Southern New Jersey Overlook

Here are some of the Realty Reality blog articles that appeared during the month of May:
 
Life Expectancy of Home Components 
By any reckoning, a home is expected to last many years and serve several successive generations. But what about the individual components that comprise the house? How many years of service can a home owner reasonably expect from a roof or a door, a window or ...?
 
IRS: Estate and Gift Taxes 
If you give someone money or property during your life, you may be subject to federal gift tax. The money and property you own when you die (your estate) may be subject to federal estate tax. The purpose of this web page is to give you a general understanding of when these taxes apply and when they do not...
 
Celebrate: Memorial Day
Celebrated in most states on the last Monday in May, Memorial Day is a time to remember the U.S. men and woman who lost their lives serving their country...
 
Redfin and 60 Minutes - Alternate View 
The recent CBS news magainze show, 60 Minutes, had a report by Leslie Stahl about Redfin and the real estate industry. Besides being a brilliant free advertisement by Redfin for Redfin, it contained many factual errors, sloppy research and reporting. Here is a parody by Point2 that provides an alternate view that we thought was hilarious yet profound...
  
Tips For Green Bathrooms 
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Remodelers offers this guide of typical appliances and fixtures -- and their lifespans -- so you can make smart choices for that next bathroom project. "Homeowners can easily transform their bathrooms with these simple energy and water efficient upgrade..." 
  
U.S. Still A Top Tourism Destination For The World
U.S. Commerce recently announced that tourism-related sales totaled a record $1.2 trillion in 2006. In addition, 2.9 million international visitors traveled to the United States in February, an increase of nine percent over February 2006. International visitors also spent $9.2 billion during the month, up eight percent.  "The United States remains a popular tourist destination for international visitors and the industry is breaking records..."

Leading the Corporate Green Charge -- What Company Comes to Mind? 
When you hear the words "green business," what company comes to mind?...

Clean Coal Allocation Requests Deadline Remains June 30 
Applications for the 2007 allocation for clean coal projects are due to the Department of Energy (DOE) on or before June 30, 2007. Contrary to the expectation in an earlier information release (IR-2006-184), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) no longer expects to change the deadline to June 1...

Damaged Lawn Repair 
The important thing in repairing a lawn is to match the new, with what you already have in place so it's a nice blend. For example...

Radon In Homes Linked To Lung Cancer 
Two studies show definitive evidence of an association between residential radon exposure and lung cancer...
   
Keep Your Eye on Google Experimental
Google is actively working on changing and improving how we search and the ways that search results can be organized and presented.  It will be important to us as a user of their service, but is it very important to you if you are marketing a product or service through Google...

IRS: Nisson Hybrid Still Gets Tax Credit
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that purchasers of qualified Nissan North America Inc. vehicles may continue to claim the Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit...

Healthy Eating: Enjoy Almonds and Their Benefits
Almonds are classified as a "super food" because of their nutritional value, health benefits and flexibility in preparation and use. Almonds are high in...

Urban Infrastructure - Invest or Ignore?
A new report from the Urban Land Institute (ULI), in conjunction with Ernst & Young, looks at "Evolving Market for Infrastructure Funding, Development, Management". According to the ULI, "The United States' relatively low investment in virtually all aspects of mobility-related infrastructure-airports, public transit, railway systems, roads and bridges-is an "emerging crisis" that will...

Negotiating the Right Protection
During the home-buying process, there's more to negotiation than just price and terms. In the market of the past, buyers had nothing to go for except the highest price possible. Now, the buyer has more leverage...

Recalls.gov - Site for U.S. Government Recalls
"To provide better service in alerting the American people to unsafe, hazardous or defective products, six federal agencies with vastly different jurisdictions have joined together..."
 
 
 
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