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Quicken Rental Property Manager Other products by Intuit This item is currently not available. Customers also shopped for these similar items . Platform: Windows XP / Me / 2000 Media: CD-ROM See more pictures | System requirements Features: Schedule E category list shows what's deductible. Designed for rental property owners; ideal for fewer than 10 rental properties Easily organize rental income and expenses in one place Two-step set up; simply install and enter basic property information Details property performance; instant answers to questions about profitability Manufacturers, merchants, and enthusiasts: Submit a product manual for this item. Amazon.com Sales Rank: Today: #1,494 in Software Yesterday: #1,418 in Software ASIN: B00078UK2I Item model number: 294120 Date first available at Amazon: December 27, 2004 Average Customer Review: Based on 5 reviews. Write a review . Popular in: Harrisburg, PA(#18) , Cape Coral, FL(#11) Customers who bought this itemalso bought these items: Quicken 2005 Premier Home & Business [Old Version] by Intuit Quicken 2005 Premier [Old Version] by Intuit Quicken Premier Home & Business 2006 by Intuit, Inc. Quicken Medical Expense Manager by Intuit, Inc. Explore Similar Items : 15 in Software , and 18 in Books What similar items do customers ultimately buy after viewing this item? 1% buy Real Estate Pro 4.1 by Multicast Media Pty Limited 1% buy MYOB Business Essentials Pro 2005 by MYOB US Explore Similar Items : 7 in Software , and 4 in Books Customers who viewed this itemalso viewed: Quicken Rental Property Manager 2.0 by Intuit Dolf De Roos' Real Estate Investor's College: Real Estate Investing for Everyone (Audio and DVD Success) by Topics Product Description From the Manufacturer Quicken Rental Property Manager, designed for rental property owners like you, lets you easily keep an ongoing record of your critical income and expenses. Quickly get the information you need at tax time, and take the deductions you deserve. With just a click, see how your properties are performing! Benefits: Organize all your information in one place. Replace shoeboxes, spreadsheets, folders, and hand-written information with one simple solution. Ideal for fewer than 10 rental properties. Track all your income, expenses, and tax information. While less than 10 properties is recommended, some users track over 40 rental properties with multiple units. Get the tax deductions you deserve. The Schedule E category list shows you what's deductible. See how your properties are performing. Get instant answers to your questions about profitability. Two steps and you're set up. Just install the software and enter basic information about your properties. Designed for and tested by rental property owners like you. That's why it's so easy to use! Plus, you get a 60-day money-back guarantee. One year* free technical support. Ask questions and give feedback at http://www.quickenrental.com/support. Features: Save time at tax time Save time retrieving financial information when you're doing taxes. No frantic searching for the right receipts and paid invoices at tax time! Easily categorize your financial information throughout the year using the income and expense log. And don't worry about having to do the math. Quicken Rental Property Manager automatically generates tax reports that you or your accountant can use to prepare your Schedule E tax forms. Maximize deductions Take every deduction you deserve. It's easy to capture allowable deductions all year as you record your expenses. You'll find your deductible expenses in the Schedule E category list. Flag deductions you're not sure about. Can't find the right category for a particular expense? Just choose "not sure", and at tax time you can print out a report for your accountant, who can help you make the right choices. Track your vehicle mileage with every entry. This is a deduction many property owners miss! Don't worry; we'll do all the calculations for you. See how your properties are doing Find out how your rental properties are performing. Which of your properties are profitable, or more profitable than the others? Find out if you're earning more than you're spending, or vice versa, by running reports that track your cash flow by each property over time. You'll have your answers in seconds. Compare performance month-by-month. You can check up on profitability for each property you own from one month to the next. Drill down for details. If you're not sure where a number in a report is coming from, just click on it. You'll be taken directly to the transaction that the number is based on. Get up and running in no time Two steps and you're set up. It's easy to get started. Just