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May’s Real Estate Corner

A home warranty can be a useful tool if you want to sweeten a deal for a potential buyer.  These warranties provide a service contract on major systems in a home. This can be reassuring for buyers, since no one … Read More

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SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED PHONE SERVICE at the IRS

SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED PHONE SERVICE – 2 MILLION MORE CALLS ANSWERED BY IRS CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES, WAIT TIMES UNDER 5 MINUTES Has this been your experience when contacting the IRS lately? Sincerely,

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Three Rules For Building Wealth 

1. Make money.       Use your talents, interests, and skills to get a job and keep working, even if you don’t work at the same place your whole life. Stay on the lookout for higher paying opportunities. 2. Save money. … Read More

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Where’s My Tax Return

While plenty of folks have gotten their returns, there’s still a LOT to be sent out.  If you have already received it, then hopefully this little list reaches you in time, but if you’re still waiting, here’s a few of … Read More

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Where Does AI Stop?

Artificial intelligence has been in the news a lot recently, and while many of us are “sort of” used to bots or prompts from what is only the most “basic” of AI, the fact is?  It’s changing a LOT of … Read More

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May’s Amusing Tax Convictions

Well, last month was certainly a busy one, but it’s interesting to note that, despite the many convictions in the last few months of plenty of unscrupulous preparers, there’s still plenty of deceit to go around.  In Utah, Ashley James … Read More

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April’s Real Estate Corner

Lots of buyers talk about “locking in” their rate, but are they actually saying the right thing?  A mortgage rate lock freezes your interest rate after your loan is approved until the loan is closed.             Rate locks can be … Read More

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Quiet Hiring Vs. Quiet Firing 

In a tight labor market, not only is it hard to find employees, it’s also difficult to keep them engaged. Gallup has found that at least half of employees are emotionally disconnected from their jobs.       Disengaged employees can be … Read More

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Options If You Owe Taxes?   

Well, the tax deadline is here, and even though it’s going to be nice to have another Tax Season in the books, some people will find that they don’t have enough cash to pay Uncle Sam. That could lead to … Read More

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The IRS is Watching “Digital” Assets              

The Internal Revenue Service doesn’t consider cryptocurrency to be actual money. But it does consider it to be a valuable asset and if you made dollars on bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies, that money is going to be taxed … BUT, … Read More

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