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Who Pays America’s Highest (and Lowest) Property Taxes? | Zillow Blog
Highest Property Taxes as a Percent of Home Value Allegany County, NY (3.76%) Milwaukee County, WI (3.68%) Kendall County, IL (3.57%) Sullivan County, NY (3.56%) Orleans County, NY (3.49%) Lowest Property Taxes as a Percent of Home Value Caroline County, VA (0.17%) Catahoula County, LA and Randolph AR (0.2%) Iberville County, LA and Cumberland County, […]
Average American Net Worth of $77,300 – Homeownership’s Impact on Net Worth
A recent study by the Federal Reserve found that: The average American family has a net worth of $77,300 Of that net worth, 61.4% ($47,500) of it is in home equity A homeowner’s net worth is over thirty times greater than that of a renter The average homeowner has a net worth of $174,500 while […]
Change Your Passwords – ‘Heartbleed’ Internet security flaw exposes passwords – Spokesman.com – April 9, 2014
Change all of your passwords….A lapse in Internet security has exposed millions of passwords, credit card numbers and other sensitive bits of information to potential theft by computer hackers who may have been secretly exploiting the problem before its discovery. The breakdown revealed this week affects the encryption technology that is supposed to protect online accounts […]
Northwest sales hinge on one key problem | 2014-04-04 | HousingWire
As Seattle goes – so goes Spokane County (in a couple of years)…… Tight inventory supply is holding back the housing recovery in the Northwest as brokers report rising prices on fewer sales in March. Northwest Multiple Listing Service recorded that there were 9,183 pending sales during the month, roughly 300 fewer than the same […]
Are real estate ‘paper brokerages’ the next big thing in real estate? | Inman News
Are real estate “paper brokerages” — companies that join multiple listing services in order to access and display MLS listing data online, but don’t provide brokerage services to consumers — the next big thing in real estate? It’s increasingly common for brokers to get licensed in states outside of their home turf. Are ‘paper brokerages’ […]
If Divorcing, Divide Investments With Care – WSJ.com
When it comes to negotiating a divorce, many couples give relatively little attention to retirement and investment accounts—seeing them as pots of money that can be simply split in two. That’s often a mistake. Accounts and their contents require careful examination before a “fair” division can be determined. Various types of retirement accounts have their […]
Real Estate Professionals (investors & brokers) – Make Sure You Maximinze Your Deductions
A real estate professional (investor or broker) who owns rental property is allowed to deduct an unlimited amount of rental losses each year. No one else can do this. Real estate pros can because they are not subject to the dreaded passive loss rules. But it gets even better. Real estate professionals are also not […]