns only to find out that you owe way more to Uncle Sam than you were expecting - or worse, that your tax bill is more than you can possibly afford to pay right now?Don't worry. If this is the case, you're not alone. And, more importantly, you're not going to...

First, set a positive goal for yourself. "I will save to buy a home" is a positive goal, while "I will not spend money" is a negative goal. By focusing on the positive, you'll quit spending money because you'll be so focused on your goal that you won't notice you've stopped spending money.Second,...

Five Tax Breaks Every Homeowner Should Know   Benjamin Franklin once said, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." More than 200 years later, this certainly holds true. And while being a homeowner won't add years to your life, the modern tax code has a number of...

Lenders get very cautious when your life circumstances change during the period between applying for a mortgage and closing on it.  Here are some rules that you should follow during those critical weeks: Rule 1:  Do not change employers, become self-employed or quit your job Rule 2:  Do not take ...