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Exploring The Tax Benefits Of Real Estate Investing
Source: Forbes --- Real estate investing can provide for significant tax benefits, but the trick – and often the tallest hurdle – is identifying the available strategies and understanding how and when to use them. These opportunities are neither obvious nor...
What is Landlord Insurance, and How Does it Work?
Source: Point 2 Homes --- What is Landlord Insurance? Landlord insurance is a policy that is specifically designed to protect owners of rental properties. There are different levels of coverage, but for the most part, the policy is aimed at non-owner-occupied...
Homebuying Demand May Finally Be Turning a Corner
House hunters are wading into the market as mortgage rates and home prices continue to decline, according to a new report from Redfin, the technology-powered real estate brokerage. Mortgage-purchase applications increased for the fourth week in a row and...
Tax Deadline Extended For California 1031 Exchanges
California residents and real estate investors looking to begin a 1031 exchange are being encouraged to act now, according to Peak 1031 Exchange. The recent IRS extensions allow qualifying California taxpayers to extend any exchange deadline that falls after...
First Quarter of 2023 Brings a Mixed Bag of Housing Data
ATTOM, a curator of land, property, and real estate data, released its first-quarter 2023 U.S. Home Affordability Report showing that median-priced single-family homes and condos are less affordable in the first quarter of 2023 compared to historical averages in 94...
Florida Governor Signs Affordable Housing Law
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 102, known as the "Live Local Act," a comprehensive, statewide workforce housing strategy designed to increase the availability of attainable housing options for Florida workers who seek to live in the communities they...
Experts predicted a real estate slowdown in 2023. How is Tampa Bay holding up?
Source: Tampa Bay Times --- What goes up must come down. After nearly two years of explosive growth in the housing sector, economists and real estate experts said sales could take a major dip in 2023. But so far, that hasn’t happened. Kristine Smale, an executive vice...
Judge in LA County Ordered to Pull Project Approvals for Master-Planned Community
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff has ordered Los Angeles County to rescind the Centennial project’s 2019 approvals pending correction of a number of inadequacies the Court identified in the project’s original environmental impact report. The ruling...
Affordability Continues to Drive Relocations to Sunbelt States
According to a new report from Redfin, the technology-based real estate brokerage, the number of home searchers looking to relocate to a new metro fell 3.6% year over year in February. That compares with a 14.4% drop in Redfin.com home searchers looking to...
Thinking of Selling a Home Without a Real Estate Agent? Here’s Why That Tactic May Not Work Well Today
Source: The Ascent --- Key points Despite low real estate inventory, today's sellers don't have the same upper hand they did a year ago. Partnering up with a real estate agent could help you walk away with a higher sale price. Look for a real estate agent with good...
This real estate agent to the stars (clients reportedly have included Rihanna, JLo and Justin Beiber) says you should be ‘hyper-focused’ on this when house hunting
Source: Market Watch --- You might have seen Los Angeles-based realtor Aaron Kirman of the Aaron Kirman Group (AKG) at Christie’s International Real Estate on CNBC’s “Listing Impossible.” Or seen his name in print, as his team frequently lists celebrity homes (clients...
Choosing a real estate agent
Source: Jacksonville Progress --- Whenever you become involved in a transaction whose subject matter you are not familiar with, it is of the utmost importance that you deal with individuals who are skilled in the subject matter and who realize and appreciate their...
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