Health Insurance Exchanges – A Review

With passing of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) last year, Health Insurance Exchanges (HIX) is poised to play a major role in people’s lives starting from 2014. They would start buying health insurance schemes from nearby stores like any other commodity, say industry experts. Some stores known as Health Insurance Exchanges are already in the … Read more

Real Estate Investing Mistakes To Avoid

Article by Jonas Jonsson You’ve no doubt seen them or read them. Glossy ads or four-color spreads in magazines and newspapers promising to teach you all the juicy details about successful real estate investing. And all you have to do to learn all these real estate investing secrets is to pay a rather high sum … Read more

Convert A 1031 Tax-Free Exchange Property Into Your Primary Residence

Article by Jeanette Joy Fisher There are currently some 15 million Americans who own real estate investment property, and more and more of them are discovering the advantages of using 1031 tax-free exchanges for deferring capital gains taxes when they sell. A 1031 exchange is a provision in the IRS code that permits investment property … Read more

What You Should Know About the 1031 Exchange

If you are into the real estate business, particularly in renting a property, it is vital that you know what 1031 exchange means. There are some, who have not heard of this exchange.  The IRS created this in the year 1990. The purpose of this exchange is to help real estate investors. The benefit one … Read more

How Cash for Settlement is Taxed

Generally, income as a result of personal injury is not taxable, depending on the specific type of award. However, some areas are taxed as income. For this reason, and the fact that there is a certain amount of gray area when settlements are not categorized into specific taxable groups, many settlements are set up in … Read more