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My husband and I sold our primary home this year, but still own another house in a different state. We are now renting in the city of our primary home, but would like our second home to be considered our primary for capital gains reasons. I spend at least 50 % of my time at … Continue reading »

I had home moved between 2 cities. I knew I was eligible for home moving expenses claim for myself. My question is that could my wife eligible for home moving expense claim. If yes, should we split the home moving expenses claim or can we claim some amount of home moving expenses individually? Thanks in … Continue reading »

I had home moved between 2 cities. I knew I was eligible for home moving expenses claim for myself. My question is that could my wife eligible for home moving expense claim. If yes, should we split the home moving expenses claim or can we claim some amount of home moving expenses individually? Thanks in … Continue reading »

I had some home remodling done and on tv on home repairs show it told that a lot of that is tax deductable. I haven’t been able to find anything on the web on it. I kewpt all of my recepts for last year on all of the repairs or improvemts on my home. You … Continue reading »

I had some home remodling done and on tv on home repairs show it told that a lot of that is tax deductable. I haven’t been able to find anything on the web on it. I kewpt all of my recepts for last year on all of the repairs or improvemts on my home. You … Continue reading »

I have a 6 month son. My husband works 12 hour shifts and we barely have enough to pay for bills.Daycare is so expensive and I prefer to take care of my son. I need ideas in starting a home business.I need to work from home, I have a BFA although I don’t know what … Continue reading »

I live in a 1 1/2 storey home built in 1922. I have totally updated the home, (wiring, plumbing etc.). There has been some settling mainly on the second floor, not enough to prevent doors from closing. I purchases the home in 1999. I have not noticed any new settling since. I am wondering how … Continue reading »

I am a a commercial home cleaner in Cincinnati,OH. I was just bored, and wondering how much I would make in California. I am not a a maid or a housekeeper, I clean "model homes,condos, and marketing offices" for builders like Zaring, and Ryan Homes (I will not release who I clean for). I clean … Continue reading »

That is, if an average American home-owner were to appraise their home today what percent would they own in equity? More specifically, how much does this percent vary between different home-owner age brackets? And, considering this, what are the odds that the average American home-owner will ever pay off their mortgage? Sorry for the barrage … Continue reading »

We own our house fully No mortgage value approx $550k. We are thinking that we like to retire early to near the beach. Currently we found nice homes with land in that area for $175k. Is it better to get a home equity for the full cost of the Beach home plus any other small … Continue reading »

My landlady teaches piano from home as a full time job, would I be able to get contents insurance? I went to an online insurance site and it said I would have to call them if I share my home with renters/lodgers (which I do) and also it assumes that ‘You do not use your … Continue reading »

I live in a 1 1/2 storey home built in 1922. I have totally updated the home, (wiring, plumbing etc.). There has been some settling mainly on the second floor, not enough to prevent doors from closing. I purchased the home in 1999. I have not noticed any new settling since. I am wondering how … Continue reading »

I paid roughly $90,000 for my home. It was a TLC home and I’ve fixed it up in the past 9 years dramatically. New roof, new walls, siding, porch, heating system, well etc. My home and property was valued at $275,000 last year. Does equity play a part in this. Am I eligable for an … Continue reading »

I recently switched from traditional landline phone to Vonage cable internet phone. However, my home security system can not communicate with the monitoring station as a result of disconnecting the phone line. How could I rewire my home phone wires to make my home security system work with the internet phone? Internet phone service in … Continue reading »

I’ve been writing off my home based business for the last few years. If I stop using that portion of my home solely for my business, how do I indicate that on my taxes? Additionally, does anyone know of any resources that indicate what the implications are of stopping a home based business write-off? I … Continue reading »

In my home town the value of homes are down as much as 30 percent. Most of the revenue for schools and police comes from property taxes, so rapidly lower housing prices have cut the revenue needed for these important things. What should the Mayor and City Council do with rapidly falling home asssesments and … Continue reading »

In February 2010, I will have owned my home for 5 years, making me eligible for the $6,500 tax credit if I purchased another home by April. My fiance has never owned a home, making her eligible for the $8,000 tax credit as a first time home buyer. We’re very eager to purchase a home … Continue reading »

My husband and I are planning to buy a house that is neared by my workplace. We do not want to put out for sale on our current home until we find a new home which means there are going to be a period time that we will be owning two houses at the same … Continue reading »