All Forum Posts by: Eric C.

 So because we decide to treat our living and living expenses as if it were an equity split in a business, you feel the need to be a jerk.  Nice form.  

 Definitely not the OP, but possibly one of the  people commenting.

My question was more if we were TIC, would we both be on the loan (I don't care either way honestly) or just her, and would I have a taxable event for selling the equity? But what you had laid out is pretty much what I envisioned.

Thanks for your insight.

 You are clueless in that a marriage would not change the circumstances.  I am not offended in any by random comments on the internet by people that don't understand the situation.  But thanks for checking in.  Please check out if you have nothing else to add.

 Hence the reason for doing it above board in a true equity split.  She doesn't want to live in my house for free so she offered to buy half the equity and have everything documented.    I find it funny that people are willing to do equity splits with strangers, business partners or family but not in a relationship.  I thought BP responses would be more helpful, but alas, it is just an internet forum.  

 This is some hilarious stuff here.  You need to work on reading comprehension.  

Are you posting the signs on your own property or littering someone else's?  

@Aaron Hunt  Don't scrutinize my relationship commitment and I will not point out hypocrisy when I see it.  If more than 50% of mortgages ended in foreclosure, would everyone advocate buying rather than renting?  There are plenty of unhappy longtime marriages where one or both parties are miserable but because they are "married" they stick it out.  

@Michaela G.  I had a lady that worked for me about a decade ago whose husband was on the sex offender registry because her parents pressed charges when he was 18 and she was 15.  Several years later, they got married and have been for years.  

@Charlie MacPherson  Marriage does increase someone's likelihood of staying with someone that they resent and grow to despise with time, but feel obligated to stay with. I personally would rather have someone stay with me out of choice, not obligation. Apparently you would rather the opposite. It is quite possible your wife has wanted out for 38 yrs but due to moral or religious obligation, she stays with you. Or I could be wrong, but only your wife will EVER know.

On the topic at hand, I have no problem having something written up showing we each are 50% owners of the property, and if in the future we feel we would be happier not together, sell and divide. My question, of which you, Charlie, have been no help, is how to do that asset split now. How to sell her half the equity.