More than 1,000 arrested in illegal worker sting
Published Thursday, April 27, 2006 by Real Estate Pro.Executives at the company that hired them also are caught up in 26-state effort Cincinnati businessman Billy Hoskins was wending his way through Milwaukee's Mitchell International Airport this week when federal agents arrested him as part of what authorities are calling the nation's biggest crackdown on employers of illegal immigrants. The one-day, 26-state blitz of arrests was meant to send a signal to American companies that hire illegal labor.
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More than 1,000 arrested in illegal worker sting
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Published Thursday, April 20, 2006 by Real Estate Pro.Consider the tax burden. When deciding where to live, or possibly where to retire, you might want to look at the tax burden. First, the U.S. Census Bureau has recently published an interesting chart: States Ranked by Total Taxes and Per Capita Amount: 2005. The Tax Foundation publishes an interesting study, ranking states by the amount of taxes one pays in that state: State and Local Tax Burdens Compared to Other U.S. States, 1970-2005.
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Bogus Trailer Park Real Estate Scam - Interesting
Published by Real Estate Pro.When they tried to contact her to find out the status of the tranaction they would not be able to get ahold of her again. Some potential buyers met with who they thought was a real estate agent and paid down payment money that they never saw again. “When the prospective buyer would call to find out more about what was going on, they never got an answer and figured out they’d been duped out of their money,” Hay County Sgt.
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Bogus Trailer Park Real Estate Scam - Interesting
Property Tax Cut Rally
Published by Real Estate Pro.It is also intended to show the Texas legislature that there are thousands of Texans who support the property tax cut. Sure, there is no state income tax in Texas, but this does nothing to retirees who pay obnoxiously high property tax bills. Second, as the value of homes in Texas rises, and we have seen strong appreciation in the Austin area lately, property tax bills could price some people out of their homes.
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Property Tax Cut Rally
Developers Amass Condo Building Sites
Published by Real Estate Pro.And she didn't change her opinion upon learning that less than two weeks after Spreng bought her house, he sold the Capretta property for $1.19 million to Lady Godiva Investment Holdings LLC, a company in which he's a principal. Developers are "flipping things all over the place," said longtime area condominium developer Jim Mack of Volusia Properties, who recently flipped his company's Key Largo project in Daytona Beach Shores.
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Developers Amass Condo Building Sites
Buyer (And Seller) Beware
Published by Real Estate Pro.You hear stories about sellers slashing listing prices to attract buyers, but home prices nationally have risen more than 10% over the past year. That leads people to take more risks than they should. The idea here is that if people's monthly payments to own a house are much higher than what they would spend to rent the same place, tax considerations included, then they must be banking on prices going up so they can sell for a profit someday.
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Buyer (And Seller) Beware