Robert Bruss

• Robert Bruss: Let your home business save taxes Published 02/18/2007 at 12:01 a.m.

  If you are among the millions of homeowners and renters who operate a profitable part-time or full-time business from your home, don’t forget to claim your home-business tax deductions to reduce your income taxes. It doesn’t matter if you are ...

• Robert Bruss: Don’t bury your head in the sand if you missed mortgage payments Published 02/18/2007 at midnight

  DEAR BOB: I am four months late on my mortgage payments because of a job loss. Now I am in the process of foreclosure. What are my options? I am back working again but do not have all the money ...

• Robert Bruss: Book reveals pros and cons of condominiums Published 02/18/2007 at midnight

  If you want to avoid costly mistakes when buying a condo, co-op or townhouse, “Tips and Traps When Buying a Condo, Co-op, or Townhouse, Second Edition” by Robert Irwin explains virtually all the potential pitfalls and how to avoid them.

• Robert Bruss: Can homeowner association bar worship services at clubhouse? Published 02/18/2007 at midnight

  Until 2004 the Savanna Club Worship Service Inc. conducted its worship services in the Savanna Homeowner’s Association clubhouse or common areas. But the homeowner’s association received numerous complaints from its members regarding use of the common areas for religious services.

• Robert Bruss: Pyramid your realty wealth without paying taxes Published 02/11/2007 at 12:01 a.m.

  If you enjoy paying capital gain taxes when selling an investment or business property, you probably won’t want to learn how to pyramid your real estate wealth by legally avoiding taxes on profitable sales. However, if you prefer to build ...

• Robert Bruss: ‘Nothing Down’ book is not just for women Published 02/11/2007 at midnight

  Don’t be misled by the title “Nothing Down for Women” by Robert G. Allen and Karen Nelson Bell. Men should also study its techniques. Although written primarily by Bell, a former Las Vegas show producer, to show how she and ...

• Robert Bruss: Can condo homeowners association prohibit room rentals? Published 02/11/2007 at midnight

  Masood Ghamaty owns a four-bedroom, three-bathroom condominium at the Colony Hill complex. He occupies his condo and rents rooms to individuals, charging $300 to $550 per month each.

• Robert Bruss: Mortgage lender’s appraisal won’t cause reassessment Published 02/11/2007 at midnight

  DEAR BOB: Thank you for the article on your Web site about getting rid of PMI (private mortgage insurance). Upon my request, my mortgage lender sent me the paperwork to cancel my PMI payments of $72.56 per month. I have ...

• Robert Bruss: Realty investments provide tax savings Published 02/04/2007 at 12:01 a.m.

  “Why buy real estate in a flat market?” That is the essence of a question my airline seatmate asked me after he learned I invest in and write about real estate. But rather than answer his question directly, I asked ...

• Robert Bruss: Good news for military home sellers Published 02/04/2007 at midnight

  DEAR BOB: I am on active duty with the Navy. In 1999, I bought and lived in a home in Arizona while stationed there. In 2002, I was transferred under military orders to San Diego so I converted my home ...

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