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Nobel Prize recipient, Richard Thaler, in his research into seemingly irrational economic behaviors, “found that consumers generally search too little,…
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Section 1031 exchange for rental and investment real estate is a tool that allows investors to move the gain from…
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The IRS allows taxpayers the option to take the standard deduction or the itemized deduction. The astute taxpayer will compare…
Prepaid interest, sometimes called “points”, is generally tax deductible when a person pays them in connection with buying, building or…
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The more things you have, the more you have to take care of. And in this case, the more that…
A ½% increase in interest rate may not sound like much but it is roughly equivalent to a 5% increase…
Whether you continue to rent or decide to buy a home, according to recent Zillow 2014 housing projections, the cost…