Successful Meetings: How to Plan, Prepare, and Execute Top-Notch Business Meetings

A study by MCI found that most professionals believe that over 50 percent of meeting time is wasted. More than 90 percent admit to daydreaming in meetings, 73 percent have brought other work, and 39 percent have fallen asleep. You might think that there would be fewer meetings. However, in the survey 46 percent said they attended more meetings than a year ago.

 

Meetings cost time and money. Many meetings end with no results or outcome. How can you be sure you are using your time and money effectively? The answer: with proper training. Even MBA graduates have never had a course in how to plan, organize, and present an effective meeting. That is the subject of this new book that will teach the proper skills and training to get great results — with every meeting, every time! You will learn  the checklists for planning your meeting, setting the agenda, strategic planning, how the  physical setting can be improved, how to properly open a meeting, handling difficult people, maintaining control, how to assess and evaluate your meetings, and the correct method to end a meeting. Good meetings do not just happen - they are planned and created.

The Part-Time Real Estate Investor: How to Generate Huge Profits While Keeping Your Day Job

Fortune Magazine states, “97 out of 100 self-made millionaires made their fortunes through real estate investing, and the next 10 years will be a ‘Golden Era’ for the informed real estate investor.”

If you are saying to yourself, “That sounds great, but I can’t quit my job and begin investing full time. I’ve got bills, kids in school, car payments, and a mortgage to support,” you are in luck. This new book is for you!

You will learn how to become a skilled, professional real estate investor that can generate thousands, and yes, even millions of dollars, in your spare time. Unlike starting a retail business, where you need to be there every day, you can work a full-time job and invest in real estate on the side,and reap huge profits. The key is time. The real estate investing business is a perfect part-time business because real estate is a business in which the assets appreciate and cash flow is generated even when you are absent.

This new book will give you the information and advice necessary to buy, finance, and successfully manage a small number of positive cash flow producing properties in your spare time. Investing in real estate is one of the safest and smartest investments you can make. Real estate appreciates at a rate far greater than the rate of inflation, builds equity, provides a steady return on investment, provides cash flow, and can offer substantial tax benefits. With the sound guidance in this book you will be able to retire comfortably and EARLY!

A sampling of what is covered in this encyclopedic book includes: how to find below-market deals, investing with little or no down payment, seller financing, foreclosures and REOs, investment property, negotiating, purchase offers, managing rental property, flipping, auctions, tax sales, financing, mortgage terms, agents, cash flow, inspections, contracts, tenants, lease agreements, insurance, taxes and accounting, escrow, essential mathematical calculations, sample forms, development, taxation, exchange rules, and regulations. This book is loaded with case studies and success stories — from real people. You will uncover secrets that expert PART-TIME real estate investors use every day. This comprehensive resource contains a wealth of modern tips and strategies for getting started in this very lucrative area. This book is the foundation for understanding how to invest in real estate.

eBay’s Secrets Revealed: The Insider’s Guide to Advertising, Marketing, and Promoting Your eBay Store – With Little or No Money

This book is for those already operating on eBay who want to know how to make more money using online auctions. You will learn the secrets that have made a new breed of entrepreneur very wealthy. Uncover closely guarded strategies for selling products like the pros on eBay.

You will learn dozens of methods to automate your business, including inventory, preventing fraud, payments, accounting, taxes, and fulfillment, and learn new ways to find products and get positive feedback. This book contains marketing tricks that will help you create interest in your product, tips about taking photos, managing e-mail, and shipping. You will also learn pricing strategies, creative methods of writing powerful ad copy that really sells, how to obtain products below wholesale, and ways to make your business work smarter while decreasing your work load.

This is your resource guide for knowing just what products are in demand, how to attract lots of bids on every single auction, how to create stunning listings that grab attention, and how to bring back customers again and again. You can eliminate eBay headaches and drive bidders to your auction listings. Get started today and discover secrets for increasing your auction sales, customers, traffic, and much more!

