If they're both the same as applicants, then I'd say pick the one who turned it in first (even if it was literally by just a few minutes).If these are applicants to a room in a home that you also live in, choose the one that seems to fit your household style the best.

However, there are some cases where it might help to accelerate the income. 1)If you expense to be lot higher tax bracket next year.2)If your Head-of-household or surviving spouse status ends after this year3)You plan to get married next year ( combination of income will push you on the higher bracket)4)If you expect to be eligible for one or more credits next year (e.g., the child tax credit), but not this year.

If you are interested in condominium investments, then you may have something to keep an eye on and I would guess in land locked areas there is only one way to grow and that it up - with a condo tower.  

However, most don't have the nuanced knowledge/experience that I can offer, and also just don't want to spend the time investment in doing the conversion - writing the listing, shopping, unpacking, and setting up household things, and thinking of all the small items required for a house.

I've been using towels from Target at all of my units- they retail for a bit more than the walmart ones, but I have the target red card that adds 5% off and free shipping, and then order a bunch when they do their household good sales of 30% every few months.

Foster parents when they apply for licensing have to show a household budget that shows how they pay for their own expenses because they are not supposed to be living off the foster child's money.

Price to Income RatioThis ratio compared the median household price in an area to the median household income.

The law allows an emotional support animal to be any common household animal.

As a recent graduate, I'm hoping to gain more perspective on situational and financial limitations that stop people from making certain investments. At the moment, I'm trying to figure out why most young people or peo...

I want to take some of the depreciation for myself to offset my personal household's nonpassive income sources and give the rest to my investors.Cost segregation vs section 179 deduction?