The Realtor Party
The REALTOR® Party is a powerful alliance of REALTORS® and REALTOR® Associations working to protect and promote homeownership and property investment. The REALTOR® Party speaks with one voice to advance candidates and public policies that build strong communities and promote a vibrant business environment. Now more than ever, it is critical for REALTORS® across America to come together and speak with one voice about …
About Iowa City
Iowa City – A Special Place Offering big-city amenities along with small-town hospitality, Iowa City has it all. Nestled in the heart of the Midwest in east central Iowa in Johnson County, it has long served as a locus for culture, education, variety and fun. A stroll through the downtown pedestrian plaza proves it. Here you will find a real sense of community and …
Iowa Business Property Tax Credit
The Iowa Department of Revenue announces implementation of the new Business Property Tax Credit. The Business Property Tax Credit is one of the components of the largest tax cut in Iowa history signed into law by Governor Branstad on June 12, 2013. 2013 Iowa Acts Senate File 295 provides a Business Property Tax Credit for certain commercial, industrial, and railroad properties. The credit does …
2015 Interest Rate Projections: Here’s How Rates Will Affect Your Money Next Year
It’s interest rate projection season here at GOBankingRates. While consumers are busy preparing for the holidays and end-of-year celebrations, we’ve been hard at work analyzing interest rate trends from 2014 and making predictions for what 2015 will bring. Let’s take a look at what rates have been doing over the last year, where they are expected to land in 2015 and what it all …
August Group Property Management adds clients
Jeff Edberg, CCIM, SIOR and Rachel Barnes, CCIM add two commercial buildings and three new residential management clients to their professional property management portfolio under the Lepic-Kroeger, Realtors brokerage umbrella. August Group Property Management now serves a 9,988 square foot office / service multi tenant building in Coral Court, Coralville and a 22,000 foot retail multi tenant building near the Waterfront Hy-Vee in Iowa …
Tax Deal Extends 15-year Leasehold Recovery
Like it or hate it, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, also known as the “fiscal cliff fix,” does have some real pluses for commercial real estate investors. Perhaps the most beneficial is the reinstatement of the 15-year recovery period for leasehold improvements. The ability to depreciate tenant improvements on a straight-line basis over 15 years expired in 2011. The new act extends …
Commercial Real Estate on the Road to Recovery says NAR
NEW ORLEANS (November 7, 2014) – While economic activity was mixed during the first half of the year, industry experts expressed confidence that the commercial real estate market is on the rise during the Commercial Economic Issues & Trends Forum at the 2014 REALTORS® Conference & Expo. National Association of Realtors® Chief Economist Lawrence Yun joined leading investment experts during a panel discussion about …
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge – LKR style!
LKR ALS Ice Bucket Challenge The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a fun way to fund raise and bring awareness to a very sad, destructive disease. A challenger challenges, and the challenged may either dump a bucket of ice water on their heads, or contribute money to ALS. There have been many funny, creative and meaningful challenges, but this is our version after being …
The Best Real Estate Company
What is the BEST REAL ESTATE COMPANY, or the BEST REAL ESTATE AGENT? The truth is there isn’t one! Many companies and agents proclaim that they are the best, but sadly, no one is. The reality is that among the 395 agents and 55 offices that serve this area there are strengths and weakness for all candidates. So, if we can dispense with hyperbole, …