Real Music & Real Estate . . .

Yiddishe Cup’s bandleader, Bert Stratton, is Klezmer Guy.
 

He knows about the band biz and – check this out – the real estate biz, too.
 

You may not care about the real estate biz. Hey, you may not care about the band biz. (See you.)
 

This is a blog with a gamy twist. It features tenants with snakes and skunks, and musicians with smoked fish in their pockets.
 

Stratton has written op-eds for the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Washington Post.


 
 

NUTS AND THE MAN

by Bert Stratton

If possible, avoid dealing with companies with more than 50 employees.  For instance, if your bank wants to show you a new “product,” don’t go in.

What product?  Banks don’t give out toasters any more.  I got a ski cap twenty years ago.  Last product I got was a bunch of  red tape.

Don’t make any errors when filling out bank and government forms.  If you make an error, you’ll spend months correcting it.

Good news:  IRS literature is decent reading.  If you want to read some clear prose, read the 1040 instructions.  It’s business poetry.  Engaging stuff about depreciation: 200 percent declining balance and straight line . . . “The straight line method is the only applicable method for trees and vines bearing fruit or nuts.”  Expands your vista.  The world is a more than just boilers and refrigerators.

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1 comment

1 Teddy { 06.22.09 at 1:53 pm }

Switch to Parkview, man. http://www.pvfsb.com. Smallest bank in Cleveland. I got a tool set from them, with the possibility of a folding camp chair later.

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