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To have and hold for investment under Section 1031

An analysis of Oregon Department of Revenue v. Marks, Or. Tax (2009) Internal Revenue Code Section 1031(a)(1) provides that “[n]o gain or loss shall be recognized on the exchange of property held for productive use in a trade or business or for investment if such property is exchanges solely for property of like-kind to be held [...]

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Wowzers! The latest blog digest is out!

Mere moments ago, the Arkansas Realtors® Association sent out its regular blog digest to subscribers. Click here to have a look at the latest digest so you can see for yourself just how nifty it is. If you haven’t yet subscribed to the blog digest, why not take a few seconds and do just that? To get [...]

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And the new executive director of the AREC is … Gary Isom

Bill Williamson stepped down as executive director of the Arkansas Real Estate Commission (AREC) at the first of March and has been succeeded by his former deputy, Gary Isom. “We’ve worked well together,” Isom said of Williamson. “Bill’s been a good teacher.” Isom said he started at the AREC as an investigator in 1987 and was named [...]

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March issue of ‘Cleburne County Realtor® Education Newsletter’ available

Just like clockwork, Warren Darden over in Heber Springs has put together his monthly Cleburne County Realtor® Education Newsletter. Fortunately, he’s sent a copy to the Arkansas Realtors® Association (ARA) so we can share his latest newsletter with you. Want a copy? Just click here to download it and you’re all set. As usual, Darden has done [...]

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Average/median list prices, inventories for March 8

Yes, the Arkansas Realtors® Association usually distributes these reports every Monday, but there were some unavoidable delays that kept us from posting the weekly average/median list prices and inventories report until today. That said, click here to download the Excel version of the report and here for the PDF. A copy of the above graphic is [...]

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‘Monday Morning Briefing’ from Talk Business

Roby Brock over at Talk Business does a heck of a good job covering business news here in the Natural State. He emails a Monday Morning Briefing every week to the Arkansas Realtors® Association and it’s about time we started posting those so our readers can enjoy them. To have a look at today’s Monday Morning [...]

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Specialized Realtors strive to make transactions easier for buyers and sellers

A string of letters behind a Realtor’s name might resemble alphabet soup, but it actually shows that agent has decided to specialize. Let’s say, for example, a Realtor hands you a business card identifying him as “Skipper Benton, ABR, CRS, GRI.” What Skipper is trying to tell you is that he has earned the Accredited Buyer [...]

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Tax advantages of owning a home

It seems that a few companies have started sending over some information of interest to Realtors® as well as home buyers and sellers. We at the Arkansas Realtors® Association are glad of that as we can pass such items on to our legions of blog-happy readers. The latest great piece of information was sent in by [...]

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Arvest’s take on credit scores

Tricia Fredinburg at Arvest Bank in Little Rock is in the habit of sending over information about lending and whatnot to the Arkansas Realtors Association (ARA). We at the ARA are glad of that because Fredinburg generally has some great information to share. The latest item she sent is no exception. What did she send over? Why, [...]

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How market reports can boost your business

Editor’s note: In the following article, Bob Corcoran makes a very good point about how providing good information — housing market reports in this case — to clients can help them make good decisions. If customer service does, indeed, lead to repeat business and referrals, then Corcoran’s on the right track. You can pick up [...]

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