[gloryblaze]

... We are going through this now in our family, where an inherited home might be sold simply because the taxes on the house are astronomical.

I'm curious as to what you would do differently with the house if there were no RE taxes on it.

[Chicory]

There are different options which mostly relate to personal situations of various relatives, probably not a good scenario from which to draw any advice or conclusions.

[ExGeeEye]

I would have liked to retire to my family home but the parents died too soon.

Eleven years into orphanhood, I’m still nine years from retirement.

I have to settle for having as much of the contents of that home as I can fit, in my home.