Holiday time – check your values and renewals!
Each year, it is a great idea for you to review your homeowner’s policies and your real estate appraised value to be sure that automatic increases aren’t busting your family’s budget without your being aware. Each year, without specifically telling you, both your homeowner’s insurance and the local appraisal district will increase the value they believe your home is worth. Sometimes,... [Read more of this post]
Audi, the automated brand – FAIL
Lately, I’ve been very focused on how auto dealers, independent businesses all, respond to internet inquiries and email communications. Most of them do a terrible job. Case in point, Houston has only a handful of Audi stores, Momentum being the biggest. A few months back, they had a red Audi A6 sitting right out front of their store. On the street. In the sunshine. I called. They didn’t... [Read more of this post]
First time home buyer tax credit – and increasing your business
I was explaining the first time home buyer tax credit just yesterday – and the client was stunned. “Why don’t people know about this?” Well, there’s knowing it exists and there’s knowing how to access it. For people buying a home to owner occupy between now and November 30, 2009, there is a tax credit of $8,000 available if they meet the qualifications. A tax credit... [Read more of this post]