enter the basics--property names, the number of units per property--and start tracking your income and expenses right away. Our easy-to-use setup will guide you through the process. Memorized transactions cut down data entry. You won't have to enter similar data twice. Quicken Rental Property Manager remembers transactions and fills them in for you wherever applicable. One simple entry for mortgage payments. As you enter your monthly payments, don't worry about separating the interest from the principal. When you get your 1098, you can itemize the interest on the Tax Summary Report in one click. Designed for and tested by rental property owners like you. That's why it's so easy to use! Free technical support for one year*. Refer to the in-product help menu or visit http://www.quickenrental.com/support (or call 1-877-683-3274) to ask us questions or give us feedback at any time. *Offer available for one year from the date of purchase. Registration required. Additional terms, conditions, and limitations apply and are subject to change without notice. Quicken Rental Property Manager is a standalone product designed specifically to support the unique needs of rental property owners and at this point does not integrate with Quicken personal finance or TurboTax software. Product Description Organize your rental income and expenses in one place. New! Quicken Rental Property Manager, offers the easiest way to organize critical income and expense records in one place. We’ll help you eliminate the paperwork hassles, making tax preparation a much easier process. •Integration with Quicken® Personal Finance or Turbo Tax® software is not available. See all product description... Spotlight Reviews (What's this?) Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers. 58 of 63 people found the following review helpful: User Unfriendly , March 29, 2005 Reviewer: Ryan P. Mcgovern (St. Paul, MN)- See all my reviews Poor program. It is not compatable with any other quicken software, and does not allow for any bank/ccard downloads. You need to enter each item individually, making it very time consuming. This is no better than a simple excel spreadsheet. Was this review helpful to you? ( Report this ) 53 of 55 people found the following review helpful: More of what you don't need, none of what you do. Can I give it a negative star? , June 23, 2005 Reviewer: PBNTOAU "pbntoau" (Illinois)- See all my reviews I've been managing rental property for about 15 years, starting with 2 buildings and 10 units at the beginning and now with 25 units in 5 buildings, containing a mix from studios and 1-bedrooms up to 4-bedroom apartments. I recently decided to update from a very old version of Quicken, and since they had this program specifically for rental properties, I thought I'd found a perfect match. I couldn't have been more wrong. You would think that a company that has made accounting software for this long would understand the most basic needs, like a running total alongside each transaction (which even my 7-year old edition of Quicken had). Nope. There is only a single running total. Make a mistake, and it is virtually impossible to backtrack and find. How about a field for your check number, the singular way to identify your checks/transactions? It doesn't have one. One of the 8 or so automatic fields they do give you is unit number. Problem is, it's a simple numeric assignment based on the number of units you input when you create each building's account, and it can't be altered. Apartments lettered instead of numbered, numbered in partial sequence, alpha-numeric, by floors, cardinal direction, etc? Tough luck. These are just a few of the problems or basic design flaws I've come across. It took several painstaking hours to transfer the entries from my old software and books into this new software, and now I'm stuck until I either find the time to transfer the data to something I trust, or I continue to use this program until the end of the year. It's half baked, and that's putting it lightly. I wouldn't recommend it for even the most entry-level rental property owners or managers. I can't imagine a big firm using it. Regular quicken costs half as much (though even that's getting horrible reviews on Amazon). The previous reviewer said it's no better than a simple excel spread sheet. I'd go further and say it's worse. Save your time and money, and just create a simple excel file. Was this review helpful to you? ( Report this ) All Customer Reviews Average Customer Review: Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: Program stinks! , November 16, 2005 Reviewer: Robert J. Uyttebroek "Disgusted with Intuit" - See all my reviews I bought the software about a month ago. Everything was working