admin | March 9, 2010

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Tools for Freelancers Doing Their Taxes
So, it’s tax time. The time of year that strikes fear in the heart of even the bravest business warrior. And, if you’re a freelancer, you may [...]
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admin | February 25, 2010
The objective of the series of videos that follows in the next couple of days is an evaluation of the the findings of property tax appellate court. This evaluation is not a guarantee that you will be successful with your appeal for an assessment in your property taxes, but it does arm you with the [...]
Category: property taxes |
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admin | December 15, 2009

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The news has come down from Indianapolis that there will be no adjustments to the assessed value due to trending. Trending is utilized by some states to account for property value increase or decrease.
It is unrealistic to think that a state that just converted to a [...]
Category: property taxes |
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Tags: assessment system, county indiana property tax appeal, market value assessment, porter county, property taxes, taxes
admin | December 8, 2009
The first step in giving Indiana citizens the right to determine how much property taxes will be paid in the state begins on Tuesday. The Indiana House of Representative is voting on a cap of one percent of the assessed value for homeowners, two percent of the assessed value for investors, and three percent of [...]
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admin | November 30, 2009
The IRS made changes to the tax that will affect 2007 tax returns if the investor claims a loss. In addition, just reporting a loss may cause your taxes to be audited.
The new law has to do with the real estate investor classification. The investor can be classified as a real estate professional. Under [...]
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admin | October 5, 2009
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The objective of the series of videos that follows in the next couple of days is an evaluation of the the findings of property tax appellate court. This evaluation is not a guarantee that you will be successful with your appeal for an assessment in your property taxes, but it does arm you [...]
Category: property taxes |
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admin | October 5, 2009
On December 20, 2007, the Mortgage Forgiveness Act was enacted to exclude income gain or loss from mortgage modification and/or foreclosure of one’s primary residence.
Normally, when there is debt forgiven by the lender on one’s primary residence it is reported as taxable income even if it is a loss. This Act excludes cancelled [...]
Category: real estate |
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admin | July 24, 2009
Gary, Hammond, East Chicago, and Whiting Indiana are cities that will have to make adjustments to business as usually, but these same cities especially, Gary want the state officials to believe it will take four years for the city to cope with 30 million in tax caps.
I find it curious that according to the petition [...]
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admin | June 30, 2009
To get the forms needed for filing your property tax appeal visit
for Form 130 also called Form 11 CI www.in.gov/icpr/webfile/formsdiv/21513.pdf
For Form 11 RA visit http://www.in.gov/ibtr/files/DavidandPatriciaSullivan.pdf
For Form 113 visit http://www.in.gov/icpr/webfile/formsdiv/46725.pdf
Below is a video for filling out the form if your property is located in Porter or La Porte County:
If you need additional information or need [...]
Category: property taxes, real estate |
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admin | June 22, 2009
When choosing a mortgage company look at the fees you are being charged because that may affect your affordability of the loan at the beginning of the process. Notice that the fees are different if you live in certain cities. Below is the fee structure for Fifth Third Bank
Standard Fees
Conventional/Jumbo
FHA
Funding Fee - PA, NJ, NY, MI, OH, [...]
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Tags: affordability, cincinnati, escrow account, fee structure, fha, fifth third bank, flood certification, fulfillment, mortgage, mortgage company, mortgages, rush, subject property, taxes