“Make hay when the sun shines” and “sow seeds when it’s raining.” The old-fashioned sayings may sound cliché, but not to one group of local real estate professionals.

For the next four weeks, 10 Questions focuses on business people involved in local nonprofit agencies.

One of the biggest challenges business owners and working parents have is balancing work and life. It is important to find strategies to cope with the overabundance of work and life. Here are six strategies to use.

Two things upfront: Napa was once a cow town, and Gary Larson should be illustrating this column today. A reader kindly passed along news of a business innovation outstanding in its field. Literally.

Dear Len & Rosie, I have a friend who is dying of cancer. Doctors have given her two months to live. She has no will or living trust. She has no estate, but does have furniture that is worth maybe $5,000. Can I create a videotape of her stating what she would like done with her belongings?