Connecticut Real Estate Investors Assn. (CT REIA) Announces February 2011 Meeting Of The Fairfield County Real Estate Investors Association

Article by Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association

The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, in association with the Fairfield County Real Estate Investors Association, or FCREIA, is announcing the quarterly meeting of the FCREIA. The event will take place from 6:45 pm to 9:00 pm at Westy Self Storage, 2070 Kings Highway, Fairfield, CT. Admission to this event is free for CT REIA members and $ 20 for not-yet-members.

The Fairfield County REIA quarterly meetings are a great opportunity for investors to connect with other investors in Fairfield County and Lower New Haven County. Attendees are encouraged to bring their business cards, deals, and team of professionals. The staff at Westy will assist attendees with any of their needs for this meeting. Coffee, sweets, cheese, crackers, and other delights will also be served.

One of the guest speakers for this event will be Ted Lanzaro, Jr., a CPA, CFE, and CrFA at Lanzaro CPA LLC. He will teach attendees how to use componentization to reduce income taxes. Topics Ted will discuss include: what componentization is and why it is a great tax savings tool; when is the ideal time to componentized a property; how componentization can increase depreciation and reduce taxes; how to get immediate tax deductions for fixing up a rental property; how rental losses can be used to offset earned income; and more.

The other guest speaker for this event will be Laura Treonze, an investor and realtor with the Gold Coast Investment Group at Keller Williams Realty. Laura will teach attendees the techniques to get and convert no-cost real estate leads. Laura will share techniques for growing buyer and seller databases. Laura will also give attendees scripts that will help them turn those leads into dollars. Laura possesses more than 10 years of real estate investment experience and is a workshop instructor of The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller. She is a certified distressed property expert, has her e-pro designation and is the Vice President for the Women’s Council of Realtors in Southern Fairfield County.

CT REIA is an organization that provides motivation, networking opportunities, and up-to-date education for people who want to buy their own home or investment property. Each month, a nationally known real estate investment trainer is featured. Real estate professionals, investors, landlords, property managers, realtors, contractors, wholesalers, rehabbers, and the general public are invited to attend our meetings. For more information on this and other real estate investor courses from CT REIA, please call (860) 265-4414 or visit http://www.ctreia.com .

Louisville, KY (PRWEB) February 05, 2012

4-H Camp Ohios executive director Anthony Imbody is a big believer in the ability of his camp to impact the lives of young people. He should knowhe was one of them.

I credit a lot of who I am today to 4-H and Camp Ohio, said Imbody, who had his first camping experience at the beautiful site in northern Licking County at age 9. Camp offers kids many first-time experiences, and allows them to learn a lot about themselves, plus meet many wonderful people, some of whom become lifelong friends.

As Imbody moved up the Camp Ohio ladderfrom camper to counselor to adult staff to Adventure program instructor to executive directora very big part of his experience, as well as most other campers, has been the camps Adventure Tower. Since it was constructed in 1976, its easily been the most popular attraction at the camp, with more than 125,000 young people having conquered challenges and learned teamwork on the structure. But times change, and when a burgeoning number of campers and an aging tower necessitated that a new tower be built, Imbody turned to Farm Credit Services of Mid-America for assistance.

Id heard how Farm Credit had given grants to a number of Ohios other 4-H camps, so I talked with one of their people, Roger Smith, who is one of our adult 4-H volunteers, said Imbody. Roger helped me with the application process, and we received a gift of $ 20,000, which allowed us to reach our goal. Now well be able to continue to offer a lot of great opportunities to a lot of kids for the next 30 years.

Construction on the new tower is scheduled to begin this spring and be completed in time for this summer and the 8,000 campers who visit the camp annually. The new facility will be taller and larger, and like its predecessor, will offer a climbing wall and a platform on top, from which campers can rappel down the 38-foot structure. It will also increase from one to two ziplines to offer twice as many campers the ever-popular zipping experiences.

Farm Credits Smith, a financial services officer with the ag lending cooperatives Utica field office, is also a 4-H alum and has spent 30-plus years as a 4-H advisor. He credits 4-H with teaching him some valuable leadership skills and the value of hard work, and wanted to see another generation of kids enjoy some of those same benefits.

