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October 2, 2011

FIFO, LIFO . . . FILO?!?

A Brief Accounting (& Parenting) Primer As a former accountant (my first post-college job was as a CPA), I learned these inventory terms: FIFO:   First in, First Out LIFO:  Last in, First Out Weighted Average method:  what it sounds like. To those, I’d add one more:  FILO, for “first in, last out.” Specifically, that’s what harried...
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Listing Presentations, Circa Late 2011

On the Plus Side, There’s a Lot Less Prep Once upon a time, listing presentations — essentially, a job interview for Realtors — took about an hour, and covered such things as the Realtor’s track record, credentials, marketing strategy, references, recent housing market activity, etc. Now? After exchanging social pleasantries and taking a quick house...
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