Making money is only half the battle. Keeping it is the other half. Yet if you read financial sites, far more than 50 percent of the articles are about ways to generate income. Saving money doesn’t make for great headlines, but it’s vital to your long-term success. With that in mind, let’s discuss a few important ways that can help … Read More
Real Estate CPA: How Investing Can Help Save You Taxes
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has changed our finances and the profitability of investments. Much of the press coverage around the new rules has been on its drawbacks. However, some positive financial opportunities exist for those who educate themselves and act on new breaks. The new tax law both protects some crucial breaks and provides new ones. Some of … Read More
DFW Real Estate CPA: Starting Out With Your First Investment?
Real estate is a tricky business with a lot of ins and outs that can be hard to understand. Getting informed is the key. Looking for some advice before setting out on your first deal or even after establishing yourself as reputable agent? Consider this advice if you’re in the market for your first property investment. 1. Don’t Speculate All … Read More
Dallas Real Estate Tax Experts: Self-Made Millionaire Realtor On Her Success
How did Dottie Herman become the richest self-made woman in the U.S. real estate industry? As CEO of Douglas Elliman, she steers the sails of one of the nation’s oldest and largest real estate brokerage firms with approximately $27.4 billion in annual sales volume and a whopping 7,000 real estate agents. From her hard-nosed background as a real estate broker on Long Island, … Read More
Flower Mound Tax Help: Must Read Books For Realtors
If you search real estate books on Amazon there are nearly 70,000 results, with more being published each day. Some of which are probably great resources. Others, however, are either vanity projects or written to sell you coaching services. To help navigate this barrage of real estate books, here’s a list of must-reads for brand new agents. Veterans could benefit … Read More
DFW CPA Summer Survival Tips
Memorial Day is traditionally the beginning of the summer season, and for many small businesses, that means customers flocking through the doors. For others, it’s a slow time: Customers don’t come, clients don’t call. Whether you sell surfboards or snowboards, picnic baskets or Christmas baskets, the health of your small business may be directly related to the season. In fact, … Read More
Flower Mound Small Business Help: Summer Reading List
The right words of advice can get you closer to your goals. They can also inspire you to be a better leader. Josh Linkner, the author of the best-selling “The Road to Reinvention,” which urges businesses to go beyond the status quo for success shared this list of five books he would recommend to business leaders: 1. “Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World” … Read More
Flower Mound Tax Help: What To Do With Your Refund
Refund season is here! Last year, nearly eight out of 10 people received a tax refund worth an average of $2,895, according to the IRS. If that average holds up this year, many taxpayers will once again get a nice check from Uncle Sam. CPA experts have some advice on how to spend your tax refund: 1: Start an emergency … Read More
Flower Mound Accountant: Celebrating Small Business Week
What are the challenges that keep small businesses from doing more business? What can entrepreneurs, who already wear so many hats, do to overcome them? Reacting vs. thinking ahead Every business owner knows how important it is to stay on top of day-to-day operations, but survey results suggest “short-termism” is a common problem. Asurvey found that most small business owners … Read More
DFW Small Business Advice: Having A Successful Summer
While for many people the summer is spent outside enjoying the sunshine, for small business owners it’s a crucial time for your business. The life of a small business owner is very different to that of a boss of a large organization. If you happen to be in the earlier years of business and either work alone or with a small group … Read More