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Home Business Office Deductions May be Taxable Upon Resale Sunday, January 4, 2009
Come tax time, most home owners who work out of the house are relieved they can count on certain home business office tax deductions. Those tax deductions can come back to...
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Should You Buy a Home With a Wet Basement? Thursday, January 1, 2009
Mold isn't the only concern in a home with a wet basement. Shortly after I bought an 1898 Victorian in Minneapolis, my basement flooded. It was a hard July rain, the...
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Buying and Selling Simultaneously is Trickier if Moving Across Country Tuesday, December 30, 2008
If you have a home to sell, buying and selling at the same time involves a few more steps than those first-time home buyers face, but it can also be...
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Buying or Selling in a Down Market Requires Strategy Sunday, December 28, 2008
At holiday parties, mall shopping or out to lunch with friends, anywhere I see people, I'm constantly barraged with questions about the falling real estate market. Everybody wants to know where...
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How to Cancel a Contract Thursday, December 25, 2008
Here’s what real estate agents and brokers don’t want you to know: contracts are not always 100% binding, even if the agent tells you that you can’t cancel the contract. There...
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