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A Wonderful Representation of the LDS Church

2009-03-03T14:14:00.000-08:00

I found this video this afternoon and thought it appropriate to share. Rachel Esplin is a practicing member of the LDS Church at Harvard University. She was part of a religious panel this last fall and this is the video of her responding to questions from a Washington Post moderator. I thought Rachel's responses to the moderator's questions could serve as a great base and frame of reference for anyone faced with basic, yet pivotal questions about the LDS faith. Rachel's responses were very well founded (and correct!) and showed her desire to not only share the Church's doctrine, but also have the experience be memorable and engaging.

Here you go!

Day of Faith: Personal Quests for a Purpose - 3. Rachel Esplin from Harvard Hillel on Vimeo.

A Start Up Chad's working with...

2009-02-13T16:52:00.000-08:00

Not really an update about our family, but an update on some fun things Chad has been a part of recently. Hope you all are well!

Surfing The New Web Wave

View more presentations from Jeff Dance. (tags: social networking office 2.0)

Summer 2008 Update

2008-08-29T09:28:00.000-07:00

We wanted to let everyone know we're still alive and doing well. We're just settling back in from a long summer of driving to every point on the map imaginable...Seattle (too many times to count), Utah (3 times), Rexburg (2-3 times), Boise (2-3 times), Coeur d'Alene (daily for Chad's work) and I think some other places too. It was so great to see everyone, but man are we glad to be done with the driving!

Melanie is enjoying being a mom and the best Sunbeams teacher around! I am now back in school and enjoying getting to work on some MBA courses as well as a few law school courses. Payton is excitedly awaiting the start of his pre-school that Melanie and her friends put on for their kids. And Carson is just excited to start eating real food!

Let us know how you are doing and take a look at a few of our summer pics.

Mel and Carson doing what they do best...looking cute!

Chad's sweet firm rafting trip down the Lochsa River in May

The always necessary "Jumping Picture" just before Mel's parents went into the MTC

The last Dance Family picture for a while.

Kiev Ukraine Temple Pictures

2008-05-01T20:01:00.000-07:00

Just thought I'd share with all who care to know...I found some great pictures of construction of the Kiev Ukraine Temple. It should be done April 15, 2010. Just in time for a great graduation gift to myself...hmmmmmm.

As to Eastern Europe, on Tuesday I had the great privilege of speaking with Kolya, a great friend of mine that I was able to teach while in Moscow. He is recently engaged to a great girl and is doing everything right in his life. I couldn't be prouder of him or his decisions. It was great talking to him about how his decision to join the church way back when has changed the course of his life forever. It has changed mine as well. I am better because of the goodness of his life and the example he is to me. He didn't grow up in the best of circumstances and has just blossomed in his young life. Again, I couldn't be prouder ofhim or the choices he has made up to this point in his life. Go Kolya!!!

Carson Alan Hallberg

2008-04-26T21:56:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the cute pics from the incredibly cute Carson and his big brother Payton!

Carson at about 1 week old

An attempt at a "Perfect Mormon Family" Blessing Day picture.
March 30, 2008 in Spokane, WA

Another attempt at a perfect family picture only on Easter.

Payton ensures Carson has double accident coverage.

Do we see a theme yet of someone making certain not to abdicate the throne without a fight?

And finally, Carson's shiner after his imbecile of a father dropped him on Thursday, April 17th.

So the doctor says nothing's wrong, it's just a fall, and nothing permanent will ever result from it. But, then they come back with the x-ray and CT results and say that he "mildly displaced" his left orbital. They still said nothing permanent will come of it and because his bones are still forming everything will heal just fine. But, that has only doubled Chad's anxiety and constant hallucination that whenever I am holding Carson he is slipping and about to crack his skull.

An actual post about the Hallberg Fam

2008-04-06T17:21:00.000-07:00

So, I figure no one actually comes to our blog because we haven't updated it since October. Better check that. I - Chad - haven't updated it since October. We're trying to live on the cheap and not have internet at home, which makes posting for the blog tough.

Anyway, after a great conference weekend, we're excited to apply the principles we've learned and will continue to learn from The Brethren and The Sisteren of the Church.

I'll post Carson pics soon as they're not yet on my laptop.

The need for a 1031 like-kind exchange blog

2007-10-04T15:26:00.001-07:00

The world of 1031 exchanges has need of a value-based, knowledge-laden blog that can be the ultimate resource for qualified intermediaries, investors, realtors, attorneys, accountants, escrow companies and everyone in between to gain knowledge and share insights into 1031 like-kind exchanges. This blog purposes to fill this need.

I feel you must know right from the start where I come from in writing this blog. My name is Chad and I am a Qualified Intermediary (QI) – someone qualified to facilitate 1031 exchanges – for 1031 Exchange Coordinators out of Bellevue, Washington. I have facilitated hundreds of exchanges myself over the last 2+ years and our firm consistently facilitates upwards of 100 exchanges per month. While I represent our firm in writing this blog, I will not ever openly and knowingly attempt to coerce anyone to think they must use 1031 Exchange Coordinators to facilitate their exchange. I have simply added a link to our website here and on the sidebar where you can contact us if you'd so desire. My goal with this blog is to help foster (1) value-based education about 1031 exchanges and (2) discussion amongst those concerned with 1031 exchanges on whatever level, from professionals to the person first hearing about 1031 exchanges.

