The new 2018 Section 199A tax deduction that you can claim on your IRS Form 1040 is a big deal. There are many rules (all new, of course), but your odds as a business owner of benefiting from this new deduction are excellent. Rejoice if you operate your business as a sole proprietorship, partnership, or…
Steve Taubman’s latest book, Buddha in the Trenches, is available now at Amazon.com Many folks believe they procrastinate because they are “lazy”. As a result, they beat themselves over the head and feel bad about it. (Maybe you do too.) It’s not true though. Procrastination has nothing to do with laziness. This is just a…
Confession, they say, is good for the soul. So I confess: I repeatedly made a VERY serious mistake in my real estate career—one that in some ways, I will literally never recover from. I kick myself about it all the time, because I think that even as I was doing it, I KNEW it was…
You Don’t Need A Brand, You Need A Plan I have three truths to share with you.You cannot compete with Big Brand MarketingYou shouldn’t even try.You can do it better and see greater results for less effort (truly)Stick around, this entire article centers around why your brand is NOT the first stop on the lead…
Don’t Get a Nest Egg, Get a Chicken My parents worked hard to build up their nest egg. They were self-employed, so they knew there would be no pension to help them. They put four kids through college and worried about money . . . a lot. But they did build what they felt was…