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Are any of the California Republican representatives coming out in opposition?  From what I can read most are at least remaining silent if not outright supporting it (McCarthy).  The party line of 'don't look at it just from the perspective of deduction elimination' or 'it's not that simple' is...

Additional standard deduction does nothing to offset loss of significant deductions such as property taxes, mortgage interest or state taxes.  IMHO the 'limited' details I have seen on the potential tax plans are total garbage, the only positive being elimination of AMT.  I don't personally...

Been in six months and have enjoyed it.  The neighborhood is coming together nicely, the new Heritage school seems to be on a very good path, and most of the neighbors we have met have been very nice and outgoing.  Some minor annoying aspects but all things which are getting worked out and are...

So we get the mail situation sorted (finally) and now I have another address related annoyance.  We noticed this past week that our AT&T signal was much weaker than it had been previously, so I went to activate the WiFi calling on my phone.  As part of that process, they require you to verify...

They told us yesterday maybe "another 2 weeks before they can deliver because they don't have the boxes set up in the post office to separate the mail by address"  That's about the 10th different excuse they've given us when we ask.  Any ideas on how to actually escalate to someone who has...

The guy at Best Buy was more than happy to suggest that  but I wanted to see if i could avoid the $300 router.  I am testing the router they provided first to see if it works.  I think if i buy the Netgear I may have to buy a new modem as well.  TBD, still have to see how my coverage is in the...

We closed right before Christmas in Crawford, and while it took about a week, we were able to get DirectTV and AT&T Uverse for internet.  The Uverse is fiberoptic, and is the 75mps.  I've measured it on my iphone and seem to be getting north of 50mps pretty consistently when I'm close to the...

I had very similar thoughts to you, and I locked into a very similar program with Wells on August 25 @ 3.875 with the option to float down prior to COE.  It definitely takes out some of the uncertainty around the Fed open market meeting next week.  I'm also hoping for them to not raise rates in...

Does anyone have a solid link to an explanation around California treatment of capital gains on a primary residence?  I am quite clear that gains under $500k are exempt from Federal taxes, but the California treatment is less clear.  I am trying to understand what to populate on the California...

Thanks for quick comments.  We considered the rent option, but weren't sure about 2 aspects.  1- wouldn't the rent be considered taxable income?  2- how can you incorporate their funds as part of the down payment.  It's not an insignificant amount and way more than gift tax limits. 

My wife and I are considering some options to purchase a new home which contains the separate casita which my parents would occupy.  They are nearing retirement age, and we have carefully considered the social aspects of such an arrangement so I don't want to focus my topic to those questions...