Sentences with phrase «home entertainment costs»

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Cost of entertainment facilities including mortgage interest, property taxes, depreciation, rent, and so on for swimming pools, bowling alleys, tennis courts, cars, apartments, homes in a vacation resort, and hotel suites are not deductible.

We don't have a car, smart phones, an entertainment budget (including eating out), and are unable to get together enough money to own a home here (40 - 60 % down payment required, average cost of a 3 bedroom apartment - $ 1million).

Wall - size screens — sometimes three or four to a single home, and at no small cost — provide for everyone's entertainment needs.

New York state regulators are toughening rules for title insurers to prevent them from passing on the costs of meals and other entertainment in the rates they charge to home buyers.

Combine the fact that retirees devote such a large part of their budgets to housing with the fact that house and condo prices vary significantly from one part of the country to another — the median home price is $ 692,000 in Anaheim, CA vs. $ 91,000 in Decatur, IL — and that means moving to an area with lower housing costs may allow you to cut your spending significantly — or divert much of what you had been devoting to housing to other activities like travel, entertainment, hobbies, whatever.

Greater final scores indicated that an area is more ideal for first time homebuyers, offering a better home value relative to taxes and income, greater chance of success with mortgage payments, lower risk of crime, lower risk of weather disaster, lower cost of entertainment, and lower cost of living.

One great aspect of having an American Express card is their slew of benefits they give such as Travel benefits (things like Car Rental Loss and Damage Insurance coverage at no extra cost and 24/7 access to the Global Assist ® Hotline for emergencies when you are traveling more than 100 miles from home), Purchase protection (such as fraud protection, extended manufacturer's warranties, and return protection) and Entertainment benefits.

Well, there are a number of fun family entertainment activities and things to do in summer that will not cost you an arm and a leg, rather than sitting at home with nothing to do.

Restaurants and entertainment — common costs while traveling and at home — earn 2x per dollar.

But with continued promotion from Sony and Microsoft, lower cost to entry, more AAA games from Western + Japanese publishers, the introduction of more local Chinese games that take advantage of both paid and F2P models, as well as positioning the devices as home media entertainment systems for the family, Sony and Microsoft can see their games business in China grow gradually to end the generation in a good position.

Nintendo hit the big time in the home video game console space thirty years ago with the beloved Nintendo Entertainment System and while the company has been re-releasing its greatest hits such as Super Mario Bros. 3 and The Legend of Zelda on the Virtual Console service for the Wii, Wii U, and Nintendo 3DS, there's a large startup cost involved if all you really want to do is play Mega Man 2.

In an age where many have discovered they don't have to pay full - price for their goods and services, it pays to question the cost of everything you spend your hard earned money on, from entertainment to home insurance.

Let us say that you purchase a new home entertainment system that costs close to $ 5,000.

Having an outdoor recreational area means that the family is likely to spend more time at home, which will also reduce entertainment costs.

Amazon Prime is a smart option for new owners because it includes entertainment streaming and will also save them on shipping costs for the random things they need to buy for their new home.

Make sure you have considered all the expenses that don't show up in your preapproval process — including the additional costs of owning a home and the cost of maintaining your current lifestyle (travel, entertainment, dining, etc.)-- and subtract these expenses from the mortgage amount to determine what you can really afford, without compromising your quality of life.