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By John Dow

If you do a search on the term credit repair in Google, the first website that comes up in the natural listings is the Federal Trade Commission. And the first thing they discuss is that people should really do their own credit repair work.

The reason why? Because of all the scam artists out there that profess to be an expert on credit repair and take advantage of many unsuspecting consumers. And they use every trick in the book to misrepresent the services they provide. The worst part of it (other than losing your hard earned money) is that they can actually do more damage to your credit score.

There are a lot of very good and honest organizations that can help you repair your credit score. Such as local civic organizations, churches, and legitimate non-profit agencies that will guide you through the maze. Our credit system has a lot of zigs and zags and it can be confusing to someone not familiar with the terms and laws that govern the industry.

And it does require some diligent effort on the consumer’s part. And these days there are way too many companies that grant credit just to make a sale and ignore the fact that the consumer may be soon overwhelmed by the debt. So it’s a lot easier to get into trouble than get out.

Why is good credit so important? Because your credit score (and other considerations) will determine the interest rate you are charged for any loans. It can mean the difference in 3+ interest points (on a new car the good credit rate is around 8% so if you have a low score that could mean up to 12%).

Insurance companies and employers are even starting to use credit score to determine rates and job offers. If you have a low score even car insurance can cost more. And you may not get that great job offer either.

Credit repair companies that make unrealistic claims, ones that are too good to be true, often are just taking advantage of the general lack of knowledge of most consumers. It got so bad a few years ago that congress passed an updated bill to help control the madness. Not that I’m in favor of too much government but in this case they did help the consumer.

Anyone who gives you a 100% guarantee to eliminate bad credit, remove a bankruptcy, liens, and judgements are not being honest. Any company that offers to make you a new credit file, give you a new identity, or asks you to apply for a new social security number is not doing you any favor and can land you in jail.

The good news is that you can improve your credit score, and in most cases sooner than you think. And all you have to do to start is learn a little bit about the credit system and how it works. Making the decision to start is the first step.

In order to get an accurate appraisal of your current credit score, you have the right to request a free credit report from each of the three credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion) each year. You can find out how by going to www.ftc.gov/credit or call 1-877-322-8228 and ask for information.

The next thing to do is take an accurate look at what you owe, current status of payments, and what income you have to work with. Once you have a good picture of the current debts, make a realistic monthly budget. Getting the facts straight help you come up with a good plan.

The Federal Trade Commission website above has very easy to understand instructions on how to address incorrect information, how to contact the credit bureaus, and what can be challenged on your credit report. Take you time and read over the material.

You may well have incorrect information on your credit report that can be removed. You can also contact creditors to work out a viable payment plan and arrangements to get you back in good standing. Most companies are more than willing to work with you.

One word of caution though, if you are dealing with a collection agency, be careful. Most collection companies work on a percentage basis, and if you don’t keep an open eye on them they can take advantage of you. To get the real scoop on what they can and can not do go to this website of the Federal Trade Commission: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/credit/fdc.htm

Depending on the individual situation, most consumers can improve upon their credit score in as short as 30-60 days. I’ve seen people get back in the high 600s or low 700s in 12-15 months which is very good. Since your credit score can dictate the interest rate on any large purchase, I would wait until I have a good score (it can mean 1000’s of dollars over the period of the loan or purchase agreement).

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By Dennis Stutes

Investing in direct participation, or working interest ownership in new oil & gas prospects being offered by only the very best oil & gas independents, and broker/dealers is now a pretty common way to beat the stock market, and just about any other passive investment being offered to you today…particularly when…but only when…you can do it correctly…

Cash flow is always king, and making money when oil & natural gas prices are going up, and to be able to do so while not having to sell your working interest ownership to make a profit, is a chief advantage of investing in only the most successful of the developmental, and exploratory oil & gas drilling prospects being offered to private & industry investors today…

First, you need to be investing with the right companies…only the most successful…those who are fully aware of all the risks associated with drilling for oil & gas, and they must know how to control them…for example…by being aware of the absolute requirement to diversfy, and spread-out the risk of dry holes, and poorly performing wells…by picking the very best and most lucrative oil and gas options by using only the best technology we have, and by working with only the best drilling companies, and contractors, etc. etc…

