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DRIP DRIP DRIP

The snow is finally melting off the tree branches in my yard today. One foot of snow fell last Wednesday afternoon turning my normal 45 min commute to Issaquah into 4 hours. I’m really impressed with how well the agents are doing maneuver on these slick streets. I had a showing Friday night, Saturday and Sunday on one listing, [...]

A New Kind of Real Estate Company Visited

A couple of weeks ago I blogged on a new real estate model where I try to match real estate agent strategies to the agent’s personality.  I call the different strategies ”games” (www.getstrategic.com/agents).  I’m going to share my progress with you, the highs and the lows to let you know how it is going since there’s no other company that I [...]

Capital Gains on a Primary Residence

Noah Rosenblatt brings up a timely article (timely for me anyway) on the tax benefits associated with selling a primary residence. Here’s the pertinent info:
To claim the maximum exclusion on the capitol gains on the sale of your home, you MUST first meet the Ownership and Use tests…

Owned the home for at least [...]

The Tax Man Cometh and Stayed and Stayed

I hated to be so absent on RCG the last couple of weeks, (took me several hours to catch up on posts. Ardell, you’ve outdone yourself, as usual, plus all those deals!Dont’ know how you do it). Here’s my excuse, I’ve had two audits this spring and they’ve both buried me. Plus I’ve been on [...]