I think that the new Real Estate Tax Benefit should certainly light a fire underneath my friend Todd. Todd has been putting off buying a new house for the past several years; he has been thinking that the values of real estate are still going to fall for a while now. I can understand his concern; the real estate market has become a pretty scary place lately! But I think that if someone is absolutely certain that they are going to stay put in one location for several years, then buying a house is a good idea. Especially with the tax benefits involved! Many people need the tax benefit of owning a home; the interest on the mortgage payments is tax deductible. (As far as I’m concerned ALL interest should be tax deductible, even credit card interest, but that is not the case.)
Because this new tax credit has been extended, more people can take advantage of it and buy a new house this spring and still get the tax credit. From what I understand the income limits have been increased as well, so more home buyers can take advantage of it. And this tax credit is not only for first-time home buyers! It can benefit other home buyers who are moving up from homes that they’ve lived in for at least the last five years. This benefit can truly help a lot of people, and not just a select few.
My mother and I decided to go to the newest local women’s consignment shop in town yesterday. What a great time we had! We bought several nice dresses that still had the original tags on them for less than 1/2 the original price! And my mother was thrilled because she also bought a couple of nice suits for my father. After our shopping spree (which was really a cheap shopping spree) we went to lunch at a nice little tea house that is decorated with lots of lacy and flowers – a very girly girl restaurant. We had a great time, and I hope we do it again soon! Consignment stores are great!
Did you know that you can go to blogtelevision.net and find all the DIRECT TV Offers and DIRECT TV Specials that are available in your city and state. I have been tossing around the idea of switching to Direct TV, I have a few friends that have Direct TV and have good things to say about them, their programming packages and their customer service. Word of mouth is still the best advertising as far as I’m concerned, so I decided to do some checking online when I stumbled onto blogtelevision.net.
Right now one of the DIRECTV Specials is getting $100 cash back, now that is a nice chunk of change! And you can get over 150 all digital channels for about $1 a day. Direct TV has over 130 of the best HD Channels, HD is the way to go these days. So if you are interested in any of the DIRECTTV Specials you can go to blogtelevision.net or call 888-409-4351 and see what Direct TV can offer you in your home town. Now is a good time to start checking your options with the different cable and satellite providers, there are deals to be found and going online makes the task of researching things like this so much easier, it’s all good!
This last snow storm was nothing compared to the one that is on it’s way. And to top it all off with, they are talking about another storm on the horizon for the up and coming week end. This has been one heck of a winter. We haven’t had a decent weather weekend since before Thanksgiving. I can’t wait for Spring……..
For many years I’ve been interested in the new contact lens technology that allows more people to wear contacts than ever before. The contact lens technology has progressed to the point where there are very few people in the world that can’t wear contact lenses. I tried contacts many years ago but wasn’t happy with them – at the time the eye doctor said that I had to wear semi-soft lenses. Well, I couldn’t get those crazy things out of my eyes! So I gave up. Well, after reading about the latest contact lenses on the market, I’m thinking that maybe I’ll give it another try.
