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2009
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iPhone is becoming a serious contender as an alternative to Blackberry with new apps for realtors and homebuyers. This recent post by Chris Johnston points out one of the potential uses for Realtors. For those of you that are iPhone users, I'm sure that you know that yesterday Apple released so...
03/30/2009
If you are buying a home in East Baton Rouge or West Baton Roug, the Louisiana LHFA bond can provide from 4% to 9% of the mortgage loan amount to be paid at closing to cover part of the down payment, closing costs, and prepaid items. There are income limits and home cost limits. And the progra...
03/29/2009
If you are thinking about buying a home in Livingston Parish and are a first time homebuyer, there's some good news from the Economic Recoery bill receintly passed. Two of the programs available to assist in purchasing a home are the rural development program (a federeal program) and Louisiana b...
03/29/2009
1st Homebuyer $8000 Tax Credit Question 3: Can I use federal or state money and still Get the Credit
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For Ascension Parish there are gift programs that provide cash for down payment and closing or eliminate mortgage interest compbined with low interest rates to help a first time homebuyer get into their home. Two of these are rural development financing (a federal program) and Louisiana state bo...
03/29/2009
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In this ever changing technology market, agents must be aware of exactly where their internet-marketed homes are showing up. Back in early August 2008 iPhone had a home app called Puluwai, a location-based, mobile real estate search. This type of search is where the future of internet listings ...
03/22/2009
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Bubba walked into a doctor's office and the receptionist asked him what he had. Bubba said, Shingles. So she wrote down his name, address, medical insurance number and told him to have a seat. Fifteen minutes later a nurse's aide came out and asked Bubba what he had. Bubba said, Shingles. So sh...
03/22/2009
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One of the great things about the new 1st Time Homebuyer tax credit is that it can be claimed as soon as you close on your home. If you have already filed can file an amended 2008 tax return with a 1040X form. This can be done even if a home was purchased early in 2009 and the original tax retu...
03/20/2009
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One of the great things about the new 1st Time Homebuyer tax credit is that it can be claimed as soon as you close on your home. If you have already filed can file an amended 2008 tax return with a 1040X form. This can be done even if a home was purchased early in 2009 and the original tax retu...
03/20/2009
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One of the great things about the new 1st Time Homebuyer tax credit is that it can be claimed as soon as you close on your home. If you have already filed can file an amended 2008 tax return with a 1040X form. This can be done even if a home was purchased early in 2009 and the original tax retu...
03/20/2009
Now that the news is out about the American Recovery and Reinvestment act of 2009 , many questions have surfaced about the $8000 first time homebuyer credit. I will discuss these this week. One of the first I get is "What Is a 1st Time Homebuyer and who is eligible to claim this tax credit?"....
03/15/2009
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Ann Dail
Broker/Realtor,CRS, ePRO, SRS, B.A.Chem