This is a very busy camp, drawing from 18 to 20 surrounding counties, and we saw this as a great use of Farm Credits stewardship funds, to help provide this wonderful facility for them, he said. For many years, weve made it a practice to regularly invest in our communities. Theyve been good to us, and we want to do what we can to support the quality of life there.

When the new Adventure Tower opens for business this summer, this years crop of campers will eagerly begin ascending and descending it in the various activities. But they wont be the only eager ones.

Whenever I get a chance, I still enjoy teaching it today, because I can relate to the kidswhether its their first time or their tenth. If I hear one of our staff say, We need an instructor for the tower, I have this tendency to volunteer, laughed Imbody.

About Farm Credit Services of Mid-America

Farm Credit Services of Mid-America is an $ 18 billion financial services cooperative serving more than 92,500 farmers, agribusinesses and rural residents in Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Tennessee. The association provides loans for all farm and rural living purposes including real estate, operating equipment and housing and related services such as crop insurance, and vehicle, equipment and building leases. For more information about Farm Credit, call 1-800-444-FARM or visit them on the web at http://www.e-farmcredit.com.

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Few Amendments in Vermont Real Estate Tax Laws You Should Know

Article by Maple Sweet

As an element of broad extension of, the laws affecting real estate planning were expanded through the year 2012. Read below for a quick overview on the primary changes in Vermont laws.

1.Raised Exemption Levels

In comparison to the most other states, the average property taxes in Vermont have been pretty high, resulting into intense debate over the matter. However, lately the federal exemption level of real is increased to $ 5 million per person. Other than this, several important changes are made in gift tax laws as well. While the lifetime receivable gifts were previously limited to $ 1 million per person, the same has also been raised to become equals to estate tax exemption, i.e. $ 5 million per person. This concludes that there will be no longer a gift tax penalty for making lifetime gifts, however capital gains tax impacts shall be considered.

2.Increased Portability Favoring Surviving Spouses

This refers to allowing surviving partner or spouse to apply its deceased spouse’s unclaimed federal exemption amount to its own. As an example if Peter Doe dies without arranging to protect his federal exemption, in that case his surviving spouse may add Peter Doe’s exemption to her own, allowing her to avail bigger exemption amount. However, it’s unclear how it shall work in practical as there are various other rules to follow.

3.Vermont Estate Tax

The law prohibits special tax elections to delay till the death of surviving partner in some circumstances. Considering such a situation, it is suggested to incorporate flexibility in estate planning especially when you are to consider real estate for sale.

In conclusion, since the new rule is applicable only through the end of the year 2012, there are several uncertainties over the following Vermont real estate tax laws that decide the future real e planning. Henceforth, in order to ensure maximum benefits, Vermonters who own a primary home or a higher taxed holiday home are advised to incorporate flexibility in your plan.

Disclaimer: The write up is intended to facilitate precise, accurate and authoritative information on the recent changes in Vermont laws. The information published here above is as per the understanding of the author and not a legal advice and the readers are kindly suggested to seek expert legal advice from authorized legal advisers to seek full information on Vermont Real Estate, related laws and tax policies.

(PRWEB) January 31, 2012

Steve Weiser, an experienced agent with Realty Executives and author of Get It Sold -150 Winning Selling TIPS, creates broad new interest for home sellers in Southern California by merging traditional public relations techniques with the newest Web technologies to create a novel approach to selling Real Estate.

According to Steve Weiser, Todays real estate market and the competition from short sales and REOs places lots of pressure on the traditional equity sellers. In addition to traditional real estate marketing, the addition of on-line driven public relations can supercharge a sellers property and Get It Sold faster. With our PR efforts we are connecting with new audiences like newsmakers, bloggers, journalists, international agents, Facebook friends and specialized media to promote sellers properties. These audiences add objectivity and creditability to their reporting and from our research, can be more effective than paid advertising.

Tapping into free publicity is a great way to supplement the increasingly more expensive and less effective print advertising that Agents traditionally depend on. However, it is not a simple or easy process. It takes superior story writing skills and Internet technology expertise to exploit this new approach, says Pete Danvers, VP of Technology for SkyWire PR.