fine until a prompt for an update came across. The update process removed the aplication from my computer. Attempts to re-install the product were fruitless. The program is now worthless. Attempts to get a response from Intuit were also fruitless. Last time I buy an Intuit product and my advise is for everyone not to buy this worthless product and any other Intuit product. Was this review helpful to you? ( Report this ) 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: Better than Paper, But Not Full Featured like Quicken , November 9, 2005 Reviewer: William Perez "About.com Guide to Tax Planning" (San Francisco, CA United States)- See all my reviews QRPM is a stand-alone software program for tracking rental income and expenses. It does not integrate with Quicken, Quickbooks, or Excel. It does allow you to export to TurboTax, but that's the extent of integration. QRPM is designed to replace paper-based systems, such as ledgers, envelopes, scratch paper, and checklists. This is not a full-fledged accounting software, so if you are looking for robust bookkeeping features (online banking downloads, bill payments, cost basis accounting), you are better off spending a few hours to customize Quicken or Quickbooks. Otherwise, for what QRPM does, it does well. In Version 2 you can add up to 100 properties and up to 100 units per property. You can name your units anything you want (such as "24A," or "Garage"). QRPM is designed to track rents and basic expenses. You can quickly see which tenants have paid, who hasn't paid, who has paid late, and which leases are expiring. QRPM is great at tracking this basic information. For anything more advanced, you'll want to develop customized categories (in Quicken) or accounts (in Quickbooks) along with customized reports to get a quick overview of your rental properties. Was this review helpful to you? ( Report this ) 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful: Like a spreadsheet, but less useful , September 11, 2005 Reviewer: W. Lundin - See all my reviews This Rental Property Manager is like having one register for each property to track credits and debits. Some reports. Thats it. Using the regular Quicken Basic, with a Banking account and a Property/Asset account, works better and gives you a way to compare operating expenses, income, mortgage/loan information, and property value. Since its scope is limited, having shorter lists of categories and tax schedules and lines to worry about than in the regular Quicken software, but the limited scope and higher cost for a focused subset of Quicken Basic? Not so useful. Was this review helpful to you? ( Report this ) See all 5 customer reviews... So You'd Like To... Work Less and Earn More :by carlamarie , Business Guru BE A REAL ESTATE INVESTOR :by G. 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Real Estate Broker License

California Department of Real Estate: Real Estate Broker License California Home DRE Home What's new About DRE Careers at DRE DRE Records Consumers Escrow Violations Examinees Licensees Subdivisions Real Estate Law Regulations Publications Forms FAQs Links Index Department of Real Estate My CA Real Estate Broker License indicates an item is in Portable Document Format (PDF). You will need Adobe Reader (or an Adobe Acrobat product) to view it. Click on the icon below to download a free copy of Adobe Reader. Click here for information about using Adobe Reader. Minimum Requirements to Apply for the Broker Exam and License To obtain a real estate broker license, you must first qualify for and pass a written examination. Those who pass the examination are provided a license application which must be submitted to and approved by the DRE. For complete statutory requirements and qualification patterns, see Instructions to License Applicants . Age : To apply for a license, you must be 18 years of age or older. Residence : License applicants must provide Proof of Legal Presence in the U.S. If not a California resident, see Out-of-State Applicants . Honesty : License applicants must be honest and truthful. Conviction of a crime may result in the denial of a license. Failure to disclose any criminal violation or disciplinary action in an applicant's entire history may also result in the denial of a license. For further information, see Help Avoid Denial of Your License Application and Application Eligibility Information (RE 222) . Experience : A minimum of two years full-time licensed salesperson experience within the last five years or the equivalent is required. For further information, see Documenting Experience Requirements for the Broker Examination . Education : Applicants for a real estate broker license examination must have successfully completed the