by Dennis Beaver | business, consumer, contractor, liability
March 2, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story will be of special interest to three groups of readers: 1. Anyone who owns a condominium under the management of an HOA, a Home Owners Association. 2. Managers of HOAs. 3. Companies who contract with HOAs and cause damage...
by Dennis Beaver | business, debt collection, employment, investment
May 12, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver When an owner decides to sell the business, this can have a major impact on employees. With the right buyer, it should be smooth sailing. But when the wrong person buys a thriving business? What, if anything, can the employees do to...
by Dennis Beaver | business, dating, employment
July 7, 2023 • By Dennis Beaver Why does someone stay in a romantic relationship with a fraud? We are talking a responsible person who should be aware that their significant other is dishonest and capable of causing them and their employer significant harm. Is there a...
by Dennis Beaver | auto repair, business, warranty
April 1, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver A few hours after Betty-Ann, 85, one of my readers in Louisville, took her 2020 luxury car to the dealer because the brakes were loudly squeaking, a service writer (aka a service adviser) phoned and said, “We fixed the problem under...
by Dennis Beaver | business, contracts, scam
October 6, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story answers a question not asked often enough: Am I able to successfully go into business on my own? Do I have what it takes or should I remain an employee instead of an owner?” Meet RD. Now in his mid-50s and driving...
by Dennis Beaver | business, politics
August 21, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver
Anne, my paralegal, grew up in British Hong Kong and learned to speak Chinese. The other day while we were having lunch at the office — and watching a TV documentary about Kenya — it showed two brothers, 9 and 14, preparing an...