Tom is a good friend of Brad’s who I had the opportunity to meet a few years back while camping in the middle of Indiana for some quality Dave Matthews shows. He grew up in Cincinnati, OH and graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in Finance. After college Tom moved back to Cincinnati and has been a commercial real-estate broker and appraiser there for several years. With all of the turmoil I read about daily in the residential…
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Investing in Commercial Real-Estate? Better have lots of CASH.
February 23rd, 2009 by Will Crowthers waiting for comments...Book Recommendation #2
February 22nd, 2009 by Will Crowthers waiting for comments...
As Brad previously noted, we’ll be trying to share a book with our readers about once a month. I thought it would only be proper for my first book recommendation to be a book which Brad recommended to me a couple years ago.
The Intelligent Asset Allocator by William Bernstein.
This is an excellent book for those of you looking to understand Asset Allocation, perform asset allocation on your own and understand why it works (historically and into the future). This book alone…
[Read More...]Sub-Prime explained with powerpoint…
February 21st, 2009 by Will Crowthers waiting for comments...Everyone always talks about sub-prime loans and how they are the thing that got us into our current economic state. But, what if the “$1 Million question” on ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ asked you for the correct explanation of sub-prime mortgages? Would you actually know the answer?
Most people do not. But thanks to this humorous yet insightful powerpoint you have the opportunity to learn the truth! It does a great job of going through the situations the main players…
[Read More...]Corporate Meetings 101
February 20th, 2009 by Brad Harbach 1 Comment »I’m often amazed at how inefficient the corporate working environment can be. The most frustrating part of my day (and presumably many others) is sitting through countless meetings that often achieve nothing. Hours each week are spent attending meetings that do not move projects forward and thus contribute nothing to the bottom line. I am not speaking of presentations or informational meetings, although at times these can be a waste as well, I am only talking about meetings that are…
[Read More...]Excel 101
February 19th, 2009 by Will Crowthers 2 Comments »Almost any job these days uses some type of spreadsheet and in most cases that means you’re using Microsoft Excel. I use Excel all the time both personally and at work and I’m betting you do as well.
One of the things I noticed when I first started working was the difference between a “well formatted” Excel document and just an Excel document. The difference is that the formatted version is readable and easier to gain information from while the second…
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