Blessing in disguise

It seems like every time I post, there's a new development. This one is big:

My boss terminated my employment contract (to be quite frank.. she was a terrible boss, and not a nice person; perhaps you gleaned that from previous posts) last week, I don't want to get into details, oh well. Luckily we have something to fall back on!!

At this point, we are amidst a relocation (200 miles away). We'll now be living within 25 minutes from our practice. HELL YEAH!!

I did receive another $5000.00 rent check from my tenants for the month of October. I also called up my contractor now that things have been kicked into high gear, and was told I could have my practice ready in 90 days. Tick-tock!

Hardware costs

Little did I know, or figure into expenses that hardware would become expensive, some of these items are overkill and not necessary for a startup:

1. TalkSwitch Phone System. This is a biggie!! If your patient calls, and say line 1 is busy.. it will roll over to line 2, etc. A phone system does this for you automatically. When you call your cable company for your startup, ask for 3 dialtones (one fax, two phone lines).
   
2. HP LaserJet P2035N printer (my favorite is the Xerox Phaser 3300 MFP, too expensive for a startup)
   
3. ScanShell 800N card scanner
4. Acroprint timeQplus V2 biometric. Employee time clock, overkill at the start.. you can do manual payroll instead.
5. If you are in optometry school, or working for someone else at this stage... I urge you to learn basic bookkeeping/accounting, and familiarize yourself with Quickbooks.