August 2008 - Posts

19 August 2008
What Homes Sell in Today's Market?
For this post, I am focusing on Providence, and the East Side of Providence specifically, although I am not sure that it differs much from one neighborhood to another in the Rhode Island market, and for the U.S. for that matter. What sells and sells quickly, Read More...
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17 August 2008
Keep Your Day Job!
In a move sure to not to go over well with my husband and real estate partner, Chris Wall, I am posting the end of Chris' singing career. Chris Wall (not Wahl as indicated below but oh well) announces the games for Brown University Soccer. See what Read More...
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16 August 2008
New Tax Law Affects Capital Gains for Second Homes turned into Primary Residences
We were having a discussion yesterday with one of our investor clients whether or not he and his wife should downsize and move from their primary single family residence, benefit from the capital gains exclusion ($500,000 in profit exempt from taxes for Read More...