The Complete Guide to Real Estate Options: What Smart Investors Need to Know – Explained Simply

You are about to learn the true secret of real estate investing – real estate options. Who really makes money in real estate? Realtors, sellers, appraisers, the bank, brokers, mortgage brokers, closing companies, attorneys, taxing authorities, and lastly perhaps you, the investor who takes all the risks and does all the work, while having to evict tenants and clean up their mess after they have left.

But there is a new, unique, and innovative method of investing in real estate. A real estate option gives you control of a piece of real estate without actually purchasing it. By having an option on a piece of property, you have the exclusive right to buy that property or not. A real estate option is simply a contract between the seller and “buyer,” giving you the legal right – not obligation – to buy the property at a set price for a predetermined time. When you find a buyer for the property, you cash in your option … and deposit a large check.

Most real estate investment methods require you to spend a lot of your money, time, and effort. And it is a slow process – usually one property at a time, often part time. Using an option instead of purchasing means you do not have to deal with rental property, tenants, maintenance and repairs, taxes, mortgage payments, commissions, or closing costs. In this new book you will learn how to control a vast real estate portfolio without ever buying the property. Let the owner keep paying the mortgage, dealing with tenants, and all of the costs. You zero in on the profits.

Here is an example. You locate a duplex worth $400,000. You purchase an option to buy it for $340,000 anytime within the next 120 days. On Day 60, you find a buyer who will pay the full $400,000. You activate the option, pay the seller $340,000, and pocket $60,000. This is a simplified example, but this new book details how to become a highly successful real estate option buyer, and it demonstrates step-by-step how to get started in this highly rewarding investment strategy.

The Complete Guide to Purchasing a Condo, Townhouse, or Apartment: What Smart Investors Need to Know—Explained Simply

Brand New Release!

While many of the steps in buying a home are the same as buying a condominium, townhouse, or apartment, there are many critical differences. This new book offers a complete overview of these special, usually smaller, residences. These units can be good options for first-time home buyers, for those who want a vacation getaway, investors, and those who want to downsize their living space. These housing units are usually less expensive than a single family home and can include attractive amenities. In purchasing one of these units there will be a lot of people to deal with, from realtors, condo boards, attorneys, to bankers. There’s tons of paperwork with terms and vocabulary that read like a foreign language. In this new book you will find vital information and great strategies for finding the home you want faster and feeling confident about the purchase. You will learn to avoid some of the most prevalent—and potentially dangerous and expensive—mistakes made by others.

The book covers the entire, unique process of buying one of these shared living houses in an easy-to-understand way, pointing out dozens of hints and suggestion as to what to look for as well as demonstrating the many mistakes common with these types of investments.

You will learn how to find the best opportunities, to negotiate, finance, budget, handle pre-construction issues, set values, and make the offer. You will be able to define what you are buying (and what you are not) issues on your right to sell, lease, or mortgage. You will be prepared for restrictions pertaining to children, pets, parking, vehicles, boats, music, maintenance of windows, doors, screens, air conditioners, plumbing, club memberships, recreation facility leases, use of recreational facilities, and common areas. In addition, you will learn the advantages of using credit reports, home warranties, insurance, creative financing, closing procedures, moving plans, closing and settlement inspections, and certain legal contracts. You will have instruction in obtaining mortgages—which government agencies can help, considerations for veterans, IRA use, hiring an attorney, calculating monthly payments, and establishing an escrow account. The real estate and mortgage glossaries alone are invaluable resources, even for the “old hand” at property acquisition.  ISBN-10:1-60138-036-4 • ISBN-13:978-1-60138-036-4   • Item #CGP-01  • $24.95 

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The Complete Guide to Real Estate Options: What Smart Investors Need to Know—Explained Simply

Brand New Release!

You are about to learn the true secret of real estate investing–real estate options. WHO really makes money in Real Estate? Realtors, sellers, appraisers, the bank, brokers, mortgage brokers, closing companies, attorneys, taxing authorities, and lastly perhaps you the investor who takes all the risk and does all the work, while having to evict tenants and clean up their mess after they’ve left.

