The Shopping Nazi

If you are in  the Automotive industry you should be reading one of the following magazines.

On the first day of February, I set down with James Stocker from Silver Key Insurance INC.  to discuss some basic questions around insurance. I chose James because he handles insurance for auto, home, along with other types insurance. He is not tied into just one or two insurance companies. James has an offering from quite a selection. Thus giving us the most objective look at the important facts about getting auto insurance.

Drivers, in Idaho are required to carry a minimum liability of $25,000 per person for bodily injury, $50,000 per accident for bodily injury, and $15,000 per accident in property damage coverage. This does vary from state as well as the penalties for not having auto insurance. That is why you need to go to auto insurance requirement, state by state to find out what you need.

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Remember the old saying, about death and taxes. This is the time of the year where some people talk like it is a near death experience. Maybe that is why some people wait until the very last minute and mail out their income tax filing just before midnight on April 15th.

Over the years I have struggled with doing my yearly obligation. I have set down with a W2 form, a couple of 1099’s, a calculator, and a pile of tax forms.  One year, I took a box full of receipts and invoices into my accountant and set it on his desk. A week later I went back with my checkbook in hand. There I wrote him a heft check, along with a small one to the federal government and a modest one to the state government.

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I am sure all of us has seen the commercial from FreeCreditReport.com. I am sure we have laughed at this poor guy with a friends driving down the road. Because of a bad credit score stuck with broken down sub compact. Then two beautiful ladies in a convertible drive beside him and laughing.

The truth is a low credit score can cost you a lot of money. Even keeping track of you credit score can cost you money.

Federal law requires the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian, to provide consumers with one free copy of their credit report once every 12 months from a centralized source.

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EContent Magazine

I just got an email from our sponsor. They wanted me to let you know, readers of The Shopping Nazi now has available to them a trade magazine. Not just any trade magazine. A trade magazine that is designed to help you with your web content.

The magazine delivers essential research, reporting, news, and analysis of content related issues, strategies, resources, and the technologies behind digital content. The magazine is essential reading for executives and professionals involved in content creation, acquisition, organization, and distribution in B2B environments or within their own organizations. EContent is the premier publication for the digital content industry.

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Back in the mid 1990’s a neighbor was in his driveway with the hood up on his Subaru Outback. I walked over to see what had got his attention. He stated his station wagon would not start. I saw how packed everything was in the engine compartment. Then I said, ‘Good Luck”, and walked over to my car and drove off.

Subaru is not exactly the biggest of all the automakers in the United States. The Subaru Outback has been around since the mid-1990s. The Outback has not been the most popular vehicles, but it has always had a solid reputation.

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Idaho Housing Authority named Guild Mortgage of Boise Idaho the number one lender in the third quarter.  That is quite and statement and should give any Realtor or potential home buyer another great reason to consider Guild Mortgage Idaho for their next purchase transaction.

These days in the real estate world, home loans have become a challenging undertaking.   That is why it is so important to establish a lasting relationship with a professional lending institution, such as Guild.

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If you are in the Agriculture industry you should be reading one of the following magazines.

During the first three month of the new year I visit at least one trade show per week. In each one, I have meet over a dozen different people who were pitching their networking products. Some people refer to it as multi level marketing.

I first came across a networking marketing scheme when I was in high school. A friend of the family talked me into selling Amway products. Today, it is hard not to find at least network marketing scheme for any product category.  There are even a few out there for services, like cleaning and computer repair.

If you ever set through one of their sales presentations, it sounds so easy to make a lot of money. The products are suppose to sell themselves. If you want to make the big money, all you need to do is get other people selling those products under you.

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Anyone can waste money by eating out. But there are time you just need to get out of  the kitchen and out of the house. A mini vacation you might say.

My wife and I try to get out at least once a week, to sit down together some place and share a meal. No agenda, just sitting there talking small stuff. As a general rule we try to find a restaurant  that we have not visited, or one that it has been a long time, since we were there.

Moon’s Kitchen is on that I saw on through a friend on Facebook. Since my wife and I were going to be in downtown Boise, it seemed like a good place to good for breakfast.

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