Holding track of businesses expenses on an engaged trip may become a nuisance as you travel. But you do not prefer to get home and not be able to document the trip. But there are some downsides to the life on the road especially if you must travel for business often. Rather than the irregular airport hold or layover and the present issue of how weather affects your business travels, it is ever severe to say bye to your family as you go out of town to achieve the mission of your trip.For several business people, single solution is to carry their family with them on business travels if the nature of the trip will hold such arrangements. A few would refuse the road wear business traveler the delights of experiencing family with them on a challenging trip. And for your family, not alone does this mean more time with you; it could be a big chance for everyone involved.Taking your better half on a business travel is completely different scenario than whenever you are preparing a travel to admit the spouse and children. In that your spouse is an adult, can hire car and plan a day without aid and mold his or her schedule around yours, a spouse can be a large plus to you because you have that familiar face to greet you in the hotel room when you coming back from your business affairs of the day. And there?s a strange vicarious enjoyment to be had as you?re working hard to know your spouse is taking in the joys of the local area which you will listen about that night.Business trip can be profitable, exciting, rewarding and broadening. The fine news is there are a few simple systems you can put in place that do not take a lot of your time but will make holding those business expenses covered and set to report for reimbursement when you come back. They include???1.Practice Credit. Your credit card statement can be a running ?story of the trip? that can serve as exigency backup should you need it.2.Receipt holding. It?s easy to lose receipts if you put it in pockets with extra documents or permit them float loose in your briefcase. Keep a daily envelope that you religiously put receipts into as well as you get them. That can ride comfortably in the inner pocket of your jacket or in your briefcase so you know you?ve that register of your spending.3.A functioning log. Yet you keep receipts, you could get home and see the task of arranging through it and trying to recall details about that expense can be a great task. Make it a day-to-day practice to sit at night with a little notebook and go through your receipts and build a ledger of what you spent that day and on what. 4.For when you do not get a receipt. Keep a pocket notebook and jot down when you spend cash or do not get a receipt for an expense. Hints or snacks needed to bring through the day should be listed in this method.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
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Redistricting sets off scramble in California primaries
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California's nonpartisan redrawing of electoral lines for U.S. congressional districts is expected to set off the biggest scramble in at least a decade during primary polls on Tuesday in the most populous state.
The new election map could end up shifting seats to the Democrats in a state that gave President Barack Obama a 24-point margin of victory over his Republican rival John McCain in 2008, analysts said.
For a decade, California's delegation in the House of Representatives was remarkably stable thanks to the deliberate creation of electoral districts to favor incumbents, a process known as gerrymandering. In 263 individual elections from 2002 to 2010, only one congressional seat changed political party.
"California was totally locked in on this gerrymandered map," said Kyle Kondik, political analyst at the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. "With nonpartisan redistricting and this new top two primary system, California suddenly becomes very interesting and one of the more competitive states in the entire country."
For the first time, California took most of the redrawing of electoral boundary lines after the once-a-decade national census out of the hands of politicians and gave it to a 14-member "citizens commission."
It also made a major change to the rules in primary voting, held to narrow the field of candidates before the main election. It now requires that the two candidates who get the most votes will advance to the general election in November, regardless of party. This means that two Democrats or two Republicans could be competing for the same congressional seat on November 6.
For the first time since 1920, slowing population growth meant that California did not add any seats to its 53-member congressional delegation, adding even more uncertainty by pitting some incumbents against one another.
"Short-term, this is off the rails, this is crazy," said Paul Mitchell, a Democratic consultant in California.
A string of districts in California's Central Valley, clustered along Interstate 5 through agricultural land from Sacramento to the outskirts of Los Angeles, are among the most hotly contested under the new arrangement.
Seats in the region are currently split evenly, at three each between Democrats and Republicans.
"In California, if there are districts that are going to swing one way or another, it is these," Kondik said. "Just in that area, you'll probably see more action in the next 10 years than you did in the entire state over the last 10."
INCUMBENT VS. INCUMBENT
Redistricting has also created a "huge leap" in the number of districts that have percentages of minority voters topping 50 percent, according to Mitchell, with majority-Hispanic districts increasing from 19 to 29 and the emergence of the only majority- Asian legislative district in the continental United States.
Two congressional contests are garnering particular attention for pitting longtime incumbents against one another.
Longtime Representatives Howard Berman and Brad Sherman, who have similar voting records, are duking it out in a closely watched race in California's 30th district, in Los Angeles County. Analysts say that both are likely to advance to a real competition in November.
"This primary on Tuesday for them is like a pre-season NFL football game," Kondik said. "It's like a dress rehearsal for the actual election."
