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Ilyce Glink is an award-winning, nationally syndicated columnist, television reporter and radio talk show host who is widely known for her expertise on trends and issues in real estate and finance. Her syndicated column REAL ESTATE MATTERS offers common sense information and practical insights for anyone thinking about buying, selling, rehabbing or refinancing a home.

  • Adding Life Partner to Home's Deed - A couple is concerned about how to protect their investment in a home that both partners pay expenses for but only one partner is on the title. Ilyce and Sam explain the simple process of adding a name to a title and the more complex issues of a domestic partnership agreement.

  • Keep Home And Refinance - A broker discourages a homeowner from taking a home off the market and refinancing. Ilyce sees no reason why this homeowner should not take advantage of the current low interest rates.

  • Capital Gains and Investment Property Sale - An investment property owner wants to know about their tax obligation when selling the property. To read more about what tax is owed when you sell investment property, go to the IRS's website (irs.gov) and download Publication 550 "Investment Income and Expenses" and Publication 527 "Residential Rental Property."

  • Reversing Trends with Reverse Mortgages  - Reverse mortgages have become a booming business. They allow seniors to get cash out of their homes. For more information on reverse mortgages, check out Reverse.org, the AARP’s website on reverse mortgages (AARP.org/revmort), and the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s site on reverse mortgages (hud.gov/buying/rvrsmort.cfm).

  • Wait To Sell Home - Shortly after buying a home, the homeowner discovers the value has greatly increased. Ilyce suggests waiting to sell the home for two years to get a tax break on capital gains.

  • Selling Property for $1 Results In Huge Capital Gains - A mother sells her home to her children for $1. Now they face a massive capital gains tax bill. Ilyce explains how a good idea goes bad.

  • Prepayment Penalties Owed When Transferring Home - A family wants to "gift" a home from the brother to the sister. They are worried about the prepayment penalty on the existing mortgage. Ilyce and Sam help with this complicated transaction.

  • Adding a Name to a Title - It's fairly easy to add somebody to your title. Simply draft and execute a new deed transferring an interest in the title. But there are a few things to consider, as Ilyce Glink and Samuel Tamkin explain below.

  • Seller Refuses to Convey Title - A buyer purchased a mobile home. The seller refuses to convey the title. What can be done?

  • Gifting Real Estate Requires Two Willing Parties - What if somebody gave you some property but never told you where it was? Can they gift property to you without your consent? Read this article by Ilyce Glink and Samuel Tamkin to find out.

  • Selling Your House When Your Child Lives There - A couple is interesting in selling a house. They left the house four years ago and their son now lives there. What's the best way to sell the home and share the profits with their son? 

  • Buying a House with Your Mother-In-Law - Buying a house with your mother-in-law can be a tricky proposition. It's best to engage a real estate attorney up front to work through the issues.

  • Home Buyer Education Programs: No Free Lunch - Home buyer education programs are all the rage these days. Ilyce Glink talks about how real estate companies and mortgage lenders are creating customers by educating prospective homebuyers.

  • Using IRA Funds to Purchase Real Estate - Can I use my IRA to buy real estate? Ilyce Glink provides some personal finance advice to a reader who hopes they can use their IRA funds to purchase property without any penalties.

  • Fixtures Break After Home Purchase - Who is Responsible? - The air conditioner breaks after a home is purchased. Who is responsible? Can the buyer sue the seller for the repair costs?

  • Personal Finance Advice - Credit Monitoring Services - When somebody makes an inquiry regarding my social security number, can I be notified? How do I see my credit scores? Ilyce Glink provides some personal finance advice to a WSB-AM listener.

  • Title Insurance Problems - Why They Happen - A former title insurance processor comments on the causes of title insurance problems and gives a bit of advice that may help you with your title problems.

  • How Do Late Medical Bills Affect Credit Scores? - How will being late on my medical bills affect my credit score? Ilyce Glink provides some personal finance advice to a reader concerning medical bills that have gone out to a collection agency and how that will affect credit history.

  • Credit Score Confusion - Understanding How Credit Scores Work - How are credit scores calculated? How can you improve your credit score? What's a good credit score? What's a bad credit score? Turns out most of us don't know the answers to these questions. Ilyce Glink sheds a little light on how credit scores work.

  • Switch IRA Money to 529 Plan? - Ilyce Glink offers personal finance advice to her readers. A couple that feels they are paying too much in investment fees wonders if they should shift their retirement funds to a 529 plan for their daughter.

  • Title Insurance Problems - Conflicts of Interest? - A title insurance professional comments on title insurance problems and why they happen. Problems may stem from conflicts of interest in which real estate agencies also own a mortgage company and a title company but don't disclose the relationship. 

  • Complex Real Estate Transactions: Home Swapping? - Home_Swapping.htm


















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