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Avoid scams around government payments
As we continue to navigate through this season of uncertainty, it is more important than ever to be on high alert to avoid being scammed. While there are an unprecedented number of different illegal schemes, below are some of the most common. Be knowledgeable. Protect yourself.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SCAMS
With the recently passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, scammers are actively working to defraud small business owners and sole proprietors. Above all, if someone claiming to be from the SBA initiates contact with you, consider it fraud and hang up. The SBA will never initially solicit your business by phone or email. The SBA posted the
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Add these areas to your spring cleaning list
Spring has sprung! Well, you could argue warm temperatures never left those of us along the Gulf Coast, but regardless, the first official day of spring on March 19 means warm weather has officially arrived. And with it, the time for spring cleaning.
Spring cleaning has been a tradition for centuries — mostly because it's too cool in many places during the winter to finish a to-do list — but this year it has an added importance with the spread of COVID-19. In addition to sanitizing any regularly used items/surfaces during this time per Centers of Disease Control and Prevention recommendations, tackle cleaning some those often-forgotten areas — like your appliances, furniture and...
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Virtual showing options for your business
As the saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention, and that has perhaps never been more true in the last decade than now. For our businesses to survive in these uncertain times, we're going to have to get creative.
If you've been hesitant to offer virtual tours of your listings, it's quickly becoming one of only a few options to show properties -- if it isn't the only option already. Sifting through all of the virtual tour possibilities can seem daunting, but remember that with social distancing in place you have more time to read reviews, gather information and make an informed choice.
Maybe that choice is using your phone to upload a video to YouTube, Facebook or Instagram Live or the
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Ninja's Larry Kendall: Work on your business
For most of us, this time is unnerving not just due to health risks, but because we find ourselves less busy than normal. No more scheduling showings or hauling children to soccer practices. No more attending school events or eating out at restaurants.
But that doesn't m...
