Now’s a perfect time of year to create a plan for how you can tweak and hack your home to be a happier place. Here are a few inexpensive suggestions: 1. Paint like a scientist. Studies show that painting rooms colors that are consistent with their purpose actually makes a home’s residents happier than they …
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West Coast Foreclosure Starts Plunge in September: ForeclosureRadar “Foreclosure starts fell dramatically in all five West Coast states tracked by Foreclosure Radar, confirming suspicions that a foreclosure wave may not arrive… …In September, foreclosure starts in Nevada fell 40.1 percent from the prior month and in Oregon, foreclosure starts fell 40 percent during the same …
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Persistently declining for-sale home inventory helped push the median price of California homes up to its highest level in four years in August, according to a report by the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. Closed sales of existing single-family homes in the Golden State also saw gains, rising 2.3 percent on an annual basis in August …
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Generally, if you exchange investment property solely for investment property of a like kind, gain may be deferred into the future under Internal Revenue Code Section 1031. If as part of the exchange, you also receive other (not like-kind) property or money, gain is recognized to the extent of the other property and money received. …
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