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- Ten Popular Vacation Home Features
- When tourists come knocking at the door of a person's vacation rental, what will they expect the person to offer? Many answers are available in "Top 10 Vacation Home Features Travelers' Seek" offered by TripHomes.com, a vacation home rentals website. Still more insight is available from vacation home market experts...
- White papers 2006-04-05
- 'Hidden Gems' in Mountain, Coastal Vacation Home Towns
- Whether one is buying a vacation home for fun or profit, knowing where to buy is key. If one chooses to use it primarily as an investment property, he may want it near a popular travel destination. If the person needs a playhouse during his down times, he may want...
- White papers 2004-07-28
- Profitable Vacation Home Rentals
- Rents on vacation homes typically are cheap enough to be more attractive to travelers than traditional travel accommodations, but high enough to bring in more than enough cash to pay the mortgage and upkeep costs. Because vacation home rents for travelers are higher than long-term rents paid by conventional tenants,...
- White papers 2004-07-23
- Your 40s: Time To Focus on the Financial Future
- Real Life: The KazanjiansIt quickly becomes apparent from conversation with John Kazanjian that he has an entrepreneur?s spirit and a missionary?s heart. A 48-year-old father of five, he owns and operates two successful businesses in the university town of Ann Arbor, Michigan: John?s Pack & Ship and Busybody's Student Laundry....
- Articles 2009-09-04
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- California steamin'.(HOUSE BLEND)(rankings of the hottest vacation-home markets in California)(Brief Article)
- In terms of price appreciation, 14 of the hottest 25 vacation-home markets are in California, according to The Wall Street Journal Topping the list was Oceanside, where the median price of a vacation home was $509,000, with a 161.6 percent price change over five years. It was...
- Research articles 2005-08-01
- Homes away from home: ResortQuest wants to be your one-stop shop for commissionable vacation home rentals. (Cover Story: Hotels).(Brief Article)
- Ten years ago "vacation home ownership" described a type of product that was most likely not commissionable to travel agents and could, in fact, "steal away" potential customers from more lucrative sales opportunities. In fact, vacation homes were often confused with "timeshares," which often were sold...
- Research articles 2002-08-19
- Vacation Home Rental-by-Owner Tips
- Renting a vacation home without the help of a property management company could save a person as much as half the rental income. A self-taught Atlanta, GA vacation property owner who runs a growing vacation property rental business on the Florida panhandle, says property managers in her area charge from...
- White papers 2004-07-27
- Driver tries to crash Canadian prime minister's vacation home
- OTTAWA AFP — A woman tried to drive her car into the vacation home of Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper overnight, in hopes of getting a meeting, Canadian media reported. The car was stopped short of the prime minister's second home in Gatineau Park outside Ottawa, television networks reported. The...
- Research articles 2006-12-31
- Sale of vacation home disallowed as tax-free like-kind exchange.
- The Tax Court recently ruled that the sale of a vacation home and the purchase of another through an escrow agent did not qualify for tax-free like-kind exchange treatment under Sec. 1031 because the homes were not held for investment (Moore, TC Memo 2007-134). The taxpayers ...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- Memphis, Tenn.-Based Vacation Home Company Names New Senior Manager.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Mar. 7--J.Mitchell Collins, former senior manager with the Memphis office of Arthur Andersen LLP, has been named chief financial officer of ResortQuest International Inc. ResortQuest is a Memphis-based company that administers leasing, marketing and management of more than 17,000 vacation home and condominium...
- Research articles 2000-03-06
- Second Home Sales Falter
- The second-home market is cratering, and that means this could be a good time to buy if you can afford it. The latest numbers from the National Association of Realtors NAR show that vacation and second home purchases slipped to just 30 percent of all sales recorded...
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- See. 1031 exchanges of vacation homes.
- When does a vacation home qualify as investment property for purposes of a Sec. 1031 like-kind exchange? Based on the definition of "Use as Residence" in Sec. 280Ad, a vacation home used by the owner less than the greater of 14 days or 10% of the days...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- Charity stops at home - tax deductions; includes article on passive activities
- Charity Stops At Home People who have vacation homes as well as charitable impulses will not be pleased by a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service that puts the agency in the running for a "Grinch of the Year" award in 1989. Assume John and Jane Jones own a...
- Research articles 1989-09-01
- What Tax Deductions Can I Take on My Vacation Condo?
- Dear Ali: My wife and I have a vacation home in Florida that we rented out for part last year. Are there tax deductions that we can take against the income? A: Ah, taxes! Welcome to the wonderful world of Schedule E, used to...
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- Time shares can offer economical means to own vacation home.
- By Hubble Smith, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 11--The time-share industry, also called vacation interval ownership, traces its origins to the French Alps during the 1960s when people started looking for an economical way to own vacation property. ...
- Research articles 2004-07-11
- Memphis, Tenn., Vacation Home Marketer Acquires Firm in Sun Valley, Idaho.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Aug. 10--ResortQuest International Inc., a Memphis-based marketer of privately owned vacation homes and condos in destination resort markets, said it has just acquired a company in Sun Valley, Idaho. Aug. 10--ResortQuest International Inc., a Memphis-based marketer of privately owned vacation homes and condos in...
- Research articles 2000-08-10
- High alert: insurers are covering high-end vacation homes by stepping up their risk management techniques.(Property/Casualty: Homeowners)
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Insurance companies are wooing vacation-home owners as part of an attempt to corner this high-end niche market. Vacation homes can be a challenge to underwrite, because they often are located in high-risk areas and prone to perils such as hurricanes...
- Research articles 2007-11-01
- E-LOAN Announces Vacation Home Financing Program to Provide Borrowers Same Great Rate as Primary Residence Mortgages
- As Vacation Homes Become More Mainstream, E-LOAN Extends Great Rate and Superior Customer Experience beyond Primary Residence Financing
- Research articles 2007-02-13
- When a home is a shelter - For Your Tax File
- When a Home Is a Shelter The Internal Revenue Service has tended to look with a jaundiced eye at using a vacation home as a tax shelter --making the property available for rent part of the year and claiming deductions for depreciation and upkeep. Though the idea has...
- Research articles 1984-02-01
- Is There a Manufactured Home in Your Future?
- Manufactured homes are no longer the ugly ducklings of the housing industry. They're popular with retirees who don't want to tie up too much money in a dwelling. And they're often a good choice for a vacation home. The price is right. Per square...
- Research articles 1997-04-01
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