But there is a new, unique and innovative method of investing in real estate. A Real Estate Option gives you control of a piece of real estate without actually purchasing it. By having an option on a piece of property, you have the exclusive right to buy that property or not. A real estate option is simply a contract between the seller and “buyer” giving you the legal right – not obligation – to buy the property at a set price for a predetermined time. When you find a buyer for the property, you cash in your option … and deposit a large check.

Most real estate investment methods require you to sink a lot of your money, time, and effort into your investments. And it is a slow process – usually one property at a time, often part time. Using an option instead of purchasing means you do not have to deal with rental property, tenants, maintenance and repairs, taxes, mortgage payments, commissions, or closing costs. In this new book you will learn how to control a vast real estate portfolio without ever buying the property. Let the owner keep paying the mortgage, dealing with tenants and all of the costs. You zero in on the profits.

Here’s an example. You locate a duplex worth $400,000. You purchase an option to buy it for $340,000 anytime within the next 120 days. On Day 60, you find a buyer who will pay the full $400,000. You activate the option, pay the seller $340,000 and pocket $60,000. This is a simplified example, but this new book details how to become a highly successful real estate option buyer, and it demonstrates step-by-step how to get started in this highly rewarding investment strategy. ISBN-10:1-60138-035-6  • ISBN-13:978-1-60138-035-7 • Item #CGR-01 • $24.95 

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The Complete Guide to Currency Trading & Investing: How to Earn High Rates of Return Safely and Take Control of Your Investments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 2, 2007

The Complete Guide to Currency Trading & Investing: How to Earn High Rates of Return Safely and Take Control of Your Investments

In recent years many smart investors have exited the stock market and other investment areas because they have essentially lost control of their investments. They have relied on the advice and skill of their brokers, bankers, and financial advisors. Many investment and retirement accounts have dwindled. Fortunately, there is a wonderful but little-understood alternative: currency trading and investing.

Currency trading is the practice of exchanging one country’s currency for another country’s currency. The foreign exchange (Currency or Forex or FX) market is the largest trading market in the world-exceeding $1.9 trillion every single day! Essentially there are four variables involved: currencies, exchange rate, time, and interest rate. The relationships of these variables create opportunities for small investors to obtain investment returns that are generally unheard of in the traditional investment world. You owe it to yourself and your family to learn about currency trading.

You can get started with just $100 or less, and the investment can easily be managed in a part-time capacity, usually requiring only a few hours on the Internet a week. Currency investments can provide you with a very high and secure rate of return, in some cases as high as 12%, 18%, 24%, or even 1,000% or more per year. If performed correctly, currency trading will far outpace all other investments. The key is to know how to perform this process correctly.

This all sounds great, but what is the catch? There really is none, except you must know what you are doing! This groundbreaking and exhaustively researched new book will provide everything you need to know to get started generating high-investment returns with low risk from start to finish, and you can start with less than $100.

Take a moment to visit our Web site where we have a press kit available for this newly
published title. The press kit includes the press release and cover image. See
http://www.atlantic-pub.com/pressreleases.htm.

Contact: Angela Adams
1-800-814-1132
Authors: Jamaine Burrell
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company
1405 SW 6th Ave.
Ocala, FL 34471
ISBN 10: 1-60138-119-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-60138-119-4
CIP: 2007019721
Pub Date: August 2, 2007
Binding: Soft Cover; Perfect Bound; Recycled, Acid Free, Alkaline Free Paper
CD-ROM: No
Pages: 288
Retail Price: $24.95
Street Pub Date: August 2, 2007

The Complete Personal Finance Handbook: Step-by-Step Instructions to Take Control of Your Financial Future—With Companion CD-ROM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 2, 2007

The Complete Personal Finance Handbook: Step-by-Step Instructions to Take Control of Your Financial Future – With Companion CD-ROM

Your family’s financial future depends in large part on decisions you make and steps you take today. Busy, successful people are often so involved with day-to-day personal and business responsibilities that they do not take the time to plan their own financial future. And unfortunately, financial security and sound investments rarely happen by chance. This new book, written in easy-to-understand terminology, will guide you on the way to financial security.