Don’t fall for quick estimates of establishing cash flowing distributions from new wells drilled, completed, and placed on line…unless they are very shallow, and simply offsets to other wells already in production. You must normally wait at least 90 days before you begin to receive income from new development activities in a lease hold interest, or Area of Mutual Interest (AMI)…purchase contracts must be negotiated, and fine tuning of new wells is typically required before steady revenue can be established and maintained…6 to 12 months is often needed for cash flow to begin…this is especially true when drilling deep on shore, or off shore wells with big commercial reserves…however, the major oil companies, and large independents are targeting very big recoverable reserves of both oil & natural gas…and their prime objective is to ‘book large reserves’…and maintain revenue streams over a relatively long period of time after bringing their new wells on line…in other words they are looking to establish long term cash flow, and value…as opposed to getting short term ‘bragging rights’…it can be pretty easy to quickly drill a shallow well and find a little production…only to find these same wells falling-off, or declining rapidly…you then find you are just ‘trading dollars’. rather than discovering big new commercial quantities of oil & gas…drilling wells with rapidly depleting reserviors isn’t why the more successful oil & gas professionals are in the business…

You must be 100% sure the tax write-offs are being properly listed as legitimate tax preference items in the yearly K-1 reports, which are prepared by the development companies and sent to the IRS each year…you are then certain of getting all of the legal tax benefits, and be assured of taking every one of these tax write-offs you are entitiled to receive to lower your taxable income from all sources…

Compounding your cash flow from oil & gas monthly revenue distributions, and knowing what your return on investment really is…also…by knowing internal rates of return, and trusting the companies you do business with to be well aware of the ‘time value of money’…when calculating the total returns on your money over time…really is the key…this level of sophistication is only possessed by the top people in our business…if this sounds interesting, and makes good sense…just give us a call, or sign-up for the newsletters, and updates we send to people making inquiries about oil & gas investments.

About the Author: Dennis Stutes is an oil and gas investing insider with over 20 years of experience. He is currently writing about Invest in Oil and Gas opportunities.

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By Dan Kaplan

Fueling the high growth rate for Retailers, Manufacturers and Distributors is a flurry of mergers and acquisitions. In today’s world of mergers and acquisitions, and heavy usage of the Web, companies are facing a new reality. Software that meets the company’s needs now will not be effective after a new acquisition takes place, or if sales substantially increase as a result of using the Web.

While meeting with a prospective client — a CEO of a large cleaning supply company — about purchasing new software, he told me that he was planning to grow his business by end of the year from 300 million to 500 million dollars by acquiring competitors he was negotiating with. When I asked him how he planned to integrate his company’s software with the new companies he was planning to acquire, his response was: “You hit the nail on its head. The software we are using cannot support our future acquisition plans. We will have to let the companies we plan to acquire keep using their current software until we find software that can meet our new needs. Not having the right software will result in a substantial increase of our operating cost. The unfortunate part is that we did not have the foresight to think ahead of the fact that our current software would not be able to support our acquisition plans. Nobody expected that we would grow at this rate and now we have to pay the price.”

Here are 4 unforeseen business disruptions that are likely to happen when your business environment changes:

1. Quite often companies engaged in e-commerce, experience an unexpectedly high volume of sales’ transactions that the current software cannot handle efficiently, resulting in the need for additional labor and excessive operating costs.

2. Frequently, the current software cannot provide the desired analytical information needed, resulting in the downloading of large amounts of data to spread sheets and more complex data manipulation to get the needed reports.

3. When mergers and acquisitions take place, the number of users along with the transaction volume will substantially increase, resulting in the possibility that the current computer system will not be able to handle this sudden change.

4. The acquired company might not have the same business practices as the company doing the takeover, resulting in the possibility that the current software may not be able to handle the new business demands. This can result in multiple software platforms being used creating higher operating costs and additional complexities in the computer infrastructure.

When planning future expansion, steps should be taken to ensure smooth business growth.

