Author name: Ricky Vasquez

New deduction may lower seniors’ Social Security tax burden

The federal tax bill passed in mid-2025 includes a provision marketed as “no tax on Social Security,” but it does not eliminate taxes on benefits. Instead, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act expands deductions for older Americans, potentially reducing federal taxes for many retirees, a finance leader recently explained. A blog post by Luke Delorme […]

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Digging into how an institutional investor ban would play out

President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting large institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes has broad – even bipartisan – political appeal. Still, most housing experts doubt that it will exert a significant impact on affordability. The order could also pose risks for builders that have made a practice of selling in bulk to institutional investors

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NAR outlines legal risk mitigation, litigation strategy in 2025 report

It is no secret that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) has faced its fair share of legal challenges over the past few years. From the commission lawsuits, to an investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to lawsuits over the three-way membership agreement and the now defunct, optional no-commingling rule, NAR’s legal team has

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