[Mouton]

I have been keeping meticulous records about every cent invested in our home. We have lived here 25 years and bought it before the hoards descended on this area driving the prices up to absurd levels. The “value” now is slightly below market price so when I go I am leaving instructions to have a picture of me giving the finger to the G stabled to the wall in my office. These suckers are out of control and someone needs to put them back into their box.

[thirst4truth]

Sell it before you die, you can keep all the capital gains, up to $250,000 per individual. No tax on gain of your primary residence, nor do you have spend that gain on another house or anything. It is yours to do with what you want, not so for your heirs. Courtesy of the Republican Congress of 1994.