Fans and Follower Counts Are Dead – Companies Alter Social-Media Strategies – WSJ
” Fans and follower counts are over. Now it’s about what is social doing for you and real business objectives” via Companies Alter Social-Media Strategies – WSJ.
Student Debt Takes a Toll on Some Home Buyers
Economists Debate Whether School Loans Are Undermining the Housing Recovery By JOSH MITCHELL June 20, 2014 7:07 p.m. ET Rachael Heffner, like many Americans, has long had a dream of owning her own home. But the college graduate also has a much newer problem blocking her way: a $691 monthly payment to service her nearly $60,000 […]
Why You Make Bad Decisions – #Behaviorial #Economics
We like to think we’re rational human beings. In fact, we are prone to hundreds of proven biases that cause us to think and act irrationally, and even thinking we’re rational despite evidence of irrationality in others is known as blind spot bias. The study of how often human beings do irrational things was […]
Worker Misclassification As Independent Contractor Can Be Costly
The battle between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and taxpayers continues over independent contractor treatment. The Wall Street Journal has reported that the IRS has been making its rounds to small businesses, checking in to see if they have classified their workers correctly. Worker misclassification has been an ongoing problem at the federal level […]
What is a Good Credit Score? | Credit.com
Most credit scores – including the FICO score and the latest version of the VantageScore – operate within the range of 301 to 850. Within that range, there are different categories, from bad to excellent. Excellent Credit: 750+ Good Credit: 700-749 Fair Credit: 650-699 Poor Credit: 600-649 Bad Credit: below 599 via What is a […]
Liberals and conservatives seek out different types of communities | Inman News
It may be a stereotype to say that conservatives prefer suburban McMansions while liberals like urban enclaves, but it’s one that is grounded in reality, according to a report from the Pew Research Center. via Liberals and conservatives seek out different types of communities | Inman News.
Entrepreneurs – Get Your Startup Funding From Your Neighbors – WSJ
Everyone’s heard the call to “buy local.” Now a growing movement is urging people to take grass-roots support even further—and invest local. The idea: Instead of putting their investment dollars in big, distant companies, people should bet on the shop around the corner, by giving it a loan or buying a stake in it through […]
The return of the home as ATM
The return of the home as ATM, increase in HELOCs, lower lending standards are warning signs of another housing bubble via The return of the home as ATM | Inman News.
Bank Wins – Homeowner Loses Foreclosure – Homeowner Can’t Challenge the Statutory Beneficiary Declaration RCW 61.24.030(7)(a)
ROCIO TRUJILLO, an unmarried woman, Appellant, v. NORTHWEST TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC., a Washington corporation, Respondent. WELLS FARGO, NA, Defendant. No. 70592-0-I.Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One. Filed: June 2, 2014. John Matthew Geyman, Columbia Legal Services, 101 Yesler Way Ste 300, Seattle, WA, 98104-2528, Rocio Trujillo (Appearing Pro Se), 33725-32nd Ave Sw, Federal Way, […]
Cash Property Deals Reach Record With U.S. Boomers Retiring – Businessweek
The majority of people making all-cash deals are baby boomers mostly because America’s largest-ever generation is beginning to retire, said Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors. In 2012, there were a record 61.8 million Americans over the […]