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Getting Ready to Sell Your House Guests and lots of activities make it difficult to show a house during the holidays, so home owners sometimes put off selling their homes until after the first week in January, when life starts returning to normal. If you're in that category take some time to evaluate the condition of your home before you list it with an agent or sell it by owner . Be sure to analyze your situation to determine if selling is your best move, then think about the home's curb appeal and get the interior and exterior in tip-top shape . It's not a bad idea to do a few inspections to make sure the house is ready for potential buyers. Handle as many tasks as you can now and you'll find that the sales process will be a breeze. Monday December 26, 2005 | permalink Before You Buy Gas Logs Gas logs are growing in popularity every year, so manufacturers have geared-up to offer us a wide selection of appliances. You'll find gas logs to put in a hearth, freestanding gas stoves, and fully contained fireplace units that are mounted to a wall. But did you know that the dangerous gas byproducts produced by gas logs is not always vented to the outside? It's important to understand the differences between vented and vent-free logs before you buy a gas log fireplace. Saturday December 24, 2005 | permalink Pros and Cons of Becoming a Real Estate Agent You've decided you want to become a real estate agent, but what's your motivation? Do you understand the type of work real estate agents do and are you savvy about the true pay they receive for their work? It can be a rewarding career choice, but it's definitely not the best option for everyone and there are lots of things to consider before you decide that a real estate career is right for you. Wednesday December 21, 2005 | permalink Step-by-Step Directions Help You Measure Square Footage Each year, home owners discover that their new home's square footage is not the figure that was stated when the house was advertised. Owners sometimes decide to sue the people who were involved in the transaction, especially if the difference is significant. Real estate agents and for sale by owner sellers can reduce their risks of encountering a lawsuit by knowing how use accepted standards to measure and calculate a home's square footage . Get it right the first time so that everyone's happy with the results. Wednesday December 21, 2005 | permalink Buying Land for Your New Home If you've looked and looked, but can't find the perfect combination of land and house, maybe it's time to consider building. And while buying land for your new home can seem intimidating at first, you'll find it really isn't a horrible task if you fine-tune your wants and needs before you start searching for real estate. Tuesday December 20, 2005 | permalink Buying a Home with Great Resale Potential A few generations ago it wasn't unusual for people to live in the same home for many years, somtimes the rest of their lives after becoming homeowners. We're more mobile today, always "moving up" to a larger house or relocating to a new town. So it makes sense to put some thought into buying a home with good resale value , one that will sell easily and put extra dollars in your bank account if you do decide to move. Tuesday December 20, 2005 | permalink What's a Quit Claim Deed? Home buyers usually receive a general warranty deed when they purchase real estate, because it's a type of deed that offers several guarantees from the seller that the title to the property is good. Another document that's sometimes used is a quit claim deed . It works perfectly for some situations, but it's important to understand the limitations of a quit claim deed before accepting one when you purchase real estate. Friday December 16, 2005 | permalink How Credit Scores Are Calculated Everyone looking for a mortgage to buy a home--and that's most of us--finds out right away that credit scores play a huge role in the types of loans and interest rates that are offered to them. It's helpful to study your credit reports and scores before you apply for a mortgage, and to do it as early as possible to give yourself time to correct errors before a lender takes a look. Wednesday December 14, 2005 | permalink Moving Tips and Timeline Buying a home is exciting, but let's face it... moving is a chore. A big one. The only way I know to get through it without an excess of stress is to manage the moving process in little steps instead of letting it overwhelm you at the last minute. Start early and stay organized and you'll be ready for the moving truck before you know it. Monday December 12, 2005 | permalink Typical Home Buyer Closing Costs Closing costs are the expenses associated with buying real estate. You can expect to pay a large chunk of your closing costs the day the trasaction is complete, when the property becomes yours, but some closing expenses are nearly always paid before that day. There's no single set of expenses that every home buyer must pay--every transaction is different--but it's a good idea to become familiar with typical closing costs so that you'll have a better understanding of the items billed to you on your HUD-1 settlement statement . Wednesday December 07, 2005 | permalink Display Latest Headlines | | | Read Archives powered by Movable Type Important disclaimer information about this About site. 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Colorado Real Estate

