Did you dream about having your own, but cannot get financing at current difficult times? I can offer owner financing. 7.5% interest rate. 20% down. Price: $299,999.00
John 310-808-4121 (owner licensee)

Update:

Interesting comment I received on my email:

If you want to exchange out of the GO Zone sometime in the future (a likelihood, unless you live in the area) you might have a problem. The IRS recently issued a letter ruling about 1031 Exchanges of GO Zone properties. It appears to me that you can do it, but t has to be into another GO Zone property, or your depreciation would be recaptured.

The letter ruling isn’t crystal clear about this matter…and that’s what worries me bout the GO Zone. There are so many loose ends, I’m afraid a lot of investors are going to wish they never heard of the GO Zone–if they ever get audited!

Even with this I feel I am still very interested. This is for long term investment… and it makes sense.

Do you know about commercial real estate opportunity in the Go Zone? Restaurant, hotel, shopping center… in the price range $1,000,000-$1,500,000? Please contact me: info@eastbiz.com

Owner is currently working for the business (part time) plus there is one full time employee. The current owner would like to keep minority position and still continue to manage the business. This is absolutely headache free opportunity to own business which actually works. If interested please email: info@eastbiz.com

A press release and information as received from Congresswoman Heather Wilson’s office.
This should excite every E2 holder, but what now becomes crucial is making contact with every Congress representative throughout the US wherever your business is located..Ideally you need to speak with the person who handles “immigration” issues, alert them to this Adjustment act, ask for a meeting so that you can fully explain your personal & business situation.

The Wilson Bill Will Help Small Business Success Stories Stay in the US

Change would allow legal business owners to gain permanent status

Washington, DC - Congresswoman Heather Wilson today introduced legislation to help legal residents in the U.S. with an E-2 Investor Treaty Visa gain permanent status after building a business here.

Bob and Patricia Franklin, who live in Albuquerque, came to America on an E-2 Treaty Investor Visa 15 years ago and have built a thriving business, Budget Transmissions. Under current law, they cannot even apply for permanent residency in the U.S. no matter how long they have been here or how much of a contribution they have made to the community by creating jobs.

“People like Bob and Patricia need to be able to plan for their businesses, their families and their futures. I want to change the law so that they can apply to change their status to permanent residency so they’ll stay here and keep growing jobs in our community,” Wilson said.

Like the Franklins, people here on E-2 Visas run businesses, have invested in America, and created jobs. The Franklins purchased Budget Transmissions, an automotive repair shop, which included 7 employees and a $350,000 turnover. Fifteen years later, they are half way through the purchase of a 13,000-square-foot building valued in excess of $1 million, employ 11 full-time employees, and bring in about $1.4 million dollars annually. Their employees receive competitive pay, benefits and training. They also have a 16-year-old son who is an aviator and a student at La Cueva High School in Albuquerque.

Wilson’s legislation, the E-2 Nonimmigrant Investor Adjustment Act of 2007, will fix a glitch in the law and give individuals on an E-2 Treaty Investor Visa the opportunity to apply to change their status to permanent resident after meeting certain requirements.

Currently, individuals who come to America on an E-2 Treaty Investor visa cannot become permanent residents and their children cannot stay in the country as adults.

The legislation could help 165 people in New Mexico and 143,786 nationally, according to 2005 data.

What is an E-2 Investor Treaty Visa?

· It is a visa category dating back to the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

· It provides a way for non-immigrants to legally live in the United States by investing in an enterprise and making a positive impact on the economy.

· These individuals operate a small business and pay taxes.

· It is typically issued for 2 or 5 years and must be renewed in order for them to stay in the U.S.

What is the problem with E-2 Investor Visas?

· Children face uncertainty. When children turn 21 they must return to their country of origin or apply for a separate visa - in most cases a student visa. Many of these visas are capped meaning they might not receive another visa.

· If they ever decide to retire or sell their business they must return to their country of origin regardless of the sometimes lifelong investment they’ve made in the American economy.

· No matter how long they’ve been in the U.S., currently they are not allowed to adjust their status to a permanent resident or begin a path to American citizenship.

What does the Wilson legislation do?

· The legislation would allow 3,000 people in America on E-2 Investor Visas each fiscal year to change their status to permanent resident if they meet the criteria.

· To qualify, they must be present in the U.S. for 5 years before being able to apply for permanent residency.

· They must make measurable and significant contributions to the economy:

· Invest $200,000 in an enterprise.

· Employ at least 2 full-time employees when the business starts up and by the end of the third year employ at least 3 full-time employees.

· People already in America on an E-2 Visa, would have to have a minimum continuous presence of 5 years in the U.S. and have a continuous operation of a business.

If you are an E-2 visa holder …ACT NOW.

