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So, Bend is in the overvalued news once again. Unfortunately this study, like the last, only takes into consideration appreciation vs. income. It’s true that most folks take a pay cut to move to Bend. The average person is bringing a ton of cash out of California real estate and buying their Oregon home free and clear. My point is, as long as that continues to happen appreciation vs. income really doesn’t matter. Now, if something happens to the California real estate market, that could be a much different situation.

This is really just weird, but I didn’t want to lose the link.

I love a great business idea.

Logoworks.com has been around for some time, and although I’ve never used their services, I’ve always thought they had a wonderfully interesting business idea. This WSJ article I ran across on their site provides a little more depth into how they do what they do.

I would love to use their services. Think I would go Platinum package. My current dilemma is thinking of a name for my next business start-up. It’s a gift-basket company that creates branded gifts for corporations and benefits developmentally challenged adults. I’m just stumped, so I’m taking suggestions.

I still think there is real potential for a commercial fresh salsa maker in the product section of every grocery store. If you look at wholesale prices vs. retail product, we’re talking about a machine that can take $0.99/lb materials and turn it into $8.99/lb product. The machine could make Hot, Medium, Mild and Pico de Gallo. The smell of fresh salsa would be marketing enough. I’m thinking of experimenting at home with a machine like this. Doesn’t look like it would do the Pico, but maybe it’s the right process for the rest.

Sometimes in business you come across a couple of people that just can’t get along. They try…or at least they say they do….and for whatever reason, it just never works out. I’ve been dealing with such a situation this morning, and it’s allowed me to come up with a new theory. It goes like this:

If A can get along with B, and C can get along with B, then A and C can find common ground….they each just need to act more like B.

Just had to post about this great article from Dr. Charles Wheelan. One of the comments I got from an earlier Wal-Mart post was, “How about us taxpayers picking up the slack for those low wages?…” Well, as Dr. Wheelan points out, that’s OK. If there is a standard of living that we would like to guarantee our citizens, then we should pick up the bill. Not push the responsibility onto some one’s business, and certainly not chastise them for not wanting to pick up the slack on their own.