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Is There Still Time To Find a Vacation Rental?

By Karen Eubank / April 10, 2021 /

You’ve probably had a vacation rental before. Maybe your parents dragged you off to a cabin in Maine every summer when you were growing up. Or perhaps you shared a place on the beach with friends in your college years, or you’ve gone the short-term rental route and stayed in super cool Airbnb’s. Now you…

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The Mondara — Park Luxury Condos Are Move-In Ready, But You Better Hurry

By Karen Eubank / October 6, 2016 /

  Open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8 Highland Park is just about the most coveted neighborhood in Dallas. Sure there are sports stars, celebrity sightings, and film shoots, but the great schools, terrific police and fire department, and gorgeous luxury properties are what really draw buyers. There has only been one thing…

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Taxes and Second Homes: Will Buying a Second Home Help Lower My Income Taxes?

By Candy Evans / April 19, 2011 /

God, I wish I could say yes, but more likely, just maybe. Or how about, fat chance? I checked with my wonderful CPA firm, Judd, Thomas Smith & Company, who says you may still deduct mortgage interest on a second home and also property taxes but watch it: that alternative minimum tax, a complicated Congressional…

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