Munster

Planning a Transition or a Move in Munster?

Selling the house from another state? Our guide to selling an inherited home remotely shows out-of-state adult children how to clean out, protect, and close on the family home without a plane ticket. Read our guide to selling an inherited family home for step-by-step help, and when the house is ready for its next chapter, our checklist for preparing an inherited home for sale covers the paperwork, the repairs, and the right order for both. If the question is tapping equity instead, compare reverse mortgage myths vs. facts first,or read our guide to tapping home equity without selling for every option side by side. And if the home carries a reverse mortgage, our guide to selling a home with a reverse mortgage walks through the payoff and the equity left over. And if you are thinking about moving closer to adult children and grandchildren, our guide to moving closer to family covers the equity, the search, and making the move feel like a homecoming. And when the whole transition needs a coordinated team, our guide to building your senior move team explains who does what, from the Realtor to the elder law attorney to the move manager. And if the parents want to keep the house in the family, our guide to gift of equity sales explains how a below-market sale to an adult child works, from the appraisal to the tax rules. And before any decision, our guide to holding a family meeting about an aging parent's housing future offers a simple agenda that keeps everyone heard. And when the tax question comes up, our guide to stepped-up basis and selling an inherited home explains why most families owe little or no capital gains tax.