It’s no secret that we are experiencing a dramatic financial evolution following the Great Recession, and it is having a profound effect on the real estate, lending and securities industries. But today, depending upon your personal financial position, you could be looking at extraordinary possibilities that did not exist until recently. Now five years after the [...]
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Calling all architects, Builders, home designers, landscape architects, Bay Area Realtors: Modern Home Tours is proud to present the first annual Silicon Valley Modern Home Tour. The Deadline to submit is March 9, 2012 so you will need to act fast!!! They are also currently seeking sponsors if you’d like to put your brand in front of Modern [...]
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Roughly 25% of the real estate purchased in the Silicon Valley since January 2010 has been paid for with cash. That’s right–cold hard cash. In case anyone is wondering, the Silicon Valley still has a lot of money floating around, and Los Altos is considered one of the wealthiest places in the United States (according [...]
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It has been argued that the American legal system unduly promotes and encourages a litigious society, with California often cited as evidence for the validity of this argument. Other states, in turn, often consult – and frequently follow – California legal precedent when addressing for themselves legal issues which California has previously considered. For this [...]
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When a taxpayer sells an investment property and implements a 1031 tax deferred exchange, there are a few time period requirements the taxpayer must follow. 1031 taxpayers have 45 days from the sale of the relinquished (old) property to identify new property to purchase. The deadline for completing the exchange is the earlier of 180 [...]
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Getting a group of interested parties together to purchase real estate can provide great advantages. You can purchase real estate of higher value that what may be available to you individually. It can also be a great way to get started with real estate investing. However, there are some steps you should follow to avoid [...]
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Real estate investors have various “tools” in their investment “toolboxes” which can be used to increase both the net value and diversity of a real estate portfolio. One powerful “tool” is the Like-Kind Exchange, also known as Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code or the “1031 Exchange”. Tax obligations are a major obstacle to [...]
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