CSC names Mike Lawrie CEO
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/washington/quick_news/Headshot_Large*100.jpg?v=1'>Falls Church-based CSC has named Mike Lawrie, president and CEO. Lawrie was at the helm of British software firm Misys for five years after working for IBM for more than 25 years. Lawrie succeeds Michael Laphen, who is retiring as CEO and chairman. The CSC board of directors also announced that Rodney Chase, a current director on the company's board, has been named non-executive chairman of the board of directors. CSC Press Release CSC (NYSE: CSC), a leading global IT services company, announced today that Mike Lawrie, 58, has been appointed president and chief executive officer, and will join the company no later than March 31, 2012...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=ux8-cftyfhg:ph5VafYwMrI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=ux8-cftyfhg:ph5VafYwMrI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?i=ux8-cftyfhg:ph5VafYwMrI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=ux8-cftyfhg:ph5VafYwMrI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?i=ux8-cftyfhg:ph5VafYwMrI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=ux8-cftyfhg:ph5VafYwMrI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Startup VA study shows a ?sleeping giant? of tech M&A
Last week, we teased some of Jonathan Aberman?s report examining six years of acquisitions in the Greater Washington region and Silicon Valley. But there?s a lot more to this study than the nugget we included. Aberman, managing director of McLean-based Amplifier Ventures and president of FouderCorps, crunched data from thousands of technology-related M&A deals in the two regions since 2006. He emerged with some interesting, and somewhat surprising, conclusions. His focus was ?intramarket? buyouts ? those acquisitions in which both sides of the deal are based in the same region...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=MJ-oTrnuEmE:iSmj5iHi8wI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=MJ-oTrnuEmE:iSmj5iHi8wI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?i=MJ-oTrnuEmE:iSmj5iHi8wI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=MJ-oTrnuEmE:iSmj5iHi8wI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?i=MJ-oTrnuEmE:iSmj5iHi8wI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=MJ-oTrnuEmE:iSmj5iHi8wI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Bethesda's Opnet reports record revenue
Bethesda-based software maker Opnet Technologies Inc. reports higher earnings and record revenue for its latest quarter. The company, whose software is used for managing networks and improving their performance, had fiscal third-quarter 2012 revenue of $46 million, up 15.9 percent from $39.7 million in revenue a year earlier. Net income was $5.3 million, or 23 cents per share, compared with $4.3 million, or 19 cents per share, in the year-ago period. Opnet (NASDAQ: OPNT) forecasts fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $45 million to $49 million, and it issued full fiscal 2012 revenue guidance of as much as $177 million.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=FGSkk1zXUrI:J2Q8SQ7oVCk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=FGSkk1zXUrI:J2Q8SQ7oVCk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?i=FGSkk1zXUrI:J2Q8SQ7oVCk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=FGSkk1zXUrI:J2Q8SQ7oVCk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?i=FGSkk1zXUrI:J2Q8SQ7oVCk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=FGSkk1zXUrI:J2Q8SQ7oVCk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Corporate Executive Board earnings up
The Corporate Executive Board Co., an Arlington-based corporate research company, saw higher quarterly earnings and revenue, will boost its quarterly dividend and announced an acquisition. The company's fourth-quarter revenue rose 14.3 percent to $132 million. Net income was $16.95 million, or 50 cents per share, compared with $10.76 million, or 31 cents per share a year earlier. For all of 2011, revenue was $484.7 million. The company had $52.7 million in 2011 earnings, up from $40.4 million in 2010...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=Jec-4-Ll5lM:kR7PN50rQZE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=Jec-4-Ll5lM:kR7PN50rQZE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?i=Jec-4-Ll5lM:kR7PN50rQZE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=Jec-4-Ll5lM:kR7PN50rQZE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?i=Jec-4-Ll5lM:kR7PN50rQZE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=Jec-4-Ll5lM:kR7PN50rQZE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>


of cash, which is not necessarily true.
“You can get good quality loans on buildings with up to four apartments under the same easy-lending terms that you can use to buy any residential property.”
“A lender will allow you to include the rental income along with your salary when you compute whether you can afford the loan. Try to keep the basic payment -- called ‘PITI’ for principal, interest, taxes, insurance -- to 25% or less of your before-tax income, including the rental income.”

You definitely do not want to get into something you can not afford in the long run, especially if this is your first investment property.

The most important thing you can do in the beginning of your journey is to research, research, research! Read as many books you can on the subject and get to know as many other investors as you can.

Building a network is a big part of succeeding in this industry.
“You need to develop a network of real-estate professionals, people who can help you acquire properties, because you are unlikely to find the best places just scanning newspaper or Web listings all alone.”
“One place you might look for contacts is in real-estate class. While certainly not required of real-estate investors, a real-estate license doesn't hurt. It helps to establish you as a professional, which has distinct tax advantages, and it lets you negotiate as a professional, which can result in sales-commission savings for you.”

Always be aware of real estate schemes (which are quite common these days) that make promises of getting rich in a matter of days. All in all, do your homework and when you find a property that is right for you, make that leap!

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