Housing / Real Estate

Housing / Real Estate Questions

Gifting a home? No contract!

My mom bought a home for 160k in 2012 rent to own for my sister upon her divorce. Now the..

House Stealing

Hi Terry. Several days ago, I received a promotion from Home Title Lock attempting to sell me on their title..

Housing / Real Estate

Dear Terry, My wife and I are selling our building in Bronzeville to relocate to the burbs, we built up..

mortgage pay-off

I own a rental property that makes $4550 per month in rent. Mortgage is $3000 per month (3.5% rate). I..

Sell or not

Dear Terry, My Big Sis Jan says you say not to sell our twenty acre forest land for about $88,800..

Real estate

I am purchasing a home in old bridge New Jersey can recommend real estate attorney thank you

Buying a Home

Hi Terry, My husband and I are retired and want to buy our last home. Our current home is paid..

Sell rental property or not

My husband and I own our home and have a duplex rental property that we only made a little over..

Real Estate/Capital Gains

I received a 2 flat in the Belmont/Craigen neighborhood via a trust. It is not my primary residence, and I..

Delaware Statuary trust’s

I have a few buildings in Chicago which one will have a capital gain of about $2,000,000. What do you..

First Time Condo Buyer

How does refinancing work? My son was quoted 7.25 for his mortgage. He will be purchasing a condo in Lakeview..

Proceeds from the sale of my home

My home is located in CA , i have lived in it for 5 yrs. I moved to MT to..

Solar farm lease

We been approached by a company to lease our 15 acre property to install a solar farm. Have you had..

Capital Gains Tax

I sold my Dads home last year. What can I deduct to avoid paying Capital Gains Tax?

TOD

After I pass what do my survivors do with the Transfer of Dead that has been registered in cook county..

Re: Social Security – sale of Mother’s house

What was the form to fill out for Medicare not to increase due to a one-time increase in earnings due..

Home paid off/ how can I use my home toward this purchase?

What would be my best option other than a home equity loan to make this purchase?

best idea for first home buyer

Hi-My son is 24 and has been at his career job for 7 months. He lives at home to save..

Home Equity loan vs HELOC

I have a 2.75% rate on my mortgage. Which is best, a loan or HELOC? Which institution is best?

Escrow

Terry, Our mortgage company recently revised our escrow assessment and added nearly $500 to our payment for “shortage”. They also..

money

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