• Home improvements and repairs to my home
    Home improvements add to the value of your home, prolong its useful life, or adapt it to new uses. Home improvements costs are not deductible. However, you add the cost of improvements to the basis of...
  • Selling by Owner Escrow or Closing Checklist
    Home sellers should keep on top of their pending sale; especially when selling without the assistance of a real estate agent. Sometimes busy real estate agents forget to monitor all aspects of a pending...
  • Foreclosed of Your Home
    Acquisition or Abandonment of Secured Property, or, Cancellation of Debt, or both. Depending on the circumstances, you may have to report either gain on the sale of property, cancellation of indebtedness...
  • The Secret To Marketing Your FSBO Home For Sale
    Youre ready to put your home or land (house, townhouse, condo, apartment, farm, ranch, finished lot, raw land, etc.) on the market as a FSBO (for sale by owner). Youve priced your property appropriately...
  • Avoid mistakes that could cost you thousands.
    Selling your home can be an exhausting experience. Last minute walk throughs, inconvenient calls, price adjustment and the possibility of being stuck with two mortgages are real concerns. If you are not...
  • Buy The Most Expensive House In The Neighborhood?
    When looking at homes, one is tempted to buy the best home in a neighborhood. Should you buy the most expensive home on the block? No.
    Think Long-Term
    Assume you fall in love with the masterpiece home...
  • Home Selling: How To Set The Right Asking Price
    Many homes remain unsold for a long time because theyre over-priced. Pricing your home right is essential if you want to sell your home in quick time. Expecting more for your home than the rates that...
  • How to achieve financial freedom with your home
    The secret disclosed on how you too could achieve financial freedom through property (and tell the pension companies just where to stick their measly, worthless pensions) Geoff Morris is a self-made...
  • Real Estate Terms - From Appraisals to Comps
    When youre selling your home or other real property on your own, you dont have to know everything about the process. It does help to have a practical knowledge of the terms that come up during the process....
  • Why 'Average Sale Price' Statistics are Misleading
    One of the most common statistics used when gauging the strength of an areas real estate market is the average sale price of its homes, but looking into that figure more deeply reveals just how misleading...
  • Home Inspectors - Negotiating a Lower Price
    To help you negotiate a fair sale price for a home, its best to get an appraisal and inspection report. Even if you agree directly with the home seller on a sale price, you may want these items to safeguard...
  • Is It Time To Buy A House?
    At some point as youre writing out your rent check, you get to the point where you look at the amount and think to yourself - at this rate, I could BUY a house. If youre fed up with paying rent every...
  • How to Afford Your Dream Home
    Is it your dream to one day own a holiday home in the sun; a beautiful house where you can escape, relax and be free of the worries that seem to go hand in hand with every day life? Well, youre not alone!A...
  • Promoting Your Open House
    A good way to get potential buyers interested in your home is to have an open house. Of course, you have to make sure they know about it.
    Looking Good
    There is one mandatory step that must occur before...
  • What is a Home Equity Loan?
    A home equity loan is a loan that is guaranteed by the equity you have built in your home. Are you in urgent need for cash and want to get the same without selling off your property? Getting a home equity...
  • Selling home less than the two year waiting period
    If you owned and lived in the property as your main home for less than 2 years, you may still be able to claim an exclusion in some cases. You can claim this reduced exclusion if either of the following...
  • Why FSBO fails
    For Sale By Owner (FSBO) is popular in America and the UK and where up to 30% of properties are sold without the use of real estate agents. The trend is on the increase in Australia where it is also known...
  • Is It ReFi Time?
    Millions of people are taking advantage of the current opportunity to refinance the mortgage on their homes. Rising home prices combined with falling interest rates have motivated people to convert their...

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  • Realtors: Home sales fall as prices rise (BizJournals)
    Home sales in the Tampa Bay area declined 45 percent in July from the same month in 2005, while the median sale price actually increased 9 percent over the year, the Florida Association of Realtors reported Wednesday.
  • Mother of murdered teen mourns (KRIS-TV Corpus Christi)
    Robert Martinez was only 15 years old. Saturday, his friends and family raised money to pay for his funeral. His mother, Margie Martinez, said she still can't believe a longtime family friend is accused of murdering her son.