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We all know that good photos of the homes you have for sale encourage potential buyers. But very few of us can afford to send out a professional to very home. Here are a few tips to help you get better photos.

Inventive, innovative, resourceful. These are all terms that we hear bantered about when discussing top business people and entrepreneurs. And they can all be admirable traits. In fact, I don't now of a single successful entrepreneur that doesn't display all three of these characteristics. But there are times when our inventiveness can stand in the way of the progress of our success.

Theodore D. Lanzaro, CPA

How IRS dealer status impacts your real estate investing and tax planning

One of the most popular ways that both beginning and experienced real estate investors choose to generate cash flow for their real estate investing is through a quick sale or "flip" of a property. These transactions often generate the income that an investors lives off of while building a portfolio of "holding properties" to generate future wealth. The Internal Revenue Service may determine that you are a real estate "dealer" if you buy and flip properties based upon what they determine your intent was when you purchased the property. The factors used by the Internal Revenue Service to determine "dealer" status are as follows:

By Cory Barnett and Neal Barnett

Everyone knows that the government doesn’t like to lose money, and now the Federal Housing Association (FHA) has upped the ante for lenders that do not engage in loss mitigation efforts. The U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Department recently announced a program to reward lenders for trying harder to recoup their losses before declaring a loan in default.