For many people building a new home in the Poconos, the process begins with choosing a floor plan. After all, your floor plan determines how your whole home will come together. But how in the world do you choose the floor plan that’s right for you and your family? There’s something important that needs to happen before you choose you floor plan.

There are some lifestyle questions you need to ask yourself before you ever get around to picking a floor plan, because the way you live (and the things that are important to you) should really be the determining factors in how you build your house.

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NAHB, 2013 - As the Senate examines existing tax policies as part of its “blank slate” approach to tax reform, and as the House Ways and Means Committee continues its review of the tax code, it is appropriate to keep in mind the importance of the mortgage interest deduction (MID) as a middle-class tax provision that makes it possible for many families to achieve homeownership. It is also useful to review some of the claims against the MID to determine if those claims are valid. Economists at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) have analyzed data from the IRS and the Census Bureau, as well as estimates from other sources, to assess the validity of these claims.

Claim #1: The wealthy get most of the benefit from the mortgage interest deduction.

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