If you ever need a cash boost to the tune of a few grand and feel particularly vengeful, suing those annoying telemarketers could be your ticket to a big payday.

Even after years of court cases and legislation, those guys are still out there calling us in the middle of dinner about some Extended Warranty Program or other such scammy nonsense. So why not turn life’s lemons into lemonade?

After all, what they’re doing really is illegal as long as:

a) they’re automated, recorded messages to your home or cell phone
b) they don’t state their name at the beginning of the message
c) they don’t leave their phone number or address
d) they called a number on the National Do Not Call List, and…
e) they didn’t provide a written copy of their Do Not Call List maintenance policy

Most people just yell at them or make useless complaints to the FCC. But you’re better than that. You’re a reader (and hopefully subscriber) of The Legal Secrets Report.

I’ll show you how to bite back with some real teeth, do society a favor, and get paid for your troubles.

4 steps to make it happen – Click Here to Read On… »

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I don’t know about you, but I am sick and tired of modern day business travel.

Back in the ’60’s it really was “fly the friendly skies” – booze, smokes, and classy companionship all served up by attractive stewardesses inside a plane that gave Vegas casinos a run for their money.

Nowadays you get a strip search with a snarl… and consider yourself lucky if the microwaved mystery meat doesn’t give you a nightmare case of Montezuma’s Revenge.

Throw in cramped coach seats, wussy rental cars, and roach motels and you’ve got a powder keg cocktail of disgrace, divorce, and disaster just daring you to light the fuse.

So what’s an enterprising traveler to do? Glad you asked.

Because here are some of my favorite tips and tricks to bagging a free upgrade on your ticket class at the airport.

Finally… kiss coach travel goodbye – Click here to Read On »

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Cutting down on e-mail spam can be as simple as switching to a new e-mail address, using expendable “black hole” e-mail addresses when signing up on websites you don’t completely trust, or making sure your e-mail server is using Spam Assassin or some other whiz-bang spam killer.

But what about your physical home address?

Sure, you can make good use of P.O. boxes, CMRA’s, and even ghost addresses – but those strategies will only divert unwanted junk mail away from your main location. They won’t solve the large issue of getting the stuff in the first place.

That’s not to say I’m anti-direct mail. I’m not. In fact I like the pleasant surprise of getting an offer in the mail from time to time for something I’m interested in that I never would’ve known existed otherwise. And using targeted direct mail for your own business is just smart commerce.

But they keyword here is TARGETED. That means it’s something you’re going to be hot for the product before you even open the envelope. The problem is, most marketers don’t know the meaning of the word, and that’s why we’re harassed every day with a glut of “pre-approved” credit card offers and a slew of miscellaneous crap.

So here are 4 easy steps you can take to cut down on unwanted junk mail by at least 90%

What are they? Click Here to Read On… »

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Armed only with your name, or address, or phone number it’s simple for anyone to do a few internet searches to discover your full legal name, full birth date, info on family members, and a complete history of everywhere you’ve lived.

Protecting your privacy from the likes of top-notch private investigators and government officials is an art and a science. Though it can be comforting to have, most people do not need this level of protection.

Social networking sites like Facebook and Myspace have privacy controls, allowing you to choose which people on your friends list can see more intimate details like your address and phone number. And most other types of online profiles also let you cherry pick what information to share.

Personally I don’t think it’s wise to post much, if any, personal details to these sites and if you’re really serious you shouldn’t even have accounts there at all. I deleted mine over a year ago. For keeping in touch with friends, I’ll take e-mail or good ol’ fashioned face-to-face any day.

But these sites aren’t what you should worry about anyway. You could delete all your online profiles today, and there would STILL be mountains of data on you lurking around everywhere.

Because most often, the security breaches in your everyday life come from the sources you’d least expect.

12 little-known privacy leaks and how to fix them… Click Here to Read On… »

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You may have heard a lot about Nevada billed as the ultimate solution for incorporation. In theory, it sounds great – asset protection, privacy protection, and tax benefits all rolled into one.

Unfortunately, most of the people still pushing this concept either have outdated information or are trying to con you out of some extra fees.

In recent years, the state has taken quite a beating. It’s not the do-all end-all it once was.

Usually when people want to form a Nevada corporation, they’re after these benefits:

1. To save on state income taxes, and/or
2. To conceal ownership of the company

Sometimes people also say they want their Nevada corporation because of the state’s excellent entity laws or they want to utilize what’s called a “series LLC.”

On the surface these sound like great reasons, but the reality reveals a dangerous half-truth. To really understand if a Nevada corporation is right for you, we need to look at each of the benefits in more detail.

What’s the real lowdown? Click here to Read On… »

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