following eight statutorily required college-level courses: Real Estate Practice Legal Aspects of Real Estate Real Estate Finance Real Estate Appraisal Real Estate Economics or Accounting And three* courses from the following group: Real Estate Principles Business Law Property Management Escrows Real Estate Office Administration Mortgage Loan Brokering and Lending Advanced Legal Aspects of Real Estate Advanced Real Estate Finance Advanced Real Estate Appraisal Computer Applications in Real Estate Common Interest Developments * If both Real Estate Economics and Accounting are taken, only two courses from the above group are required. Continuing education offerings do not satisfy the college-level course requirements for this examination. Each college-level course must be a minimum of three semester-units or four quarter-units. The courses must be completed prior to being scheduled for an examination. Copies of official transcripts are generally acceptable evidence of completed courses. Transcripts of other courses, submitted as an equivalent course of study in lieu of the statutory courses, must be accompanied by an official course or catalog description in order to be evaluated. Broker qualification courses must be completed at an institution of higher learning accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges or by a comparable regional accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education, or by a private real estate school which has had its courses approved by the California Real Estate Commissioner. Courses completed through foreign institutions of higher learning must be evaluated by a foreign credentials evaluation service approved by the Department of Real Estate. See Examination Applicant Foreign Education Information (RE 223) . NOTE: Applicants who have completed the eight college-level courses statutorily required for the broker examination and license are eligible to take the salesperson examination without providing further evidence of education or experience. Back to Top of Page Conditions of Use | Privacy Policy | Tech Problems 2003 State of California This page last modified on Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Real Estate Agent Moorestown

Burlington County Real Estate Agent, Camden County Homes for Sale, Moorestown NJ Realtor Burlington County Homes for Sale - Camden County Real Estate Agent Moorestown Realtor - New Jersey Roxanne Ardary " Real Estate Rox " 202 W. Main St. Moorestown, NJ Office: 856-235-1950 Direct: 609-346-8209 About Roxanne Meet Roxanne Contact Roxanne Credentials Realtor ® Licensed New Jersey Real Estate Agent Featured Homes 1 Rosewood Ln Moorestown, NJ $1,395,000 410 Windrow Clusters Moorestown, NJ $695,000 Search for Homes Showcased Homes Burlington County Real Estate Camden County Real Estate Home Selling Home Buying Burlington County Market Conditions Camden County Market Conditions Burlington County Over 55 Communities (55+) Camden County Over 55 Communities (55+) Local Area Info City Demographics Relocation Directory Real Estate Resources Useful Sites Site Map The Sign of a Smart Move. Roxanne Ardary, Weichert Realtors Your New Jersey Realtor® Please read our disclaimer and our privacy statement. All information provided is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and should be independently verified. Burlington County Service Areas Beverly Bordentown Twp Browns Mills Burlington City Burlington Twp Chesterfield Cinnaminson Delanco Delran Eastampton Edgewater Park Evesham Florence Hainesport Lumberton Maple Shade Marlton Medford Medford Lakes Moorestown Mount Holly Mount Laurel Palmyra Pemberton Boro Pemberton Twp Riverside Riverton Shamong Southampton Springfield Tabernacle Westampton Willingboro Camden County Service Areas Audobon Barrington Bellmawr Berlin Brooklawn Camden Cherry Hill Clementon Collingswood Gibbsboro Gloucester City Gloucester Twp Haddon Heights Haddon Twp Haddonfield Hi Nella Laurel Springs Lawnside Lindenwold Magnolia Merchantville Mt. Ephraim Oaklyn Pennsauken Pine Hill Runnemede Somerdale Stratford Voorhees Waterford Winslow Woodlynne Disclaimer: Any reference to specific products, companies or services does not necessarily constitute or imply recommendation or endorsement by the owner of this site or her broker Weichert, Realtors Idaho Realtors California Relocation Real-Estate-Agents.com Real Estate Roster Roxanne Ardary Weichert, Realtors 202 W. Main St Moorestown, NJ 08057 Direct:(609)346-8209 Office: (856)235-1950 x 104 Fax: (856)235-1194 Email: info@roxanneardary.com Return to Burlington County Real Estate, Camden County Homes for Sale, Moorestown NJ Realtor Home Page Disclaimer • Contact Roxanne • Site Map • NJ Agency Relationships Equal Housing Opportunity Burlington County Real Estate • Camden County Real Estate • Home Buying • Home Selling Moorestown Real Estate • Mount Laurel Real Estate • Cherry Hill Real Estate Relocation Agent Directory Web Site Design and Hosting Provided By: Advanced Access © 1998-2005

