if you have lived it in the past 2 of the 5 years you have owned it, you can sell and pay no capital gains on the first 500k if filing married or 250k if single.

I am not married to either structure and the cost, as mentioned in my original post, is ridiculous.

Here are some quick pieces of advice: - GET MARRIED BEFORE BUYING A HOME TOGETHER (It would likely be a nightmare if you guys break up and own property together) - The more comfortable you need to be, the less of a "deal" you'll most likely get (that's not a fun thing to hear, but I wanted to make sure you did).

When I changed my wife's old house before we were married from Res to Rental annual property taxes went from like $900 to $1900/yr. 

(although i did have a house fire years ago, so never let coverage slip people, you never know when it could happen to you).My story begins many years ago , I was a veteran by then, happily married to another soldier.

As corny as the sayings "marry the house, date the rate" and "don't wait to buy real estate, buy real estate and wait" are....they're true. 

$500k in cap gain can be tax-free if you're married. 

Nor am I an expert or married to the idea of Fund & Grow (I'm a recent customer, that's it)...

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