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"Submit [an approved] legal counter offer form...Outline only the details to be changed because any unchanged paragraph in the original purchase contract is wrapped into the counter offer. Decide what points in the purchase contract you want to counter and under what terms. Do not mark your changes on the original purchase contract; they won’t be binding...Increase the purchase price only if you can substantiate the raise with market comparables. Remove emotion from your negotiations, and focus on market data. Remember that most offers are submitted with the parties knowing that negotiations are to follow...Increase the deposit terms to establish that the buyer is serious. Counter with a step-deposit, with increases in the deposit amount placed in escrow as contingencies are removed...Request a copy of the buyer’s mortgage approval paperwork. Expect a bank appraisal to verify the lender’s risk in approving the loan amount. Renegotiate if the lender’s appraisal comes in under the selling price. Request that the buyer raise more cash, or lower your price to meet the appraisal. Any agreed changes will make up the new purchase contract...Indicate on the counter offer an expiration date and time. Until then, neither party is obligated under the terms of the contract...Agree on a method of acceptance during the time the counter offer is being transmitted and prior to final signatures being received, whether it’s by mail, fax or email. Do not accept an oral agreement without a transmission verification during this period...While in the process of a counter offer, continue to market your house and be open to additional purchase contracts because no purchase contract is finalized until all parties agree and sign the contract...Accept only a counter offer that's put in writing because an oral agreement is not legally binding." Hogan Injury reports:
"A vehicle of any kind is a big investment and costs a lot of money. As a consumer, you want your car to be functioning perfectly and safely, so what do you do in case the [vehicle] that you’ve bought is not living up to your expectations? You can try to file a complaint with the dealer or the vehicle’s manufacturer, but in case you do not get results you may contact the following state or federal government [agencies] to address specific issues: 1. In case of deceptive or misleading vehicle advertisement or dealers you may contact your state consumer protection agency or the Federal Trade Commission. 2. For complaints about the financial aspect like your auto loan agreement or payments, you may contact the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. 3. Most importantly, for complaints regarding your vehicle’s safety like issues with [seat belts], tires, or car seats, you may contact the Department of Transportation via their customer service center or mail. Some of the agencies mentioned will review and examine your complaints while others may collate information from you and other complainants and file a lawsuit against the company in the future. There are also Lemon Laws. These are state laws that protect consumers from defective vehicles, referred to as 'lemon', that frequently fail to meet the quality and safety standard set about by each state. There are different criteria for a vehicle to be deemed as 'lemon' for each state, but overall the following items are considered: 1. The vehicle’s defects have to be evident within a certain [time frame] or number of miles driven. 2. The vehicle’s defects must be substantial and affect the vehicle’s operation, such as the transmission, engine, brakes, and other major parts of the vehicle. 3. The vehicle’s defect is still persistent even after multiple trips to the mechanic for repair. 4. The vehicle has to have been in the auto repair shop for a considerable number of days (usually thirty days or more) within a year. In cases of a 'lemon' vehicle, you can have the issue resolved by contacting the car manufacturer. You will have to send a complaint letter to the manufacturer by certified mail describing the vehicle’s defect, complete documentation of repairs (mechanic work orders and invoices), and your request for a resolution (a refund or any other solutions that would work for you). If the manufacturer refuses to help, you may still be able to get a resolution via mandatory arbitration clauses. Mandatory arbitration clauses are statements written into contracts that enable you to settle any dispute with a company through arbitration. These clauses are common in automotive, credit card, and even cell phone contracts. Although arbitration can be less expensive, the requirement of it before a negative incident happens is sometimes seen to be unfair. Arbitration decisions are binding and barring extreme unfairness during the arbitration process, the chance of appealing the decision and having it overturned is minimal. It’s best to know your rights as a consumer, especially when buying products that determine your safety and your vehicle is one of them." Charmayne Smith reports:
"The food industry is an expansive one that strives to meet the needs and tastes of every customer...In this growing industry, a strong business plan will help you identify the steps and strategies needed to achieve and maintain success...List general details about your business. Include the name of your business, and its full address and contact information. List the names of each owner, along with a brief description of each person’s professional experience. State the legal business description of your business...and explain the short- and long-term goals of your business...Identify the staff members that your business needs to operate efficiently. Determine which positions will be full-time or part-time, and provide a brief description of each position’s functions and responsibilities. Identify the costs of each manager and employee, including payroll, benefits and training costs...Explain the needs of your food operations. Make a list of the furniture and equipment that your business needs to operate...Determine whether your business will rent, lease or purchase the equipment and list the costs for each piece. Identify the ideal location for your food business. Ascertain the costs of the location, including the costs of utilities, vendor and food licenses, zoning compliance, taxes and monthly property costs...Provide information on the suppliers and vendors that your business will use regularly. Create a list of those vendors and suppliers. Include each company’s contact information, along with a list of the items that you will purchase and the costs for each. Explain how your business will control its inventory...Research the food industry in your area. Identify any voids within the market and determine how your business can fill those voids. Identify the types of food in which your food business will specialize and develop a menu. Include the costs of each menu item and list any additional services or products that your business will provide or sell, such as delivery