No one likes to pay taxes, especially if you have worked hard on a personal business or investment property over the years. There are ways for you to take the profit that you earned and for those capital gains taxes to be deferred into the future, so that you can build up your profit and [...]
Entries from January 2009
Defer Your Investment Property Income Taxes
Jan. 26th, 2009
Stated-Income Loans – How Common Were They?
Jan. 26th, 2009
One unique phenomenon of the Great Housing Bubble was the utilization of stated-income loans, also known as “liar loans” because most people were not truthful when stating their income. When house prices were going up, greed motivated many people to buy homes to capture appreciation. Actually having the income to qualify for a loan was [...]
What Makes Fairfax California Unique?
Jan. 26th, 2009
Fairfax, California, is a beautiful and unique town, and is a suburb of San Francisco that is the last bit of civilization before descending into Marin County’s San Geronimo Valley. Fairfax has often been described as “the gateway to West Marin,” and the city has a reputation for being unique, eclectic, and high quality. Located [...]
The History of Mill Valley, California
Jan. 26th, 2009
Located just five miles north of San Francisco and connected to the city via the Golden Gate Bridge you will find the small city of Mill Valley California. With a small but stable population of approximately 14,000 residents, the history of Mill Valley is an interesting one that many locals are happy to talk about, [...]
Relax, Enjoy And Buy Timeshare
Jan. 25th, 2009
Our regular daily routine seem to bore us at times that we need to get away with it for once in while. The demands in our daily life can be very stressful that sometimes we want to isolate ourselves from it and give ourselves a break. That is indeed a good idea. We should relax [...]
House Prices Are Supported By Fundamentals… Not!
Jan. 25th, 2009
In every asset bubble people will claim the prices are supported by fundamentals even at the peak of the mania. During the Great Housing Bubble, people believed everyone was making two-times their actual income, and that the unstable loan programs developed during the time were innovations that changed the fundamentals. It was all nonsense. Stock [...]
The #1 Rule of Real Estate Marketing
Jan. 25th, 2009
The secret to successful real estate marketing is…shhh, come a little closer, we don\’t want everyone to hear it! Anyway, the secret to real estate marketing is…well, it\’s really no secret at all. Cheap cop out, we know, but when it comes to marketing your real estate business you need to know one main maxim: all the marketing you do should be for the purpose of generating real estate leads.
Back to Basics, Tips For Paying Your Mortgage Down to Zero
Jan. 25th, 2009
Financing money allows consumers an investors to leverage there cash flow to acquire more assets. Proper planning will allow you to end up with owning your home free and clear.
Want to Refinance… Go to Government Loans
Jan. 24th, 2009
I can remember a time in the not too distance past when FHA was the ugly sister to the slick conventional mortgage products.
?Foreclosures Homes: Frequently Available Bargain Prices
Jan. 24th, 2009
When the owner of a home has become unable to continue making payments on their mortgage, the home is often resold at a low price by the lending agency involved. This is because they want to make as much money back on this failed loan transaction as possible; they are not overly concerned with getting a big profit.