Edith Lank
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Land contract and homeseller exclusionOct 15, 2016 5:00 am - Q. I read in your column that there might be no federal income tax for the sale of a longtime home. Two years ago I sold my home of 22 years on a land contract. The pric...
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Backup sales contract like having 'belt and suspenders'Oct 08, 2016 5:00 am - Q. What does it mean when a property shows up in the multiple listing system as a new listing with a pending offer? I get email updates about my area from a couple of di...
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Sale of primary home not likely to incur income taxOct 01, 2016 6:00 am - Q. My mother asked me to write to you with some questions. My parents recently sold their home in Colorado, which they'd lived in since 1975. Since 2014, they'd had a ca...
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Think of interest as rentSep 24, 2016 5:00 am - Q. I inherited some money when my grandmother died last winter, and as you wrote in a recent column, it could be a good investment to pay off the mortgage on my house. I...
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Couple weighs paying off home vs. tax deductionSep 17, 2016 6:00 am - Q. We have a 5 percent mortgage on our house, and my husband wants to pay it off. I feel this is a wrong move because we deduct the interest payments on our income tax r...
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More reader comments on home stagingSep 10, 2016 6:00 am - Readers are still sending in comments about the rant from a seller who resented trying to live in her professionally staged home while it was on the market. Some sellers...
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Understand the difference between decorating and stagingSep 02, 2016 5:00 am - A few weeks ago a reader wrote in with what she called a rant - an account of the "grief" she and her husband felt after their real estate broker staged their longtime h...
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Absentee real estate investment is riskyAug 27, 2016 5:00 am - Q. My son is interested in renting out his home, as he received a job offer in another state. Three years ago I bought your book, "The Home Buyer's Kit," to help him. Do...
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Rant about living in a staged houseAug 13, 2016 5:00 am - Q. As a faithful reader of your column and previous real estate agent, I thought I understood how the process would go when we put our house on the market this June. Lit...
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Streamlined refinancing can lower you VA mortgage rateAug 06, 2016 5:00 am - Q. Do you need to have proof of income if you refinance when applying for a VA loan? A. If you already have a Veterans Affairs loan on the property, the VA requires only...