The Honorable Tom Harkin
731 Hart Senate Office Building
Phone (202) 224 3254
Washington DC 20510

Dear Senator Harkin:

As a native Iowan and excellent customer of the Internal
Revenue Service, I am writing to ask for your assistance. I have
contacted the Department of Homeland Security in an effort to determine
the process for becoming an illegal alien and they referred me to you.

My primary reason for wishing to change my status from US
Citizen to illegal alien stems from the bill which was recently passed
by the Senate and for which you voted. If my understanding of this
bill’s provisions is accurate, as an illegal alien who has been in the
United States for five years, all I need to do to become a citizen is to
pay a $2,000 fine and income taxes for three of the last five years. I
know a good deal when I see one and I am anxious to get the process
started before everyone figures it out.

Simply put, those of us who have been here legally have had to
pay taxes every year so I’m excited about the prospect of avoiding two
years of taxes in return for paying a $2,000 fine. Is there any way that
I can apply to be illegal retroactively? This would yield an excellent
result for me and my family because we paid heavy taxes in 2004 and
2005.

Additionally, as an illegal alien I could begin using the
local emergency room as my primary health care provider. Once I have
stopped paying premiums for medical insurance, my accountant figures I
could save almost $10,000 a year.

Another benefit in gaining illegal status would be that my
daughter would receive preferential treatment relative to her law school
applications, as well as “instate” tuition rates for many colleges
throughout the United States for my son.

Lastly, I understand that illegal status would relieve me of
the burden of renewing my driver’s license and making those burdensome
car insurance premiums. This is very important to me given that I still
have college age children driving my car.

If you would provide me with an outline of the process to
become illegal (retroactively if possible) and copies of the necessary
forms, I would be most appreciative.

Thank you for your assistance.

Your Loyal Constituent,
Donald Ruppert
Burlington, IA

Get your Forms (NOW)!! Call your Internal Revenue Service
1-800-289-1040.

I have several friends who are constantly sending me articles or messages about Jeremy Shoemaker a.ka. Shoemoney. I even signed up for some period time to ShoeMoney blog, but didn’t find the information too useful. It seemed more to me like the motivational real estate people selling their proven systems on late night TV. There are also things which does not feel right and I think Shoemoney doesn’t tell the whole story. I am tired to see my friends following every word Shoemoney says with almost religious fanatism. Here are some thoughts…

AdSense check

It starts with his photo of check from August 2005 for $132,994.97. It seems that Shoemoney claims he is making even more now that that. I am also hearing that he didn’t make the money on check using PPC (driving traffic to his websites by PPC). This is the first thing which sounds very fishy to me.

1. What are these websites which brought the revenue? Did he ever list them somewhere?
2. Compare the earnings (approx. $4,400 or more per day) with case study on Weblogs.

Weblogs, Inc. is a publishing consortium of 100 independent bloggers who produce more than 1,000 blog posts a week across over 75 industry-leading blogs, including the popular consumer technology blog Engadget, luxury goods blog Luxist, and car-focused Autoblog.

Weblogs show in the above case study how they grew AdSense revenue from $200 to $3,000 per day. Read again how many blogs, how many bloggers and articles.

Shoemoney would have to own at least comparable websites. But which ones?

Shoemoney claims he made the money through SEO, while he is saying in interviews that his own blog has ranked very crappy in Google. His blog is the most visible site and he didn’t know how to do SEO?

My blog always ranked crappy in Google and still does. (2006-11-25)

Ringtones

One of my friends sent me another link to the articles asking me if I still think that Shoemoney is B.S. You can read the article here: 2006 Was The Year Of Ringtones - 100,000 Ringtone Leads

The articles says that Shoemoney made $977,178.15 in 2006 on ringtones affiliates. He also says that only 50% of that revenue were driven by PPC and it cost him total only $51,114 in PPC expenses. Shoemoney is also laughing when he hears people say they can’t get voluem PPC with longtail cheap keywords. Of course he will not tell us how to accomplish that.

Where the money go?

OK. So we are on $926,064 for ringtones.
Minimum $2,000,000 on AdSense
$4,500,000 in community forum income. See the interview here.

OK. We are talking at minimum $7.4 mil. income.

Does this guy invest in anything? Does he own any real estate? Stock? Where does he live?

Some legitimate questions for anyone who is making $7.4 million or more per year.

1. Would you buy hummer H2? If yes, would it be your only car? What about sports car or luxury cars?

2. Would your second car be Ford Explorer pick up? Again, you are making over $7.4 mil.

Pictures are courtesy of Shoemoney own blog photo album.

