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INVESTING IN THE GO ZONE
Unique Post-Katrina GO Zone Tax Shelter AdvantageUntil the end of the 2009 tax period, a special Katrina GO Zone depreciation allowance lets you depreciate half of your rental property acquisition costs in the first year. This provides enormous tax savings. Upon sale or transfer, this depreciation allowance can be applied to income taxes paid in the previous five years, allowing many investors ...
To Whom It May Concern:
Over the past few months my dealings with
Equity Build have generally been handled by Tim Norris. He has solved a number of problems connected with deeds, rehab
sheets, insurance, etc. In each case I found Tim to be friendly, unfailingly polite, and promptly ...  |
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Dr. Neal Moore
Reno, NV
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Increasing Foreclosure Sales Mean EquityBuild Needs More Investors
Submitted by Jerry Cohen on Fri, 02/26/2010 - 09:30
Foreclosure Sales TrendsOf the residential properties sold in the U.S. in 2009, one-fifth were foreclosure homes. In some areas, such as Merced, California, foreclosed homes were almost two-thirds ...
Mortgage Market Crisis Leads to Changes in Investment Real Estate
Submitted by Jerry Cohen on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 09:03
Investment Real Estate Landscape ChangesThe sub-prime collapse that led to that current “Great Recession” has forced legislators and administrators of financial institutions to rethink lending ...
Immigration Fuels Increased Demand in Rental Housing
Submitted by Jerry Cohen on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 11:13
Each year between 2005 and 2008, over 1 million people were granted permanent residence in the United States. In that four year span, 4 million new people were looking for housing in America. That’s ...
Households in Transition Make Decision to Rent
Submitted by Jerry Cohen on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 14:25
Life transitions are causing many people to choose renting over home ownership. In fact, many former home owners have chosen rental over ownership. Let’s look at some of the factors that have people ...
Quality Property Appraisals at Risk
Submitted by Jerry Cohen on Wed, 01/27/2010 - 11:20
In May of 2009 a new Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) was adopted.
The intent of the HVCC is a noble one. It was designed to keep lenders
from influencing appraisal values via coercion. Unfortunately, ...
Investing Doesn't Have to Be a Win-Lose Proposition
Submitted by Jerry Cohen on Tue, 01/19/2010 - 14:33
In the world of paper investing, there is a winner and there is a loser. This is completely unsatisfactory in light of the fact that there are some great win-win investing options available.
Paper ...
New Section 8 Housing Vouchers Means Huge Opportunity For EB Investors
Submitted by Jerry Cohen on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 13:41
Recent economic conditions have pushed officials in Chicago to open up an additional 40,000 slots for section 8 housing. As a result, the need for qualified section 8 housing has exploded, giving ...
Families Still Waiting on CHA, Section 8 Lists
Submitted by Jerry Cohen on Fri, 10/02/2009 - 12:07
That's the title of yet another article about the desperate need for the sort of Section 8 housing that EquityBuild provides. Click here to read the whole thing.
Lessons Learned at a Financial Symposium
Submitted by Jerry Cohen on Wed, 08/05/2009 - 15:44
I spent some days recently at the Agora Financial symposium in Vancouver, British Columbia. Besides the fact that Vancouver has great Asian food, I learned several things. One thing I learned is ...
Businesses Move South During Downturn
Submitted by Jerry Cohen on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 13:26
If you subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, you might want to check out an interesting article I read. Titled "Southern States Poach Businesses Amid Downturn," it confirms that the South is continuing ...
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Mortgage Seekers Find Rates Are Down, Credit Standards Tighter
This Bloomberg article does a good job of describing the situation. EquityBuild properties, however, ...
Harvard Housing Expert Says, "Rental Housing Supply Down. Demand Up."
Nicolas P. Retsinas, the director of Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies, points out ...
Bubble Collapse Causing Retirement Fears
This article in USA Today does a good job of reflecting the widespread fears felt by many baby
boomers ...
Why Investing in the GO Zone makes fiscal sense
According to leading real estate investors in
America, now that the United States is entering the lowest ...
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