The same is true of two incumbent Democratic congresswomen, Janice Hahn and Laura Richardson, who are facing off in the 44th district in Los Angeles County.
In their quest to win back a majority in the House, Democrats would have to gain four or five seats in California, which Kondik said would be difficult but not impossible.
Republicans now hold a 242 to 190 majority, with three seats vacant. Outside of California and Illinois, Democrats are mainly playing defense, trying to hold seats they already have.
CLOSE MARGINS
Several other states also will hold primaries on Tuesday.
In Montana, candidates for a Senate seat are well on track to break political spending records, with donations pouring into a state where advertising is relatively cheap.
That U.S. Senate battle is one of the hottest in the nation with Montana's only member of the House, Republican Denny Rehberg, challenging first-term incumbent Democratic Senator Jon Tester.
Both candidates are known across the state and are expected to easily win their respective party primaries on Tuesday.
New Mexico has another closely watched U.S. Senate contest after Democratic Senator Jeff Bingaman announced last year that he was retiring after 30 years.
While New Mexico leans toward the Democrats because of its large Hispanic population, the state occasionally elects Republicans such as Governor Susana Martinez.
Republicans are targeting the New Mexico seat in their quest to win a majority of the U.S. Senate in 2012. Democrats now hold a 51 to 47 majority, with two independents who usually vote with Democrats.
Former Congresswoman Heather Wilson is expected to easily win the Republican nomination over businessman Greg Sowards, said Brian Sanderoff, president of Research and Polling Inc in Albuquerque.
In the Democratic Senate primary in New Mexico, the race is expected to be more competitive between Congressman Martin Heinrich and state Auditor Hector Balderas. While Heinrich leads in the polls, Sanderoff said undecided Hispanic voters will most likely choose a Hispanic surname when they go to vote.
In New Jersey, primary voters will select among candidates in the race to replace U.S. Representative Donald Payne, the state's first black congressman, who died in March.
Payne's son, Newark City Council President Donald Payne Jr., is one of six candidates running. The elder Payne had represented New Jersey's 10th congressional district since 1989.
Primaries will also be held in South Dakota, North Dakota, and Iowa, but most competitive races in those states will be in November.
(Additional reporting by Dan Boyce in Montana, Zelie Pollon in New Mexico, David Bailey in Minnesota, Kay Henderson in Iowa and Edith Honan in New York; Editing by Greg McCune and Eric Walsh)
(This story was corrected to fix polling data in New Mexico race in paragraph 27)
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Sunday, June 3, 2012
On Real Estate: Dressing Your Home for Sale - Redmond, WA Patch
Will Rogers once said, "You never get a second chance at a first impression." Although Mr. Rogers was talking about people, the statement is also applicable to houses, especially when they are on the market for sale.
Statistics for increase in saeles and a decrease in inventory continue in the right direction. Multiple offers are becoming the norm in many areas. Realtors in Seattle are relearning the need to include an escalator clause in any offer they present. So, are we back to the ?good old days?? Far from it.
So, does this mean that any home listed for sale will sale quickly? Absolutely not!
Buyers today are savvy, compare costs and know what they want. Most of my clients want a home in good condition, move-in ready. Repairs are not in the budget. Although short sales are not the bargain they once were, with shorter response times from lenders, buyers are still finding the uncertainty of actually closing acceptable if they see the possibility of getting the perfect home.
While the price of a home and its square footage are important factors in judging a home, buyers? also base their decision largely on how they ?feel? and whether the home fits their lifestyle.
For home buyers, the home?s ?feeling? has to be just right to make them want to buy.
If you have ever been in model homes, you know how good they look. You might have even thought that you'd like to have the home and all the furniture, the pictures, the flower arrangements, and even the knick-knacks on the shelves.
Some individuals really know how to make a home look its best without spending a lot of money. Many things can be done to give it that "model home" look so prospective buyers will want it and everything else in the house that you're willing to sell. Sometimes simple things can move your home to the top of the list. Staging is considered imperative in today?s market.
When staging isn?t enough to get a home sold, some remodeling may be necessary. Before jumping in with a complete kitchen remodel, check out the competition. Do you really need that $30,000 granite counter to add value to surpass the other listings? Ask your Realtor for Cost to Value reports that show what you would expect to recoup. Check out the other listings in the area. But remember to view them as a prospective buyer would. Would you be willing to pay the asking price? What features do you feel sets this home apart? Can you say the same thing about your own home? Sometimes just doing the basics is all that is needed to turn a listing into a sale.
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Joan Probala is the managing broker for Issaquah Windermere and has 30 years of experience in real estate, construction and sales. She is president-elect (2012) of the Seattle King County Association of Realtors.
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