California State University Fullerton Has An Excellent Entrepreneurship Program In Their Business School I have always been a supporter of this type of degree. Not all students are programmed for being a career executive for some big, big firm. John Jackson of the school has asked me to discuss my background at some of their […]
How To Communicate With Someone Under 35
Have Been Reading Many Articles Lately Intended For Real Estate Professionals Discussing This Subject This problem is not new, it has always been there. Now, the players and the fields have changed. In business I have always had one motto. If someone communicates with you, you communicate back in that same method. In the past […]
Solutions To CA Housing Problems
Interesting Article The Other Day By Jeff Collins, Star Real Estate Reporter, For The OC Register Some of the more interesting comments from the Chapman University Conference: Make it easier to build. CA is 2 million homes short for its citizens. The approval system should be shortened, fees reduced, over-the-counter approvals and other speed-up procedures. […]
Robocall Calls
Are They Increasing? Let’s hope with the primary elections over they might go down a bit. Let’s hope so. I got the, “Grandpa, I am in trouble call” and the “You owe the IRS money call” recently, and I do not need the updates from the Santa Rosa fires since I am about 400 miles […]
CAR And Supreme Court Decision On Independent Contractors Versus Employees
This Is CAR Position On The New Decision Interesting. Time will tell as it always does. REALEGAL® May 2018 Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, Charles Lee, et al. Real Parties in Interest During the last five years, the challenges to the real estate salesperson independent contractor status have increased. In a case […]
Bob Hunt – Realtors’ Tax Initiative Draws Opposition
Interesting Article Posted After The Recent CAR Meeting Written by my friend and Ethics Guru, San Clemente’s own wizard. Realtors’ Tax Initiative Draws Opposition Some months ago (October-November, 2017) we wrote that the directors of the California Association of Realtors® (CAR) had voted to support a signature drive with the intention of placing a CAR-sponsored […]
What Can You Do, That No One Knows?
The Other Day I Mentioned That I Was Working On Some Tax Accounting For Duane Gomer, Inc. The person said “Don’t you have an accountant?” I said that I am an accountant. Yes, I was schooled as an accountant, interned as an accountant, was an accountant in the Navy, and worked as a Civil Servant […]
We Got Audited Again
The Federal Government Sent An Auditor (Unannounced) To a 20 Hour MLO Pre-Licensing Class in Beautiful Van Nuys. They used to call ahead and tell you they were coming. Now, they show up at the registration desk. Then, they send you a report. The results were excellent from our standpoint. OVERALL; all rating were very […]
Better Buy Solar Stock
Headline In A Recent OC Register Column By One Of Their Outstanding Writers, Jeff Collins: “Solar Homes to Skyrocket Under California’s New Energy Rules” 90 Years Ago A Presidential Candidate Promised “A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage”. Recently, the California Energy Commission who controls this stuff voted 5-0 requiring solar […]
In Loans, It Is The Little Things That Count
Dennis Smith Of Stratis Financial Has been a student of Duane Gomer Education since MLO education began. His company of which he is a Co-Owner has been a strong supporter of my company since in the beginning. We did a large room sold-out License Prep Class, and everyone passed, extremely rare. Love Stratis. Dennis Does […]