Sanity Check - Buying A Business
In the business broker community there is a review process that helps a buyer determine if a business purchase makes sense or not. This check can be done by a Fortune 500 company where everything is figured down to the penny and takes 1000 hours of research or it can be done by a small main street ... more...

Personal Budgeting Is A Tool For Financial Survival
Thousands of wage earners and single business owners live on borrowed money until a drastic change in earnings forces them into a downward spiral of mounting debts and missed payments that budgeting wisely could have prevented in the first place. Getting out of debt is not easy but it can be done ... more...

Credit Card Solution:an Essential Tool
A credit card is issued after approval from a provider (often a general bank, but sometimes from a captive bank created to issue a particular brand of credit card, such as American Express Centurion Bank), in which they will be able to make purchases from merchants. But inorder to process credit ... more...

0% APR Credit Cards: A Tool To Eliminate Debt
It is interesting to note that what started off as a marketing gimmick has now become an almost permanent part of the credit card industry in America and today 0% APR credit cards can in fact play a significant role in helping a person reduce or get out of debt. What Is A 0% APR Credit Card? APR is ... more...

Asset Searching for Recovery Actions - The Decision Maker's Tool Part 2
In Part One of this article we took a look at some minimum recommendations for asset searches as a recovery medium. This discussion is based on the assumption that an asset search has already been determined to be sanctionable by, for example, a loan in default, a judgment that has been rendered, a ... more...

Home Equity Loan Risks
Home equity loans give individuals a tool to extend their existing credit line by securing debt on the equity value of their existing homes. This access to easy and cheap money can lure the borrower into securing a debt for reasons which otherwise could have been funded through wise money ... more...

Asset Searching for Recovery Actions - The Decision Maker's Critical Tool Part 1
As certified fraud examiners (CFE), we all know the nuts and bolts of our respective areas of specialty, and hopefully, we are all growing professionally at an astounding pace. Crime does, unfortunately, pay just not for the criminal.After conducting asset research for over 14 years for such ... more...

Secured Debt Consolidation Loans Single Solution to Your Multiple Problems
Debt management is a tool that one must know about, especially people who borrow money on a regular basis. It is a procedure whereby people who have borrowed money keep a track of how to use and how to pay off their debt. One should never let debts overburden their budget and put them in a ... more...

Ask the Expert: When Do I Refinance My Home?
Home refinancing is a wonderful financial tool for homeowners to use for debt management to investments. If the home refinance is used correctly, wisely, and at the right time, the benefits from the refinance can improve the financial picture of the homeowner. There is no cookie cutter approach ... more...