Current Loan Interest Rates

Mortgage Calculators (Clicking on these will take you to another site)

• How Much House Can I Afford? - Use this before you start looking for homes
• Mortgage Qualifier - This Java calculator is pretty cool
• Colorful and interactive Mortgage Calculator -  you can change values by using slide bars.
• What's Missing Calculator - Enter 3 of the 4 pieces of info (monthly payment, interest rate, loan amount, number of months) and it will tell you the missing value.
• How Much Can I Borrow? - For Property Taxes, use 2.4% of home purchase price as the estimate
• Mortgage Calculators - List of calculators to choose from
• Rent vs. Own Calculator - From Yahoo Finance
• 14 Mortgage Calculators - Another list to choose from
• Rent vs. Buy Calculator - Another one, from Erate
• One More Rent vs. Buy Calculator - From Money Toys

Articles on Investment Properties, Tax Breaks, Vacation Homes

• A Primer on Real Estate Tax Breaks -LA Times
• Publication 527 - Residential Rental Property - Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• Maximize Your Vacation or Second Home Tax Savings - South Coast Today
• Taxes on Vacation Homes - Smart Money
• Summary of Rental Real Estate Tax
• Tax Benefits of Renting Your Vacation Home - TaxGaga
• Buying a Home for a Student and Renting the Other Rooms - Tax Talk
• Investment Property or Vacation Home? - Tax Talk
• Vacation Home Rules
• Vacation Home Tax Strategies
   

1031 Exchanges

• Xchange Solutions - An intermediary
• The Tax-Deferred 1031 Exchange - CRE Online
• 1031 Information - IPX
• 1031help.com
• 1031tax.com