Member Blog Posts in "facilities services"

How To Use An Office Correctly

posted on August 24, 2010

If you spend a lot of your day in your office, you are probably not as effective as you think. Most home and business offices allow us to become easily distracted as soon as we sit down, especially if they are reserved for multiple purposes, business projects, meetings, administration, etc. Most managers, business owners and entrepreneurs aren't even aware of the distractions because they are so used to dealing with them, but dealing with them costs productivity and emotional cycles.Something to ponder: Read more »

Author: Dag Nybo

Commercial - I can do that. Really?

posted on August 11, 2010

Many real estate professionals like to be the Jack (or Jill) of All Trades, but Masters of None.  I'm talking specifically about agents and brokers marketing themselves with multiple "specialties," which is ironic.  To specialize is not to just dabble, but to be proficient at it.  Yes, we can have multiple service offerings but are we really doing our clients a disservice by proclaiming several specialties?  In Texas, there are only two licenses - Salesperson and Broker.  Once a license is earned, there are no sub-licenses for commercial, re Read more »

Author: Rodney Schwalbach

It's Tax Season, Are Your Investments In Order?

posted on December 10, 2009

Around tax time, your attention is particularly focused on your finances and assets.  The current status of the economy can be unsettling and knowing how you can be prepared has become very important.  As you start working on your taxes, you’ll probably be reminded of some of the milestones that occurred during the previous year. Did you recently move?  Has your relationship status changed?  Did you have a baby?  Are you now taking care of your parents?  Did you get a raise at work or change jobs? If any of these milestones have occurred in the Read more »

Author: S. Todd Harris