I have used united granitethey are in willow brook- more south west burbs but i’m sure he would travel. my guy is Oswaldo- DM me for contactyou gotta go to the warehouse to pic out your stone and he doesn’t do demohe charges $200 to provide the sink which is a deal i highly recommend

Looking for a CPA and attorney in the Northwest Houston area (Klein, Tomball, Cypress area).Also: Is there a quick way to get an attorney to look over a lease without having to go in and make an appointment?

I'm surprised someone verbally told you you can convert back to a duplex and didn't tell you that you must get permits.from what you are describing it seems the town gave you a hard time because you didn't get permits, I don't know that you have any legal standing to go after the town,  again, I am not an attorney 

Since my adjusted basis is about 50K, am I going to have a $250K gain on my income taxes this year?

Why did you choose to leave, and where did you go next?   

Still, I think you'd find it difficult to find one that would be a good long-term investment unless you had another ~20-30 years to go, it's at least cash neutral, and you don't plan to hold it too long (to avoid too much investment loss and before you get to the point where it's unsellable because of too few years left); that's another way of saying that maybe it suits your cash needs in the near-term or is at least less of a pill to swallow than other options until you find something that's more of a sensible long-term play

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But tax wise just here to note if you buy a 4 unit as a primary when you go to sell (if you meet the requirements) only 1/4 of the gain could be excluded under the 121 primary home sale exclusion.

The first half of the year will be slow going.

Furthermore if they are always paying they probably will stiff you in the end if they know they aren't going to get the deposit back.