by Dennis Beaver | investment, retirement
June 02, 2012(Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Readers Cathy and Sharon live in different cities, and while they have never met in person, during our conference call it became all too apparent that these registered nurses have much more in common than age and...
by Dennis Beaver | homeowner's insurance, insurance claim
May 26, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Returning home from a day trip in the early hours of the morning to water everywhere set the stage for a rare positive email from Becky, a retired high school English teacher living in Visalia with her husband....
by Dennis Beaver | homeowner's insurance, insurance claim
May 19, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, I am the president of a disaster restoration company in Central California where two of your recent columns really got applause from all of us here in management. You zeroed in on something that...
by Dennis Beaver | ethics, insurance claim
May 12, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver The survival of any business — from a giant corporation, to a mom and pop, family-run store — depends on being paid for the products they produce, services which they perform, or the things they sell. The boss...
by Dennis Beaver | ethics, insurance claim
May 05, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Ask any doctor or lawyer to name that one teacher who had the most influence on their professional skills and competence, and you’ll likely hear “Father Time.” School provides the foundation, but the years we...
by Dennis Beaver | landlord/tenant, lawyers
April 28, 2012(Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Owning and managing rental property is never a piece of cake. Even when experienced landlords use a property manager and have excellent legal representation, there will be an occasional problem. Those landlords...
by Dennis Beaver | landlord/tenant, lawyers
April 21, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Every day, all across America, hundreds of families who never planned on, wanted to or were asked, suddenly find themselves responsible for running a business, far too often lacking the skills or experience to...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, technology
April 14, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “Our church recently formed a disaster preparedness and safety panel. We assemble emergency kits for home, office and automobile. I was asked to look into emergency lighting — specifically flashlights — which...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer
April 07, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver When Costco, Sam’s Club and a few other retailers began to carry fire extinguishers, sales across America skyrocketed. In a minute, we’ll give you some tips on what to look for, but first, an answer to a...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer
March 31, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Recently we told you about the new California law which now requires that homeowners have a carbon monoxide alarm (detector) in addition to a smoke alarm. Interestingly, those articles generated a number of...
