How A 1031 Exchange Helps Real Estate Investors

Article by Nicky Michael Section 1031 in the Internal Revenue Service is a boon for a prospective investor, selling an investment property and wanting to make a profit by reinvesting in a similar property elsewhere in the country. This wonderful concept works on the principle of gain rolling from the old to the new. There … Read more

Gold, Paper, And The Monster Lurking That Will Eat Your Purchasing Power

The Global Financial Crisis is shining more light on the cancer that is destroying the purchasing power, of the average person, for the next several generations. The monster lurking in the near future is not an imminent invasion from foreign forces or a loss of freedom to move about, but a decline in the value … Read more

Help with Common IRS Problems

Article by IRS Help There are many problems you can run into with the IRS. The following is an overview and helpful information on some of these confusing issues. · IRS Penalties· Unfiled Tax Returns· IRS Liens· IRS Audits· Payroll Tax Problems· IRS Levies· IRS Seizures· Wage Garnishments RS Penalties The penalizes millions of taxpayers … Read more

Credit Counseling Myths and Filing Bankruptcy

Article by Nick Spearman Most of the online information, or misinformation, about credit counseling is on websites designed to sell credit counseling services. Learning about credit counseling from these websites is like learning about cars from a used car salesman. Credit counseling sounds benign, just giving advice on how to manage debt to people who … Read more

EB-5 Investor Visa (U.S. Tax Issues)

Co-authored by Jordan L. Eftekari, Esq. (1)     Introduction On November 2, 2007, the Wall Street Journal published an article: “Got 0,000?  The U.S. Awaits (Government’s EB-5 Program Offers Foreign Investors Green Cards for Job Creation)”. A Federal program known as EB-5 (Immigrant-Investor Visa), administered by the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (“USCIS”), encourages foreign investors … Read more