Real property includes land and permanent structures; ownership offers control and usage rights. Ownership rights involve possession, control, exclusion, enjoyment, and disposition. Real estate ...

Andrew Bloomenthal has 20+ years of editorial experience as a financial journalist and as a financial services marketing writer. Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society ...

Most taxpayers are used to the idea that they can deduct taxes paid on real property. Real property generally includes land and improvements. Most commonly, those improvements are buildings. You most ...

Idaho’s state Tax Commission has a full house today at a hearing on two proposed rules setting definitions for personal property, now that the Legislature has enacted a new partial property tax ...

Over the last 25 years, home values have exploded—pushing millions of would-be homeowners to the sidelines and catapulting existing owners into an estimated $48 trillion in real estate wealth. For ...

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