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Who Will Pay the Rent Next Month?

By Robert L. Cain, Copyright 2024, Cain Publications, Inc. Who won’t be paying the rent next month? Half of US tenants can’t afford to pay their rent, CNN reported on January 24. Not surprising since the median rents have increased … Continue reading

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Two Easy Application Verification Tricks

by Robert L. Cain, Copyright 2024, Cain Publications, Inc. They seem like nice people, and they may be. Appropriately well-dressed with children who are both respectful and behaved, they might just be great tenants. But we can’t take appearances and … Continue reading

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Job Scams Result in Monetary Losses and Criminal Charges

By Robert L. Cain, Copyright 2024, Cain publications, Inc. Law-abiding citizens don’t expect the police to come knocking on their doors with search warrants and raid their houses. But what if, unbeknownst to them, they aren’t law-abiding? That’s what happened … Continue reading

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How Employee Theft Affects Business Profits

By Robert L. Cain,Copyright 2024, Cain Publications, Inc. The owner of ABC Technology (not its real name) was surfing EBay looking for used equipment and found two new computers for sale across town that matched two she had seen delivered … Continue reading

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Dark Patterns Scam Internet Users

By Robert L. Cain, Copyright 2023, Cain Publications, Inc. Crime does pay. Credit Karma made millions with their scam for which the Federal Trade Commission fined them $3 million, lunch money to Credit Karma. They garnered 2500 data points from … Continue reading

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For Want of  A Screw

By Robert L. Cain, Copyright 2023, Cain Publications, Inc. Several years ago a lawyer called me who was representing a property owner who had been sued by someone who got injured on the owner’s property.  The owner hadn’t done much … Continue reading

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Check Fraud: Old Scams with New Twists

By Robert L. Cain, Copyright 2023, Cain Publications, Inc. Eric Fischgrund runs Fisch Tank PR, a PR firm employing 30 people. Clients mailed 15 checks to him that a crook or crooks stole after they had gone through a Postal … Continue reading

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Student Loan Payment Resumptions Effect on Borrowers and Businesses Show Danger Ahead

By Robert L. Cain, Copyright 2023 Cain Publications, Inc. Economists predict that the end of the student loan repayment moratorium will have little to no effect on the overall economy. They are probably right. That misses considering the ill effects … Continue reading

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Who Gets Laid Off and Why

By Robert L. Cain, Copyright 2023, Cain Publications, Inc. Why do companies lay people off and who gets the axe when they do?  Knowing that can help determine the better or most qualified applicant. Companies lay off employees for any … Continue reading

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As Student Loan Repayments Begin Again, Problems Brew on the Horizon

By Robert L. Cain, Copyright 2023, Cain Publications, Inc. Beth Romaker and her boyfriend Spencer Crawford last January joined the 25 percent of US households that make a budget. They plan to buy a bigger house, get married, and possibly … Continue reading

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