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Passive Income Made Easy

I was reading an article on the internet that was encouraging its readers to supplement their income by generating a passive income stream.  They were trying to make it easy for the reader.  They even listed examples to assist. Create an online course. Invest in...

Advertising is not enough

I have been observing the progress for two radically different Not-For-Profits. For the first one, I am on the BOD and they have been a bootstrap start-up with little to no start-up money. The second has had a fortune poured into it, starting with a building. The...

Best Places to Start a Business

Inc. has a posting, listing of “These Are the 50 Best Places in America for Starting a Business”. In that list Chicago is number 36, after other Midwestern cities Minneapolis, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Milwaukee. Most of these are behind the obvious cities on both...

Boom or Bust

Jumpstarting a start-up, if you are going to start a business, you need to commit. Over the years I have had clients, or would be clients who are interested in starting a business. The have the idea and the belief. But seem to talk themselves out of it. Believing that...

Illinois Property Values

With the progression of the 2019 tax season, I continue to run into the frustration of home owners who have been paying thousands of dollars in property taxes and Illinois Income Taxes, but now can only write off a mere $10,000. When taxpayers are paying $9,000 to...

Illinois Exodus

This tax season has been interesting from a planning aspect. I have had multiple clients expressing the desire to “get out of Dodge”.  They are seriously looking into fleeing Illinois.  I have to admit that I don’t blame them, but I am stuck here because my...

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