[INTERVIEW] I speak to web marketing consultant Aaron Doucette about how he uses referral fees to grow his business and how you can use this to earn money.

Aaron Doucette is the guy who made and maintains my appraisal website and he uses referral fees to keep his sales pipeline full.  He explains how this could be used to create a part-time or supplemental revenue stream for you.

Learn more and see his portfolio at http://www.aarondoucette.com/


The Invest Local Book blog is all about small business, local investing, home economics, small business systems and borrowing money for your business. It's full of great content and I look forward to seeing your feedback.

[VIDEO] Second Car Deal! This time it's done with a fist full of cash.. really, it's an impressive fan of hundreds..

Another update on the sale of my old car, unfortunately there's no note but I walk away with cash.



The Invest Local Book blog is all about small business, local investing, home economics, small business systems and borrowing money for your business. It's full of great content and I look forward to seeing your feedback.

Follow up article on the 'un-banked' discussing the huge profits the financial industry makes off those without bank accounts.

Earlier this year I did a post about the very powerful movie called SPENT.  It was about the unbanked population and how they face a difficult burden be existing outside the traditional banking system.  I came across this article today which relates to SPENT and thought I'd share.

Click here for the original post which contains the movie.

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THE $103B BANK REVENUE STREAM [click to see original source]

By PYMNTS @pymnts

What's Next In Payments®

6:14 AM EST December 12th, 2014

Financially underserved consumers now spend more than $100 billion a year on financial fee and interest charges, according to a report released Thursday (Dec. 11) by the Center for Financial Service Innovation.

The CFSI estimated that underbanked U.S. consumers used $1.3 trillion in financial products and services in 2013 and spent $103 billion on the nonbank charges, up 7.1 percent from 2012’s $96 billion in charges. In 2014, that spending is projected to grow 4.6 percent to $107 billion, Credit Union Times reported.

Much of the growth came from expansion in subprime auto lending and auto leasing, which has been crowding out more expensive “buy here, pay here” auto-sales outlets.

Another growing niche: credit cards. “The increasing availability of subprime credit through credit cards has brought renewed strength to consumer solicitations and approvals in the Subprime Credit Card segment, a trend projected to continue in 2014,” the CFSI wrote. Secured credit cards also saw a sharp jump in revenue, driven by a 30 percent jump in average fees from 2012 to 2013. But those fees are expected to plateau in 2014.

[VIDEO] Update on Car deal. The buyer backed out, I still own my 11 year old Hyundai

A little update. The buyer backed out of the deal and so I'm looking for someone else to buy my car.



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Great article from Entrepreneur Magazine about 9 Blind Spots that Sabotage Business

This is a great article, I just had to share...

9 Blind Spots That Sabotage Businesses, and How to Beat Them

[INTERVIEW] David speaks to Natural Born Coaches Host Marc Mawhinney about coaching as a business oppportunity.

My first video in a series about part-time business opportunities.  I speak with Natural Born Coaches host Marc Mawhinney about the business of coaching.



The Invest Local Book blog is all about small business, local investing, home economics, small business systems and borrowing money for your business. It's full of great content and I look forward to seeing your feedback.

[VIDEO] Turned my 11 year old Hyundai into a 52.68% Private Investment Note

I was watching the market for the car I wanted to buy and found a great deal so I needed to sell my old car. I turned it into a 52.68% yielding deal in only 4 days. I show you how, but you should really read my book. Invest Local available on Amazon.com.


The Invest Local Book blog is all about small business, local investing, home economics, small business systems and borrowing money for your business. It's full of great content and I look forward to seeing your feedback.