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...CONCERNS. You'll forgo some tax benefits associated with investing in real estate, says Islandia, N.Y., financial planner Michael Kresh. You usually can't deduct depreciation, and when you begin withdrawing money from a traditional IRA or SEP-IRA, those funds will be taxed as regular income. Since a Roth IRA lets you withdraw funds tax free after age 59 1/2, that may be your best option...
...treatment," says Brian McManus of Golden Rule, a leading HSA insurer. When you use HSA money, he adds, "you decide what doctor to go to." But long-term benefits may still accrue to only a lucky few, says Michael Kresh, a certified financial planner in Islandia, N.Y., because the extra out-of-pocket costs may be too great a burden. For help finding insurance companies offering these accounts, visit hsainsider.com...
Harold Tappen Wright's "Islandia" ("Best book to read upon coming home from...
...Islandia lay south of the equator. It was the southernmost tip of the Karain Continent. There is even a map of it (see cut). Its seasons were Windorn (winter), Grane (spring), Sorn (summer) and Leaves (fall). It had a climate, a terrain, a history and a literature all its own, all of which Austin Wright invented. Its inhabitants wore what the English of that period would have called "rational dress" (knickers of navy blue broadcloth were correct for men), and their furnishings and architecture rather suggest the tastes of Frank Lloyd Wright (no kin to the author...
While John Lang was consul, they faced the greatest crisis in their history. Islandia was almost totally nonindustrial, but rich in natural resources. Representatives of England, France, the U.S. and (most insidiously) Germany worked with Islandia's progressives to open it to the plunderous wonders of international cooperation. As U.S. Consul, John Lang's duties were clear...