On Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, USA Baseball will host the Fourth Annual “Extra Innings” Triangle Networking Event at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, N.C. From 5-7:30 p.m., enjoy a one-of-a-kind networking opportunity, all-you-can-eat food and drinks (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic), and fun for the whole family!

Be sure to stick around after the event to see the USA Baseball Women’s National Team take on rival Canada at 7:30 p.m. Admission to “Extra Innings” and the baseball game is free to members of one of the participating chambers of commerce or networking groups. Attendees must register through their respective chamber or networking group, so please check with them to find out if they are participating.

Please contact Lindsay Robertson by email or phone — (919) 474-8721 x236 — with any questions.

Company Bio: Synergy Commercial Advisors, LLC is a commercial real estate services firm providing sophisticated, non-conflict advisory services for its clients. These include corporate services, tenant representation, project marketing services and investment sales. Our firm provides superior advantages through its commitment to a methodical, process-oriented approach in achieving clients’ objectives. We understand that better information drives our clients to make more informed decisions about their real estate needs. As a result, we work to provide a wealth of information and resources to our clients at each stage of the real estate process – driving competition, enhancing options, and giving peace of mind. We use state of the art tools and superior market knowledge to drive these informed decisions. The Company’s proprietary Practice Management Software captures and logs existing market data (comparables, market statistics, trends, tenants in the market, etc.) for use as needed by our real estate professionals.

I focus primarily on project marketing services and investment sales but have assisted countless clients in a tenant representation role as well. My graduate education and work experiences across the commercial real estate industry provide clients with both high level strategic planning and the capability to implement value-creating approaches. My clients will confirm that I provide significant value through a persistent focus on client satisfaction and an unparalleled, hard-driving approach to value creation.

In addition, keeping organized records ensures a much soother audit if your return is selected for examination.

For an individual, make sure to keep your records together. A few of the items you’ll want to keep are:

1.       Bills

2.       Credit card and other receipts

3.       Invoices

4.       Mileage logs

5.       Canceled or imaged checks

6.       Any information that may pertain to a credit or deduction you claimed

For a business owner the same will apply. However you may have additional documentation to track.

1.       Gross receipts or point of sales reports, bank statements, and reconciliation reports.

2.       Proof of reimbursements, such as meals, postage, mileage, and other items provided under a reimbursement plan.

3.       Employment tax records must be kept for at least four years. I suggest employing a payroll service, such as Primepay. Your records will be stored electronically online and always available.

4.       If you are using accounting software, be sure have it updated and reconciled at least quarterly. This will not only aid in management decisions but reduce your CPA expense during tax season. Also remember, accounting software is not a substitute for the supporting documentation required by the IRS.

No one likes tax time. You can make yours less stressful by keeping up with your records during the year, saving you both money and time that could be spent concentrating on your profession.

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Most of your meetings for work are probably obscenely painful experiences, particularly for those of you who detest your colleagues and especially for the lucky few who’ve been banned from fucking around on your Blackberry while people are talking. All that’s left to do is zone out, or sigh audibly while presentations are being made, and if everyone is taking a page from your playabook, not a lot is getting done. So! A few companies have come up with some ways for making these sessions more productive, and less wastes of your time. Some of them suck, like have people write down ideas on Post-its and then announcing them anonymously so no one is scared to come up with what might be perceived as a dumb suggestion, or asking employees to take crayons and draw their contributions, and then getting pissed when a go-getter comes back with illustrations of the boss and some barnyard animals. Others, while due for some tweaking, aren’t half bad:

Dixon Schwabl Advertising Inc., in Rochester, N.Y., tries to lower the inhibitions of its 82 employees by arming them with water guns, which workers are instructed to bring to all meetings. Anyone who passes a negative comment at the meeting is bound to get wet.

An (essential) outlaw on negative comments seems somewhat counterproductive (sometimes people need to be told they’re stupid, okay?), but introducing water guns in the conference room? What’s not love? But we need to think bigger. For instance, dunk tanks. That would a fun little element, wouldn’t it? Like, whoever comes up with the best idea for the meeting gets to select whichever colleague he wants to see up there, and everyone gets to take a hit, or, whoever had the best idea that day gets to have everyone line up and take a shot at sinking them all. Whatever, details have yet to be hammered out. And obviously we need more. A certain leader in the hedge fund industry recently introduced tasers at morning meetings, and I can’t say we don’t like that. Also: charades (“Five words. First word, salutation.” “Sir”? “No.” “Mr”? “No.” “Miss“? “Yes.” “Fifth word, noun, plural.” “Balls”? “No.” “Trades”? “No.” “Models”? “No.” “Stilettos”? “Yes!” “Miss, where are your stilettos“? “Yes!!!”). And cattle prods. You’ve got to have cattle prods. What else?

Cigar tasting has become a very popular social event for both women and men.  Come join us at the Triangle Cigar Club.  Not only will you broaden your knowledge of cigars, but you will enjoy wonderful company that shares your love of the leaf, food, & drink.Thanks and we look forward to seeing you soon! www.TriangleCigarClub.com

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Next Cigar Event will be on Tuesday January 12th, 2010 from 6-9pm at the Recovery Room.