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The California rural area fire prevention fee not tax deductible The IRS’s Office of General Counsel said the California rural area fire prevention fee is not tax deductible. The IRS said that the fee didn’t qualify as a deductible real property tax because it was imposed only against specific property to provide a local benefit. It also was imposed only against property in areas where the state provided fire protection services, not on all property within the state’s jurisdiction. And it did not qualify as a deduction because it was not based property value or structure size — instead, the [&hellip

Wash Racks Part of a great foothill horse property By Havilah Parisi Pony.Estate There are many key elements to making a great barn in the Northern California foothills. One of them is the wash rack. A wash rack is a place to rinse off or give your horse a bath. There are many wash racks in the horse world. A wash rack can be just a post and a slab of concrete and a hose. But that is very elemental. There are several things that go into a great wash rack. The absolute main thing about wash racks is the [&hellip

Northern California horse property and Texas horse property have some key differences. By Havilah Parisi Pony.Estate I recently went to Texas and while I was there I took a horse lesson. I noticed some differences in Northern California horse properties and Texas properties. Northern California horse property and Texas horse property have some natural features contrasts. California foothill properties are a little more scenic.  Texas horse property tends to be much larger with more open spaces. I have ridden in the California foothills for 9 years. I enjoy the trees that surround the barns, the brisk mornings where your hands go [&hellip

Coffee Real Estate –Sacramento & Foothills the real estate solution You heard of the guy who likes the business so much he brought it. Well I hated mine and my family’s real estate experiences so much I felt a mission to start one. I thought there must be a better way to offer real estate service with compassion and fair prices without all the stress. I wanted a professional real estate service that could communicate clearly the complexities of the real estate transaction. For that reason I started Coffee Real Estate –Sacramento & Foothills with the mission to serve our [&hellip

How to price my house to sell in Sacramento? How to price to sell a house in the Sacramento keeps changing. The Standard way to get a market value of a home is usually defined as the price at which a given house, in its present condition, will sell in one to three months. The supply and demand houses in Sacramento plays a big part of the pricing of your home. Some houses are on the market for a day others for over six months. Pricing is part art and part science, and no two real estate agents price properties [&hellip

Why Real Estate? You heard of the guy who likes the business so much he brought it. Well I hated mine and my family’s real estate experience so much I felt a mission to start one. I thought there must be a better way to offer real estate service with compassion and fair prices without all the stress. I wanted a professional real estate service that could communicate clearly the complexities of the real estate transaction. We wanted to be heard. We wanted to be told what was happening. We wanted to understand the why’s and how’s. In the end [&hellip