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Rocket Dollar Launches Gold Service

Rocket Dollar, a digital self-directed IRA and solo 401(k) provider, has introduced Rocket Dollar Gold. The new service tier combines premium services such as priority phone support with a checkbook and debit card. Additional features include four courtesy wires a year, expedited rollovers and transfers, and Roth conversion reporting; tax reporting for the IRA or Solo 401(k); and a custom-named LLC to hold investments. Author admin View all posts

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Home Prices Rise Annually Across Most Opportunity-Zone Redevelopment Areas

Median Prices Rise Year-Over-Year in Two-Thirds of Zones Targeted for Tax Breaks ATTOM Data Solutions recently released its second special report analyzing qualified Opportunity Zones established by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs act of 2017. In this report, ATTOM looked at nearly 3,700 zones with enough sales data to analyze, which included home sales prices with at least five home sales in each quarter from 2005 through the

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Winter Is the Best Time to Buy a Home

You may be surprised to learn that buyers willing to close the day after Christmas realize biggest discounts. December offers more than holiday retail discounts. It’s also the month that includes the only three days of the year to offer discounts below estimated market value to homebuyers. According to a recently released ATTOM Data Solutions report on the best days of the year to buy a home, December wins at

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A Chance Opportunity Becomes a Lifetime of Success

Don Wenner has enjoyed many successes, but it all started with an unexpected opportunity that he accepted. Sometimes the most life changing events are those that occur when least expected. That’s exactly what happened to entrepreneur Don Wenner when he was introduced to the world of real estate as a young college student. Once that introduction was made, Wenner became obsessed with real estate, determined to build his knowledge of

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Housing Costs Ease for Homeowners

According to data released recently by the American Community Survey (ACS), the “burden” of housing costs has decreased for U.S. homeowners since the Great Recession peaked in 2008. The same is not true for renters—data show that burden to be stagnant. What is a “burdened” household? Those that spend at least 35% of their monthly income on housing costs, which can include mortgage, utilities, real estate taxes, property insurance and

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Zombie Properties Slip Below 3 Percent of All Foreclosures Nationwide

Today’s ATTOM Data Solutions’ fourth quarter Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure report reveals that more than 1.5 million U.S. single family homes and condos, representing 1.5 percent of all homes, were vacant in the fourth quarter of 2019. The report shows that during the fourth quarter of 2019, about 288,300 homes were in the process of foreclosure, with 8,535 (2.96%) sitting empty as “zombie” foreclosures. The percentage of zombie properties

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