by Dennis Beaver | landlord/tenant
April 12, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver When faced by crooked or irresponsible tenants, some landlords fall for one excuse after another, placing themselves and their own families in real financial danger. In short, they are incredibly weak people...
by Dennis Beaver | business, leadership, workplace
July 14, 2023 • By Dennis Beaver Immediately after “How to Fail as a Leader” ran in late May of this year —which was based on my interview with the authors of “Real-Time Leadership,” David Noble and Carol Kauffman — I received dozens of emails...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees
November 09, 2004 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Question: “I need your help in explaining to my brother his responsibilities when dealing with our family attorney. He blames everyone for his problems, schedules appointments and then cancels them,...
by Dennis Beaver | divorce, lawyers
January 14, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Part 2 Last week we began a look at the often frustrating task of figuring out how much the “stuff” a couple has acquired during their marriage is worth and how it should be divided in a divorce....
by Dennis Beaver | asset protection, bankruptcy
August 20, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, I have read your column for many years and trust your advice,” were the opening words of an overly-friendly voice on the phone. “I need your opinion about ways of making it difficult for someone to sue me, and if they...
by Dennis Beaver | business, complaint, scam
November 19, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver
In need of a good laugh in these depressing times? Read on. Make a list of the insurance companies that we see advertised all the time and then type BBB – it hardly matters which name you enter. A Better Business Bureau...
by Dennis Beaver | background checks, lawyers
December 3, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver
“Two of my employees were involved in an auto accident that was not their fault. They were about to hire an out-of-town law firm that advertises heavily on television because the attorney in the commercials is a big fan of the...
by Dennis Beaver | lawyers
July 10, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s article will be of special interest to: –Employers needing competent, experienced and responsible employees, and; –Competent, experienced, responsible people with wrinkles who want to work in our country’s economy that needs...
by Dennis Beaver | business, employees, employment, equipment, management, safety, vehicle maintenance
July 15, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver What do you think is the most dangerous season for drivers? Many of us would think, “Winter, of course, with snow and ice in many parts of the country.” That’s what I thought, but was corrected by a longtime friend of...
by Dennis Beaver | ADA, business, employment
March 24, 2023 • By Dennis Beaver “Rex,” the hiring manager of a Midwest financial services firm, phoned asking if I had a minute to discuss something that he had never before faced: “How do I respond to a job applicant who feels that, if hired, she has a right to...
