., the house is owned free and clear, when I sell the the new buyer, on a 30 year am. @ 6%, can he/she claim the mtg. int. tax deduction?

I currently have three rental properties that will all be free and clear in the very near future.

The HOA has made it clear that they will not allow my style of fence and have threatened me in writing to make it spaced or they would have it removed.

I'd love to hear people's thoughts on debt vs equity investing and what they prefer and why.I personally like the safety of debt, since things tend to be more clearly defined, as opposed to off the cuff estimates on returns.

That clears it up for me.

We nicely explained that for them to convey clear title, they need to provide it.

I can see how raising the fee to that level would definitely result in less filings, even if they were clearly justified.

I want the IRS to treat this as a clear sale now so I avoid capital gains entirely.

It looks like whatever software they use to pay themselves from the business (since she is "president" and he is "manager") is clearly *really* cheap and primitive.

Ahhh... well, these two families that I'm dealing with this week, clearly demonstrate why that is necessary...