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This is a very long article with some great ideas. Due to its length, It has been divided into 3 specific area of interest.

PART 1 - An Overview

PART 2 - Standard Components

PART 3 - Important Food For thought

PART 1 - An Overview

Why There Is a Need

The numbers of young ballplayers and the yearly growth of travel baseball and fastpitch softball have created a shortage of indoor training facilities in many or even most parts of the country.

The attendance in MLB (majors) and MILB (minors) has risen for the past 4 seasons as of this writing, the CWS (College World Series) is now a primetime ESPN event as is the MLB 1st year players draft each June... so we know the shear numbers of players who want to make this their prime sport is indeed growing and the future in baseball and fastpitch softball is growing.

Don't Forget Girls Fastpitch Softball

As players play more and better competition, the High School teams have become more competitive so it is the trained ballplayer, not just the better athlete who makes the team and continues on to the next level.

There is no McDonalds or Wal Mart in the training field, so certainly it is left to entrepreneurial-types who have "the baseball bug"... that passion for this game of ours that seldom if ever leaves us.

There is a very good chance that this describes you in some way (who else would be reading an article of this title) .

Can We Help You?

We began supplying various components for new and existing training facilities in 1999 and now help out new and perspective owners with most aspects of these ventures.

Along the way we have learned a lot from these experiences and the many owners who have become our friends and business associates.

We launched our "Pro Division" in 2005, headed by our own Coach Arnald Swift, a 34 yr coach (retired) and can now offer you a fulltime, seasoned professional in this field... and believe me, there is no industry of experienced professionals who do this... just scattered companies who offer various parts and pieces.

The Core of a Successful Facility... an improving return customer!

There are a finite number of ballplayers within your local geography in any given season. Your facility cannot exist for long without those customers wanting to return again and again. If they are happy about being there, they have a better chance of improving. If they improve, it stands to reason that they will be happier to come back... which fuels their future improvement and successes... a circle that you can easily see.... and so many have younger siblings who of course want to emulate their bigger brothers and sisters too!

Interested Coaches and a Sound Building-Block Approach!

The happy, improving player receives maximum benefit from organized, structured, weekly instruction from a "reasonably qualified" coach who knows his own curriculum and cares whether the player actually does improve!

I feel that coaches, like players must be interested and passionate about teaching and helping players reach their goals to truly help players improve, though more playing and coaching experience certainly can add to the student's experience.

I also feel that an organized building block teaching approach is actually more important than the pedigree of the coach... especially when teaching the younger levels where strong mechanics and fundamentals must be committed to muscle-memory first... in order for the player to stay around long enough to take on the more sophisticated training aspects that older players will eventually be learning.

The Common Products Found In Facilities

Here are the components found in most training facilities:

Batting cages, some of which share duty with pitching tunnels, barrier netting, turf floor covering, homeplate stance mats, mandatory if cage floors are not turfed, highly recommended if they are, L screen pitcher protectors with very heavy nets, highest quality adjustable batting tees, a supply of machine pitch dimple balls, and a good quality leather practice ball, misc items from a few batting helmets, a set of catchers gear and a mitt or two, to a few fungo bats and various mid-grade wood and aluminum bats. Video software and a small room for viewing can be added later when opening budgets are stretched.

Coach John Peter

What You Should Know About Foreclosure

Are you facing the possibility of a foreclosure? Before bailing out without a parachute, do some homework and see if there are ways to minimize or even eliminate your losses.

Obviously, you’re certainly better off selling the house than having it go to foreclosure. If you can find a buyer who will offer to pay at least what you owe your lender, take the offer rather than face a foreclosure. However, this solution is generally not easy to come by and usually not timely enough to satisfy the mortgage company.

If you receive an offer that is for less than what you owe your lender, your lender can actually block the sale. Yet you can approach your mortgage company about a “short” sale or deed in lieu of foreclosure. However, one stipulation to qualify is that you must occupy the property. (A short sale of property is one in which the sale proceeds won’t cover the amount owed on the loan and the lender agrees to forego the rest.) Many lenders will agree to a short sale, but some may require documentation of any financial or medical hardship you have experienced before agreeing to a short sale.

Also, be aware of current market values. Check out prices of comparable properties – ones that are the same size in the same neighborhood that sold during the last six to 12 months – on websites such as www.domania.com.

Another option is to simply execute a deed giving the property back to the mortgage company. You do not need to actually qualify for a deed in lieu of foreclosure.

You may have been told by the mortgage company that you didn’t “qualify” (mortgage companies typically don’t want the property back), but they cannot stop you from executing a deed in the company’s favor. The difference between the house’s value (the amount for which the company sells it) and the total balance owed. This difference is called a deficiency. Unless the mortgage company writes off the deficiency, you are still liable for that amount.

If the mortgage company writes off any part of the deficiency, you’ll receive an IRS Form 1099-Misc next year and the amount written off will have to be reported as income. However, you can avoid this if you can show that at the time of the write-off, your debts exceeded the value of your assets. We recommend having an accountant or professional tax preparer assist you before the April 15 filing date.

If you want to try to negotiate with the mortgage company – either on the mortgage now or on the deficiency balance later, visit www.myvesta.org
(formerly Debt Counselors of America), or call 800-MYVESTA.

Foreclosure Proceedings
Most lenders don’t start foreclosure proceedings until you’ve missed four or five payments, but it varies from state to state. Before taking back your house, most lenders would rather rewrite the loan, suspend principal payments for a while (have you pay interest only), reduce your payments or even let you miss a few payments and spread them out over time.

If your loan is owned by one of the giant U.S. government mortgage holders, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, foreclosure could come even more slowly. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been working with homeowners to avoid foreclosure when a loan is delinquent.

If your loan is insured by a federal agency, such as the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) or the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the lender may be required to try to assist you in preventing foreclosure.

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How do I handle this 1099-MISC?

I got a 1099-MISC from my employer this morning (very part time employer). I've never seen anything like this one before. None of the blocks are filled in except for number 7. Nonemployee compensation. Everything else is completely blank. How do I handle that filing wise?? This is the only 1099 type deal I will be receiving, and I am kind of confused. I've just never seen this before. Thanks!

That is totally normal. The same thing happened to me this year. I just filed it under "self-employment" The only boxes that should filled in are the employers info, your info, and box 7. If you have any questions just give it to your tax person and they will know what to do with it.

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