A Limit on Widow's Gains Exclusion Question: My husband and I owned a house as tenants in common. He died in 2005. Now I would like to sell the house. Am I entitled to the $500,000 exclusion on my capital gains?Answer: No. You would be entitled to the $500,000 principal-residence-sale capital gains tax exclusion only if you sold the house in 2005, the year of your husband's death.However, presuming you inherited your husband's share of the property; you received a new stepped-up basis to market value on at least that share as of the date of his death.Presuming you owned and occupied the principal residence at least 24 of the 60 months before its sale, Internal Revenue Code 121 entitles you to a $250,000 exemption upon its sale. Information provided by Catherine Sheldrick, United General... 07/21/2007

One of the projects I have begun working on for clients is to compile data from their specific communities on their recent sales, current listings, and tracking the trends on home values. I have begun creating reports for specific areas in Orange County, and am customizing these reports based upon data given to me from the MLS and my appraisers. If you are an Eastbluff resident and would like to request a customized report, you may do so at my custom website at: EastbluffHomeValues.com.  If you are interested in purchasing an Eastbluff home, be sure to contact me for a referral to a qualified REALTOR.   07/20/2007

Gina Dougherty from AR, her significant other, and me, sat down in the back row with our coffee in hand not knowing what to expect. The theme of the day was "The Inner Circle". The president of the Mark Victor Hansen organization introduced MVH and the show began.Before we knew it, MVH was having us draw happy faces on each other's index fingers. Okay, I know MVH likes to have fun but were we ready to deal with our reluctant inner child so early in the morning? Reluctantly, we drew them. I was worried about getting ink on our clothing but then he had us touch our foreheads. Were we going to have happy faces imprinted on our foreheads? About 400 well dressed 30-40-50's something entrepreneurs drawing happy faces on our body is against all the rules and so it began, breaking down the stee... 01/15/2007

Mark Victor Hansen, author of One Minute Millionaire and co-author of Chicken Soup For The Soul Series, is a powerhouse of inspiration and had the room on its feet more than in their seats. He is funny, brilliant, and influential. He and his entourage of power hitters such as Roger Hamilton who is the author of 'Wink and Grow Rich', and Robert Allen, authour of Multiple Streams of Income, are out to change the world. Their plan is to create millionaires and those millionaires in turn donate to charities. Their goal is to stamp out poverty. Count me in Mark. I will be posting some of the outstanding points made during this whirlwind event.  Stage It Forward!  No hat that day...  01/14/2007

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You heard it from me first folks - a month ago I said that more and more conventional brokerages are adding auctions to their list of services.  Surf and Country(tm) out of Newport Beach CA annouced today that it's adding auctions to its residential real estate services. Mark Whitehead of Surf & Country is one of California's largest individual brokers.  This truly is going to catch on like wild fire and become more mainstream. How quickly that happens depends on how successful conventional brokerages integrate and execute on the auction marketing and processes. it's a different ball game out there!http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060926/nytu085.html?.v=69 09/26/2006