Telluride Real Estate Corp. - Steve Catsman - Telluride Colorado STEVE CATSMAN THE LOCAL SOURCE FOR TELLURIDE REAL ESTATE As a leading realtor in the Telluride market and Managing Director of Telluride Real Estate Corporation , Steve is dedicated to making the relationship with Buyers and Sellers a friendly, well rounded and rewarding experience. With a dynamic and dedicated real estate staff offering unmatched service and support, a powerful marketing presence and over three decades of experience in selling a variety of Real Estate in Telluride makes Steve Catsman your Local Telluride Real Estate Source . Steve's affiliation with Christie's Great Estates has opened new channels of opportunity, with access to high net worth clientele through a network of more than 650 real estate brokerage offices and 15,000 estate agents in the Christie's Great Estates affiliate network. This network should afford Steve's listing clientele a great deal of exposure on a national and international basis through its full color brochure display program and the Great Estates magazine circulation of over 100,000. Resort Real Estate in Telluride, Colorado Homes, Condos, Land and Ranches Steve has hand picked some of the most exclusive Telluride Homes on the market for his featured homes page. Or if your looking for that weekend ski place try a Telluride Condo. Located downtown by the gondola and chair lifts or slope side in Mountain Village, these condos are one of the best deals on the market. If a legacy is what you desire, Steve suggests Gray Head or a Telluride Land parcel to build the home of your dreams. Sprawling ranches in the Telluride area in excess of 35 acres are avaiable. Contact Steve today to start your search. On our real estate web site you will be able to find almost every realtor property listing in the Telluride area through our Regional Listings Search. Simply click here and start your Telluride Real Estate Property Tour. Steve Catsman Out standing in his field. Would you like to be notified when new real estate listings hits the market? Click here. Telluride Ranches | Telluride | Condos | Homes | Land | Featured Properties | Market Report | Free Brochure Home | Steve's Bio | Sell Your Home | Contact Us | Newsletter | Resources | TREC | News Local Communities: Gray Head , Town of Telluride , Mountain Village , Ridgway , Aldasoro Elk Run , The Preserve , Sunnyside Ranch , Ski Ranches , Diamond Ranch and West Meadows Maps : Mountain Village | Ski Ranches | Telluride | Regional Map | Air Travel Gray Head Development: Overview | Site Plan | Equestrian Center | Owner's Cabin Land Parcels: 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 11c | 16a b c Your Local Source for Telluride Real Estate Steve Catsman, Owner/Director Telluride Real Estate Corporation 970.728.6629 Fax 970.728.4917 EMAIL: steve@catsman.com WWW.CATSMAN.COM 137 W. Colorado, P.O. Box 1739, Telluride, CO 81435

Real Estate Loan

Deductibility of Real-Estate Loan Refinancing Charges Deductibility of Real-Estate Loan Refinancing Charges By Steven V. Melnik E-mail Story Print Story With interest rates at all-time lows, many Americans are refinancing home loans. Because refinancing transactions usually cost thousands of dollars, it is important to know when refinancing expenditures are deductible. Loans Secured by a Principal Residence The IRC defines a principal residence as where the taxpayer spends the most time during any given taxable year. Consequently, principal residence status can change from year to year. As a general rule, taxpayers can deduct points paid for refinancing principal residence loans. IRC section 461(g) defines many fees as points, but only qualifying points are allowed as a deduction. Qualifying points are usually fees paid to the lender for a loan (see the Sidebar for a list of requirements). Loan application, processing, underwriting, and other fees are not deductible. Revenue Procedure 94-27 allows itemized deductions for qualifying points resulting from the purchase of a principal residence. Points paid for refinancing an existing mortgage, however, cannot be immediately deducted. According to IRC section 461(g), those points are deducted over the life of the new loan. To calculate the portion of those points deductible in any particular year, determine the deductible points for each loan payment and multiply by the number of payments made during that year (per payment amortization). For example, consider an individual who paid $1,800 refinancing qualifying points on a principal residence for a 30-year loan requiring 12 payments per year (a total of 360 payments). The $5 allowable deduction for every loan payment is calculated by dividing $1,800 by 360. Six loan payments during the year would result in a $30 itemized deduction, with unamortized points amounting to $1,770. Multiple Refinancing Activities Remaining refinancing points are generally deductible in the year when a second refinancing occurs with a different lender. In the example above, the remaining $1,770 first-loan points would be deductible that year. If the second refinancing is with the same lender, however, the remaining points and any new qualifying points paid would be deductible over the life of the new loan. Points paid during a refinancing transaction are immediately deductible to the extent the new loan is used to substantially improve a principal residence, assuming the requirements listed in the Sidebar are met. Substantial improvements, such as building an addition to a house, qualify. For example, a $60,000 loan from bank B to refinance bank A’s $40,000 loan and a $20,000 house addition would result in one-third of the newly paid qualifying points being deducted that year. Refinancing of Second or Vacation Homes Some Americans are investing in real estate as an alternative to stocks and bonds. Tax rules applicable to vacation and second homes differ from those for primary residences. Points paid for a purchase, substantial improvement, or refinancing of second and vacation homes are generally deductible over the life of the loan. The per-payment amortization method is applicable. Other refinancing-related expenditures increase the tax basis of the home. Rental Properties and Properties Used in a Trade or Business. When refinancing rental properties and properties used in a trade or business, all ordinary and necessary refinancing expenditures are deductible over the life of the loan. Refinance-related expenditures for rental properties are deductible on line 18, Form 1040, Schedule E; for properties used in a trade or business, expenditures are deducted on Form 1040, Schedule C. Other Deductibility Issues When sellers of real estate pay for points on the buyer’s behalf, they are not allowed to deduct those points, but can reduce sales proceeds. Buyers can deduct those points if the property basis is reduced by the same amount. All other refinancing-related expenditures, such as attorney, appraisal, bank, title, and other fees, are not deductible. They do, however, increase the tax basis of the home to the extent they are not deductible. Points are deductible when a cash-basis taxpayer itemizes deductions. Deductibility can be affected, however, when a taxpayer’s adjusted gross income reaches a certain threshold. (The 2003 threshold is $69,750 for married filing separately returns and $139,500 for all others.) The deductibility of refinancing-related expenditures depends upon the type of property securing the refinanced loan, as well as how the loan proceeds are used. The use of the property must be understood, because properties can be used for more than one tax purpose in any given year. It is important to be familiar with the tax consequences of refinancing transactions in order to derive the maximum benefit. Steven V. Melnik, LLM, JD, CPA , is Professor of Tax Law and Director of Graduate Tax Programs at Bernard M. Baruch College, City University of New York. May 2004 Issue Enlarge Cover Features Regulation of Professions by Interstate Compact 20 Questions onTrust, Medicaid, Insurance, and Asset Transfers Accounting for Stock Option Government Procurement Basics More This Issue | Past Issues Home | Contact | Subscribe | Advertise | Archives | NYSSCPA The CPA Journal is broadly recognized as an outstanding, technical-refereed publication aimed at public practitioners, management, educators, and other accounting professionals. It is edited by CPAs for CPAs. 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Sell House

