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5 Tips to Reduce Your Property Tax Assessment

February 4, 2013 by Marco Santarelli

Investing in income producing property can be the single-most rewarding aspect of getting into real estate. Yet, it also comes with some significant responsibilities including mortgages, maintenance and property taxes. In some cases, annual property taxes can be astronomical for high dollar value properties and regions where the housing market is popular. Additionally, there are some regions where property tax assessments are not handled well, leaving real estate investors and home owners paying far more than the properties are actually worth.

The good news is that there are some ways to reduce your property tax assessment significantly, to offset the costs of ownership. Learn how to deal with property tax assessments the smart way, and reduce their impact on your bottom line.

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Filed Under: Real Estate Investing, Real Estate Investments, Taxes Tagged With: Property Tax, Property Taxes, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate Market, Tax Assessment

National Economic Outlook (February 2013)

February 1, 2013 by Marco Santarelli

Home construction rarely matches the actual demand for new homes, which can change quickly – there's often too much or too little. Because the US population grows one percent per year about 1.5 million new homes are needed every year. During the boom of the mid-2000s, two million homes were built per year; at the bottom of the bust, that number was 600,000.

In 2012, construction was up to 800,000 homes. This is a clear indicator that demand is even higher and will continue higher for years. Home prices will be rising even when more construction takes place. The economic effect is self-reinforcing because most of the cost of building a new home is in the wages paid to the workers, who in turn can afford a better home for themselves or spend money on cars and other stuff.

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Filed Under: Economy, Housing Market, Real Estate Investing Tagged With: Economy, Housing Market, Real Estate Economics, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate Market, US economy

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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