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How Can I Avoid Capital Gains Tax? I'm Netting $640K From the Sale of My House

Selling your longtime home and downsizing in retirement is a common practice for people entering their golden years. While profits from a home sale are considered capital gains, the IRS typically ...
Journal Star

How to protect trees from cicadas

The extension offers multiple tips for protecting trees and shrubs from periodical cicada damage. Among them: "Place netting around small trees and shrubs (up to 10 feet tall), making sure it is ...
AOL

We're Downsizing and Netting $550k – How Can We Minimize Capital Gains Taxes?

SmartAsset and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. Selling your home to downsize can make your retirement more financially stable, but if you have a ...
Redding Record Searchlight

How to protect your cherry, other fruit trees from hungry birds while keeping them safe

Q: What sort of netting can I use on a cherry tree that will prevent birds from eating the cherries, and also doesn't snag birds? Also, will ground squirrels chew up the netting? A: Your concerns ...
NBC Chicago

Netting, foil and more: How to protect your trees from Chicago's massive cicada emergence

Chicago, welcome to cicada season. For the past 17 years, billions of periodical cicada spawn from Brood XIII have been living underground in the Chicago area, tapping into fluid from plant roots. And ...
The Straits Times

Bird netting to prevent pigeons on air-con ledges to be trialled at 2 HDB blocks

SINGAPORE - Two HDB blocks in Punggol and Toa Payoh will have their air-conditioner ledges covered in netting to stop pigeons from landing and building nests there. This is part of a trial to prevent ...