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The National Association of Home Builders is calling on you to urge your congressman to extend the first-time home buyer's $8,000 tax credit. Do you think this is a good idea?

We're stuck a bit between a rock and a hard place in this country. We need money to stimulate the economy, but we have to borrow the money we need--a highly questionable course of action.

According to this RISMedia article, 1.4 million families have filed to receive the tax credit. That equals roughly $11...

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An Investment Property that is Actually an Investment Property

Looking for something that will actually cash flow?

A property that is not a short sale?

A listing where the work has already been done?

Consider this listing on Bradbury.

This home comes with great tenants that have a lease until November 2012. This home is a cash flow heaven with rents of $1,626.82 per month.

It's a beautifully updated single level with 4 bedrooms and 2.5 baths to boot.

Once again, the market is presenting us with some good investment opportunities. This is one of...

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Boise's Best Goes Mobile!

At last.

Search the local market from your cell phone. As you drive the local area, just call 208-473-7070 (the Audio Search number) and enter the street # of the property of interest.

Maybe you're online and see a property you like. Oops, gotta run! No worries--you have 473-7070 saved in your phone, and you enter the street # as you dash out the door. Listen to information about the property while you walk to your car!

If you like, property info can be automatically emailed to...

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Good Rundown of Tax Breaks for Home Buyers & Sellers

Highlights from the article (found here) include:

-First-time homebuyers: The Recovery Act provides a credit of up to $8,000 if a taxpayer buys a home between Jan. 1, 2009 and Nov. 30, 2009. The homebuyer also must not have owned a home in the previous three years and the home must be the primary residence.

[We add: Time is running out to take advantage of the tax credit. If you want to ensure that you have time to find what you're looking for, get your offer accepted and successfully...

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Boise Condos

It's been an especially rough couple years for Boise's new condominium market, which is almost exclusively centered in downtown Boise.

Nearly a dozen projects began construction or were rumored to begin within the last five years alone. Off the top of my head, I can think of five that are within a five mile radius.

Needless to say, in a city this size and a relatively sluggish market, there isn't enough demand for the supply of active condos on the market.

It's discouraging, but not really a...

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