...it could be the gold-rush opportunity to you. It is time to get your first home or pick out your next investment property. Expect many bumps in the road. Looking at the terms scattered around the real estate ads: short-sale, foreclosure, and REO, you know it is a new landscape out there for both the ...
There are many questions on the FBAR specifics, such that what financial accounts we need to report. IRS literatures are not easy reads. Here is a quick list reference. FBAR: Financial Bank Account Reporting Forms: TD FR 90-22.1; file annually Due Date: June 30 of following year 2009 Amnesty Program One time program for ...
Problem with real estate investment is that it drains your cash regularly as in maintenance expenses, property management fees, mortgage interest, insurance and a property tax. Property tax is usually one of the big ticket items. Game strategies A few things I picked up from my favorite video game “Build-a-lot”, a real estate investment simulation, include ...
The whole world knows CIA, FBI or even Department of Homeland Security from spy or action movies of Hollywood. Among the famous government agencies, IRS does not get much camera time. Oh wait, I remember there is a 2006 comedy Stranger Than Fiction. IRS is in it because comedian Will Ferrell plays ...
I remember few years ago, not long into my life as independent consultant, I got my first billing issue with a firm that I partnered with on an overseas project. After a few weeks’ sweating abroad, I happily submitted my invoice, but only to find out their denial of the terms in our initial ...
I am not very much into computer games, but I am told that creativity comes when you keep an open mind and try new things out of comfort zones. So, I started playing a computer game named Build-a-lot. Wealth building It is a real estate strategy game. I am usually given with little money at ...