Deeds are simply documents that transfer title from one person
to another. There aare many different types of deed, but basicly
they just transfer title.
Let’s talk about a “quit claim deed”.
A quit claim deed is a type of deed where a person (grantor)
with an ownership interest in a property transfers that interest
to another person (grantee). The grantor offers no guarantees
about the title to the grantee recipient. Don’t confuse a quit
claim deed with the type of deed that is normally used to
transfer title to real estate. That is most often a grant deed
or a warranty deed. Those deeds transfer title with some
guarantee that the title is legal and valid.
You sometimes hear a quite claim deed erroniously called a
“quick claim deed”.
A quit claim transfers only the rights of the person signing
the deed. It does not guarantee that other people don’t have an
interest in the property. If there are other owners, their
ownership is not affected by the quit claim.
You will find that a quit claim deed is most often used to clear
up problems with a title or when someone wants to use a simple
method to give up all interests in a property. Quitclaim deeds
are sometimes used by a divorcing couple, where one spouse signs
all his/her rights to their home over to the other.
It is not uncommon that when a property is being sold a title
search finds that a mistake has been made in the past and a
previous owner never relinquished his ownership in the property.
That puts a “cloud” or “defect” on the title. The problem is
solved by contacting the previous owner and asking him/her to
sign a quit claim deed.
The title company is usally the one who makes the call when a
quit claim deed is needed from a prior owner. Most transfers of
property involve morrtgage loans. When there is a cloud on title
the quict claim dded is necessary to insure the lender of a
first lien position if the borrower does not make payments
according to the note. The lender cannot enforce a trustee sale
(non-judicial foreclosure) against someone whose name is not on
the note, the that name is on title.
If that person will not sign the quict claim deed to release
their itnerest in the property the sale probably will not close.
At the very least the close will be delayed while other actions
are taken to complete the sale.
I continually hear from economists, talking heads, other market letter writers, analysts and assorted “experts” that I need to know all kinds of “stuff” about the stocks and mutual funds I am going to buy and I should keep up with them on a regular basis.
What is this important “stuff”?
Let’s see. Oh, I know. Price to Earning ratio, P/E. That’s always a big one on almost everyone’s list. Simply put it is how many years it will take a company’s earning to pay back the price today. It can be from five to infinity if it is not earning anything. Today there are many companies that have P/Es in excess of 50. That’s 50 years to earn back your investment. Kinda steep, don’t you think? For years the average has been 14 or 15. Today it is about 28 to 30 depending on who is counting.
A stock selling at 14 P/E is fairly valued by “experts”, but if the stock is going down is that still a “fair” value? Do you want to buy something that is a fair value, but looks like it will sell for less in a few months?
Then there are all kinds of things market analysts like to look for and talk about such a gross sales, net profit, management experience, competition, industry sector, price/volume relationship, interest rates, rate of inflation and I could go on for a couple of pages, but you get the idea. When, and if, you do this type of analysis you will find most of the numbers don’t agree with each other to give you a clear idea of whether to buy or sell. It is like trying to pick a button out of a washing machine during wash cycle. The more you look the more confused you become.
Brokerage companies want you to try to use all this “stuff”. They encourage you to become confused. That way if you pick a stock that goes down they don’t take any blame. “The market is very complex” is their favorite phrase. Whether you win or lose they make money in commissions.
If this “stuff” is of no value in stock selection (and it isn’t) then how are you to find stocks that go up? It is so simple that brokers don’t want you to know. In fact, most of them don’t know. Here is the answer. Find a stock or better yet a mutual fund that is going up. Is that too easy?
There is a basic law of physics that says a body in motion will remain in motion in the same direction until disturbed by another force. The Law of Inertia. This same principle can be applied to the stock market.
Find a stock or mutual fund that is going up and buy it. When the direction changes to down (or even sideways) sell.
You don’t need all that “stuff”.
Al Thomas’ book, “If It Doesn’t Go Up, Don’t Buy
It!” has helped thousands of people make money
and keep their profits with his simple 2-step
method. Read the first chapter at
http://www.mutualfundmagic.com
and discover why he’s the man that Wall Street
does not want you to know.
