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Form 1099 Filing Requirements: What you need to know The IRS works constantly to improve income reporting by taxpayers. One tool they employ is requiring businesses to file “information returns” that tell the IRS about amounts the business paid out that should be reported by the recipients as... Posted 2 minutes ago

A PNC Bank office in Brandon will be among the first to take on a new look, as the company shifts away from teller lines and toward more technology. Read full story   Posted 2 minutes ago

Unfortunately for me, every time I get in the shower at one point or another I start thinking about negotiation. Now keep your mind focused, this is a “clean” post. The reason I think of negotiating is because when you are negotiating, the other agent thinks of you as a wash cloth. When you u... Posted 5 minutes ago

SIX YEAR-END TAX TIPS FOR HOMEOWNERS Six Ways To Trim Your 2013 TaxesNo one wants to pay more taxes than they have to, so use these six strategies to lower the size of the check you send Uncle Sam next April:1. Pay Bills EarlyIf you itemize, pay bills early to increase your deductions. Pay your J... Posted 7 minutes ago

Selling Real Estate in Today's Market Using Video. What's in it for the seller? 1) properly marketed and managed homes sell for the highest available value. 2) professionally photographed, we can insert stills in the video to prolong the scene we are capturing, view the example below... 3) aeria... Posted 11 minutes ago

This is the case of fiber cement siding clearly installed improperly in Nothern Virginia. Driving through the neighborhood toward a recent inspection I noticed houses with faux stone, EIFS (synthetic stucco) and James Hardie siding (called HardiePlank). Not excited about the potential problems as... Posted 12 minutes ago

A little venting anyone? Desert Sun Home inspections Carlsbad New Mexico. On a recent home inspection in Artesia New Mexico. I found that the venting to the home was not up to par. The home has gable venting and can venting. But what happens when the gable venting is not actually venting anything... Posted 18 minutes ago

I know today that my worth is not determined by my bank account or my past failures or accomplishments. It is not what others say or think about me that determines my value. My value is in doing what I was called and created to do. In doing this have I and am I serving those who are brought into... Posted 20 minutes ago

Longwood Gardens Conservatory, A Longwood Christmas   Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania is one of our favorite places to visit during the Christmas holiday season.  A Longwood Christmas is an annual exhibit that changes each year. Take the family. This is a wonderful travel desti... Posted 25 minutes ago

New Tools in Google+ for the Winter Season Ahead Google+ has come out with some new animated picture tools to make the scenes of winter and Christmas season a bit more cool for the user and viewers.  I just find that these animated gifs of snow and twinkling an added benefit for using the social... Posted 29 minutes ago

“Foodie Fridays” in Austin   We constantly hear that man’s best friend is his dog.  This NW Austin restaurant believes in this statement and not only caters to the tastes of Austinites, but celebrates their favorite companion as well! According to The Austin Chronicle "The Austin Ter... Posted 38 minutes ago

Do you pay attention to expiration dates? Most do when they go to the grocery store. Dou you pay attention at other times? What about ideas to increase your business or make your systems more efficient? So, today's affirmation is: "Ideas have a short shelf life. Youmust act upon them before the e... Posted 40 minutes ago

Holiday Events-Delray Beach- Holiday Hospitality Pavilion-Some Help with Your Shopping! We need all of the help we can get during the holidays and Downtown Delray has the Holiday Hospitality Pavilion just for you! To encourage your patronage of the businesses, shops and restaurants in downtown De... Posted about 1 hour ago

WELCOME TO A GOOD DAY! Posted about 1 hour ago

The real estate market in Columbia, MD had a great year in 2013!Business was booming for sellers in the Columbia area of Howard County.  Check out these important indicators at the end of 2013 - they were strongly improved from 2012: Number of homes sold       -  Up over 20% Average sold... Posted about 1 hour ago

Homes for Sale near South Topsail Elementary School (STES), Hampstead, NC   Sting Rays Looking for a Home Scotts Hill/Porters Neck and Hampstead NC? Hampstead and Porters Neck are both beautiful place to live and play. Calm yet electric these, towns are a beat away from the heart of both Wilmin... Posted about 1 hour ago

  Give care   If all you care about is what’s in it for you, there won’t be much in it for you.   If all you care about is what other people think of you, people won’t think very highly of you.   What you care about has a powerful impact on the way your life unfolds.   So instead of c... Posted about 1 hour ago

Trivia number 64 I want this to be information one just usually doesn’t hear.  If you have I would like to know if you haven’t all the better you’ve learned something today.  With that being said here is the information for you to consider today. The numbers '172' can be found on the bac... Posted about 1 hour ago

“Making a Jumbo Mortgage Work”   Working with high end home buyers can sometimes be a challenge. Sometimes they feel that they don’t have to do some of the things that the rest of us have to do to qualify for a mortgage.   My client was having a new house built and over a 3 month time per... Posted about 1 hour ago

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein Who is to argue with Einstein's definition?  Not me?  What would be an example of this in real estate?  No documentation loans for sure.  We saw them in the 1990's and the damage they did.  W... Posted about 1 hour ago