A Day in the Life of John
This weekend, Watsonville is haveing a 'Cutting' competition. This is when the cowboy or girl uses their horse to break off a calf from the heard. They have to break off 3 calves in 3 minutes. My wife, Lori, is competeing Fri, Sat, and Sun evenings. Good luck my love! XOXOXOXOX
The Flyer of the Week
Cool Tips
Pros of Buying a Property- Build equity – When you pay rent, you don't own anything. When you pay a mortgage, you increase your degree of ownership in your home with every payment. Also, you can borrow against your ownership (or equity) in the home to pay for major purchases and you can refinance your home at favorable rates to help fund major purchases.
- Submit tax deductions – You can deduct mortgage interest as well as your property taxes. Uncle Sam doesn't give renters this bonus. Not only that, but if you meet certain requirements the IRS won't apply a "capital gains" tax on your profits from the sale of your home. In addition, those who work from home may be eligible to take deductions for their home office and portions of utilities.
- Have creative control – You like dozens of pictures on the wall? Well, hammer away -- they are your walls now. Like the color mango? Go ahead and paint. Wish you had another room? Go ahead and add one.
- Maintenance choices – If you own a home, you can decide how to approach maintenance, either doing it yourself or picking your own contractor. If you live in a rental, you are at the mercy of the landlord when repairs are made and how.
- Pride of ownership – It might not make sense for everyone, but having a home you own is still the ultimate American Dream.
The Wine List
The wine list is the latest addition to The Barry Freeland Blog. Barry is an avid enthusiast of making wine. He has been developing his skill for over 10 years and has praticly perfected the art making a fabulous pinot. He has a few acres of vines that he tends to, and can talk wine for hours. Barry is almost as passionate about his wine as he is about Real Estate.
"My pinot has been known to turn heads, and is usually the one the people goto. John, its taken me years to develope the kind of wine that I can truely been proud of. Knowing what I know now, I may have gone into making pinot profesionally. I really love the whole aspect of it."- Barry Freeland
For SaleI have a '65 Mustang Coupe for sale-it is a project car with tons of potential.
You can see it at: Pictures Of Mustang , BTW, the price is negotiable.
By the way, If anyone wants to sell or advertise anything contact me at: thebarryfreelandteam@gmail.com and I will place it on our blog upon review