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There’s a misunderstanding about the “$250,000 exclusion” that I hear constantly, and your cost basis is a big part of that picture. People think it means: if my house sells for more than $250,000, I owe taxes. That’s not what it means. Not even close. This confusion is keeping people from making moves they’re financially … Read more
A quitclaim deed is one of the most misunderstood documents in real estate, one of the most common calls I get goes like this: “He wants to stay and I want to sell.” Or the reverse: “She wants to keep it, but I need to move forward.” You’re ready. The house isn’t, because your spouse … Read more
Before they pull out of the driveway, almost every family moving to Tampa Bay from the Northeast asks the same thing: is it worth paying to ship all this, or should we sell it and start fresh? The honest answer: for a lot of people making this move, the numbers are closer than you’d expect. … Read more
In Tampa Bay, you open a closet and there’s a coat you forgot you owned. A box of things that “might be useful someday.” A gift you kept out of obligation. Thirty years of a life, stacked floor to ceiling. This is the moment that stops most people. Not the paperwork. Not the market. This. … Read more
When it comes to during divorce, selling a house during a divorce is a different kind of transaction. You want out. They want to stay. Or you want to stay. They want it sold yesterday. What Selling a House During a Divorce Really Comes Down To Somewhere in the middle is a house, a mortgage, … Read more