Real Estate Archives

Have real estate questions? Here, you’ll find helpful articles and other resources that cover issues related to real estate, buying, selling, financing, refinancing, credit and debt, insurance, second homes, vacation homes, real estate investment, new construction, and renovation.

We have thousands of articles on Real Estate. Look below for our latest articles on Real Estate or the list of “Real Estate Articles” and our videos on multiple real estate topics; and search our articles by topic or by using the search box above. Thanks.

Permalink
What’s the Best Way to Help a Family Member with a Private Mortgage?

What’s the Best Way to Help a Family Member with a Private Mortgage?

By Ilyce Glink| 2018-06-15T11:09:58-05:00 March 23rd, 2018|

What’s the best way to help a family member with a private mortgage? Depending on how your structure the interest rates, you may face issue with the IRS. Q: I set up a private 15-year mortgage with my niece several years ago at 3.5 percent interest. The paperwork is all properly filed. She is down [...]

Permalink
When No One in the Family Wants to Pay Property Taxes, What Can You Do?

When No One in the Family Wants to Pay Property Taxes, What Can You Do?

By Ilyce Glink| 2022-09-16T16:32:47-05:00 March 16th, 2018|

When no one in the family wants to pay property taxes, what can you do? Even if the family has created a S-Corporation, you’ll still need some savvy tricks to save the property. Q: I am from the Island of Maui in the state of Hawaii. I am the President of my families S-corp and [...]

Permalink
What You Need to Know About Prepaying a Mortgage

What You Need to Know About Prepaying a Mortgage

By Ilyce Glink| 2018-06-15T11:04:00-05:00 March 16th, 2018|

What you need to know about prepaying a mortgage. Based on the type of mortgage you have, your loan terms may change. Q: I saw your video on your YouTube Channel on how making an extra payment on your mortgage pays your loan down faster. When you make an extra payment do you apply all [...]

Permalink
Home Titles and Property Taxes: What You Need to Know

Home Titles and Property Taxes: What You Need to Know

By Ilyce Glink| 2018-06-15T11:02:05-05:00 March 9th, 2018|

Home titles and property taxes: What you need to know to make sure you don’t end up with a defective deed. Q: We purchased a house and have been going through a lawyer to get our deed from the previous owner. In the meantime, we’ve been living in the house for well over a [...]

Permalink
How To Save Money on Your Property Taxes When Moving Within the Same State

How To Save Money on Your Property Taxes When Moving Within the Same State

By Ilyce Glink| 2018-06-15T11:02:39-05:00 March 9th, 2018|

How to save money on your property taxes when moving within the same state. A tax assessment under your municipality's laws may help you save big bucks. Q: I thought you’d find the following information relevant concerning one of your recent correspondents. In that question, a homeowner was relocating within California and the reader wanted [...]

Permalink
Can You Sell a Tax Sale Property Back to the City?

Can You Sell a Tax Sale Property Back to the City?

By Ilyce Glink| 2018-06-15T11:03:03-05:00 March 9th, 2018|

Can you sell a tax sale property back to the city? Probably not. But here are a few tips to make the most of your investment. Q: My son bid on a property at a tax sale in Philadelphia back in 2010. He found out after he bought it that the property had no value [...]

Permalink
Ilyce Glink Book Interview: MoneyLife Radio Hosted By Chuck Jaffe

Ilyce Glink Book Interview: MoneyLife Radio Hosted By Chuck Jaffe

By Ilyce Glink| 2018-03-07T15:33:11-06:00 March 7th, 2018|

ThinkGlink.com publisher Ilyce Glink was recently interviewed by MoneyLife Radio host Chuck Jaffe about her latest book, 100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask, fourth edition. Chuck, who for decades was a columnist and blogger for MarketWatch, said that the book is what he's going to give his own children when the time comes [...]

Permalink
Do Appliances Increase the Cost Basis of Your Home?

Do Appliances Increase the Cost Basis of Your Home?

By Ilyce Glink| 2022-09-18T09:26:14-05:00 March 2nd, 2018|

Do appliances increase the cost basis of your home? The short answer: it depends on your situation. Q: How can you say, as you did in a recent newspaper article, that putting in a new washer and dryer is an expense that would increase your basis in a condo? Aren't appliances simply replacements rather than [...]

Permalink
Unclaimed Property: How to Find an Assignment of Mortgage

Unclaimed Property: How to Find an Assignment of Mortgage

By Ilyce Glink| 2018-06-15T10:59:44-05:00 March 2nd, 2018|

Have you received a notification about unclaimed property? How to find an assignment of mortgage if you need to prove that unclaimed property from the mortgage company belong to you. Q: How do I find an assignment of mortgage to prove that the monies in the division of unclaimed property for my state belongs [...]

Permalink
What Happens When Property is Promised to You but Not Written in the Will?

What Happens When Property is Promised to You but Not Written in the Will?

By Ilyce Glink| 2018-06-15T10:56:24-05:00 February 23rd, 2018|

What happens when property is promised to you but not written in the will? Depending on how the will is written, you may be out of luck. Here’s what you should know. Q: My father told my dying sister her husband would receive her portion of his estate, including his house, in the presence of [...]

Previous 60 61 62 63 64 Next

Real Estate

Archives

Recent Tweets