Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 13, 2014

Before you start spending your profits, take a breath and then sit down and think through what your net gain or loss might actually be – after taxes and all selling expenses. Some of the costs you may encounter in a real estate transaction can be quite expensive. Real Estate agent commission : Negotiable!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 27, 2013

A relative of mine gradually lost income and assets over a 20 year period, having lifestyle downsizing forced on him multiple times and in multiple ways, from loss of cars all the way to loss of hot water for showering and money for food. Not paying your real estate taxes. If you don’t pay the taxes, you lose.

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Real Estate Taxes Money Debt 240

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 23, 2012

Knowing when to get help is sometimes difficult (will the help be worth the money?), “I’m going to spend a boat load of money today in a furniture store,” she said to him, “if you give us x% discount it will be in your store, otherwise someone else will get our business” She got her discount! Negotiation.

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Saving Money Money Home Home and Garden 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 27, 2013

It takes time and money to get to and from your vacation home. You feel obligated to go, since you spent the money on it or you need to go to work on it. You aren’t making enough money on your nightly rentals. It was a real hassle. Ours did and they were twice as high as the residential real estate taxes!

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Vacation Real Estate Friends And Family Sale Painting 210

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

We read that we should make our money work for us but worry about making a wrong decision that could actually cost money rather than make us money. Saving means that you deposit a sum of money, which you can generally add to over time, into an account with a bank, credit union, savings and loan or other financial institution.

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Money Debt Refinancing Credit Cards 189

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 6, 2011

They love to bargain hunt and save money! Millionaires often invest in rental and commercial real estate. Millionaires like to save money. To Save taxes. Millionaires love to save money on taxes – because they really do pay more in taxes percentage wise than the rest of us. To Find Bargains.

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Garage Sale Garage Real Estate Sale 193

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 5, 2012

Perhaps your sibling has a drug problem and wants to buy more drugs with the money. We all know that giving or lending money to a friend or relative can be a recipe for disaster. Have a policy (have to talk over with the wife or I don’t mix money with family relationships).

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 2, 2011

Here are a few money tips to help you plan your back to school activities and maybe reduce that $600 per child amount. It’s fun for me and it saves my children shopping time and money. When you do, go on tax free day. using tax free days. Here is site that has tax free days by state listed for 2011.

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College Money Personal Finance Student 192

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 31, 2014

Bond index funds also offer lower rates with an expense ratio of one percent, which reduce the amount of fees taken out – saving you money. Use both mutual funds and ETFs to achieve diversification while investing in stocks, bonds, real estate, and international investments. Consider Tax Implications. Money Tips'

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Building Real Estate Taxes Economy 180

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 21, 2013

We’ve only bought 4 pieces of real estate in our lives, including two homes. Knowing where the main water cutoff to the house is can be real handy in a water emergency! Knowing the tax appraisal history can help you understand how frequently you can expect real estate tax increases.

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Real Estate Home Buy Buying 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Suggesting a way to earn extra money to someone. A person, trying to help a family member figure out how to pay taxes on their home and thus be able to keep possession of the fully paid off home suggested that the family member take in a roommate to earn some extra money. Money Tips' Examples of unintended consequences.

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Real Estate Money Kids and Family Budgeting 183

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 27, 2014

Ten years after I earned that BA, I was back in community college earning credits to become a computer programmer – a field I did research beforehand and one which provided ample returns on my time and money investment. Consequently, I overpaid for cars and real estate my entire life and I let others underpay me for my services.

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Real Estate College Psychology Property Taxes 180

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

It seemed reasonable to devote a greater portion to real estate, in order to further diversify our portfolio. If we had put that quarter of a million dollars into a tax exempt bond fund at the time, it would have earned around 4% in yearly income, or around $8000 – every year for the past 10 years.

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Vacation Rent Taxes 2007 124

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

If you neglect routine maintenance on your assets (real estate, belongings, etc) they may end up damaged, worth less or gone. We called in the HVAC repair man and spent good money finding out that we really do need to take action on this at least once a year. Is your condo association board continually costing you money?

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Real Estate Money Insurance Plumbing 211

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 9, 2015

Our home-owner’s insurance, auto insurance, and local real-estate taxes (for our home and our business property) are due, and on top of that, we also owed the Federal government this year. We were no longer required to send an escrow payment to the bank for our real estate taxes and home owners insurance.

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Bills Real Estate Insurance Taxes 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 6, 2012

. ” Jen presents 6 Free Financial Resources & Tools to Improve Your Finances posted at Master the Art of Saving , saying, “If youre interested in monitoring or improving your finances, then you probably dont want to be spending money to do it. Even professional bond market money managers do not beat the bond market.”

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Money Finance Personal Finance Real Estate 133

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 10, 2012

posted at Money Talks Coaching , saying, “Money and marriage. Savvy Scot controversially talks about how to spend money and what so many financial bloggers are doing wrong! Maria presents Politics and economy in the Eurozone part 1 posted at The Money Principle , saying, “The people have spoken in France and Greece.

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Money May 2012 Debt 113

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 16, 2011

In a nutshell, passive income is a cash flow of money today for a job that was performed in the past. Here are some forms of passive income that you may have heard of: Real Estate (rental units). Understand though, that every app is making money. There’s money to be made on everything!! Song Writing/Singing.

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Real Estate Money New York City New York 157

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 4, 2012

At some point, your current position just won’t pay out any more money. The typical job has a time for money exchange. If you want more money, you’ll have to work longer hours. The typical job has a time for money exchange. If you want more money, you’ll have to work longer hours. Passive Income With Real Estate.