Software effectiveness evaluations should be performed the same way as evaluating old equipment in a factory. When evaluating the current software functions, the focus should not be on how well the software meets the business needs today, but whether it can meet the business growth of tomorrow when the company moves to the “next level.” In today’s business reality, which is changing at lighting speed, lack of planning can be a very costly proposition.

Nobody likes change, but not facing the fact that a company’s current software is outdated can result in substantial business disruptions and expenses down the road. The question that should always be asked is: “if the business reality changes drastically resulting in an unexpectedly large amount of new users or volume of data transactions, could the current software be able handle it?”

About the Author: Since 1980, Dan Kaplan has worked with corporate executives to improve purchasing, increase warehouse and distribution efficiencies, and implement software solutions that result in substantial savings and productivity improvements. To lower your operating costs, reduce your warehousing and distribution business’s quote generation process from 3 weeks to 3 hours and invoice cycle from months to one day, go to http://www.smcdata.com

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By Ian Fisher

There are many major companies today that are household names and icons in our 21st century society. Microsoft, Apple, Dell, Wal-Mart, McDonalds and Amway to name a few very large and influential companies, which all started out with a simple idea or opportunity.

Where would we be today if these people had not taken the opportunity or idea and run with it, but failed to take the risk in starting their respective business or companies. We must realise that all of them started with a simple idea or opportunity, but they had one thing in common with each other, they disregarded the fear of RISK and set it aside and embraced faith, belief and optimism that just maybe something will happen IF I have a go.

Not all opportunities that come along are immediately identifiable, but the people who succeed are usually those that have been looking. Their minds are a playground of active thoughts and possibilities, their eyes scan the landscape like eagles, and their noses can smell it out and can pinpoint an opportunity as quick as a wink.

You might think that all this is impossible to you, but that is the key, that you think it is impossible, therefore it is. The method that all great leaders and successful business entrepreneurs have in common is that they think and have productive positive thoughts all the time.

Initially a thought may start as a fledgling idea, something simple, but as you ponder more over it, seeing it from every angle it begins to take shape and have deeper meaning, to where you can jot it down or sketch it on a pad or computer, which can eventually emerge into an opportunity for growth and success.

I know a fellow who had an idea for a new golf putter. He had this idea burning in his heart for years, when one day out shopping with his Father and their wives, they slipped off for a cup of coffee, while the girls continued to shop. As the coffee was being served to the table he began to share this idea of the golf putter with his dad. His dad became interested and they began to sketch the idea onto a napkin, looking at it from all angles.

Only a short time later he met up with a friend for lunch and they were chatting small talk when he mentioned the putter. Remembering the sketch on the napkin, which was still in his wallet, he showed his friend. ‘I know someone who can sketch this up on the computer and create a 3D image of it, if you like’ his friend said. ‘Wow, that’d be great’ was his reply, and he left it at that. Some time later he heard from someone else, ‘hey I’ve seen the 3D image of your putter, I like it and I know someone who could make up a prototype, if you like.’ Sure my friend said.

Well this continues until next thing you know he has a real life version of this putter in his hand and a friend rings up and says, ‘hey there’s an expo on this week and I can get your new putter a place in the expo; what do you think?’ Yeah that’d be great! And on the story goes to where he now has the putter endorsed with a well known golfing pro and the rest is history.

So are you looking for opportunity to change your life or your current situation? Are you sick of never having enough money to do whatever it is you desire to do? Then opportunity is waiting for you every day. It may be in the shape of a thought, a business opportunity or a partnership, buying and selling articles on online auctions like eBay, or unearthing an old dream or desire that you’ve carried for years.

Whatever it may be I guarantee that if you begin to engage focused thought toward what it is you really want to do, then you can accomplish anything.

Go put the kettle on, sit in your favourite chair and treat yourself to a cuppa and to thinking of exactly who you really would like to become. See it in your imagination, feel it, taste it and sense it and then allow your self to decide that this is really you, and GO FOR IT.

ALL THE BEST

About the Author: Ian Fisher is owner of TheFi5hFinance.com and writes on a variety of subjects. To learn more about this topic Ian recommends you visit: TheFi5hFinance.com

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