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Archives for January 2013

Reduce Your Taxes by $10,000 with a Solo 401(k)

January 21, 2013 by Marco Santarelli

If you're self-employed or have a small business, the idea of a 401(k) may make you jump to two conclusions: “My company is too small” or “I can’t afford it.”  Well, you’re not too small and you can afford it!

A Solo 401(k) is inexpensive to set up and easy to maintain – and it delivers substantial tax and saving advantages.  Use a Solo 401(k) plan if you’re self-employed or run an owner-only business.  You could add multiple owners and a spouse to a Solo 401(k) plan, but if you add full-time employees you’ll need to convert it to a more traditional IRA  plan.

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Filed Under: Financing, Real Estate Investing, Taxes Tagged With: Financing, IRA, Real Estate Investing, Reduce Your Taxes, self-directed IRA, Solo 401(k), Taxes

10 Questions on the New Mortgage Rules

January 14, 2013 by Marco Santarelli

Regulators issued new mortgage rules last week designed to prevent a return to lending practices that helped crater the housing market and brought the financial system to its knees during the past decade.

Here’s a look at some frequently asked questions:

What is a qualified mortgage? Congress amended federal lending laws in 2010 to give greater legal rights to borrowers who get mortgages they can’t afford. The new law, part of the Dodd-Frank financial-regulation overhaul, said if banks made a qualified mortgage — one that meets certain easy-to-identify criteria — regulators and courts would presume lenders had reason to assume a borrower could repay.

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Filed Under: Financing, Real Estate Investing, Taxes Tagged With: Mortgage Loans, Mortgage Rules, Real Estate Investing

Real Estate, Inflation and the Fiscal Cliff

January 6, 2013 by Marco Santarelli

There’s been a lot of fuss on how the “fiscal cliff” will get the U.S. economy into trouble in 2013. For starters, here’s a thorough explanation of how it can impact the economy.

(Video published by the WSJ on Oct. 31, 2012.)

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Filed Under: Economy, Real Estate Investing, Taxes Tagged With: Economy, Fiscal Cliff, Housing Market, inflation, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate Market, US economy

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