You will have to live it longer than expected.It makes sense (although the IRS rarely does) that the IRS would want to close the gap of people purchasing rental or vacation homes and in their later years selling their personal residence and getting the exemption and then living in their rental/vacation home and selling it two years later and getting the same exemption again.

Still you rarely will miss a social networking trend by watching Facebook.

Sometimes they way over value the property, Sometimes they way under value it, and rarely do they seem to get even close to actual value in my experiences.

I go to the courthouse maybe once or twice a week if there is a really good deal, which is rare..I'm talking at least 80k up to 150k in equity in the home.

So, that combined with up to 6% in seller concesions toward closing costs would possibly get you in with no outta pocket.Additionally if one of you are not going to occupy the property then that is ok with FHA.

In the rare occurance of a birddog actually bringing a great deal, and then you actually closing on it, just give him cash.

It may be a flat fee, percentage, or combination.

I would calculate the 5+ combined as a commercial deal then figure out her broker split then find the number equal to what she would have seen on a comission check.

Some are a combination.

The giants of industry, you'll see there is a combination of luck and business savvy.