Q. I want to unofficially put my house on the market to sell it in the next 6 months. Can I call a few local Realtors who have sold houses in my neighborhood and tell them I'll give them 4% if they find a buyer. Or should I only post ads on the internet? I have 50% equity, so there wouldn't be an issue with the banks.

A. Absolutely. This is a very good idea for you. However, I would call their brokers (their bosses) instead of the individual realtors. Ask those brokers to bring their whole office of realtors by your house after one of their sales meetings. These meetings are generally on Tuesday mornings. This way, instead of getting one realtor per phone call, you'll get entire offices with one phone call. And this way, the realtors in the offices that you call will feel like they've got an advantage over their competitors at other offices, because they know where one more home for sale is than those other realtors. To the realtors that know about your home for sale, it will become known as a "pocket listing". This is a listing that a realtor knows about, but that does not show up on the local MLS. And by the way, 4% is too much. Only offer 3%, because that's all that a realtor would get from any other home for sale on their local MLS. Good luck to you! Oh, and you also need to be prepared for 50+ different realtors to ask you to list your home with them. This is just a by-product of what you're about to do. Just deal with it.

Q. The company i work with provides home health care, medical equiptment and other services to doctors for their patients. Free to doctors no charge to patients. And we accept all insurances

A. The best way is to hoof it (read: open a phone book, make a list of all of the doctors and nurses in the area and go to each one of them trying to sell). However, most doctor's offices have no solicitation signs. The next best thing to do is use e-advertising. Find a local newspaper that will let you post your ad for little or no cost. If all else fails, it's probably better to go door to door for leads. Good luck!

Q. I am interested in being a dentist and starting my own practice but I worry about costs. How much money will I actually take home after paying quarterly, insurance, equipment, rent, staff, etc? How much will I need to bill my patients in order to pay off all the above and still make good money? Basically, how do dentists manage overhead and still take home $100,000?

A. Control of overhead is critical is crucial in having a successful practice. Most dental offices will have overhead expenses totaling between 60% and 75%. That means for every dollar collected the dentist will have 25 to 40 cents of profit. From this he will pay all taxes and retirement costs for a 401k. After this his take home pay is determined. You will learn some business principles in dental school, but most will be learned in post graduate courses, from older dentists in a group practice, or through the school of hard knocks. Good luck.

Q. I am interested in putting flyers together but I dont know what would catch a realtors attention. Also putting one together for potential home buyers Please help

A. Its all about networking, try putting a flyer together that offers special programs telling Realtors you will do flyers with different loan programs and monthly payments for different amounts down that Realtors can give to potential clients. Then you network with Realtors and potential buyers see your name and mortgage company. You can give lender market information on flyers for Real Esate offices. With the first flyer I mentioned you get to hit Realtors and potential home buyers at the same time. When you get to know some Realtors then you can offer to split advertising costs in Real Estate magazines and even on agent websites. I hope this helps get out to Real Estate offices and introduce yourself, hit Chamber of Commerce meetings and MLS meetings.

Q. What precautions as as a woman can one take? I have heard about some rape incidents with women in the real estate business when they meet strangers to view homes for sale.

A. I am a nutritional consultant and although I consult with doctor's offices, I have many people that call me at home. I do not have people come to my home unless I already know them. You are asking for problems. Maybe if you knew someone else would be there but I don't want everyone I consult with knowing where I live either. I would think about a small office you could rent...

Q. I am looking for the system or device which i can set on my both offices, 1 in San Fransisco and other 1 at Montreal to make a video conference together, so suggest me the perfect solution with quote for this kind of services ASAP!

A. Video Conferencing system provides signals by using of specfic hardware and software in specific time resulting in giving the best conference Sony high definition video conferencing system would be the best choice for this kind of meeting, this is mostly used at all major offices for live virtual meetings from 1 office to their another office, it has also motion sensors which detects your movement and work with your actions, so great idea and recommendation would be to buy sony video conferencing systems.

A. I don't know but the chicks avatar above me REALLY gets on my nerves.

Q. A designer that can build from many different hard woods, different styles, different finishes.

A. Search Google for "office desk furniture," or "inexpensive office furniture." This could help. However, I believe it really depends on the materials you already have. Best of luck!