Yahoo! Real Estate - Find Homes for Sale, Apartments for Rent, Loans and Mortgage Rates Yahoo! Real Estate Choose Location Home Find a Home Find a Rental Mortgage and Insurance Moving Tools My Real Estate Real Estate > Resources & Tools > Seller's Library House Facts Seller's Library • Appraisals & Mkt Value • Selling Your Home Q&A • Disclosure • Escrow & Closing Costs • Lease Options • Negotiating • Price the House to Sell • Property Taxes • Seller Financing • Selling at a Loss • Tax Considerations • Whom to Contact • Working with an Agent How do you prepare a house to sell? by HomeGain Doing whatever you can to put your house's best face forward is very important if you want to get close to your asking price or sell as quickly as possible. Short of spending a lot of money, here are several ideas for making your home show better: * Sweep the sidewalk, mow the lawn, prune the bushes, weed the garden and clean debris from the yard. * Clean the windows (both inside and out) and make sure the paint is not chipped or flaking. And speaking of paint, if your home was built before 1978, new federal law gives a buyer the right to request a lead inspection. If you think you might have some problems, do the inspection yourself beforehand and make any fixes you can. * Be sure that the doorbell works. * Clean and spruce up all rooms, furnishings, floors, walls and ceilings. It's especially important that the bathroom and kitchen are spotless. * Organize closets. * Make sure the basic appliances and fixtures work. Get rid of leaky faucets and frayed cords. * Make sure the house smells good: from an apple pie, cookies baking or spaghetti sauce simmering on the stove. Hide the kitty litter. * Put vases of fresh flowers throughout the house. * Having pleasant background music playing in the background also will help set your stage. Yahoo! Real Estate: Post an Ad - Rentals - Neighborhoods - Credit Reports - Schools - Moving - My Real Estate Also on Yahoo!: Classifieds - HotJobs - Maps - Yellow Pages - City Guides - Tickets - Autos - Shopping - Travel - Pets

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Commercial + Investment, Property Estate Agent: Dublin–Cork–Belfast Ireland For Auction/Sale/To Let/Rent HOME CONTACT US ABOUT US NEWS PUBLICATIONS PROPERTY ALERTS SITE MAP Introduction Dublin Office Cork Office Belfast Office Financial Services Introduction Commercial Property At Lisney's offices in Dublin, Belfast and Cork you can get strategic advice on all aspects of commercial property transactions, covering office, retail, leisure, industrial and business space as well as land. Clients benefit from a wide range of services including sales, lettings, acquisitions, development and investment appraisal. Such advice is available to both landlords and tenants/occupiers. In our dealings with landlords, we act for many large, established property developers and investors. Through our alliance with Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker, we provide extensive corporate representation for many global companies operating in Ireland Investment Property Lisney's investment team is active in the institutional, private and tax-based investment markets. Our services include the disposal and acquisition of standing investment portfolios, valuations, advice on forward funding opportunities and joint ventures, as well as on sale and leaseback arrangements. Amongst our many clients are the majority of the large institutions, property companies, state bodies and private investors. Through our association with Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker, Lisney is also in a strategic position to extend and enhance our client investment services around the world. Our International Investment team provide advice to Irish clients seeking international investment opportunities in the UK, mainland Europe and across the United States Lisney has a wide range of investment properties available. For reasons of confidentiality we cannot display all of them. If you are interested in investment property, please contact Dublin office: Ann Hargaden FSCS FRICS Director Lena Clarke ASCS ARICS Divisional Director Anne-Marie Sheehan ASCS ARICS Investment Surveyor International: Duncan Lyster BSc MIAVI Divisional Director Robert Janke BSc MBA EPMIR MIAVI Investment Surveyor Belfast office: Andrew Marsden MRICS Director (Northern Ireland) Cork office: Margaret Kelleher ASCS MRICS Director © Lisney 2004. All Rights Reserved Disclaimer Privacy Statement