Partnering with SkyWire-PR, Agent Weiser has secured hundreds of thousands of dollars of free publicity for his clients. Clients properties have been featured in the LA Times, the OC Register, OC Magazine, on LX TV NBC and in Architectural Digest as well as many industry websites, magazine and newspapers, too numerous to list.

Real Estate agents and brokers who would like to learn more about the secrets of this powerful new approach can call SkyWire-PR.

Southern California property sellers interested in supercharging their listings can call Steve Weiser for more information.

Contact Information:

Steve Weiser

Realty Executives

949-291-7800

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Arizona Real Estate – A Perfect Place To Invest In 2007

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Mansfield, Texas (PRWEB) January 31, 2012

Texas Trust Credit Union was named best bank/credit union of Mansfield, home to Texas Trusts headquarters. This is the sixth consecutive year that Texas Trust has received this honor.

The annual Best of Mansfield award is a community nominated award program that recognizes the best businesses and professionals in the city of 56,000 residents. Residents nominate local businesses they consider the best in the city.

Texas Trust received more nominations than any of the other 21 financial institutions located in Mansfield.

Being named best of Mansfield is like winning an Academy Award, said Jim Minge, president of Texas Trust Credit Union. It is an acknowledgement of the hard work and dedication our employees put forth every day to make Texas Trust stand apart from other financial institutions.

Minge added, We are committed to continually doing more for our members so that they will be proud to say they are affiliated with Texas Trust.

The Best of Mansfield Awards is sponsored by the Mansfield News Mirror, a community-oriented publication of the Star-Telegram, which is owned by The McClatchy Company, the third-largest newspaper company in the U.S.

About Texas Trust Credit Union

Texas Trust is one of the largest credit unions in North Texas and the 21st largest in Texas. It has been operating for more than 75 years. As a full-service financial institution, Texas Trust offers checking, savings, mortgages, credit cards, CDs, Money Market accounts, IRAs, and investment and insurance services. Its business services include SBA and conventional loans, electronic payment cards, checking and money market accounts, merchant card processing, online banking, insurance, and the Employee Solutions Network. With 58,000 members and assets of more than $ 680 million, Texas Trust operates in Dallas, Tarrant, and Henderson counties, as well as parts of Ellis and Johnson counties. Texas Trust branches are located in Mansfield, Grand Prairie, Arlington, Cedar Hill, and Athens. For more information, visit http://www.TexasTrustCU.org.

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Arizona MLS – Arizona Real Estate

Article by Adam J. Morien

If you’ve been spending time recently pursuing Arizona real estate listings, it means one definitive thing: you’re in the market for a new home in the state of Arizona. For decades, Arizona has been one of the nation’s top spots for relocation. Arizona remains a welcoming state with great weather, great people, and a great way of life – which is why Americans continue to seek out top-notch homes in the state.The best way to search Arizona real estate listings is through the Arizona MLS. An MLS, which stands for “Multiple Listing Service,” provides potential buyers with the opportunity to view all available listings in the state according to their own search criteria. In years past, uncovering information about Arizona real estate listings required potential buyers to contact multiple brokerages and realtors to discover what listings were being serviced by different companies. Organizations kept their own limited rolls of Arizona real estate listings, so buyers who wanted to ensure that they were seeing all available properties had to contact multiple locations for information.With the Arizona MLS, however, buyers benefit from overall cooperation in the industry. Now, all listings are available together in one place. The best way to access the Arizona MLS for complete Arizona real estate listings is through arizonachoicerealestate.com. The Choice Group brings years of experience to the table when it’s time to search for your next home in Arizona. Here, you’ll find the expertise, knowledge, and overall support that you need in order to make your home search successful and ensure that you locate the home of your dreams.The Choice Group can help you with all your real estate needs from start to finish. While the Arizona MLS empowers you to take charge of your real estate search, you will still find that you need additional information and support as you move through the process of purchasing your next home. The Arizona MLS gives you access to complete Arizona real estate listings – but the professionals at the Choice Group are able to step you through the process in an orderly, effective way and will look out for your best interests at all times. When you search the Arizona MLS through arizonachoicerealestate.com, you’re gaining access to the best listings and the best service – guaranteed. At the Choice Group, we understand that deciding on a home to purchase is one of the most important decisions you’ll make this year (or even this decade) – so we’re here to make the process easy and straightforward.

