There Have Been Many Discussions About entertainment and meals deductions under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The answer is different for each. A reference that you might check is IRS Notice 2018-76. Put that in your browser and you have your answers. My understanding is that deductions for entertainment, amusement, or recreation are kaput, […]
Kathy Kraninger Is The New Director Of The 1,500 Employee Agency She was confirmed by a vote of 50-49 in the Senate and replaces the controversial Acting Director Mick Mulvaney. He was her boss at the Office of Management and Budget. Who Is She? Republicans say that she has been an outstanding government employee for […]
The Last Few Years We Have Been Hearing The Old Refrain, “We Need Inventory” Now, I am hearing the old refrain, “We have too much Inventory”. This Means That What Goes Up, Will Come Down What comes around, goes around; stay long enough in one spot and you will see history repeated. Self-important pundits, prognosticators, […]
The Golden Globes Awards Ceremony Is Coming On January 6th Their nominations have already been announced. The LA and NY Film Critics have announced their winners and the Biggie, the Academy Awards, is coming soon. We know the critics many times have no concept of what is a good movie. It seems like they love […]
Many Of You Send Me Very Appreciated Comments About The Newsletters, Facebook, And The Blog Now I would like some advice from you. Think quid pro quo. In 2019 DGI wants to renew a program that we had years ago. We will do short 2-3 hour non-credit-courses at low or no cost. We would cover […]
When I Started I Knew That I Wanted To Sell Apartment Houses By syndicating them and then property managing them during our ownership. To do this I found that my best sources for leads was teaching at UCLA in their evening Real Estate classes, speaking at Apartment Association meetings, and regularly reconnecting with previous clients. […]
The Headline Says It All Each year I post this and we always receive responses from readers who found money for themselves or others. About 580,000 claims were filed in the 2017-18 fiscal year totaling about $309 million. The average amount of money paid out was $534, according to the controller’s office. BTW, they have […]
One Of Our Loyal Students: “I couldn’t believe my good fortune today walking into my class and the real estate legend, Duane Gomer, was the instructor teaching the class! I took My first class from Duane in 1981. Great class, great stories and super knowledge. Thanks, Duane! — with Duane Gomer at Downey Association of REALTORS®.”
From My Websters: To Be First Or Best In, Or As If In A Contest Lots of discussion about winning right now involving World Series, football, round ball, elections, etc. There are thousands of famous quotes from famous people about this topic such as winning is the only thing, everything, second after breathing, second place […]
The Orange County Realtors Led by David and Cassie has scheduled an outstanding speaker to present numerous seminars at the Association. His name is Craig Grant from Florida and he is known as the Real Estate Tech Guru. His forte is Social Media. His seminars are expensive normally, but OCR presents them free to members. I […]
