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If you don’t have a credit card, you really should get one. Today, almost everyone in America has one, and so should you. Using a credit card is an important way to build better credit. But if your credit rating is so bad that you can’t get a credit card, don’t worry. Help is available. [...]

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When you use private money for real estate investing there are several clauses your lending agreements should never be without. One of those clauses is the “No Pre-Payment Penalty” clause. Here’s how it works.
When you borrow private money for real estate investing, you’re accomplishing a great deal. You’re protecting your credit, and maximizing your borrowing [...]

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May 14, 2008 by David

If you’re looking for a place to get more information on real estate foreclosures, then you should take a look at “The Foreclosure Investor’s Cheat Sheet: 100 Useful Web Resources” over at International Listings. It provides 100 different links to articles, forums, websites, auctions, blogs, tutorials, and more.
It’s not often you [...]

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by Donnie Taylor
PBS INTERVIEW WITH MELVIN OLIVER
edited transcript
Sociologist Melvin Oliver is vice president of asset building and community development at the Ford Foundation and co-author of Black Wealth, White Wealth.
What inspired your studies of race and wealth?
When I went to UCLA it was the common experience of many African American faculty that they could not [...]

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Saturday, February 2, 2008

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As regular as the sun rising, here again is my unsolicited, unbiased, undervalued and unwarranted weekend blog roundup of favorite real estate and investment blog articles of the week. If you have a blog article that you think it is particularly interesting, send it to my and I will have my crack [...]

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Posted in short sale by debt kid on the January 18th, 2008
Homeowners who are in financial difficulties and facing foreclosure often opt for a short sale in order to escape the foreclosure process. A short sale simply means that the amount of the mortgage balance owed is greater than the current market value of your [...]

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The Primary Residence taxation, the Residential Replacement Rollover, Sec. 1034 exception is gone. Previous capital losses still apply, if the property is held as investment property and sold at a loss and that loss can be carried over for up to 7 years. For those over age 55 the primary residence or residential sale exclusion [...]

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By Alan L. Olsen, CPA MBA (tax)
Managing Partner
Greenstein Rogoff Olsen & Co. LLP Wealth management is an important issue for those with substantial assets to protect. Many people incorrectly assume that their estates will escape federal estate tax [...]

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If you sold your main home and made a profit, you may be able to exclude that profit from your taxable income. Here’s how it works.
$250,000 Exclusion on the Sale of a Main Home
Individuals can exclude up to $250,000 in profit from the sale of a main home (or $500,000 for a married couple) as [...]

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