Airbnb’s Valuation May Have the Hotel Industry Shaking – TheStreet
We’re using Airbnb ourselves for our vacation. I’m also being asked more often by clients my thoughts on the legal issues of renting rooms/houses/vacation places through Airbnb. I’m a fan but keep in mind that there are tax and insurance issues for which you need to be aware of if you are going to use […]
Fake IRS Agents Swindle More Than $1 Million from Victims – News Channel Daily
MARCH 22, 2014 BY ELLEN WILSON American taxpayers have lost at least $1 million to a phone scam in which callers portray themselves as Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents, the IRS inspector general said Thursday. The agency has received more than 20, 000 complaints about the swindle in what the U.S. Treasury department reported is […]
Even The Non-Poor Live Paycheck to Paycheck
http://blogs.marketwatch.com/capitolreport/2014/03/21/two-thirds-of-those-who-live-paycheck-to-paycheck-arent-poor/ It’s not just the poor who live paycheck to paycheck. A study from Greg Kaplan and Justin Weidner of Princeton University and Giovanni Violante of New York University finds that two-thirds of the 38 million American households who consume all their disposable income every pay period aren’t poor. The study, released at a Brookings Institution event, […]
Foreclosures climbed in Spokane County last year County tallies record defaults despite gains in home sales
http://www.spokanejournal.com/local-news/foreclosures-climbed-here-last-year/
Spokane County commercial building economy recovering?
The total value of building permits issued in Spokane County soared to a five-year high in 2013 at just over $1 billion in the unincorporated county and the cities of Spokane and Spokane Valley, and they’re off to a fast start again so far this year. http://www.spokanejournal.com/local-news/permit-values-hit-five-year-high-hold-momentum/
TINY HOUSES
A local nonprofit has given a homeless camp a community of tiny houses in Olympia — could they do the same for Spokane? http://www.inlander.com/spokane/tiny-houses/Content?oid=2274657
The 509 Legal Roundup – Law Firm of Robert R. Rowley PS – March_2014
The 509 Legal Roundup – Law Firm of Robert R. Rowley PS.
Washington LLCs have 3 year statute of limitations after dissolution
New case came out today reaffirming the fact that as to Washington LLCs that a creditor of the LLC has three years from the date of dissolution of the LLC within which to file suit against the LLC or the claims are forever barred. In other words, after you let a Washington LLC lapse (usually […]
Buyers flock to foreclosures in 2013 — and many paid all cash – Jan. 23, 2014
All-cash deals accounted for 29.1% of all home purchases last year, up significantly from 19.4% the year before, RealtyTrac said. via Buyers flock to foreclosures in 2013 — and many paid all cash – Jan. 23, 2014.
Foreclosures climbed in Spokane County last year > Spokane Journal of Business
Has the Spokane real estate market really recovered when 2013 foreclosures were up 77% over 2012? “Foreclosure actions completed in Spokane County swelled to a record level in 2013 following a four-year low in 2012, despite other indicators of improving real estate market trends. Last year, the Spokane County Auditor’s Office recorded 1,211 foreclosures on […]