A 1031 Exchange, also referred to as a "Starker Exchange" is a method to defer payment of capital gains on the sale of your investment property. It involves taking the proceeds from your relinquished investment property and using them to acquire another like-kind property.Some basics you need to
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03/28/2008
FHA is a wonderful loan program that is commonly used among first-time homebuyers. FHA offers financing in the amount of 97%, is not supremely credit score driven, and allows up to 6% seller contributions (on a $100,000 property that amounts to up to $6,000! Seller contributions can be used to p
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03/24/2008
We get so wrapped up in our daily lives, that it is easy to forget about the elements in this world outside out immediate bubble. Sometimes we take a glimpse past this bubble and realize there is a larger picture than our own, and in that moment we think "maybe I'll volunteer at _____" or "Next
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03/23/2008
Alachua, FL's Main Street IS the city's downtown. It is a quaint street housing wonderful restaurants, clothing stores, sweets, gift stores and other establishments. Alachua does have several grocery stores and other businesses that you would expect a town to have, but this section is a prize of
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03/20/2008
I made a slideshow for the Alachua County, FL Countryside, but this slideshow focuses on the city of Alachua, FL (there is a city of Alachua within Alachua County). Alachua lies in a North-Westerly direction from Gainesville and is a lovely little town with beautiful countryside. You will find di
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03/20/2008
This probably won't be very difficult for anyone that lives near this restaurant and has seen this. Now, I might be missing something, but I am pretty sure STYEL is NOT, in fact, a word. YES, I did google it to see if it were some type of "classy" thing they were trying to do ala the "theatre"
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03/18/2008
Haile Plantation is a beautiful neighborhood in the SW section of Gainesville, FL. It spans in the vein of 1700 acres and has it's own golf course, Golf and Country Club, swimming pools, tennis courts and wonderful shops, restaurants, a fitness center, and other various establishments that are lo
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03/16/2008
I absolutely LOVE food. I'm not sure love is even a strong enough word for it, but I immensely enjoy savoring good food and plan my day around this act of mastication. Pre-career I had time to indulge in cooking at home. That was a different time in my life and I find myself being exhausted at
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03/14/2008
I receive quite a few inquiries from out of town buyers that are considering moving to the Gainesville area. What is most fascinating is the fact that these buyers hold interest for this area, yet they don't know much about it - much less what the area looks like. Most of these buyer's want to mo
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03/14/2008
