I always feel like the first thing a new year brings is tax season and I hate tax season. It demands a lot of time for paperwork, searching files, calculating numbers, and research of tax rules. Granted CPA’s are available to do this work on your behalf, but many people tackle taxes on [...]
On December 27, CCPR board members met with incoming Cherokee County Commission Chairman, Buzz Ahrens, at the Justice Center in Canton. The meeting provided an opportunity for members and Mr. Ahrens to get acquainted and to discuss some hot property rights topics.
As expected, the first topic of discussion was the Proposed Land [...]
The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. – James Madison
I have been very troubled by the recent actions of the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners (BOC). It seems the power is going to their heads. Everyone knows [...]
Doug Duncan, chief economist for the Mortgage Bankers Association, expects the 30-year mortgage rate to hover around 6.5 percent for the remainder of the year, but climb to 6.8 percent by the end of 2008.
Duncan is "optimistic about a rebound" in the housing market next year, citing still-low long-term interest rates, robust capital expenditures, and [...]
