1031 Exchange Qualified Properties
By Jeff Riddell
Over the last several articles, we have covered real estate investing for various age groups, from youngest to oldest. One thing is common to all of the age groups: There will come a time when every real estate investor decides to dispose of his investment. If you don’t like to [...]
Seniors And Real Estate Investing
By Jeff Riddell
Last article, we discussed real estate investing for those folks in the 50-65 age range. Next is the 65-80 group—with due respect because I am one of them, I’ll call them seniors. If you are in this age bracket, it goes without saying that you should have started your [...]
Real Estate Investing For Baby Boomers
By Jeff Riddell
Last article, we discussed middle age real estate investing. Next is the 50-65 bracket—I’ll call them the baby boomers. In my opinion, this is the time to become more conservative in your real estate investing; and more diversified in your real estate holdings regardless of whether you are [...]
Middle Age Real Estate Investing
By Jeff Riddell
Last article we discussed real estate investing by young folks. But what if you are older and your time horizon shorter? Let’s discuss the 35 to 50 age bracket next—I’ll call it middle age. Although many people are well into real estate investing by the time they are in [...]
Why Does The Buyer Need A Survey?
By Steven R. Greenberg
Surveys are involved in almost every real estate transaction, except for transactions involving the sale of a condominium. The Contract for sale of real estate will give the Buyer a limited period of time to both obtain the survey and to put the Seller on written [...]
Real Estate Investing For All Ages
By Jeff Riddell
In the next few articles, we’ll talk about the approach of different age groups to real estate investing. Let’s start with the 20-35 age group; let’s call them beginning wealth builders or BWBs. Unless they won the lottery or inherited a lot of money, BWBs are usually capital [...]
An Overview of the Withholding Requirements for “Foreign Persons”
By Steven R. Greenberg
Effective January 1, 1985, Congress enacted FIRPTA (Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act). The purpose of FIRPTA is to minimize the ability of foreigners (individuals and entities) from taking the proceeds from the sale of U.S. property without paying tax on the profits.
Section [...]
Finally Some Relief For Tenants On Their Foreclosed Rental Property
By Steven R. Greenberg
On May 20, 2009, President Obama signed into law the “Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009″ (the “Act”), which includes the “Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act.” The Act provides new protections for “bonafide” tenants of residential property being foreclosed by a [...]
What’s So Bad About Short Sale Flips?
By Anne Weintraub
REALTORS®, buyers and sellers are being approached by vendors on a daily basis to participate in short sale flips. Short sale flips occur when a third-party individual or business negotiates with the seller’s lender to take a short payoff. The lender relies on the vendor’s package from [...]
Entity Ownership Of Real Estate
By Jeff Riddell
Last article we talked about how individuals can own real estate. Now let’s turn our attention to ownership in an entity. Let’s look at a few.
We’ll start with corporations. You probably know that corporations—other than some federal corporations like banks—are formed under state law. Although corporations are great for [...]
Thursday, January 21, 2010
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