If you have automatic upload to Photo Stream turned on in iPhoto, your photos will then be uploaded to Photo Stream after import. All in all, I can take a photo on my Galaxy Nexus and within 30 seconds or so, that same photo is on my iPad and the rest of my iCloud connected devices -- all without me doing a thing.
4. 1031 exchange. If you sell rental or investment property, you can avoid capital gains and depreciation recapture taxes by rolling the proceeds of your sale into a similar type of investment within 180 days. This like-kind exchange is called a 1031 exchange after the relevant section of the tax code.
To qualify, you must own the home, and have made it your primary residence for at least two of the five years before the sale. IRS Publication 523 details all the special cases and exceptions for the capital gains exclusion. Tax and Points. If you itemize deductions, you normally can claim a write-off for your property taxes. When you sell, you can take a partial deduction even if the seller pays the tax for the year. For example, suppose you sell 90 days into the year, before you pay your property tax bill. You still can claim roughly a quarter of the property tax as a write-off.