According to Pricewaterhouse Coopers, investment by institutional venture capitalists in startups grew from less than $3.0 billion at the beginning of the 1990’s to over $106 billion in 2000. Although venture capital volume has retreated significantly since the economic “bubble” years of the lat…
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A large percentage of the mail we receive are from people that complain that sellers don’t want to do a lease purchase, they just want to sell their house. Or sellers come up with too many objections. My questions to those individuals are:
1. How soon after a property is listed are you ca…
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Over 50% of marriages end in divorce in the United States. Many divorce decrees include provisions for the payment of alimony. The IRS takes the position that such payments constitute a form of income and create an alimony tax deduction for the person making payments.
According to the IRS, …
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If you live in California, you know that farming still plays an important role in the Californian economy. With nearly 40 million residents, the Golden State still has farms producing a wide variety of agricultural products. Indeed, California is a leader in the production of wine and cheese; Cal…
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The general lack of stability or guarantee of returns available from the stock market coupled with a global housing boom have resulted in many more investors putting their hard earned sums of cash into real estate around the world over the past year or so.
Some of these investors have simpl…
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