The National Association Of Realtors Has A Herd Of Attorneys Analyzing The Tax Cuts & Jobs Act There is some good news for agents who qualify as independent contractors or pass-through business owners with personal service income. Here Is An Excerpt From Their Latest Article On The Subject: “Major Provisions Affecting Real Estate Professional” […]
Three New Amendment Proposals Have Just Been Distributed By BRE The Notices have been sent to interested parties of which I guess I “are” one. No Public Hearings are scheduled at this time. However, there is a written comment period so you can send in your opinions. The comments must be submitted by 17:00 hours […]
Jeff Lazerson Is The Mortgage Loan Weekly Columnist For The Orange County Register Real Estate Section The section was voted BEST REAL SECTION IN THE U.S. OF A. by the National Rating Service beating out all the biggies around the country. They have Jon Lansner and Jeff Collins as outstanding on-staff writers and several […]
Yes, That Statement Is Correct You can buy a rental home with one of your IRA’s. Financial Planners talk about diversification of your portfolio. Think that some Real Estate might be better than all in the Stock Market at this time. Start moving and check out Purchase with an IRA or as we have […]
For Years Our Family Has Been Involved In Contests Picking The Winners Of The Academy Awards Doing this, I believe that I have learned a few things. For example, you never pick which movie you hope wins, because it never works. Someone would probably do a better job picking if they had not seen any […]
Oscars Coming Sunday This week new movies were added to view at home before the Awards. Two possible winners are out today on demand. Lady Bird (Set in Sacramento, CA with two acting nominations of Laurie Metcalf for supporting and Saoirse Ron for best actress), and 3 Billboards (three actor nominees, McDormand, Harrelson, and Rockwell). […]
I Call It The New Tax Cuts Not too much reform in my opinion, and I believe that my tax return due April 15, 2019 will be more complicated than ever before. Now, the 1986 Act that was reform. It sure reformed the Commercial Real Estate Business when it drastically changed depreciation rates and did […]
BRE Just Sent An Alert Concerning Education For California Real Estate Licensees Also, any others interested in BRE approved classes. This should be read by all Affiliates, Association, and students who partner up with providers, as BRE calls joint ventures on Education. There Is One Very Interesting Link It is entitled: Current list of disciplined […]
Time Is Money – Money Is Time Many licensees forget to evaluate their time and many senior citizen licensees are thinking in the past. If you want to gross $100,000.00 their year, you must earn $2,000.00 a week (2 week unpaid vacation). That works out to $50.00 an hour for a 40 hour week. If you […]
CFPB Will Pull Back, Act With ‘Humility,’ Internal Memo Says The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will pull back its enforcement actions and act with “humility and moderation” according to an internal memo. The memo, obtained by Reuters on Monday, said that the CFPB will seek to promote a free market for financial services. “If there […]
