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Home Equity

Home Equity Working for You

YOUR BEST PERFORMING INVESTMENT For most of us, our home is the largest asset we own and the best performing investment.  In this article we discuss Home Equity vs Home Value.  What's the difference and how your Home Equity is Working For ...

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Downsize House

IS IT TIME TO DOWNSIZE YOUR HOME?

Time to Start Thinking about Downsizing Your Home?  Maybe your last child is finally out of the house and on their own.  Or maybe you're ready to retire and want more free time.  Now might be the right time to start thinking about downsizi...

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Step Up Basis Inherited Property

Step Up Cost Basis and Inheriting Real Estate

STEP UP COST BASIS AND INHERITING REAL ESTATE The step up cost basis is a way of adjusting capital gains tax. This means that for the purpose of capital gains tax, the IRS re-sets the cost basis of the property to its value when the asset is...

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Step Up Basis Inherited Property

Step Up Cost Basis and Inheriting Real Estate

STEP UP COST BASIS AND INHERITING REAL ESTATE The step up cost basis is a way of adjusting capital gains tax. This means that for the purpose of capital gains tax, the IRS re-sets the cost basis of the property to its value when the asset is...

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Palm Desert Real Estate Lessons from a Pro

Lessons from a Pro When Selling Your Home

THE STAGERS HOME Lessons from a Pro When Selling Your Home - A professional home stager recently decided to sell the 4,000+ square foot home she lived in with her husband. It was well maintained and by most standards, could have gone on the ...

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Photograph your Home Inventory

Why Do I Need A Home Inventory?

WHY DO I NEED A HOME INVENTORY? As a Home owner, you have Homeowners Insurance to cover damage to your house, that policy likely includes personal property coverage - in case of a burglary, fire, or some other insured circumstance. Do you ha...

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Strategies to Maximize your home sale

Strategies to Optimize Your Home Sale

Strategic Prep Work and Repairs are The Foundation to Optimize Your Home Sale  Selling a home is totally different than, selling a car for example.  You likely won't recapture the cost of doing work on your car before you trade it in.  Howe...

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Maximize Your Home Sale

How To Maximize Your Home Sale

HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR HOME SALE Even though we're in a fast paced real estate market with sales out-pacing new inventory, you still need to position your home for this market and know how to Maximize Your Home Sale. Your home is one of your ...

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