Is Signing that Lease Agreement Right for You? The real estate market is booming across the United States, especially in select areas of California as well as Las Vegas. Even the sleepy town of Boise, Idaho is experiencing record breaking primary residential development. Where ever you happen to live, you have probably noticed it’s not so easy to get into…
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Independent Car Lease Companies
To lease, you have two possible choices: either lease through a dealer’s finance source or through an independent lease company. A conventional dealer has a captive finance source, which can be the car manufacturer’s financial company, such as BMW Financial Services, Honda Motor Credit or General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC), or a major national bank such as Chase Manhattan. Independent…
Good Planning Will Help You Make A Smooth Business Relocation
Budgeting, goal setting, business planning – all are business objectives in the fourth quarter of the year. As businesses plan for 2006, I’d like to challenge all decision makers to not only think about the big-picture changes they want to make, but to also add one more item to the list – real estate. Whether your organization owns it or…
The Letting Of Flats
The person who buys a piece of land is known as a freeholder. This title confers complete ownership of the land and the buildings on it until they either sell the land on or leave it to someone else when they die. Many people buy individual flats that are part of a purpose-built block. They will normally hold a lease…
The Apartment Search
When you are apartment hunting, prepare a rental search plan. Be sure to know in advance what you want in an apartment and what you can live without. Decide in advance what areas of the city you could consider living in and make a list of apartment buildings within that perimeter. Be sure to consider how far and how convenient…
Using Lease Calculators
Want to calculate your monthly lease payment? Consider using a lease calculator If you are considering a car lease, then you might want to know some key figures involved in the deal: the monthly lease payments, the overall cost of the lease and how much savings can be made compared to purchasing the vehicle. A lease calculator relieves you from…
Internet Based Lease Accounting Software Creating Operational Effeciency While Crunching Numbers
The leasing industry is yet to significantly harness the powers of the Internet. Despite the hype, the web enabling of the leasing process has been sporadic at best. While the industry has already taken to the Internet’s obvious convenience for credit scoring and front-end application processing, a larger and perhaps a more significant impact on productivity has yet to be…
Can A Foreigner Own Property In Thailand
Retirement in Thailand is the dream of many foreigners and mine too. I plan to settle down there in about two years and have been checking out the rules for acquiring property in the land of smiles. The easiest solution for a foreigner (farang) is to buy a condominium. There is a percentage requirement as to the total number of…
The Hidden Costs Of Car Leases
Be honest- are you one of those people who just loves new cars? I knew it. That’s OK, we are in the same boat. I love new cars just as much as you do. But I like not overpaying just as much if not more than you do. That’s why, when it comes to car leases, I make sure and…
Setting Up New Office Space Forget About Needing Furniture
How to move into a new office without moving hassles Tom Hansen discovered a smart way to move. Six months after starting a new business in his home, success was forcing him to find some affordable office space for lease. He began by searching through the classified ads under ‘office space for lease’. Most listings were for more space than…