What is a Capital Improvement and How Can it Boost Your Appraisal Value?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 08/09/2013
- Real Estate
Although many Americans don't view their homes or shops as tangible investment vehicles, real estate is often the most important and valuable asset in a given individual's investment portfolio. Like any other asset, the value of real ...
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Options for Creditors After a Declaration of Bankruptcy
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 08/05/2013
- Legal
You are a creditor. One of your customers or clients has declared bankruptcy. What will that mean for your bottom line and what do you do to minimize the impact to your business? How can you recoup your debt? Will it even be possible to do ...
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Investment Real Estate Tax Credits You Might be Missing Out On
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 08/02/2013
- Real Estate
Whether you're looking to purchase a new owner-occupied property or build a bona fide real estate investment portfolio, it's in your financial interest to find novel ways to maximize your profit potential. In an uneven real estate market, ...
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What are Short Sales?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/26/2013
- Real Estate
The term "short sale" sounds like it would be the answer to the prayers of both sellers and buyers; one wishing to get the home sold quickly and the other wanting to stop touring houses and get on with moving in.
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How Do Land Title Loans Work?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/24/2013
- Real Estate
Contrary to popular belief, title loans aren't restricted to the vehicle financing industry. Although the most commonly issued types of title loans are attached to passenger cars, motorcycles, RVs and other rolling stock, it's possible to ...
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Construction Loans: What You Need to Know
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/19/2013
- Real Estate
If you've purchased a tract of raw land or wish to move into an unfinished subdivision with generous code allowances, you're probably thinking about building a new home from the ground up. Unless you have a lot of money saved up, this will ...
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What Should You Know Before Purchasing Foreclosure Property?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/15/2013
- Real Estate
The late-2000s housing bust and financial crisis created tremendous headaches for counties and municipalities that had staked their financial fortunes on rising land values and easy mortgage lending policies. The economic aftereffects of ...
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How to Protect your Assets after a Divorce
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/12/2013
- Legal
It’s been said over and over again; nobody gets married expecting to divorce. And it’s been stated over and over again that 50% of all marriages will end in divorce. It is a classic "hope for the best and prepare for the worst" scenario. ...
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How Does the Probate Process Work?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 06/21/2013
- Real Estate
The word probate seems to send shivers down the spine of anyone dealing with an estate covered by a will. The horror stories have it that it prolongs the time it takes to carry out the will and that it will cost a lot of money to boot.
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The 5 Most Common Real Estate Tax Credits
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 06/19/2013
- Real Estate
Like many other classes of individuals, American homeowners and real estate investors can leverage a wide range of tax credits to reduce their upfront or ongoing ownership costs. Some of these apply to middle-class homeowners who live in ...
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