Going into retirement soon, I am considering rental income as supplement to limited social security benefits.

If the bills are in the tenants name, the water and sewage companies can not provide a status of the account, but they have no problem placing a lien for unpaid bills.

In this, familial status basically means children.

I heard that China is already investing in them.When (not if) they do these austerity measures, there will be cuts to social programs, and increased taxes to pay down the deficit.

Those who like the free rides - are probably counting on having social security income for their retirement.

Cap gains tax applies to both income and owner occupied properties, of course, currently, you do not pay cap gains on your personal residence up to a certain amount depending on your filing status, which will be changing as of Jan 1, 2009.

They should stress that this "tax free" status is only for the duration of the time that you own the property or execute a 1031 exchange.

Facebook’s newest reach for another stream of revenue, cleverly named “Facebook at Work,” is a business version of its social media site that is essentially a workforce communication tool.

The best tool in there is their direct link to social media.More costly but worth it:We have access to a service called tracers that, for .50 per pull, gets us some of the most up to date info on anyone out there.We also employ a couple of private eyes that are somewhat entrepreneurial that will not only locate the owner but set up the appt for between 500-1000 per closed transaction.These are a few of the tools we use to locate our sellers...

Originally posted by @Brandon Turner:@Frank Eimiller like Brandon Turner ;)I'll be thinking of your Social Media post (forgot what platform it was on- of you saying that you bought playoff tickets and are leaving for a football game across the country) when I close my first deal this year.