Investments
Tips for investing in real estate
The business of selling real estate is being professionalize to keep up with new needs of investors, said Betty Sy, president of ReHaus, Inc., a real estate marketing and consultancy group. More than owning property, she said buyers now look into the prospect of the property appreciating in market value, expecting a return from it once it is either...
Insurance
Is this insurance right for you?
Several industry groups, government offices and consumer advocates offer tips to help understand long term care insurance. Here are some of their suggestions and questions to ask, as well as some telephone numbers and addresses for further information. Realize how the policies work Most provide a fixed amount of coverage for each day in a nursing home...
Business
How to Get the Best Price on Magazine Subscriptions
If you “buy in bulk” by extending your subscription from six months to a year, you’ll sometimes pay a much higher price per issue. Why the wide range of pricing and rate setups? Partly because of the variety of sales agents operating in an increasingly competitive marketplace. Publishers, eager to expand circulation, hire independent...
Insurance
Medigap health insurance plans
Recent (or about to be) retirees with medicare insurance may not realize how few offers for private Medigap policies (to fill in where Medicare leaves off) are coming their way by phone or mail. The main reason: A 2010 federal law prohibits selling duplicate insurance protection, whether from employee benefits individually. That is if you have medicare...
Markets
Web hosting services - many companies outsource the job to ISPs
Web hosting is essentially an outsourcing arrangement. Putting a high-visibility business tool into someone else’s hands means doing some serious advance work–there are literally thousands of Web-hosting companies, some of which have more experience handling large customers. Regardless, there are some key factors to keep in mind. Find out...
