First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Update

Lew Sichelman posted an article on Marketwatch about the latest update to the First Time Home Buyer’s Tax Credit.  According to Sichelman, home buyers will not be able to use the tax credit for a down payment.  The credit can be used up front for additional down payment, or used to buy the mortgage rate down, but home buyers will have to come up with the down payment on their own.  Read the full article from Marketwatch here:  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/advance-on-home-buyer-credit-cant-be-down-payment

It’s time for the Great Mid-Columbia Duck Race again!  Once a year 40,000 little rubber duckies are dumped from a cargo container into the Columbia River in the hopes of winning fantastic prizes.  The race is put on by the Tri-Cities Rotary clubs.  The money raised during this race benefits local charities, so you can’t go wrong there.  As a member of Richland Rotary I am a ducky adoption counselor as well as help set up the race.  This is a community event that you can definately get behind.