Depending on the amount involved, you might also consider hiring a tax advisor.TOPICFinances & Taxes Taxes Your MoneyJEFFREY STEELEJeffrey Steelehas been a Chicago-based freelance writer for almost one-third of a century, during which he's written extensively about real estate.

People have been drinking coffee and beer for centuries - 2 industries that I know quite well. 

Everything seems to be over a century old and out together with spare scrap. 

Yes, but if you're talking about Century, FL - that's a small town on the border with Georgia and I had to scale my googlemaps back quite a bit before I found a town of any significant size.  

"I have another offer and need your highest and best" is probable the most frequently used lie of any agent today.Someone I know had an offer in on a REO, it was over 25% below the list, they came back wanting 'highest and best' because of 'multiple offers',,he stayed with his  original offer,,,,he told me he would never trust another agent  saying they had  multiple offers again.Now the funny part, he was a real estate broker that owned a Century 21 office for over 30 years and had recently sold it to spend less time working, if anyone knows agents, he does

It's like the 21st century asbestos.

I've also been with Velocity for 2 1/2 years and have worked with many of the top executives here back in the subprime boom when I was with New Century, WMC, Encore, etc. 

Originally posted by @Scott Kunz:It's been well documented that real estate has been one of the most racist and institutionalized discriminatory industries in America for decades, if not centuries.

The world is mostly miserable drudgery, and we 21st century, first-world citizens are very blessed.You're talking as if you have a choice between a new field now or 40 more years at your current job.

It's a 2,200 SF Folk Victorian turn of the century house.