Real Estate

What does a civil attorney do?

An attorney who specializes in civil law is known as a civil attorney. Civil law has many fields including business law, corporate law, intellectual property law, family law, personal injury law, probate law, real estate law, tax law, etc. Civil law is a branch of law that deals with disputes between individuals and/or organizations, in […]

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Alamo Car Rental Guide: What You Need to Know About Reservation, Payment and Return Arrangements

In 1995, Alamo became the first car rental company to offer customers real-time Internet reservations. In 2005, it became the first in its industry to develop a digital check-in system. It has expanded its services to the rest of the world and fosters partnerships with travel agents, the airline industry, tour operators, and other travel-related […]

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Tax depreciation for investment properties

WHAT WE CLAIM In tax year 2011-2012, the most recent period for which statistics are available from the Australian Taxation Office, more than 623,000 Victorians made deduction claims for rental property expenses. The most common were for municipal taxes, 564,890 claims, water expenses, 539,890, insurance, 476,055, interest on their loans, 474,375, real estate agent fees, […]

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Sicilian dialect land measurements

While traveling in search of a piece of land in Sicily to build a house, some local knowledge of the dialect and traditional measurements is required. It gets very complicated as different regions of Sicily use the same words for different sizes of land in Sicily. When evaluating land in Sicily, always have an Italian […]

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Why use Self-Storage?

Storage is not a new concept. People have been storing little treasures and precious trinkets ever since early man decided to hide his collection of saber-toothed tiger necklaces under his mammoth-skin rug so his wife wouldn’t force him to throw them away. Our storage methods have become more sophisticated over the years, but for many […]