Copyright 2005
The use of mini-sites has become the mainstream for most internet marketers. Some people claim mini-sites to be “trendy”, while others know they are here to stay.
Their use is not just a fad, mini-sites out perform every other type of website in the history of the internet as long as they are used wisely.
Here are 10 critical reasons why we see them in use everywhere we surf:
1) They can be created quickly! Any marketer will tell you, if you don’t know already, time is of the utmost importance when selling any product. The quicker a sales letter, order page, and product gets in front of buyers, the faster you make profits.
2) They can be generated easily! Why waste precious time and effort struggling to create a massive informational site to sell a product? Think about it. A person can have a mini-site up and running in a matter of a couple of hours. Wow, less frustration and stress to make solid profits! What a concept!
3) Mini-sites are cost effective! Everyone wants to save a buck these days, especially with the way our economy is going. The price of gasoline and oil alone is causing inflated rates for just about everything we buy.
Why pay the extra $300-a couple of thousand dollars to have a webmaster or designer create one for you when you can build your own free?
That’s right! There is free software on the net like Mozzila for instance that you can download and use to generate mini-sites.
FYI, in most cases you can generate a site and have it up and making profits,
subscribers or driving traffic to one of your other sites, before a professional can place you on his or her schedule.
4) Mini-sites have a primary focus! They focus on one objective usually to call a person to act to subscribe to a newsletter, click an order button, or click a link on a site referring them to a product.
The more narrow the focus the less confused visitors will be. I know from experience and from hearing other marketers say, it is easier to keep the visitors attention and call them to act when we only give one choice at a time.
Remember, there is great wisdom in this statement when you generate any website.
5) You can test headlines and sub-headers faster! If the sites can be built quicker and easier, don’t you believe they can be tested faster to see what works and doesn’t work? It sounds like a big “cha-ching” to me!
6) Mini-sites can be tested for search engine optimization quickly too! You don’t
have as many pages to go through the fewer pages you create, the more time saved so you can do other things like write articles or create another site you can sell products or link to.
As long as your sales letter and so forth has good content, Meta tags, descriptions, and keywords your site can be optimize more efficiently and get better rankings.
7) Mini-sites are so easy and quick to create you can generate many for different purposes! I use them as a means to make different streams of profits and lists.
Here is an example: I may have 2 or 3 for the sole purpose of gaining subscribers to different newsletters describing the use of the products I’m selling, while I have 5 or 6 others that promote affiliate products or my own.
I interlink them with each other and with other high-traffic sites making them more attractive to search engines.
If you are tired of wasting time, energy, or money on your websites and want to make profits or get subscribers faster, try spending a one time fee on a good program that shows you step-by-step how to set up and use mini-sites. It will be the best return investment you can make.
Look at it this way, it can be like having your own energized bunny where you can create, and create, and create some more to serve whatever purpose you have in mind and not spend another dime paying other people to do it for you.
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Mary Murtha graduated with a BLS and M. Div degree majoring in biblical study, theology, and ethics. She also started her online business 6 years ago and just published a new “mini-site” that helps people start and succeed with their online business by using mini-sites. If you want to learn more about minisites, or
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Networking is an essential part of marketing and is not not for the faint of heart, It means going to confrences, marketing parties and endless seminars and forums. I always say quality goes a long way so dont be afraid to spend that extra punds on your business cards and other printed materials. People tend to remember quality and if they will only judge you by the materials you give them then its fair to say that make sure its a quality item. This also applies to any leaflet distribution campaign you might be thinking of trying. Not going for quality may be a bad thing as the line between failure and success is quite a thin one.
Always try to make sure your letterbox marketing company chosen know the area well and they can also advise you how to carry out a leaflet marketing that will bring results. After a successful leaflet marketing you would want to plow the profits back into marketing so your company can grow. It is also important that you try to get your customers on a retainer or on a maintentance plan so you can earn income for your business on a montly or yearly basis.