Personal financial planning is the process of establishing your own financial goals and creating a way to reach them. The ongoing process involves examining all existing resources, developing a plan to use them, and systematically implementing the plan to achieve your short- and long-term goals. They must be monitored and reviewed periodically to make adjustments to assure that they continue to move you toward your financial goals.

You will learn the personal financial basics of budgeting; insurance; marriage, single, and divorce financial solutions; health care possibilities; retirement planning and saving; wills and estate planning; managing and eliminating debt; solving your credit score and credit issues; and home ownership. You will avoid legal issues, obtain documents you need to have, deal with mortgages, taxes, and tax planning. You will invest your money using the latest strategies while responding to life events, starting a small business, getting college financial aid, avoiding debt and bankruptcy, and borrowing money. The new areas of concern are explained: elder issues and identity theft worries.

The companion workbook on CD-ROM contains worksheets, charts, and quizzes to help you set financial goals, budget, find how to reach those goals, set retirement planning goals, and determine the best savings and investment strategies that fit your situation.

Take a moment to visit our Web site where we have a press kit available for this newly
published title. The press kit includes the press release and cover image. See
http://www.atlantic-pub.com/pressreleases.htm.

Contact: Angela Adams
1-800-814-1132
Authors: Teri B. Clark
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company
1405 SW 6th Ave.
Ocala, FL 34471
ISBN 10: 1-60138-047-X
ISBN 13: 978-1-60138-047-0
CIP: 2007013112
Pub Date: August 2, 2007
Binding: Soft Cover; Perfect Bound; Recycled, Acid Free, Alkaline Free Paper
CD-ROM: Yes
Pages: 288
Retail Price: $29.95
Street Pub Date: August 2, 2007

Your Real Estate Closing Explained Simply: What Smart Buyers & Sellers Need to Know

This exciting new book is a complete and thorough explanation of the real estate closing process and escrow. (Escrow is a neutral third party that follows the instructions from the buyer and seller of the property. It makes sure that the required funds are in the escrow account before the deed to the home is recorded in the buyer’s name.) Written in everyday, easy-to-understand language this book will help you save time and money, as well as help you avoid the common pitfalls. Some of the subjects covered are the contract, mortgages, your closing agent, title commitment, survey, deed, bill of sale, affidavit of title, leases, assignment of leases, assignment of contracts, estoppels letters, utility letters, payoff letter for mortgage, condo letter, right of first refusal, assessments, utility bill, certificate of insurance, closing statement, power of attorney, grantor/grantee affidavit, transfer tax declaration, zoning certificate, affidavit of heirship, death certificate, commission statement, personal information affidavit, joint tenancy affidavit, ALTA statement, photo ID, keys, termite inspection, general inspection, mortgage contingency, attorney approval contingency, lead paint disclosure, RIPTA disclosure, environmental issues, soil test, structural tests, utility readings and name changes, tax bill, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), seller identification, trustees, trustee’s deed, trustee’s ALTA, trustee’s pay proceeds letter, mortgage options, note, mortgage disclosures, title, leases, and buyer’s insurance and certificate. The book includes numerous forms and easy-to-use checklists, as well as information particular to each state.Take a moment to visit our Web site where we have a press kit available for this newly published title. The press kit includes the press release and cover image. See http://www.atlantic-pub.com/pressreleases.htm.Contact: Angela Adams
1-800-814-1132
Authors: Michelle Blain
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company
1405 SW 6th Ave.
Ocala, FL 34471
ISBN 10: 1-60138-032-1
ISBN 13: 978-1-60138-032-6
CIP: 2006038842
Pub Date: August 2, 2007
Binding: Soft Cover, Perfect Bound, Recycled, Acid Free, Alkaline Free Paper
CD-ROM: No
Pages: 288
Retail Price: $24.95
Street Pub Date: August 2, 2007