What about Mr. Sneaky Husband? Well... he signed deed didn't he? He conveyed his interest in property and that was a legal transfer (probably).

The buyer of land owns only husband's interest... and here's where it gets good...

The buyer was buying whole property in good faith. He did not know about forged signature... so he has a claim under title insurance policy for loss of wife's interest in property!

Hurray!... Finally somebody gets something for all those title insurance payments we make!

Mark Walters is an investor-entrepreneur helping other investors from his Web pages at http://www.Lease-Option-Sub2.com

Unfortunately, because of recent inundation of eCRM systems to market, some e-business fall into a 'can't-see-the-forest-for-the-trees' syndrome; management may get lost in data and lose sight of their goals. The purpose of eCRM isn't to collect data in new and interesting ways, it's to answer questions above. Still, crossing gap between software and results remains a feat few eCRM systems are able to accomplish.

The problem with many eCRM systems is that they either, 1) collect irrelevant or insufficient data, or 2) don't correctly interpret data. While second point is largely what management gets paid for, we must remember that small and medium business is largest market segment for eCRM. These businesses are usually run from home by individuals with little or no formal business education.

The good news for startup e-businesses is that many of newer eCRM providers will handle nitty-gritty aspects of your customer relationship management system for you, effectively freeing up more of your time for other important tasks.