Home Mortgage

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Texas Land

Bush and the Texas Land Grab Bush and the Texas Land Grab July 16, 2002 By Nicholas D. Kristof Editorial Op-Ed To submit a Letter to the Editor: letters@nytimes.com Democrats and media hounds are baying under the wrong tree. The point in President Bush's business career where he took outrageous shortcuts was not at Harken Energy, but rather when he was grabbing land for a new baseball stadium in Arlington for his Texas Rangers baseball team. Mr. Bush broke no laws. Neither do the overwhelming majority of corporate executives. The cloud over the business world comes not so much from lawbreaking as from avaricious bruising of the public interest. The challenge is not catching criminals but injecting public scrutiny into a culture of cronyism in which executives, accountants, regulators and "independent" board members all ooze empathy for each other. When Asia had its economic crisis in 1997-98, Americans properly trashed its "crony capitalism." But we suffer from the same affliction ourselves, and President Bush will not address the issue seriously because cronyism has been his way of life -- the Bushes call it loyalty. I have a stack of court documents from Arlington that portray the "sordid and shocking tale" of the Rangers stadium, as one lawsuit puts it. Essentially, Mr. Bush and the owners' group he led bullied and misled the city into raising taxes to build a $200 million stadium that in effect would be handed over to the Rangers. As part of the deal, the city would even confiscate land from private owners so that the Rangers owners could engage in real estate speculation. "It was a $200 million transfer to Bush and Rangers owners," complains Jim Runzheimer, an anti-tax campaigner in Arlington. William Eastland, a leading Republican in Arlington, is also outraged, and puts it this way: "You're using public money for a private purpose." Mr. Eastland was a Bush delegate to the Republican National Convention in 2000 but still believes that the Bush group behaved shadily and against the public interest. Local voters overwhelmingly approved the deal, so maybe we shouldn't get so exercised by star-struck local officials giving $200 million to rich baseball owners. But the most unseemly part of the deal was that Mr. Bush and the Rangers' owners conspired with city officials to seize private property that would be handed over to the Bush group. "A group of wealthy and influential people threatened and traded their way into an unprecedented takeover of government power and private property in an awesome display of greed and avarice," charges a lawsuit by the landowners, in what strikes me as a fair recitation of events. Another suit charges that the deal "can only be described as astounding, unprecedented and blatantly illegal." A copy of the secret agreement among Mr. Bush and the other Rangers owners shows that they intended to make money not just by running a baseball club but also by land speculation. For example, one owner found a nice chunk of land and sent a memo suggesting that it "sounds like another condemnation candidate if you want to work the site into your master plan," according to the court documents. Another of the owners' internal memos casts a proprietary gaze on a property and declares: "We plan to condemn this land." For a group of financiers to go around town admiring properties and deciding which to seize through the government power of condemnation so that they can acquire free land and speculate on it is appalling. Even Kazakhstan would blush at such practices. Horace Kelton, for example, owned land that the Rangers wanted. The owners got Arlington to seize it, with the city paying less than $1.50 per square foot even though it had previously paid $10 a square foot for other land nearby. "It was an extremely low price, and that's why we had a court case that lasted seven years," Mr. Kelton recalled. Eventually, his family got $11 a square foot. In fairness, Mr. Bush was simply being a hard-nosed businessman. He did a great job leading the owners' group, and it's hard to take seriously the caricature of him as unintelligent when he led the Rangers so lucratively. Indeed, his $14 million profit on the Rangers financed his entry into politics. But it's also a sordid tale of cronyism, of misuse of power, of cozy backroom money-grubbing -- a more pressing threat to American business than outright criminality. LINK to source