or specialty coffee mugs...Identify your business’s target market and explain the methods that your business will use to attract and retain its customers. Identify your food business’s competition. Determine the strengths and weaknesses of your business and those of your competition. Explain the strategies that your business will use to counteract its competition...Prepare your business’s financial statements. Provide one personal financial statement for each owner, along with a balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement for your business. Include accurate information and make realistic projections and assumptions when necessary...Include supporting documents in the appendix of your food service business plan. Supporting documents include lease agreements, tax returns, vendor contracts, market research and your business’s menu...Introduce your food business in the business plan’s executive summary. Provide a brief description of your business, its menu and its objectives. Introduce the owners of the business and briefly describe their experience. Highlight your business’s target market and competition and provide key facts on how your business will maintain its lead in this competitive industry. Limit your executive summary to two pages and place it in the front of the business plan." Grayson Charles reports:
"A motion in a civil suit is a formal request made to a judge, or an application for an order. If the parties need to make a request to the judge, they do it pursuant to the jurisdiction’s rules of civil procedure. This set of rules includes provisions for making motions to a judge. Each state has its own set of rules...Prepare an affidavit stating the facts that support your motion. Organize your facts and make a written statement that you will finalize in the form of a sworn affidavit. Address any facts in your opponent’s prior filings that may contradict your version of the facts. In conclusion, summarize your argument and state the relief that you want the court to grant. Prepare the motion form used in your jurisdiction. Each jurisdiction has a form that is used for motions. In some court systems, it is called a notice of motion. It is used as a cover page for your papers. Download the motion form used in your jurisdiction, if it is available online. Add supporting documents to your motion. If it helps, you may want to attach a letter, a contract, photographs or any other documentation in support of your request to the judge. They are called exhibits. Collate the documents into a set. The court’s motion form is on top. Your supporting affidavit is second, followed by the exhibits. Make one copy of the set for each party in the action. Serve a copy on all parties and prepare an affidavit of service. Save the original for the court. All the parties have a right to know that you made a request to the court. The court will also need proof that all parties were served. This is the function of an affidavit of service. File the original motion papers and the affidavits of service with the clerk of the court. Verify if there is a fee required in your jurisdiction." Kim M. Kesmetis reports:
"Every roofing contractor has to write contracts, and the great thing is you don't have to hire legal counsel to accomplish it--you can do it for free. There are two forms of roofing contracts: a bidding document or a formal contracting document in addition to the bidding form. It is a good idea to check out the prevailing styles of contracts to create the form on your word processor. Only submit your contract when it is polished and professionally presentable...With your word processor choose a professional color and font for your company letterhead. Place it at the top (left or center) of the document. The letterhead should include your company logo, name, physical and email addresses, and phone and fax numbers. In a new [paragraph, list] the client's name, mailing address and job location, description of work to be performed as dictated in the pre-bid walk and architectural drawings (if available). When describing the project specifications, refer to the bidding material for clarification to avoid unnecessary hold-ups once the project is [underway]. Next, state the projected starting and completion dates. Then include the details of your contractor's licenses (including state and local licenses), and attach certified copies of your workers' compensation and liability insurance (or have it sent to the client via your insurance carriers). Give a breakdown of your material, labor and taxes (where applicable); only if requested, include your profit margin. Always provide detailed terms for a cost-plus rate on additional work that is requested after the signed contract, [as well as] partial and final payments. Provide the list of manufacturer names for materials, and specify the warranty products from them and your company. (State laws vary on contractor's warranty timetables.) Roofing material manufactures offer material warranties that vary based on the type of roofing and product...Use proper paragraphs (left justification, single-spaced with double spacing between paragraphs) for each section of the contract. If you prefer the bidding document style for your roofing contract, refer to sample bid documents for an idea of how to create tables and sections for your contract. Always ensure that both parties are authorized to sign the contract...Bidding as a licensed contractor provides financial security for both parties. In most states it is illegal to contract for roofing work without a license." Keela Helstrom reports:
"A credit policy is a must for all businesses that provide [their] customers with services and merchandise on credit. A good policy outlines the procedures for evaluating a customer's creditworthiness, for extending credit to customers that are most likely to pay their bills on time and for establishing purchasing limits based on a customer's credit history and ability to pay. When adhered to by all employees, a credit policy helps minimize a company's risk of not receiving the cash from a sale made on credit...Explain the purpose of the credit policy at the beginning of the manual. State the overall responsibilities of the credit department, including the duty to assess customer creditworthiness and minimize the potential loss resulting from extending credit to customers. Include the duties, responsibilities and authority of each member of the credit department and give employee names and contact information...Include the payment credit terms the company will extend to its customers -- the number of days from the invoice date until the cash payment is due. Express the credit terms as a number. For example, if a company's credit terms are net 30 and a customer's invoice has a date of Nov. 30, the total invoice amount is due Dec. 30 of the same year...Outline the company's credit application and approval procedure. Clearly state how customers are to apply for credit and the documents and references they should provide with the application. Indicate the employees responsible for reviewing customer applications and the process used for evaluating a customer's creditworthiness and specific credit limits...Specify the corporation's procedures to collect on its outstanding customer invoices. Clearly state the specific collection action that is taken in relation to how many days a customer's invoice is past due. For example, a company may choose to mail a delinquent letter to a customer with an invoice 15 days past the due date but make a courtesy call to a customer with an invoice that's 30 days past due. For more delinquent accounts, a late payment arrangement may be established, a collection agency may be employed to collect the debt or legal action may be taken." David Stewart reports:
"To get ahead of the stiff competition in the house cleaning business, it is crucial to use every means possible to draw attention to your cleaning service. Posting an advertisement on the Internet or in local newspapers is an effective way to increase your visibility. In creating an ad for house cleaning, focus on conveying exactly how your expertise, reliability, honesty and professionalism can benefit the person who employs your services. A good ad is one that grabs attention with a powerful headline and speaks in a confident tone that assures homeowners they will receive high-quality house cleaning. Think from a client’s point of view. Consider the criteria that will matter to a homeowner who is looking for a house cleaner. Reliability and professionalism are qualities that most people expect from a house cleaning service. Write your ad keeping these requirements in mind. Develop credibility through your ad by mentioning previous or existing employers as references. Most homeowners who hire cleaning services will be concerned about security and about your background. Obtain a valid police check and mention it in the ad. Describe the services you plan to offer. Make sure your ad states exactly what type of cleaning jobs you are equipped to handle. Give information about your prior cleaning experience. Provide details about cleaning frequency and supplies. Discuss how you compensate for days when a scheduled cleaning job is missed owing to unavoidable circumstances. Make the quality of your service your main selling point. Avoid focusing on low pricing as a feature of your cleaning business, because it may convey low quality. Use language that conveys competence and professionalism. Avoid using sentences such as 'Give me just one chance to prove ....' that make it sound like you are pleading for a job. Make the prospective customer the focus in wording the ad...Prepare a catchy headline for your advertisement. If your house cleaning service has a logo, use that with the ad. Include a picture that relates to cleaning. Keep sentences short and crisp. Use bullet points to draw attention to the chief benefits of your cleaning service. Provide a telephone number and an email address at which people can contact you. Check the ad carefully for mistakes and correct them before submitting it for publication...Have someone else proofread the material as well." C.E. Chan reports:
"An interior decorating proposal clearly spells out who is responsible for what tasks, the timeline for completion and what amount will be paid. Without the interior decorating proposal, a lot of interaction between decorator and client can be left open to interpretation, leaving the potential for miscommunications in the business relationship. There are eight main components you need to include in your proposal...Set up a meeting with your client to discuss what work is involved in the project, when the work should be done, and what the fees are and when they will be paid...Take meeting minutes and submit this to your client for review. Once all the terms between you and your client are mutually agreed upon, then start drafting your proposal...Write an introduction that summarizes what you as the interior decorator are responsible for in the project, versus your client's responsibilities...Describe the scope of work, which is essentially a summary of what decorating work will be done for the client. These items may include big picture items such as providing new finish and furniture choices and layouts. It can also range from research and shopping for design items, to providing drafting services...List the items to be purchased and the expected budget for those items...Create a timeline for any steps in the work to be completed. If the job is to be completed in phases, detail what each phase consists of, and the completion dates for each...Account for all expected fees and reimbursable expenses for your work...Include a section that clearly spells out client responsibilities, such as decision-making timelines and responsibilities for payment and fees...Write a section in your proposal that covers the terms for resolving disputes and terminating the contract...Add a place for you and your client to sign the proposal as an acceptance of its terms...Proposals can make or break a potential relationship with your client and should demonstrate that you have a firm grasp on the work that needs to be done, when it needs to be done, and for how much. Make sure you keep lines of communication open to create a proposal that benefits you and the client." Jennifer VanBaren reports:
"If you are overly satisfied with a good or service you purchased, you may consider writing a customer satisfaction letter to the company who provided it. Feedback from customers is a vital source of information used by companies when determining future plans. When writing such a letter, include several key components such as the product you [purchased and how] it made you feel and tell the company that you would recommend it to your friends and family. Date and address the letter. At the top of the letter, write the date and the company’s name and address. Address the letter 'Dear,' or 'To Whom It May Concern.' State the purpose of the letter. Begin a customer satisfaction letter by telling why you are writing. Include details that state you are writing it because you are extremely happy with something you received from this company. Include the product or service description. Explain what good or service you purchased from the company, including any details that would allow the reader to fully understand the precise product. Explain why you are satisfied. Tell the reader why you are so happy about this product. If the company provided a computer service that was fast, explain why that helped you...Recommend the company. State that you highly recommend this company and its products and that you will continue purchasing them. Tell the reader you will recommend this product to your friends and family in the future. Thank the company. Offer a genuine thank you to the company for helping you and your problem. Close the letter. This type of letter is closed by simply writing 'Sincerely' or to take it one step further, sign it 'A Loyal Customer,' followed by your name and address." |
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