Arthur Hastings

When Do You Need An Asset Search Specialist?

You won your lawsuit and are floored when the court officers didn't force the defendant to settle on the spot. Are you currently planning to initiate a law suit? Wouldn't it be nice to know if the other party has any assets or possessions available ... Read >

If You Wouldn’t Let a Stranger Into Your Car, Why Let Him Into Your Heart?

You finally found that someone special! Since you met, they email you daily. They seem loving and caring. They are a good listener. They appeal to your way of life, and they appear to be that perfect fit for your taste and personality. Children… Anim... Read >

Why perform an Elder Care Background Check?

Since people are not always upfront about their past, having access to information is critical in making the right decisions. A good background search specialist will bring billions of records right to your fingertips. Whether it's criminal history report... Read >

Making Accounting Vocabulary Part of Your Every Day Life

Many small business owners wonder if purchasing an accounting software package is really necessary. Should you really go to the expense of buying a new software package? Is it going to be "over your head"? An accounting package is for communication and... Read >

Vacation or Business Trip: Understanding Write-Offs

If you run a small business, you may find yourself traveling on trips that are obviously business-related. For example, if you travel to a conference in your field, stay in the recommended hotel, and are away only the same number of days as the conference... Read >

Virtual Assistants: Get Your Personal Life Organized

Many business owners have discovered the wonderful asset that Virtual Assistants are to their companies. Virtual Assistants are used in every aspect of a business organization from accounting services, to word processing and website management. Most peopl... Read >

What To Look For In A Virtual Assistant

When you are considering the possibility of hiring a Virtual Assistant identify your critical needs and what you expect from a VA. What are the skills that you need? What experience and even more importantly, what qualities are you looking for? While the ... Read >

Virtual Assistant Firm Vs. Job Site

Once you have made the decision to employ the services of a Virtual Assistant (VA), you are then faced with choosing between VA firms and job sites. You can find a VA using either method. However there are key differences and advantages to using a VA F... Read >

Incorporating Virtual Assistants Into a Traditional Office

As a business owner you are comfortable with the daily routine of your office. You know the intricacies of your workplace and are comfortable with the workflow. You can see the friendly faces of your employees in every cubicle or behind each desk. Ever... Read >

Trying To Be A One Man Show: Why It Is Less Productive To Work Alone

Many small businesses begin as one-person operations. A new small business owner may have neither the budget nor the workload to justify hiring assistants. In the early days, this generally works just fine. A small business with a slow stream of work usua... Read >

The Easiest Way to Find Great Tenants

Finding good tenants starts with having a good place to rent to them. Even in a bad part of town, no decent person is going to live in a bad place (at least not for very long). When I was doing contracting work for other property owners I did some busines... Read >

How to Eliminate Your Utility Costs

When you're renting a single house to one family the utilities are irrelevant- they pay for all of it. But when you have a multi-unit property, the utilities can quickly become an ugly beast that'll eat right through your profits. Back in 2000 and 2001 Ba... Read >

Buy That House at the Right Price

There's no substitute for knowing your market when it comes to property valuation. Looking at a deal through rose-colored glasses will almost always get you in trouble. The only thing that spared novice investors over the last few years from getting burne... Read >

Do Whatever it Takes to Close the Deal

A month after buying my second 7 unit building I purchased a nice 3 unit building from an out of state owner named John. Originally, John and his wife had bought the property and lived in the 1st floor apartment while renting out the other 2 units. After ... Read >

How I Found my Best Real Estate Deals

Around the beginning of 1997 I came across a book by Dodge Woodson called Rehabbing Your Way to Riches. It was written in 1992 and most of the contents were the usual stuff I'd read before. Fortunately for me, I like to read almost anything about real est... Read >