The Effects of Flipping on Your Taxes

If you are looking at making a quick hundred-thousand on real estate flipping, you may find it is quick, but not as lucrative as you thought. With housing prices on the rise across the nation, flipping has become the hottest investment trend. You buy a property and quickly resell it at a higher price. Most … Read more

Godrej Properties to File for Ipo in Few Days – TV

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Godrej Industries Ltd chairman Adi Godrej said on Tuesday the group’s real estate unit, Godrej Properties, will file papers for an initial public offer with the markets regulator in “a few days”. “We will file the prospectus with SEBI (Securities and exchange Board of India) in a few days,” Godrej told … 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

FHA Streamline Refinance Loan Is The Easy Way To Refinance!

A FHA Streamline Refinance Loan could be your answer to your problems if you are behind in your mortgage payments or other bills such as credit cards or car payments.  You don’t want to lose your home to foreclosure so you need to know your options for refinancing your mortgage loan. A helpful challenge is … Read more

1031 Exchanges: How to Avoid Capital Gains on the Sale of an Investment Property

Do you have an investment property that you would like to sell, but defer the capital gains taxes? If so, then you need to consider a 1031 exchange: A 1031 exchange, otherwise known as a “tax deferred exchange” is a strategy and method for selling one investment property and then proceeding with an acquisition … Read more