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Making Machines Real Estate Money 264

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 1, 2013

With the help of an estate planning lawyer and your accountant you might be able to use one of these “have your cake and eat it too” ideas. Keep Your Asset, But Still Get An Estate and Gift Tax Break On it. million left tax-free to heirs.”. Giving: Does It Always Have To Be About The Money?

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Cake Taxes Giving Donation 201

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 24, 2013

Understand each partner’s money history and experience. One is for each person to separately create their own money story by thinking about things such as: 2 of your earliest money memories. what you learned your mother and father about money. family stories about money. family stories about money.

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Financial Goals Goals Money Real Estate 222

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 31, 2012

She ignored checks and had money escheated back to the state. Borrow Money You Can’t Pay Back. Borrow Money You Can’t Pay Back. She borrowed money to satisfy the city when they cited her for repairs that needed to be done on the house. Don’t Pay Your Taxes. Eventually the inheritance ran out.

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Friends And Family Sale Taxes Insurance Money 189

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 11, 2015

I also wanted a bit more diversification in our portfolio and figured an additional piece of real estate could help that. Yet we plunked down the huge $25,000 sale price to get a slip in it – not even requiring that the money be put into escrow. Luckily we were able to do so, with interest and full payment of lawyer fees.

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Vacation Rent Taxes Grandchildren 100

Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Closing costs are fees you pay to finalize a real estate transaction. A more detailed list of closing costs appears below, and your real estate agent can help estimate yours for your area and loan type. Closing costs include loan and service fees, taxes, government fees and insurance premiums. Breakdown of costs.

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Calculators Property Taxes Insurance Illinois 52

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 21, 2011

Investing in real estate – most millionaires own their own homes, nearly half have a second home and many invest in rental or commercial real estate as well. They do so to benefit from tax savings, inflation protection and the ability to offset expenses. Investing in soundly researched but new ideas.

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Real Estate Education College Finance 232

Savings Corner

DECEMBER 24, 2023

When it comes to managing your money, you don’t want anyone messing it up — and that includes you. There might come a time where you need to call in reinforcements and hire a financial advisor, especially when you’re making big decisions with your money. You can then link your bank account and start auto-depositing money every month.

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Financial Goals Goals Real Estate Money 40

Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Smart money moves for your business Grow your small business with tailored insights, recommendations, and expert content. If you have a CPA license, you can help business owners file taxes, generate balance sheets and other accounting documents and make your professional recommendations about your client’s bottom line.

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Real Estate Re-use Podcasts Work 52

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Perhaps you are socking away go-goobs of money for a far off retirement date and are wondering if it is worthwhile to forego all those ‘along the way’ life treats in order to be prepared for retirement. Our alternate income streams include an inherited IRA, real estate rental income and dividends/interest from investments.

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Real Estate Money Recession Work 207

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 21, 2012

Editors Picks: Big Cajun Man from THE Canadian Personal Finance Site shares 10 Phrases I have Used to Save Money. Really, we should all carry a cue card in a our wallet that we can just whip out and use anytime we have an opportunity to save money. This makes us closer as families which to me is the real reward.

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Personal Finance Finance Debt Money 219

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Tax Time Benefits. The last practical reason that I see the markets rallying into the new year has to do with tax benefits. Some investors are also buying stock as a gift for relatives before the end of the year to take advantage of tax benefits from gifting. Things to Consider Before Investing in Real Estate.

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Taxes Real Estate Europe Economical 198

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Are the taxes too high for the services you get? Will the taxes be higher? You may have to carry the old house for months until it sells, paying the expenses (mortgage, utilities, taxes and etc) on both it and the new home. What non real estate considerations are there? Money Tips' Will the area decline?

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Home Taxes Real Estate Landlord 165

Savings Corner

APRIL 4, 2024

Both act as second mortgages, using your home as collateral, and may offer tax deductions if the funds are used for substantial repairs or upgrades. Home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) and home equity loans are two similar finance tools — methods of borrowing money against the ownership stake you have in your home.

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Home Work Debt Credit 52

Savings Corner

DECEMBER 25, 2023

With passive income, you can have money coming in even as you pursue your primary job, or if you’re able to build up a solid stream of passive income, you might want to kick back a little. Opportunity: A course can deliver an excellent income stream, because you make money easily after the initial outlay of time.

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Money Making Real Estate Rent 52

Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 17, 2011

However, you should print any canceled checks or year-end statements that you would need for tax purposes, ie - charitable contributions, home improvements, business expenses, mortgage payments, etc. This final number will help to lower your capital gains tax. You'll need proof of gains or losses at tax time.

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Home Improvement Taxes Credit Cards Bills 153

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

My University Money: Should I Pursue a Co-op Education? Money Beagle: Why You Should Write Your Personal Finance Executive Summary Today – Working with a clearly defined objective is key to financial success. Invest It Wisely: When Can You Talk about How Much Money You Make? There were 56 submissions this week.

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November 2011 Personal Finance Finance 188

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 15, 2011

Money Cone: 9 Impulse Buys that Turned Out Better than Expected We’ve all bought stuff based on commercials that turned out nothing like how it was advertised. Live Real, Now: Make Extra Money, Part 6: Setting Up a Site In this installment of the Make Extra Money series, LRN is going to show you how to set up a WordPress site.

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October 2011 Finance Personal Finance 200

Savings Corner

DECEMBER 25, 2023

If you’re thinking of diving into investing or selling a capital asset, it’s important to get acquainted with the term “capital gains tax” before you begin wheeling and dealing. What is capital gains tax? A capital gains tax is a tax on the profit from the sale of an asset. Tax Filing Webinar: Jan.

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Taxes Calculators Real Estate Cars 52