There are also horror stories about people loosing their property in Spain. 

So I steer clear of them and instruct my team to pass those people along to me to handle.I also have nothing more than my word and all of our 80+ all 5 star reviews. 

We are very grateful for the clients we have, and the people we've gotten to work with.

I understand your frustrations.

Quote from @John Davey: Id appreciate any help, as ex. if i take out say 100k home equity loan and use 50k each as down payments/cloing costs my understanding is i cant deduct the interest?

I mean it. yet you see people B*@tching and complaining about it. 

You can just answer it without the jazz, and I bet you know a few places right off top of head where people WANT to live, right. 

I understand that it's unrealistic to expect anyone to treat your property with the same level of care you would, but the company we hired has been a NIGHTMARE. 

Understand the difference between the two, how they are compensated, and how they serve you during the due diligence process. 

So if I understand this correctly, by qualifying to extend the 5 year rule to 10 yrs, $250k if single or $500k if married of proceeds from this sale would be exempt from capital gains?