(PRWEB) January 27, 2012

Recent media reports that California and other states will be engulfed in an enormous wave of long-delayed foreclosure action in 2012 as banks deal more aggressively with delinquent mortgages, means more homeowners than ever could lose their homes without expert legal help to defend their rights, according to Vito Torchia, Jr., managing attorney of Brookstone Law, PC.

Now that they have admitted to their blatant mismanagement and addressed the legal problems they caused, the banks are going after homeowners once again, said Vito Torchia, Jr.

According to media coverage,1.9 million U.S. homes were hit with default notices, foreclosures and other actions last year and California had the third-highest incidence of foreclosure filings, behind only Nevada and Arizona.

“In 2011 we spoke out about how banks were beginning to get more aggressive about foreclosures,” said Vito Torchia, Jr. “As we expected, this news confirms that trend will continue this year and people will continue lose their homes in many cases due to toxic loans and faulty mortgages.”

Media reports indicate that in California, 3.2% of homes logged at least one foreclosure filing last year with 2.7% receiving notices in Los Angeles County and 2.5% in Orange County, compared with nearly 5% in San Bernardino County and 5.3% in Riverside County. California also saw a second-half surge in 2011 of initial notices of default, which is a first step when banks is preparing to seize properties with delinquent mortgages.

The only positive is that banks can be negotiated with more aggressively and in less time now than before the discovery of their role in creating the housing crisis, said Vito Torchia, Jr. With expert legal help homeowners may ensure secure solutions faster than any time in recent years.

Media coverage of the trend also noted the Federal Reserves recent urging of Congress recently to do more for troubled homeowners.

The discussion about reducing loan principal for underwater borrowers is misleading because it is based on the idea that taxpayers finance the government-sponsored housing finance firms, the tab for which already has reached about $ 150 billion and which during this election year seems unlikely, said Vito Torchia Jr. Homeowners with foreclosure problems are far better served taking aggressive action now to protect their rights with expert legal counsel on their side.

ABOUT BROOKSTONE LAW, PC

Headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif., and with offices in Los Angeles, Calif., and Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Brookstone Law, PC is a law firm comprised of attorneys with experience and success in business, corporate and personal finance, employment, entertainment and media, art and museum, intellectual property and real estate law. The firm has a network of more than 40 affiliate attorneys nationwide and employs highly trained specialists, paralegals, paraprofessionals and administrative staff dedicated to serving clients. For information, call (800) 946-8655 or visit Brookstone Law.com at http://www.brookstonelaw.com.

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Prognosis of Arizona Real Estate and New Mexico Homes

Article by Clay Fields

Tee 2 Green Real Estate, services the Arizona real estate and New Mexico real estate markets, and is upbeat about the potentiality for Arizona residences new homes in Arizona, New Mexico homes and new residences in New Mexico.In Arizona Tee 2 Green Real Estate has investigated the dwindling prices of Arizona homes, but we believe the prices (of new construction), which can’t go much lower, will help to stabilize the resale real estate market.Tee 2 Green Real Estate believes that the downturn in the Arizona real estate market is due (in no small part) to the influx of investors who purchased multiple properties with the idea of reselling them at a profit. When Arizona real estate prices began to drop, investment properties in Arizona began to inundate the resale market.Tee 2 Green Real Estate has seen an influx of Canadian 2nd buyers into the Phoenix locality, and Tee 2 Green Real Estate is energeticly marketing to Canadian buyers as a specialty niche market.Canadian buyers tend to in conjunction with the exchange rate between the Canadian dollar and the US dollar. The better the exchange rate, the more Canadian buyers Tee 2 Green Real Estate has identified in the Phoenix market. As far as the New Mexico real estate arena goes, Tee 2 Green Real Estate has recognized greater stability in the real estate market and in the prices of New Mexico homes. Tee 2 Green Real Estate believes that this steadiness is due mostly to the diffidence on the part of new home builders in New Mexico to sell their homes to investors.Tee 2 Green Real Estate’s New Mexico operation hasrecently surpassed our Arizona real estate operations by 3 to 1. New Mexico offers a similar desert climate, but more moderate in the Summer, and colder in the Winter. New Mexico has all four seasons but nothing too extreme.Visit our site to see a listing of Arizona homes and/or New Mexico homes: t2grealestate.com/arizona_hot_properties

