Here is a link to an interesting article about real estate taxes. This will only affect a small number of people, those whose spouse passed away, but it seems like Congress did the right thing allowing them two years to qualify for the “married” capital gains exclusion on the sale of their home. Hardly...
Happy New Year! Who wants to walk across Arizona with me? It’s about 410 miles from the Mexican border, past the Grand Canyon and onto Utah. The walk or run starts on January 26th and it only cost $10 to participate. The money goes to the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension and you...
Here is something handy that I learned this year. You can send a text message to Google from your cell phone to do a Google search. For example you can send “BBQ Gilbert AZ” to 46645 (GOOGL). You will get a text message or two back. Here is what I got. Arizona Fireplaces &...
Certain events can stir memories of different places in the home. For me, Christmas always brings up the image of the fireplace in the house where I grew up. It was brick that was painted white and it had a walnut mantel. We always rigged a string just under the mantel to hang our...