3. Lincoln, Nebraska the most beautiful place on earth
OK. Why not live somewhere where is a decent temperature in winter? Why live somewhere where you can actually do something or have decent airport. This is a huge question for me and I don’t understand why would someone making so much money will be still living in Lincoln, Nebraska. What about Silicon Valley or living somewhere on the beach? I know that’s none of my business, but think about it that you made the money. Did Shoemoney explained it somewhere? What would you do if you had such money? Does this guy have no fantasy at all? Why being rich if you have life like that. This doesn’t make sense to me.
4. OK. Let’s assume that you love Lincoln. Real estate is not expensive so why not having great lifestyle and live cheap. Is 2,175 sq. feet and 2 bedrooms good enough? Don’t forget that you have a kid. Wouldn’t you think that someone making millions will be living little bit more in luxury? People making 10% of Jeremy’s claimed income lives much better than he does.
5. Why not invest some money in real estate? I think it is just natural if you make millions and don’t spend them for living to invest the money in something. I did the search for real estate holdings and didn’t find anything. Got to Lancaster County Register of Deeds and do the search for yourself. Actually I found the house on xxxxxxxeditedxxxxxxxx which I mentioned above. But nothing else.

Jeremy not only doesn’t buy more real estate, but he quit claimed his house to his wife on 04/03/200. Also would you still have a loan on your house? Isn’t better to pay it off?

Few more notes from Shoemoney interviews:

My income from websites had been bashed a bit so I had to go on unemployment from 9/2004-1/2005 (yes I only started taking a salary in 2005). Here.

Unemployed 1/2005, started his own company while in deep debt $50k, borrowing $5,000 from mother and selling computers. Starting SEO early in 2005 and made just from seo over $132k in August?

I also do software. I just launched a new product called SpaceLook, which is a application that handles all messaging and stuff with MySpace in a nice gui windows-based app.

I also own a company that does nothing but resell computers.

I also own a company that deals in importing exporting data cables for wireless phones.

So ya, I do more than ringtones It’s just when something is really hot and SO EASY to make money from you can’t look the other way. Also, being I am a 3 person operation–1) business manager 1) shoemoney 1) dillsmack - my badass coder–we really have to focus. More

I do not outsource anything. I have tried that in the past and it just does not work for me. I think mostly because I am a really bad manager. I just tell people to do stuff and then leave them alone until I expect it done. I am kind of a jack of all trades, computer-wise.

All in one man show? WOW

ShoeMoney Media Group - The Delivery and Service Organization one of the fastest growing, privately held, technology companies within the United States is a solution provider of choice developing and marketing web hosting products and security services that offer ask-oriented, “know how” solutions for businesses and home-office entrepreneurs and professionals alike. The company is a privately owned corporation residing in Omaha, Nebraska. More

OK. So it is one man show, but the fastest growing privately held company within the United States?

ShoeMoney Media Group, Inc., was founded and “Incorporated” in Omaha (NE) in 1996. More

OK. But the owner and only employee was switching jobs & unemployed until 2005. Also if you check Nebraska Secretary of State the company wasn’t incorporated in 1996, but rather in 2005. I know you might say it is a small detail, but details like that are difference between truth and lies. See Nebraska Secretary of State.

I did some search, not comprehensive and there might be mistakes. I just want to put different thoughts on the table. I smell B.S., but it is up to you what you decide.

UPDATE: I just spent morning arguing with one of my friends. It is really unbelievable how religiously some of Shoemoney fans believe whatever he says.

I went back to one of the Shoemoney interview and read it carefully and found out that he is making even more than I wrote here. Just read the article carefully:

Shoemoney: Combined subscriptions alone we have almost 95,000 members paying 19.95 every 6 months or roughly 4.5 million a year.

…. I would say as a whole its about ¼ subscription ¼ contextual ¼ affiliate and paid placement (adbrite and other) and the other ¼ in donations or random other stuff.

So if subscription is making just 1/4 of income we are talking about $18 mil. of total online income. So all my computations are wrong, please change the $7.4 mil. number with $18 mil. This is all from one interview here. Whatever is Shoemoney saying is getting harder and harder for me to believe.

Siliconbeat: Spot Runner over a regular ad agency is lower cost and the speed and ease of the self-serve site. The professionally produced ad costs about $500, compared to several thousand dollars otherwise. The airtime itself is extra, of course, and Spot Runner takes a commission. Waxman envisions the service opening new doors for small businesses that maybe never would have considered TV advertising before.

Here is my experience.

1. Spot Runner is not very easy if you decide to you your own spot. Unfortunately my company could not use any of their premade spots. None of them was close to the business we do. We had to mail disk based on certain specification to Spot Runner office. We mailed the disk twice and Spot Runner lost it twice. I always did follow ups by email, but the responses were very slow or none. It really didn’t impress me the way they lost twice the disk we sent to them.

2. Why they cannot download the spot? The spot is in QuickTime MOV format. I would much rather upload the spot instead of mailing disk. Spot Runner is supposed to be Internet based company, but they insist too much on phones and mailing. Why? I have no idea, but it is hassle. I have spent two months trying to communicate, sending disks and get our advertising going.

I was very excited about the service when I first saw it. But the excitement is gone. It was real hassle and waste of time. I gave up.