Caveman asked:


There are many websites where you can place free classified ads. I don’t know which one is considered the best for selling or searching for camera equipment.

Guerilla Liberal fighter asked:


Will he be able to use this experence to better Corporate interest when he is President.

Patriot Pete asked:


Blagojevich, Emanuel, Obama, Jackson, etc these people should be ashamed of themselves for creating such a spetacle and they all should RESIGN IMMEDIATELY

cypruspolice asked:


I would like to sell my house and buy another one in California.

What would be a reasonable deal to ask a realtor/real estate agent to give you if they handled both transactions?

No one has offered me a deal but what would be a good one that I should approach an agent friend with as an offer, say “If you give me X I’d like to have you handle the sale of my house and the purchase of my next one at the same time”

Thanks.

Brandon D asked:


Say if you buy hockey products from a manufacturer to sell in your store. Do you buy the products for half off of what you sell them for or something. Also, if my store wants to advertise the products we buy from the manufacturer, would my store have to pay the manufacturer for advertising for using their brand or logo, or would the manufacturer pay for the advertising?

mmurphy384 asked:


My wife an I bought our house 6 years ago for $235,000. It is now appraised at $550,000 and we are considering either moving to a nicer house or renovating our current house (that we currently owe ~ 190,000 on). If we stay, we would renovate our kitchen and bathrooms for an estimated $75,000.

If we were to sell our house for 550,000 house, can someone help me understand the costs:
1) approximate realtor fee
2) approximate closing costs
3) Would we pay any taxes on the $300k provide we stand to make?

If we were to purchase a $650,000 house, what would the estimated closing costs.

The only other thought I had is that by moving now, we get a break on some percentage of the capital gains over our lifetime(I beleive 170K per move) and then the counter starts over in our new house (so that we could move again in 6 years and still be within any grace period amount). Perhaps I misunderstand this whole concept of being able to write off a certain amount from capital gains???
2 more tidbits.

The primary reason for moving to a modestly more expensive house is to avoid the intrusive construction associated with a major kitchen/bath renovation.

Also, we wouldn’t mind moving into a different neighborhood (with more kids). It’s not just a financial decision.
I talked to a realtor and the info wasn’t pretty.

1) Typical realtor fee when selling it 5.5-6%
2) Throw in another 11,000 for closing costs on a 500,000 house.
3) When purchasing a new house, a reasonable estimate for closing costs is 3.5% (which would include property tax for the first year ($5000 in MD for a $600,000 house).
4) Capital gains is such that the first 250,000 is tax free (for a married couple). Anything over that is taxed.

I guess I’ll be renovating.

James K asked:


Can some one give me a site address?

paul_in_boston asked:


As I was talking to my brother we were talking about places to sell products. We are not that up to date with new websites but, we are interested in finding a place to buy and sell products online.

Mattman asked:


Especially for first timers.
Greed is good. Do you know drift?
The point is how do you buy stocks?

ash asked:


Example question:

In 2006, the Smith family bought a house from the Johnson family for $200,000. The Johnson family originally built the house in 1990 at a cost of $150,000.

How does this affect the GDP for 2006 if at all?