In 1980, Congress passed a law that sought to prevent foreign investors from buying US property. Known as the “Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act”, the act would force foreign investors to pay income tax if they were to sell their US property. Lawmakers...
Moving – it’s one of the things that many people dread for a copious amount of reasons. Some don’t want to leave the home that holds memories which were created by them and their significant others. Some don’t want to leave the home that they raised their...
There are lots of things to consider when you buy a new property. The views that a property provides are sometimes the deciding factor in a real estate purchase. One important thing to look out for is when a neighbor can block one of those views or legally use their...
No one likes to think about what they will leave behind to loved ones. But it’s something that we all inevitably must face. Being able to transfer real estate to heirs for many years as a complicated thing. But thanks to the Transfer On Death Deed that came into...
Susan Helm is a Pennsylvania State Representative and licensed real estate broker. Recently she has been exploring the idea of whether it is discrimination to set limitations on where a student can live while in college. Currently in State College, PA, there are...
