by kramoltz@hotmail.com | May 9, 2022 | Global Buyers + Foreign Investment, Selling Your Home, Taxes
When a foreign person sells U.S. real estate, 15% of the sale price will withheld. However, U.S. formed entities like limited liability companies are not themselves considered to be a foreign person so withholding would not apply (although their members may be...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | May 3, 2022 | Home Buying, The Attorney-Broker Advantage, Title Insurance + Escrow
Do you know what to look for in the title commitment/report you receive as a buyer of property? The title report may reveal negative matters that will hurt you if you close on the home. The Arizona contract gives the buyer the right to object to adverse title matters...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 25, 2022 | Home Buying, Selling Your Home
The latest on “love letters” is that the Oregon law preventing a buyer agent from providing the seller or its agent with one has been blocked by the courts. The provision that “a seller’s agent shall reject any communication other than customary documents in a real...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 18, 2022 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
Not long after the onset of WWII the Germans began to bomb London. The English authorities found that locating civilian casualties in the rubble of destroyed homes was difficult. That is because there was no way to find them as were no search and rescue dogs – until...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 12, 2022 | Home Ownership
Kitchen and bathroom faucets are one of the most common upgrades during a remodeling project. 81% of renovating homeowners upgrade their kitchen faucet, while 88% upgrade their bathroom faucet according to Houzz. Here are two trends in faucets: 1. Pull-Down Designs....
