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Why You Should Cover Your Carolina Home With an Umbrella
Why should your home need an umbrella? Well, when litigation rains (and it seems to reign king in society these days), you’re going to want to make sure your home and all your assets are covered. An umbrella policy may be the extra coverage you need.
Especially for homes and families that have pools, dogs, teenagers, [...]
National Active Retirement Community Conference
America’s top professionals involved in building for, marketing to and serving people aged 55+ will gather at the National Active Retirement Community (NARA) 11th Annual Business Conference in Columbia, SC October 20-22.
Professionals, academicians, real estate developers, marketers, salespeople, city/town representatives and other business professionals seeking to capitalize on the unprecedented aging of America at our [...]
Summer Camp: A Time of Bugs, Fun and Maybe Even Tax Breaks
Depending on your income, you may be able to write off up to 35 percent of the cost of your child’s summer camp. As long as it’s day camp. As long as you haven’t already used up the maximum $3,000 you can take from the Child and Dependent Child Care Credit. As long as you [...]
The Home Buyer Tax Credit for my new home was denied! What now?!
With an estimated 1.8 million homebuyer tax credit forms filed with 2009 taxes, the IRS has been given the extraordinary task of correctly processing the extra paperwork. There are limitations on filing these credit forms electronically, and each application should be accompanied by specific documentation. The physical mounds of paper probably threatens to overtake the [...]
State Program Helps Avoid Foreclosures
Even with foreclosure rates increasing 14% in 2009, North Carolina still ranks one of the lowest for foreclosures nationwide. With help from a government run program that focuses on counseling and legal-service agencies, the state was able to avoid $183.6 million in investor losses and $43.6 in value declines last year.
The State Home Foreclosure Prevention Act [...]
