Please check with your accountant or tax professional regarding definitive answers to the first-time buyer tax credit. The following 7 questions should give you some guidance regarding qualification for the home buyer credit. You can refer to IRS form 5405 for complete detail. Do you have questions about the $8,000 first time home buyer tax [...]
A couple of people have asked if I had a blank rental application that they could use for residential / apartments. I do have a very simple form that can be used to gather information. There are a number of rental applications that will include a number of items that aren't of importance at this [...]
If you have been a landlord for any period of time, I am certain that you have taken some vacancy loss, or had late payers that, in turn, led to a tenant skipping out on rent owed. After you have that experience, you realize the need to screen prior to allowing a tenant to sign [...]
There aren't too many true "online real estate auction" sites around. There is one that I keep coming across. The site is Williams & Williams Auctions. They offer a true auction format that allows you to place online bids in real time on properties. This isn't the case for all properties, but it is designated [...]
Is it just me, or has Zillow had a real difficult time locating properties on the map lately? I can't tell you how many times I have gotten the following page when doing a simple search on a valid property address.
I have been told that we will be seeing a flood of foreclosures since the "stay" is coming up. To be frank, I haven't done too much homework on this, but my understanding is that there are teams of lawyers working crazy hours to process all of this stuff. Here is a decent gauge: NY [...]
