Omar Amanat was the founder and CEO of Tradescape, an electronic brokerage company that quickly became an industry leader by offering investors a direct connection to all nine Electronic Communications Networks. Responsible for processing over 10% of NASDAQ’s daily trading volume, it was deemed one of the top 50 private companies in the United States. In 2002, Mr. Amanat sold Tradescape to E*Trade for $280 million. Mr. Amanat studied at the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School of Business before working with CyberTrader founder Philip Berber to develop a stock trading platform that was acquired by Charles Schwab for $488 million. He survived the dot-com crash, and narrowly avoided the…

Renting out a property can be a lucrative opportunity for you. Not only is it a great secondary source of income, but if you hire a management company to take care of all of the work, you can basically sit back and enjoy the extra cash flow. One thing that is important to note though is that there is a chance you’ll come across some issues with your tenant’s monthly payments. It’s extremely common as financial emergencies do happen with people – but it’s obviously not acceptable if it’s a consistent pattern. If you want to minimize the chances that the latter would happen, it’s best that you run a…