Our wonderful Obama administration now requires mortgage lenders to order appraisals through an appraisal management company.

The IRS is examining the high administrative costs claimed by some non-profits.

I check Snopes this morning and it appears the entire email was factual and lead up to the final point which was meant to incite anger at the current administration in the hopes of winning political points at the polls:Taxing Health Benefits DebunkedIt seems that legislators are setting caps on what is exempt in an attempt to dissuade people from using “Cadillac Plans†to avoid paying taxes on what really should amount to salary.Thanks Charles!

Nick,W-9 and 1099 aren't all that painful IMO, since the W-9 is a one-time form for the contractor to fill out - and since Quickbooks tells me how to fill in the 1099 in January anyway.

I learned from my painful mistakes, and moved on to make profits on future deals.

A couple of other things you may not have tried.In my buying area, there is a town where the US Postal mailing addresses are different from the addresses that the tax assessor has on record; makes it a pain to sometimes figuer out info on a property.

Not cheap and they can be a pain in the neck with paperwork.I'd like checkbook control so I am trying an i401K from Sunwest.

Mike,What you're looking for in that Notice to creditors is 1) the deceased's name, 2) the Executor's, Administrator's, or Personal Representative's name and address.

Been there, done that, can be very profitable with the right place, right staff, right administrator/director, the right insurance policies and companies, the right doctor on call, the right social worker, not to mention the right politician!

i realize this is a pain, but sometimes i have to remind him that yes, filling in 10 contracts is a slight inconvenience, but he will be making a nice commission on at least one of them.