Moving Up: Selling Your Home and Buying Another

How to juggle two mortgages.

Alternatives to Selling: Becoming a Landlord

There may be more value to holding onto the property and renting it out than you realize.

Seller Financing: How It Works in Home Sales

A useful tool in a tight credit market.

Evaluating the Price and Other Financial Parts of a Homebuyer's Offer

Look beyond the dollar signs when deciding on a homebuyer’s purchase offer.

Could I End Up Owing the Buyer Money When My Home Sale Closes?

Situations where the profit on the sale--and then some--gets eaten up by closing costs and expenses.

Short Sale of Your Home: Is It Right for You?

The advantages and risks to selling your house for less than you owe on the mortgage.

Short Sales and Deeds in Lieu of Foreclosure

Understanding how these alternate methods of transferring a house that you can't afford to pay the mortgage on work.

Will Fees I Pay My Home Stager Reduce My Capital Gains Tax Obligation?

Staging is one of the many advertising and advertising-related expenses that you, as the homeowner, may deduct from your selling expenses for capital gains tax purposes.

Will fees I pay for pre-sale home window washing reduce my capital gains tax obligation?

Window cleaning may help sell your home, but it won't help lower your tax obligations.

Will fees I pay for pre-sale home cleaning and hauling reduce my capital gains tax obligation?

Find out if the person you hired to clean your house prior to the sale is tax deductible. Read on to learn more information about what is tax deducted in the home sale process.

Will fees I pay for pre-sale landscaping reduce my capital gains tax obligation?

Home landscaping is one of the most common types of improvements homeowners make, and can be used to reduce your capital gains tax obligation.

Can I reduce my capital gains tax obligation with costs of carpet cleaning pre-home-sale?

Carpet cleaning may help you sell your home, but the IRS won't give you any tax benefits for it.

Will fees I pay for pre-sale home painting reduce my capital gains tax obligation?

Home painting is a classic example of a repair, which, with a few exception, cannot be used to reduce your tax obligations.

Will fees I pay for pre-sale home recarpeting reduce my capital gains tax obligation?

New carpets count as a home improvement. which will help reduce your capital gains tax.

Bringing musicians to my open house: Can this reduce my capital gains tax?

When homeowners can subtract advertising-related expenses related to selling their homes from their taxable profit.

How Does the Capital Gains Tax Exclusion Apply to Three Co-Owners of a Home?

Every co-owner, married or not, can claim a $250,000 exclusion, if other conditions apply.

Selling Your House in a Tough Market

Maximize your profits with tips from a team of real estate experts.