Real estate is my favorite asset class to build wealth. However, real estate also requires ongoing home maintenance expenses. Here’s my latest home maintenance story that involves bubble baths. And it was a disaster! The longer you own real estate, the more maintenance issues will pop up. For big repairs caused by natural disasters or […]
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There is no doubt San Francisco Bay Area real estate, specifically real estate on the Peninsula and in San Francisco is strong. There’s also been a huge push to provide tax incentives for high tech companies to set up offices in San Francisco. You should ask yourself: Should I sell my house now? With so much
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If you’re like most people, you love going on vacation! After taking 5 weeks off from 2007 to 2009, and 6 weeks off in 2010 and 2011, followed by 10 weeks off in 2012, 2013, and 2014, I fancy myself as a “certified vacation expert”! Now, I’m on permanent vacation as an early retiree. You
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The real estate industry is shady. From shady appraisers to stubbornly high commissions even after huge improvements online. The good thing about a shady industry, however, is that you can deploy various tactics to get yourself a better deal. The appraiser came out to my rental the other weekend and spent a total of 3
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For the longest time, homeownership has been considered a part of the American dream. However, as the housing market continues to go up post-pandemic, perhaps we should question whether this dream should continue? This post was originally published on Nov 29, 2011, right after the Global Financial Crisis. The housing market got crushed and many
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Are you thinking about doing a cash-out refinance on your property? First of all, make sure you understand what is involved and how it differs from a HELOC and cash-in refinance for that matter. Cash-out refinances generally increase during a housing bull market. However, if the real estate market declines, those who cashed out will
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Conducting a cash-out mortgage refinancing is a way to lower your tax bill. And we all want to lower our taxes! You should defer or shield as much income as comfortably possible until retirement to minimize your present tax bill. The odds of your retirement income equaling your working income is slim-to-none. Therefore, your retirement tax
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During market panics, debtors and investors win, while savors lose. Let me explain. I’m feeling a little sadistic right now. A large part of me is hoping the equity markets take a big dump again before the end of summer. Bring on the pain baby! I thought I was absolutely done with refinancing my primary
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Someone once said “there’s no such thing as a free lunch”. They lied. With $50,000 a year, you can buy yourself 5,000 free lunches thanks to the generosity of the government! What are you talking about, I can hear you thinking. It’s pretty simple really. In addition to giving struggling homeowners a free $50,000 over a
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Do you want a bailout gift from the government? Well, it’s happening all the time with the CARES Act, enhanced unemployment benefits, stimulus checks, and more. The fact of the matter is, we paid for the bailout gifts through taxes. The Emergency Homeowner Loan Program, or EHLP, aka Government Big Daddy Bailout Fund will provide
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