How would it affect you if you could no longer write off the interest you pay on your mortgage? According to panelists at Friday’s housing forum hosted by Zillow and the University of Southern California’s Lusk Center for Real Estate: The burgeoning federal debt makes it unlikely that the mortgage interest tax deduction will survive [...]
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The Mortgage Interest Deduction in Trouble?
By Tracy Shaffer on October 22, 2012 in Affordable homes in Denver, Aurora houses, Buy a Home, Denver, Denver Real Estate News, Education, First Time Buyer, For Sale By Owner, Foreclosures, Homes for sale, Investing, mortgages, Real Estate, Realtor, Sell my house, Short Sales

First Time Home Buyers in Denver Get a Little Credit
By Tracy Shaffer on June 18, 2012 in Buy a Home, Denver, Denver Real Estate News, Education, First Time Buyer, Homes for sale, Investing, Lifestyle, mortgages, Real Estate, Realtor
Are you a first-time homebuyer but missed that big tax credit? Are you tired of paying rent or is your rent being raised to astronomical limits? So let me ask you this… If you thought you could get a good deal and a $2000 tax credit, would you like to own a house in Denver? [...]

Death and Taxes… again
By Tracy Shaffer on February 27, 2012 in Denver Real Estate News, Investing, mortgages, Musings on Life, People, Personal power, Real Estate, Realtor, Thriving Artist Alliance, Tracy Shaffer
Hopefully the first is a long way off, but the second is looming once again. Whether you have an accountant on staff, go to the national tax franchise or are a DIY kinda guy/gal, some of these resources might help. I learned a long time ago, never to attempt doing my own hair or my [...]
