Small Business Expenses that are Tax Deductible

Business expenses are the cost of carrying on a trade or business. These expenses are usually deductible if the business is operated to make a profit. What Can I Deduct? To be deductible, a business expense must be both ordinary and necessary. An ordinary expense is one...

Saskatchewan Home Prices to Increase by 26%

A good family friend of mine made the seemingly spontaneous decision to pack up her life and move to Saskatchewan last year, to much scoffing and snooty response from many of her friends (not me, of course!), living comfortably on the Canadian west coast.She suggested that...

Questions arise on FEMA trailer resale

"A sale is out of the question," said Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.). "These trailers should be taken out of commission until we can guarantee their safety — and the information we have received so far provides no certainty that the health risks associated with these trailers...

Good News for Real Estate in 2007

"Daily Real Estate News | December 18, 2006 Real Estate Rebound Expected in 2007 Doug Duncan, chief economist for the Mortgage Bankers Association, expects the 30-year mortgage rate to hover around 6.5 percent for the remainder of the year, but climb to 6.8 percent by the...