by Dennis Beaver | investment
October 25, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver “I have received an invitation to attend a free real estate seminar put on by a company that flips homes but have never had any experience in buying or selling real estate. The TV show makes it look pretty easy to buy a house and...
by Dennis Beaver | employment, investment
March 22, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver Note: This is the second installment of Dennis Beaver’s March 8 column. “Your readers, Dennis, who want this to be the year they go into business for themselves, must have a very good answer to this question: If I fail, what...
by Dennis Beaver | employment, investment
March 08, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver If you, or someone you know is seriously considering starting a new business, today’s column is intended to be the kind of sudden awakening that only a splash of cold water or the sound a fire alarm at midnight can produce....
by Dennis Beaver | contracts, invention, investment
March 01, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver Obtaining a patent is a virtual guarantee that some company will phone one day and offer to buy or market the item, and is a sure bet on greatly improving your lifestyle. We’ve all heard something along those lines. But is it...
by Dennis Beaver | contracts, invention, investment
February 22, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver Late-night TV is packed with commercials for companies that promise to help inventors patent and market their idea or product. Having seen those ads for the past 15 years he has been a patent attorney in Bakersfield, Jim Duncan...
by Dennis Beaver | investment
May 19, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “Can you tell me about the legal responsibility an accountant and broker have for steering clients into a real estate investment that made no sense at all in terms of the risks involved? My parents —...
