Currently she has no access to hot water or cooking on her stove.

@Chaim MalIn my personal opinion, you were sold snake oil and you want to buy even more of it (trusts).Cut your losses by dissolving (or at least ignoring) these unnecessary structures and close on your property under your personal name.

You will also need to install cabinetry and countertops, and you may want to consider adding a small stove or oven if you plan to do more extensive cooking in the space.10.

., AI infrastructure demands), partially offset by declining oil/natural gas prices.

Patrick - Sellers always seem to want to really "cook/inflate" numbers.

They’ll demand answers to ridiculous irrelevant questions like what’s the viscosity of the heating oil in the tank.

Run the numbers assuming that higher tax basis, and if the deal still pencils out under those conditions, then you can move forward confidently with whichever option makes the most sense.A purchase itself will not trigger a reassessment in Cook County.

Cook county has a bunch of confounding factors that make premiums horrendous here.

During this time, private property was abolished, and families were forced to give up their cooking pans and join communal kitchens as part of collective living under communes.

find a good agent running or working at a well oiled brokerage and negotiate a low %.