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Taipei: A Design Lover’s Guide to Taiwan’s Capital
Taipei, Taiwan, is nothing short of an aesthete’s dream. With its dramatic landscapes and lush vegetation, there’s a reason Taiwan was nicknamed ilha formosa, or “beautiful island,” when the Portuguese stumbled upon it in the 16th century. Decades later, the isle’s capital is still worthy of the name, though now it’s full of soaring buildings, centuries-old temples, and modern-day marvels. Don’t worry, though: Taipei may be a bustling urban metropolis, but you’ll still find that Taiwan’s capital has no shortage of verdant nature among its built wonders. The city is full of captivating architecture and design, and below you can see AD’s guide to the must-visit spots in Taipei. Where…
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Fast Growing Home Improvements Retailer The Building Center Raising Capital on MicroVentures
Family-owned Kansas building materials business focuses on superior customer experience to expand. MARION, Kan., Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Whether one is building a structure or a business or anything else worthwhile there is something to be said for pacing oneself. The family management team of The Building Center decided the pace must be fast paced. Nothing else explains multi-million-dollar revenue while doubling the company’s retail footprint and being awarded the title of “Business of the Year 2022” by the Kansas chapter of America’s Small Business Development Center in just five short years. All these rapid-fire achievements are understandable; in the last two years, homeowners spent more time and money on…
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The No. 1 emerging real-estate market in America is also the RV capital of the world
The pandemic spurred millions of Americans to abandon city life, fleeing to the ‘burbs. A new report highlights a novel destination for would-be homeowners to consider: The R.V. capital of the world. The Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com Emerging Housing Markets Index, released Tuesday, ranked Elkhart-Goshen, Ind., as the top housing market. (Realtor.com is owned by the same parent company as MarketWatch.) The northern Indiana city is known to produce as much as 80% of recreational vehicles globally, with manufacturers headquartered in the city. These include companies like Jayco, Keystone, and more. The metro area has one of the lowest unemployment rates compared to others on the index, at 1.6%, the report said.…
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Capital Gains Tax on Real Estate
Many people know the basics of the capital gains tax. Gains on the sale of personal or investment property held for more than one year are taxed at favorable capital gains rates of 0%, 15% or 20%, plus a 3.8% investment tax for people with higher incomes. Compare this with gains on the sale of personal or investment property held for one year or less, which are taxed at ordinary income rates up to 37%. But there are lots of exceptions to these general rules, with some major carveouts applying to residential real estate. The residential real estate market is still hot, and if you’re like most individual owners of…
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HFZ Capital and the Ugliest Divorce in Manhattan Real Estate
Nir Meir, Ziel Feldman, and Helene Feldman. Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photos: Shutterstock/Getty Images This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Ziel Feldman is in good company. At least that’s what the real-estate developer at the center of one of the most spectacular meltdowns in recent memory has been telling himself. The Manhattan real-estate industry is a game of winners and losers, Feldman says, and even titans lose big sometimes. Over the past 18 months, Feldman’s firm, HFZ Capital Group, has been obliterated by foreclosures and investor lawsuits, a collapse that has dredged up unflattering details about the company’s…
