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Great lot with Gentle, Rolling Terrain. Long Range Mountain View can be aquired on this lot with tree trimming!! All paved roads, End of the Road Privacy... more >> 1 of 2 photos Ranger For Sale $40,000 0 Beds / 0 Baths Endless Panoramic Mountain Views are what youll get from this 1... more >> 1 of 8 photos Ellijay For Sale $53,000 2 Beds / 1 Baths 40 ft Hy-Line Camper with Bay Window that overlooks the river! Upgrades include high efficiency stack washer & dryer, 2 slideouts, ducted heat and air, six sleeper, 2 door model... more >> 1 of 5 photos Blue Ridge For Sale $55,000 0 Beds / 0 Baths Superb Lot in Upscale Subdivision! Beautiful Panoramic Views of Layers & Layers of Mountains!!.. more >> 1 of 4 photos Ranger For Sale $55,000 0 Beds / 0 Baths Endless Panoramic Mountain Views are what youll get from this 1... more >> 1 of 1 photos Blue Ridge For Sale $114,000 0 Beds / 0 Baths 278 Ft. of Little Fightingtown Creek Frontage!! Gentle laying lot with Easy Creek Access. Excellent Building Site Sits Above this Noisy Creek thats one of North Georgias Premier Trout Streams... more >> 1 of 7 photos Blairsville For Sale $119,900 3 Beds / 2 Baths SHORT SALE!! BRING ALL OFFERS!!!!! Great Low Maintenance Ranch Style Home with Custom Floor Plan!.. more >> 1 of 1 photos Blue Ridge For Sale $134,900 0 Beds / 0 Baths 613 of Little Fightingtown Creek Frontage!! Gentle laying lot with Easy Creek Access. Excellent Building Site Sits Above this Noisy Creek thats one of North Georgias Premier Trout Streams... more >> 1 of 5 photos Blue Ridge For Sale $139,900 0 Beds / 0 Baths 9... more >> 1 of 8 photos Morganton For Sale $149,900 2 Beds / 3 Baths Retreat to the Mountains and Enjoy Getting Away to this 2BR/3BA Cabin with a Year Round Mountain View From All Three Levels!.. more >> 1 of 0 photos Mineral Bluff, For Sale $174,900 2 Beds / 2 Baths Enjoy Peace, Quiet & Privacy in the Mountains from this 2BR/2BA cabin sitting on 6 acres..... more >> 1 of 8 photos Blue Ridge For Sale $189,000 2 Beds / 2 Baths Great Bargain on this 2BR/2BA home sitting on 4... more >> 1 of 5 photos Blue Ridge For Sale $199,000 0 Beds / 0 Baths Over 1300 of creek frontage, rolling pasture land and majestic mountain views all encompass this 12.45 acres... more >> 1 of 0 photos Blue Ridge, For Sale $220,000 1 Beds / 3 Baths Still under construction but approx. 95% complete! 1BR/2BA and sleeping loft on 1.7 acres with 175 of Toccoa River Frontage!! Come in and finish the way you want..... more >> 1 of 8 photos Cherry Log For Sale $259,000 3 Beds / 2 Baths This property has it all...lake frontage, creek frontage, private location and tons of charm! Fully Furnished 2BR/1... more >> 1 of 8 photos Blue Ridge For Sale $275,000 3 Beds / 2 Baths Astonishing Views of Lake Blue Ridge & Multi-Mountain Layers are what youre going to get from almost Every Room of this Cabin!.. more >> 1 of 0 photos Blue Ridge, For Sale $279,000 2 Beds / 2 Baths Prow Front Chalet with tons of glass so you can see the Year Round Long Range Mountain & Pasture views!.. more >> 1 of 0 photos Reliance For Sale $439,000 3 Beds / 3 Baths New 4536 Sq Ft Home In The Mountains Sitting Among Towering Pines And Hardwoods Perched On A Mountain With Mountain Views. National Forest Borders 2 Sides And Offers Total Privacy... more >> View All Our Picks >> Home Buying Tax Benefits They say there are only two things you can count on in this world: death and taxes. But when it comes to owning a home, it appears there may be a third. And that is the favorable treatment of BLUE RIDGE home ownership by the Internal Revenue Service. 1. The purchase When buying your own home, most of the expenses are not tax deductible. But there is one exception that is worth finding. The IRS says you can deduct interest in the year that it is paid, and that is usually part of each monthly loan payment. In addition, if the day you purchase is on any day other than the first of the month, you will likely pay a charge for "daily interest" between the day of closing and the end of the month. Look on line 901 of your HUD settlement statement. Much more importantly, the IRS says that, in most cases, loan discount points and origination fees are tax deductible to the buyer, regardless of who pays them. Look at lines 801 and 802 of your settlement statement and see if you hit the jackpot. This is a particularly unusual deduction because you get the benefit even if the seller paid your closing costs. And because origination fees of 1% and more are common, this can amount to a lot of cash. 2. Mortgage interest In general, you can deduct interest charged on a loan used to acquire or improve your principal residence in the year that it is paid. In the early years of a loan, most of your monthly payment is interest, so this can really add up. If you are in a 28% federal tax bracket, this can have the effect of lowering your borrowing costs by almost a third, depending on which state you live in. This is truly nothing more than a subsidy to BLUE RIDGE home owners, and it's a very popular deduction. In addition, you can always deduct interest on an additional $100,000 of mortgage debt, which can be used for any purpose. This is called the "Home Equity Loan" exception, and it allows you to tap into your BLUE RIDGE home equity for any purpose. This gives BLUE RIDGE home owners the ability to do what is called "debt-shifting." For example, if you live in an apartment and have a credit card balance of $10,000 at 18% interest, none of that interest would be deductible. But if you bought a house, obtained a BLUE RIDGE home equity loan for $10,000 and paid off the credit card, then ALL of the interest expense becomes automatically deductible. Furthermore, the rate on the BLUE RIDGE home equity loan is likely to be around prime plus one or two, usually much lower than credit card rates. This same technique works with any and all personal debt, from car loans to consolidation loans - with only one hitch. In every BLUE RIDGE home equity loan, you have pledged your house as collateral for the loan. If you fail to pay the payments as agreed, you could lose your house to foreclosure. So be careful in using this technique. 3. The sale This is the best. In fact, I can hardly believe this myself. Here's how it works: If you have owned and occupied your principal residence for at least two of the past five years, you can earn up to $500,000 on the sale of that house and pay no federal income tax whatsoever. That's assuming you are married - singles get up to $250,000 tax free. And here comes the kicker: You can do this as often as every two years for the rest of your life. This is as good an excuse for getting married as I have ever heard. Buy a fixer-upper in an up and coming BLUE RIDGE neighborhood, work on it nights and weekends for two years, then sell it at a nice profit and pocket the cash, totally free of federal taxes. And most states recognize the federal exclusion, so you put the cash away totally tax free. You don't have to re-invest, you don't have to be age 55, and you can do this every two years forever. No, I'm not kidding. The one restriction is that you MUST own and occupy the house as your principal residence, so don't try this on a rental BLUE RIDGE home by pretending you live there when you don't. And there are some unclear rules about how you can take a partial exclusion if you live there less than two years, but we don't really know what they mean yet, so I recommend you stay there two years. Many of these benefits came into being with the 1997 tax law, but lots of folks are just finding out about them now, so buy and sell to your heart's content. Just don't plan on staying forever!

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