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Tucson, Arizona (PRWEB) January 15, 2012

Three months ago, Tora Woloshin had no idea that the giggling baby dancing to her X Factor performance in a fan video was anything other than a cute and happy toddler. http://www.twitvid.com/V9H6S According to her record label, JukeBox, it wasnt until weeks later while looking for a charity beneficiary for her CD release party, that Tora learned 15 month old Caleb was afflicted with Neurofibromatosis (NF). NF is a common neurological disorder that can cause tumors to grow anywhere in or on the body and can result in cancer, blindness, deafness, bone deformities, loss of limb, and scoliosis. Tora knew that she and Caleb were brought together for a very special reason. On February 18th, Tora and her label, JukeBox Records, will celebrate the release of her LP, Open Heart Surgery at DV8 Nightclub in Tucson with a concert, party and fundraiser for Childrens Tumor Foundation (CTF), an organization dedicated to improving the health and well being of individuals and families affected by NF.

Caleb isnt the only one in his family diagnosed with NF. Calebs 10 year old sister, Marisol, and their father, Conrad, are also afflicted with the disorder that affects more than 1 in every 3000 children born. Currently, there are no treatments and no cure for NF and it strikes people of all races and ethnic origins worldwide and both sexes equally. So far, their NF related problems are minimal, but it is scary that one day the problems could become life threatening,” said Conrad Cordova, Marisol and Calebs father. “Through a support network we developed, we have met many families with children just like Marisol and Caleb right here in Tucson. Some of these children have serious complications such as brain & spinal cord tumors, limb amputations, and learning disabilities. Through Children’s Tumor Foundation, we have met many families with children with catastrophic variations and cancer. These children, as well as our own, are our motivation, inspiration, and calling, leading us to reach out to others and raise awareness about NF. Sadly, in the past 4 years we have lost several friends across the country that battled courageously against this disorder.

The goal of Toras CD release party is to raise dollars and awareness that are targeted to finding new treatments for NF. MCd by Shannon Black from KiiM FM, the ALL AGES event begins at 8PM and will feature a short video about NF in addition to entertainment by Tora and her dance crew, special guests Broken Romeo and Vintage Sugar from Tucson along with VIBE and CMW from California. A dance party with DJ Brandon immediately follows the show. In addition to a portion of CD and merchandise sales, over half of each $ 10 ticket purchased will be donated to CTF. Tickets can be purchased from performers or online at http://www.showclix.com/event/ToraCDRelease .

For more information about The Childrens Tumor Foundation, please go to http://www.ctf.org/. For more information about Tora Woloshin, please go to http://www.torawoloshinmusic.com on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/torawoloshin or follow Tora on twitter @torawoloshin.

About The Childrens Tumor Foundation

Founded in 1978, The Children’s Tumor Foundation is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of more than 100,000 Americans living with neurofibromatosis (NF). Our research program has played a key role in the discovery of the genes that cause NF, understanding the biology of NF, creation of the NF Clinic Network, and preclinical screening of drug compounds that appear promising in treating the disorder.

About Tora Woloshin

Tora was one of the top 8 girls selected by Simon Cowell to advance to the top 32 on the opening season of X Factor USA. She also won the second season of Lucky Break, a local American Idol style competition that is televised on KOLD on Saturday nights. Tora grew up in Tucson and began her singing career at age 6 with the national childrens group, Sunshine Generation. Later she graduated to musical theater, dance and group and solo vocal performances with the non-profit Tucson group, Kids Unlimited. She spent most of her childhood with Kids Unlimited and received instruction in dance, vocals, acting and musical theater. As a teenager writing and performing her own music, Tora fronted three of Tucsons most recognized indie rock bands, including LESS THAN FAMOUS, before moving on to concentrate on a career as a solo artist.

About JukeBox Records

JukeBox Records is a family owned enterprise started in 1999 to provide support and direction to Tucsons independent music artists.

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