Since all of the marriage joint is sealed by drywall, it is no way for the home appraisal to determine.

You may end up with a marriage you can’t get out of.  

As part of the documents showing the transfer of 20% ownership on a Commissioners Deed, the other documents show that the "girlfriend" was also the mother of their three children and that it was determined to be a common-law marriage and that the transfer was part of a separation agreement.

Four out of the Five children (the 5th being my father's from a previous marriage) are willing to sign our shares of the house over to my mother if that's an option.

Strivers, hard workers, great schools, great resumes...but they'll all trapped in marriages with some seriously high maintenance women who don't seem to do much to improve the bottom line for their families.

I hate to see people divorce, but if the marriage is beyond saving then that is a better option than a loveless marriage with that kind of situation going on. 

though I wouldn't need to buy another house in the forseeable future, I don't think my future wife and I want to start our marriage with ruined credit ;)I'm hoping Steve or someone else with experience in claiming a rental loss has insight on how long you need to rent to be able to claim it on a home that was purchased as primary residence.I'd be in the red in regards to rental income so I don't necessarily want to rent or hold too long.

In general, I hate being liable for 100% of something and only getting 50% of the reward- Partnerships are like marriage...so you better know each other's roles or eventually there will be trouble / bad feelings.

I understand the challenges with high levels of student debt and other obstacles, but marriage and then kids are usually what people people to move out of apartments and into homes.

According to the irs, marriage is an exception.Is it that cut and dry?