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This Complete Guide to Your First Rental Property: A Step-By-Step Plan from the Experts Who Do It Every Day

Atlantic Publishing Group Inc · Atlantic Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

This revised book covers property/tenant selection, advertising, credit verification, deposits, rent, late notices, and more.-- (3/19/2015 12:00:00 AM)
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Something's Got to Give: Balancing Work, Childcare and Eldercare

LINDA DUXBURY · Rotman-UTP Publishing
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A perfect storm of factors are brewing that will redefine dependent care in the coming decades. Delayed marriage and parenthood, longer life-spans, lower birthrates, and the health policy shift to informal caregiving have drastically increased the number of employees whose mental and physical...
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The Power of Zero, Revised and Updated: How to Get to the 0% Tax Bracket and Transform Your Retirement

David C McKnight · Currency
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

An updated edition of the self-published book that sold more than 100,000 copies, with a new chapter on the 2018 tax cuts.There's a massive freight train bearing down on the average American investor, and it's coming in the form of higher taxes. The United States Government has made trillions...
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Freegans: Diving into the Wealth of Food Waste in America

Alex V Barnard · University of Minnesota Press
Pages: 294
Format: Print book

If capitalism is such an efficient system, why does 40 percent of all U.S. food production go to waste - while one in six people in the nation face hunger? This startling truth has stirred increasing interest and action of late, but none so radical as that of the freegans, who live on what...
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In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs

Grace Bonney · Artisan
Pages: 359
Format: Print book

New York Times Bestseller "I want to rip out every page of this glorious book and hang them on my wall so that I can be surrounded by these incredible women all day long." - Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers and Modern Lovers Across the globe,...
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Hard-Won Wisdom: True Stories from the Management Trenches

Jathan Janove · AMACOM
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

From dealing with underperformers to fighting off lawsuits, employee problems are the bane of a manager's existence. So what do most do? Ignore them! And that's a recipe for more problems. Written by a seasoned HR expert and employment attorney, Hard-Won Wisdom takes you inside...
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Start Your Own Freight Brokerage Business: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success

Jason Rich · Entrepreneur Press
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

GET PAID TO COORDINATEWith 70% of all manufactured and retail goods transported by truck in the U.S., it's the perfect time to broker your own share of this $700 billion transportation industry. Learn to apply your time management and communication skills as you pair shippers and carriers...
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The Caterpillar Way: Lessons in Leadership, Growth, and Shareholder Value

Craig Bouchard · McGraw-Hill Education
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! How one tenacious company found the drive to succeed--on a global scale In the early 1980s, Caterpillar, Inc. lost one million dollars per day for three consecutive years. Its continuing existence came into question. Today, "CAT" is the world's...
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Uncopyable: How To Create An Unfair Advantage Over Your Competition

Steve Miller · Advantage Media Group
Pages: 138
Format: Hardcover

What separates average businesses from extraordinarily successful ones?Better product? Nope. Your competitor will rapidly reverse-engineer your "secretsauce" and get their "better-than-you" version on the market fasterthan you can say "Usain Bolt."Better customer...
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Volunteer Handbooks

Marilyn L Donnellan MS · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 68
Format: Paperback

Volunteer handbooks are probably one of the most underutilized but potentially most important tools in any nonprofit's management toolbox. That's because before you cannot even think about developing a handbook you must evaluate all of your policies and procedures for the recruitment,...
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Designed Leadership

Moura Quayle · Columbia University Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Great leaders aspire to manage "by design" -- with a sense of purpose and foresight. But too few leaders incorporate the proven practices and principles of the design disciplines.Lessons learned from the world of design, when applied to management, can turn leaders into collaborative,...
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Starting a Business From Home: Your Guide to Planning Your Home Start-up, Reaching a Market and Creating a Profit

Colin Barrow · Kogan Page
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

For aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners, the possibilities are limitless. The flexibility, freedom and cost-effectiveness that starting-up in the home offers means that more and more entrepreneurs are choosing this as the best location to agilely launch their business. Starting a Business...
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Extreme You: Step Up. Stand Out. Kick Ass. Repeat.

Sarah Robb O'Hagan · Harperbusiness
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

"Every once in a while, you need someone standing by your shoulder, inspiring you, cheering you on, pushing you to go further. Sarah might be just the coach you're looking for." - Seth Godin, author of LinchpinAs a child, Sarah Robb O'Hagan dreamed she could be a champion. Her early...
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The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives

Jesse Eisinger · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jesse Eisinger, a blistering account of corporate greed and impunity, and the reckless, often anemic response from the Department of Justice.Why were no bankers put in prison after the financial crisis of 2008? Why do CEOs seem to commit wrongdoing...
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An Intelligent Career: Taking Ownership of Your Work and Your Life

Michael B Arthur · Oxford University Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

An Intelligent Career will change the way you see your career and your life. It is written by three award-winning international scholars, who share the conviction that careers have become both more important and less predictable. Drawing on a wide range of research, they describe how you can apply...
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