It's summertime, and that can only mean a few things:
Long vacations on the beach. However, if you're reading this blog post then, like us, you are working this summer.
Peak homebuying season. Even with low inventory of homes for sale, buyers and sellers are still coming together.
Saving water. The long, hot summer may mean hours at the pool but it also means wildfires, high energy use for air conditioning and the need to save water in our dry region.
Check out this simple flyer for you to use when working your farming and marketing your REALTOR® business. Available for free in English and Spanish, this flyer outlines great tips for your clients and prospects to save water, keep costs down and enjoy summer.
The water conservation flyer is available to you thanks to our friends at the South Bay Environmental Services Center. Use it early and often! Be sure to check out the SBESC website for more great tips on energy conservation and saving money in your home or your new listing.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
ALERT! REALTORS tell Congress to Do No Harm on Tax Reform
The National Association of REALTORS® is asking its members to let their senators know that real estate tax provisions are critical to the economy and should remain high on lawmakers' priority list as they take a blank slate approach to tax reform.
NAR's Call for Action is emphasizing the need for any tax legislation to do no harm to the economy by retaining the deductions for mortgage interest and property taxes, the capital gains exclusion on proceeds from the sale of a principal residence, and extension of mortgage cancellation relief. Also emphasized are deprecation rules and the continued tax-deferred treatment of 1031 exchanges.
Under the blank-slate approach to tax reform announced by the leadership of the Senate Finance Committee recently, senators are asked to start from scratch and identify the provisions they want to keep in the Tax Code.
Take action at the REALTOR® Action Center.
Share with your fellow colleagues a short video in which NAR Government Affairs staffers talk about the Call For Action and the blank-slate approach.
NAR's Call for Action is emphasizing the need for any tax legislation to do no harm to the economy by retaining the deductions for mortgage interest and property taxes, the capital gains exclusion on proceeds from the sale of a principal residence, and extension of mortgage cancellation relief. Also emphasized are deprecation rules and the continued tax-deferred treatment of 1031 exchanges.
Under the blank-slate approach to tax reform announced by the leadership of the Senate Finance Committee recently, senators are asked to start from scratch and identify the provisions they want to keep in the Tax Code.
Take action at the REALTOR® Action Center.
Share with your fellow colleagues a short video in which NAR Government Affairs staffers talk about the Call For Action and the blank-slate approach.
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