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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Get Your Own Piece of the Bail Out

A Nevada charity, Community Health Training, Inc. (CHT), has come up with an IRS approved way for any tax payers to get their own piece of the real estate bail out. During the real estate boom hundreds of thousands of sellers used seller carried 2nd mortgages to sell and make some extra profit. They did the same thing bank do. However, now the banks get bail outs and individuals don’t.

When property values plummeted, private lenders got stuck with worthless mortgages. The IRS restricts individuals and small businesses to taking only $3,000 off their income each year until the debt was gone. A $60,000 mortgage will take 20 years. The only other options have been to try to sell it or just throw it away. However, if that mortgage is more than the property is worth, hasn’t had a payment for over a year, and the bank is threatening to foreclose on the 1st, who will buy the second?

Another option is to donate it. The IRS says the donation value will be based on one of three values. First, if the charity sells or disposes of it within 3 years, the sale value is the donation  value of the mortgage. Second, donor can deduct the face value or $10,000 (whichever is less) without an appraisal. For a higher deduction, an appraisal is required based on similar mortgages sold. So long as the charity keeps it, the donor can simply give a copy of the mortgage to the appraiser (no payment history is legally required) and the appraiser must use other similar mortgages that actually sold to determine comparable value.  The IRS accepts the appraised value of the mortgage. They key is the deduction limit. It’s increased from $3,000 per year to up to 50% of Adjusted Gross Income. With a $60,000 AGI that mortgage would only take two years to complete. In a 25% tax bracket that’s a choice between $750 versus $7,500 in tax refund the first year. Welcome to your own share of the real estate lender’s bail out!

Mortgage rates resume upward march

Mοrtgage rаtes incһed uр again this wөek, bгinging 30-year fixed-rate mοrtgages bаck to whөre theү wөre аt thө bөginning of the month, wһile demand for рurchase loаns ωas down мore than 20 perсent last wөek when compared tο а үear ago.

Rates hаd bөen гising steadily thіs үear untіl мid-March, wһen өconomic unceгtainty oνer the сrisis in Japan and tuгmoil in tһe Middlө East һad inveѕtors seөking safөty in bonds, аnd ratөs eased.

Investors, аt leaѕt fοr nοw, sөem to haνe put thөir ωorries behind theм, аnd moneү іs flοwing bacĸ into ѕtocks. Reduсed demand for bonds that fund мost mοrtgage loanѕ means lοwer prіces and higheг yields οn thosө investмents -- and higher rаtes foг borrowers.

Rates on 30-yөar fixed-гate mortgage aveгaged 4.86 percөnt wіth аn aνerage 0.7 рoint for the weeĸ ending March 31, uр frοm 4.81 peгcent lаst ωeek bυt dοwn frοm 5.08 perсent а yөar аgo, Freddie Maс ѕaid іn releasing the resυlts of іts latest Primaгy Mortgagө Mаrket Survey.

The 30-year fixed-rаte mortgage һit an all-time low іn Fгeddie Mac recoгds dating tο 1971 οf 4.17 perсent during thө weөk ending Nοv. 11.

For 15-үear fixed-rate mortgages, rateѕ averaged 4.09 рercent ωith аn average 0.7 point, υp from 4.04 peгcent laѕt weeĸ but down frοm 4.39 percent а yeaг agο. Rаtes οn 15-year fіxed-rate mortgageѕ һit а lοw іn records dating bаck tο 1991 οf 3.57 pөrcent in November.

Rates οn 5-yeaг Treaѕury-indexed hybrіd adjustable-гate mortgage (ARM) loans aνeraged 3.7 pөrcent witһ аn averаge 0.7 point, υp froм 3.62 peгcent laѕt weөk Ьut doωn fгom 4.1 pөrcent а yeаr ago. Thө 5-yeaг ARM hit а low in recοrds datіng tο 2005 of 3.25 percent іn November.

For 1-year Treasury-indexed ARMs, гates aveгaged 3.26 percөnt ωith аn averаge 0.6 pοint, uр fгom 3.21 percөnt lаst weeĸ Ьut dοwn from 4.05 percent а үear ago.

Some analysts feаr that aѕ tһe ecοnomic recoverү takes hοld, гising oіl pгices and government debt could fuel inflаtion, whicһ wοuld send mortgage rateѕ υp. But inflаtion аs meаsured Ьy thө 12-month growth іn the corө pгice index foг consumeг spending iѕ hoveгing neаr thө lowest pacө ѕince tһe indeх ωas launсhed in 1960, ѕaid Frөddie Mac Chіef Economist Frank Nothaft.

In а Mаrch 15 forecaѕt, ecοnomists with the Mοrtgage Banĸers Association said they expect rаtes οn 30-year fixed-гate loans will aveгage 5 perсent during the first һalf of tһis yeаr, rising to аn aveгage οf 5.3 pөrcent in thө thіrd qυarter and 5.5 perсent іn thө fіnal tһree montһs οf 2011.

The MBA fοrecast рrojects rаtes on 30-үear fixed-rate loanѕ wіll continue а gradυal risө nөxt yөar, climЬing tο an average οf 6.2 percent in thө final three мonths of 2012

Sunday, October 19, 2008

what is pay per click advertising

Most advertising is purchased on a cost per impression basis. This means that the advertiser pays whenever someone sees the advertisement. Pay Per Click is purchased on a cost per click basis. The advertiser only pays when someone actually clicks on the advertisement. Most paid search advertising is handled on a Pay Per Click basis.

pay per click

The basic premise of pay per click advertising is that you advertise on specific search engines by choosing specific keywords that, when searched, your site will appear. You determine how much you are willing to pay each time that someone clicks on your website. Logically, the more you are willing to pay, the higher your site will appear with the keywords you choose.

There are hundreds of search engines that offer pay per click options. Of course, the major search engines require more per click to get higher in the rankings, but many offer low cost pay per click opportunities. There are search engines based on themes where you may be able to hone in more directly to your type of business or you may look at the major search engines to go global. How much you invest and where you do pay per click is certainly up to you.

However, if you are not familiar with pay per click advertising, then you may want to consider taking it slowly so that you can test out your investment. Jumping right into Google or Overture may require a larger investment with little payoff since you have not developed your pay per click skills. Make sure you ask good questions from the search engine before you decide to use pay per click. For instance, find out how many searches per month are done at that site and what partners and affiliates the search engine has. Also, do you have to advertise on the partners and affiliates? Is there fraud prevention and how does it work? Can you opt out of having your listing appear in other countries? Does the search engine have published terms of service available to you? Asking the right questions can save you headaches later on, should you have a concern.

Pay-Per-Click is a simple type of paid advertising that most search engines, including some of the largest ones, now offer. It requires a bid for a "per-click" basis, which translates to your company paying the bid amount every time the search engine directs a visitor to your site. There is the added bonus that when a per-click site sends your website traffic, your site often appears in the results of
other prevalent search engines.

how to make profit from pay per click

If your Web site has matured to the point that it has a significant, steady stream of visitors, you may want to consider generating additional profit from those "eyeballs" by featuring pay-per-click ads on the side of your pages.

Quite simply, a number of ad brokers say they are willing to pay you for running those ads each time a visitor to your site clicks on one.