Tax season is over and this is the time of year that is perfect for organizing your personal household paperwork. Do you keep statements and receipts and other documents stashed away for years not really sure when it's safe to shred them? The rule of thumb (this is the IRS talking, not me) is if ...

04/30/2014

Running a Successful Company Includes Being a Good Corporate Citizen

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Part of building and sustaining a successful company is being a good corporate citizen. It doesn't matter if your are one person team or a huge company with thousands of employees, you have an obligation to give back to the community in which you serve.Today, our team at iPartnerMedia is supporti...

04/25/2014

Cows Moo and Other Things I Learned As A First Time Homebuyer

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Reflecting upon my personal experience as a first time homebuyer is not as easy as I thought given the passage of time. But I have enjoyed reminiscing and am happy to share the story so that others may learn from it. It was 1995. Quite a year. I got married, started a new job, was earning my MBA ...

04/20/2014

On My Planet, Fast Talking Radio Ad Disclaimers Would Be Illegal

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Radio is a popular medium for advertisers, such as mortgage companies, to promote special offers. But the last few seconds are sometimes filled with unintelligble, fast-talking disclaimers.I get it. It's the law that disclaimers are needed. But when they are unintelligible, what's the point? And ...

04/11/2014

Proposed Law Will Help Realtors Sell More Property to Canadians

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Did you know that Canadians are targeted in a specific measure of the immigration legislation currently being debated in Washington? We hear a lot about the immigration debate from and we tend to associate it with targeting Mexicans and other Central Americans crossing the border to find work. Ho...

04/09/2014

Florida Real Estate Sales Driven By Cash Buyers

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Florida led the nation by far in cash sales for residential real estate in February. Statistics provided by RealtyTrac reveal that Cape Coral/Fort Myers had the highest percentage of cash sales in the country, 76.1 percent!In other Florida markets here are the cash sale statistics: 71.3 percent o...

04/07/2014

10th Annual Celebrate Estero, Florida!

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I had the pleasure of attending the 10th annual Celebrate Estero business expo today at Miromar Outlets. The Estero Chamber of Commerce is the ring leader for organizing this event which grows every year.What's best is my wife and I were able to simply walk from our home to Miromar Outlets and th...

04/05/2014

SW Florida Technology Industry Attracting New Homeowners

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Realtors working with technology professionals relocating to Southwest Florida should feel proud to share with their clients just how strong the tech community is growing here. You missed an outstanding event last night at Pelican Preserve in Fort Myers at the Southwest Florida Regional Technolog...

04/03/2014