So, I hope you visit the blog frequently, comment on whatever piques your interests, and tell others about this blog!

Scrambled Brains...

2007-08-30T17:22:00.000-07:00

I'm back in school now (Chad) and find almost everyday that I am confronted with a case or story that disgusts my inner-self. Topics generally eminate from one of two topic areas: (1) Sex and/or Sexual Misconduct; and (2) Death/Murder (or the attempt thereof), Torture, or other Violence.

It seems like there is a constant barrage of this filth and, yet, I am somehow not as affected by it as I think I maybe should be. Long have been the days where I personally was affected by someone's sexual preferences or predilections or by a murder scene description. This seems to tell me that I am becoming a cold and heartless attorney.

I do not like this notion of being ambivalent to the maladies of the world. I have always said that if I have to be a lawyer I want to be a Happy Lawyer, where people come to me because they are happy and want to become happier through my services. If anyone knows what type of law that is let me know.

I guess I better finish this off happy-like and tell everyone that we had a blast at Disneyland, the beach, Universal Studios, Raging Waters, and In-n-Out with Mel's family. I don't know that we'll ever do quite an elaborate and tiring vacation ever again.

The Chase

2007-08-03T09:40:00.000-07:00

The real chase everyone in baseball is talking about these days...

Craig Biggio Blames Media Pressure For Stalling At 285 Hit-By-Pitches

Blogging with Microsoft Word 2007

2007-08-01T14:42:00.001-07:00

In the search for acceptable mediums to post a blog for my company, I am writing this post from Word 2007. I've done some minimal research and found that Microsoft has made this blogging feature to be pretty user-friendly and quite good. The only thing is, I haven't been able to find any examples of posts using Word 2007. So, here is the research laboratory for my work – the family site.

Sorry to those reading this thinking I'd post from our great recent Dance Family Reunion in Lava Hot Springs or fun Summer of 2007 in Seattle. I just haven't taken the time necessary to do those things in trying to get work projects completed. Added to this, Mel doesn't have easy access to the internet here this summer and she would be our best "poster" by far.

Anyway, we hope all are well. For work's sakes, if anyone reading this has used Word 07 to do much blogging, I'd really appreciate your rants, raves, and insights. Best!

Here's a pic of Mel and Payton at the Mariners game

Answer to a question

2007-07-17T09:51:00.000-07:00

So, I have been working on getting a blog going for work recently and I think I have been given the ok to go forward. So, hopefully it will "go live" here in the near future. I'll be sure to let you know as soon as it does. But, in the meantime I have found a great blog that has been immensely helpful, ProBlogger. I am trying to glean from this blogger some good habits for when our company blog is up and running. He said to answer the questions of your readers to add greater insight and connectivity between yourself and your readers.

As such, I am going to answer the one and only question I have received as of yet: "Chad, what is a 1031 exchange?"

As you'll see, there's a link in this post to where I did a little write up on it on my "1031 Exchange" Facebook group page. I rather liked the way it came out so I recommend linking to it or just reading it below.

"Here's a little quick education on 1031 exchanges so you can feel more empowered for yourself and for others whom this might apply to. The IRS has allowed people to defer capital gains taxes when they sell a money making property and buy another money making property. Usually you would have to pay these taxes if not for a 1031 exchange. The government has said that if you sell this money making property (we'll say a rental property) and buy another money making property of like-kind (i.e., a piece of raw land in Hawaii) you can go through a 3rd party and get your taxes deferred. Our company, 1031 Exchange Coordinators, is the 3rd party that facilitates this tax deferral.

This knowledge is useful for everyone becasue somewhere along the lines you'll realize that buying real estate may fall within your income or retirement plans or you know someone who is now able to. You can either pay about 20-25% of the sales price in taxes or not pay them by doing 1031 exchanges. That is what a 1031 exchange can do for you. It will allow you to defer the taxes forever if you so choose and save 100s of thousands of dollars over your lifetime."

So, there is the answer to your question about 1031 exchanges. I expect this may bring to your mind more questions and thoughts; let us know what they are and I'd love to help answer them or at least steer you in the right direction.

First Entry

2007-07-12T10:24:00.000-07:00

"So, this is my entry into the blogosphere." I think that's how you are required to start any blog. At any rate, I am looking into blogging for our 1031 Exchange Coordinators website and thought I ought to set up my own first just to see how easy it is and what kind of reponse can be solicited from the blogosphere.

Thus, if you see this blog at any point, would you mind leaving me a comment giving a couple of pieces of information: (1) The date you looked at this blog; (2) How or from whom you found this blog; and finally, (3) What you think of my blog. I would really appreciate this.

I keep using "I" when maybe I should be saying "we" as in Melanie, my wife, and I, as well as our family as it grows. I figure this can be a good place to keep in touch with friends and family no matter where we are and what we are doing. I tried putting together a family website last year (here), but it was too cumbersome to keep up, and now I don't even know the password to be able to manage it anymore.

So, leave your own comments, links, and whatnot, and we think it will be fun.... and please comment back as mentioned before.