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About Ilyce Glink

Ilyce Glink is an award-winning, nationally-syndicated columnist, best-selling author, and radio and television personality. She is the best-known consumer advocate for home buyers, sellers, and owners, and her content touches millions of readers, viewers, and listeners each week. She is the Founder/CEO of Best Money Moves, an employee benefit that companies provide that helps employees measure financial stress, then dials it down with a unique content mapping system. She is also the Founder/CEO of Think Glink Media, a digital content agency, and the Publisher of ThinkGlink.com. Listen to Ilyce on WGN Radio each week, follow her on Twitter, and sign up for the ThinkGlink free weekly newsletter, in the blue box at the bottom of this page.
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Real Estate Capital Gains Tax: What You Owe After Selling Your Home

By | May 9th, 2008|

After selling a home you've lived in for more than five years, what is the real estate capital gains tax and what do you report to the IRS. If you're married you can take up to $500,000 in profit without paying capital gains tax to the IRS, after living in a home at least two of the last five years. If you're single, you can take up to $250,000 in profit without paying capital gains tax to the IRS, after living in a home at least two of the last five years.

Retirement Living For Baby Boomers

By | May 9th, 2008|

Baby boomers expect more active retirement living that the generation before them. Baby boomers look at amenities available for use during retirement living. Boomers require for retirement living: social networking, volunteering and learning. As homeowners, Boomers also want home design that better fits their needs like larger kitchens, dual master suites and spare bedrooms. And even Boomers on a limited budget are looking for extra amenities for their retirement living.

$10,000 Scholarship For Women Who Study Real Estate

By | May 8th, 2008|

With all the bad news about student loans and real estate lately, it may be hard to see a light at the end of the tunnel sometimes. But here's a brig...

Experience With Real Estate Agent Varies

By | May 8th, 2008|

As with any industry, the professionals who work in real estate are both good and bad. And each customer's experience will differ depending on the real estate agent or broker he or she uses. Each real estate agent or broker will also have different expectations and boundaries with their clients.

How Do You Feel About Buying A Foreclosure?

By | May 7th, 2008|

Who's your average foreclosure buyer? A single man under age 35, if you put together a composite of characteristics revealed by a recent survey. Truli...

Ilyce Glink on WSB Radio – May 4, 2008

By | May 4th, 2008|

Today on the Ilyce Glink Show, Ilyce ran down some of the ways loan options will be restricted, thanks to a new set of guidelines that has just been published by some of the country's top lenders. She answered questions about whether to go through with a new construction purchase, and talked to a seller about whether she could sue a buyer to make sure he closed on the purchase of her house. Don't forget to sign up for Ilyce's weekly newsletter and check out the videos at www.expertrealestatetips.net. and be sure to subscribe to her YouTube channel.

Contract Will Determine Fate Of School Playground Equipment

By | May 2nd, 2008|

School playground equipment is considered a fixture. Fixtures typically stay at the site where they're installed and have to be excluded from a contract to be removed. In a typical residential purchase contract, fixtures permanently attached to the property are generally left with the property.

Partnership Agreement When You Buy Real Estate Pre-Marriage

By | May 2nd, 2008|

When you're about to get married and either you or your future partner has a lot of assets, you may want to sign a prenuptial agreement. If you're buying property prior to getting married, you may want to set up a partnership agreement that outlines the responsibilities of each partner. Prenuptial agreements and partnership agreements can protect people involved in real estate transactions.

Quit Claim Deed Gives Up Marital Rights To Real Estate

By | May 2nd, 2008|

When you get separated one of the spouses may sign a quit claim deed giving up rights to real estate. Because of the quit claim deed, it's less likely that the property will be considered a marital asset by the courts. The signing of the quit claim deed gives the spouse who now owns the property a good case for saying that it belongs only to him or her.

Real Estate Market Conditions: Favorable To Home Owners

By | May 2nd, 2008|

Real estate market conditions used to be favorable to home owners. Home values were high and interest rates low, making real estate market conditions favorable to home owners. Now, home owners may feel glum about the real estate market conditions but they should improve after the presidential election. Real estate market conditions include interest rates and home values.

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