Housing / Real Estate

Housing / Real Estate Questions

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..

Second home sale

Hi Terry, We are selling our second home in January 2025. If we don’t buy a like for like home..

Pay off mortgage?

Doesn’t it make sense to use our Social Security payments, that we will just start receiving at age 70 by..

HELOC

I’m 73 and still working full time but plan on retiring in 2025. Our HELOC is balance 0 right now...

money

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