Sell, hold, or transfer
Practical guidance on what to do with an inherited home — from condition assessment to sell, hold, or transfer decisions.
Selling an inherited home: how the capital gain is actually computed
Families expect a tax bill on the whole sale price, or expect none at all, and both are usually wrong. The computation is short, its inputs are knowable early, and one widely assumed benefit generally does not transfer to an heir.
Stepped-up basis: the number that decides what an inherited house costs in tax
One rule in the Internal Revenue Code does more for families inheriting a home than most of the rest of the tax code combined. It resets the property's tax cost to its value on the date of death, which means decades of appreciation are simply never taxed.
Selling an Inherited Home As-Is in Metro Detroit
Selling inherited property as-is can be faster and simpler, but buyers will expect lower prices and may walk away during inspections. Here's what advisors should know about the metro Detroit market.
Listing an estate home: what makes it different
The specific differences from a normal home sale that catch families off guard.
Sell, hold, or transfer the home — a decision framework
Most personal representatives don't actually want to sell — they want to make the decision well. This framework gets you there.
Clearing title on inherited property: what title companies need
Most estate-property closings that fail at signing fail for the same handful of reasons. Catch them weeks earlier and the closing is uneventful.