Could somebody who knows quite a bit about taxes send me a PM? Specifically about traveling, tax homes and the like. I think I'm ok for 2013, but I may be setting myself up to be fucked for 2014. Thanks.
Is it normal for a home buyer to be charged a fee like this? I found the house, and she just showed it to me. When I went to make an offer I get hit with this fee. I backed out until I can find out if its normal. Am I nuts or is this abnormal? Any help would be appreciated.
Kind of an electronics question. I listen to my iPod each day on my tvs stereo system through the headphone jack that is split to the red and white cables connected to the stereo. When it's not plugged in to be charged it plays fine. But since I want to charge it I'll plug in the charger via the lightning charger. When I do there is a loud buzz that'll sound over what ever I have playing. I can fiddle with the headphone jack and make it go away but it cracks and pops the speakers terribly until I do. I was wondering if it is some sort of grounding issue and how I can fix it so I don't have to fiddle with the jack every time I plug it in? I'd rather not pay the pricey amount to get a lightning adapter that connects to the stereo (which doesn't have and USB ports).
Is it in an area that has and HOA? It is common in AZ when someone is buying a condo for example that there are disclosures fees ranging from 50-500. Remember when making an offer on a home it is a negotiation so if that fee is something you just won't pay ask the seller to pay it, or have them credit you a certain dollar amount towards your closing costs to make up for it.
No HOA to speak of. She tells me that they have everyone pay that and I probably will just push it to the seller. I'll pay it in the long run but I feel better not directly paying it for whatever that's worth. I look at the fees involved with everything and I think about the fees I could add to everything...The possibilities are endless.
If it is a house you like, I would not blow a deal up over $200 bucks, ask your agent how much they are making and maybe suggest they pay it. It sound like an extra admin fee the agent is charging in addition to the commission they are receiving. I would not go asshole over it but ask another real estate agent in the area if this is standard or not, if you have a buyers agency agreement with your agent you don't really want to switch agents as there would be procuring cause problems.
I haven't signed anything so that's not an issue except that she has been helpful and its the broker making up this fee, not her. It is an extra admin fee, I have no idea what the split would be between them and the sellers agent on any deal we might make. I'm sure it varies from decent to shit depending on how well the broker negotiates. Either way thanks for your input, as a first time home buyer I wasn't sure what was legit and what was completely outside of normal.
I have a question about getting an MBA. I am at a sort of crossroads right now in my professional life. I feel like I am stuck in my job and that no one would take me seriously in the professional sense to move up into management or administrative roles. I know that I also need to expand my knowledge of business practices so I have the skillset to be able to get those better jobs. Do you think a MBA is worth the cost and time to put in? Are there better or more marketable masters degrees out there that would benefit someone in the medical field more? I just want some more info from someone who has made that jump before I start investing in GMAT testing and application fees.
I have called everyone from my local horse racetrack to the zoo to the Veterinary College of Manitoba with this question. Google is also failing me. So here is my hail Mary: Does anyone know where/how I can get an MRI or CT scan for a dog in Manitoba? So far I can find clinics in Calgary or Minneapolis. I don't fancy driving 1500km for a 20 minute scan and surely to Christ something is available closer to home. Any ideas, anyone?
Is there anything I should know about getting a Verizon plan through a middle man like Best Buy or Walmart or whatever? The plans seem identical - single line 2GB data for $75. Going directly to Verizon, the phone (Samsung Galaxy 4S) would be $99 with a 2 yr agreement, and through Best Buy it is $1 if I get a two year agreement. The BB dude just said "We get better deals."
No, it's exactly the same. You still deal with Verizon for your contract, the only difference is you get the phone from Best Buy. Best Buy gets a commission from Verizon to sign you up, which is one of the reasons they offer cheaper phones.
My cousin asked me to help develop a prototype for a college project of his. He wants to make a shower head that mixes a shampoo/body wash combo automatically, and dispenses a soapy lather from the shower head. Ideally he'd develop a working model, but he only has two weeks, so a dissected and then modified shower head might need to suffice. If even that proves too hard, then he needs detailed concept drawings at the very least. Any ideas on how this could work? And then how to build such a device?
A good way to do it would be to make something similar to a Miracle-Gro garden feeder. You could even use one for a prototype. It wouldn't be very streamlined, but it would be a good way to demonstrate how it works. I'm pretty sure you can dial them in for different mixtures too.
That's an excellent suggestion. They make a variety of 3/4 npt fittings, too, so you could make a working connecting piece to the shower fitting.
That was the first thing that popped into my head too, seems to me both could use the water pressure similarly. I was wondering what internal parts might control the flow of additive (shampoo/conditioner) to mix with the water and if the viscosity of the additive would affect that, but maybe thinning them down with water could help. You could streamline the look by relocating the additives to reservoirs above the shower head (requires less pressure to pump out?) and linking them to the shower head with 1/4" tubing or something like that, rather than directly below the shower head like the fertilizer thing. Clear tubing would show whether or not it is flowing and would show the user whether or not they are using shampoo or conditioner. If there's a tube or something already extending down to the bottom of the reservoir like in a spray bottle you could just attach the tubing directly to that.
I was actually thinking about the car wash kind when Danger Boy posted the garden sprayer - which is probably more gentle than the car wash kind! Although, maybe if you want Kramer's turbo shower . . . Some of the car wash mixer kind can handle viscous fluids.
The trigger to add the soap to the water is a nice feature, could be handy just to reach up and press something on the shower head to dispense. It might hinder some users though. Something has to control dispensing the soap, like a switch or trigger.
They have these for self service dog washes. Its through a hose rather than the shower head, but the basic concept is the same. Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Mule-Ultimate-Professional-Grooming/dp/B008O6020A
Woof Is the "injector body" just another manifold of sorts? Or, is there some specialty-type components inside? If not, you could copy that schematic in that picture pretty easily to build a scaled-down shower version. Also, that last picture is hilarious.
He's going to need an eductor (<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eductor-jet_pump" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eductor-jet_pump</a>) for starters, then he can build the shower head around that. The eductor will draw the soap out of the dispenser with a vacuum. Basically there's a decreasing orifice inside it, and as the water travels through it, the water velocity rises. This decreases the water pressure through the orifice and creates the vacuum to draw the soap into it. I have to think water pressure is going to be the bitch though. Getting the soap into the water is easy enough, I think getting the soap to lather properly while still maintaining enough pressure for the shower head to spray the soapy solution sufficiently will be difficult.