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January 28, 2016

Oops! The WSJ Confuses “Millions” and “Billions” for Amazon Annual Sales

“Amazon recorded $35.75 billion in sales in last year’s final three months, up from $29.3 billion in the year-earlier period.  Analysts, however, were expecting $36 billion in sales and net income of $754 million, or $1.56 a share. For the year, Amazon reported sales of $107 million, topping the $100 million mark for the first...
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Who Pays for a Pending City Assessment, Buyer or Seller?

Losing $100k(?) to Save $21k Rule #1 in real estate is that everything’s negotiable. Rule #2:  there are times when it’s best to forget Rule #1, and preemptively take care of an issue before it threatens to torpedo a deal. That would certainly have been true in the case of a certain upper bracket Wayzata home...
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