Kings Ave, you might kill two birds with one stone and stop by before work begins, but usually, much of the work is accomplished before inspection.

It can cause some extra documentation needs, but as long as your income has been stable or increasing over the last two years then we should be able to make the argument to make it happen. 

They are usually there to accept service of process in a lawsuit. 

Extra taxes (I think it's 8.25% for Houston)8.

Everything aforementioned is great information, I just wanted to provide a little extra color in the hopes it assists your client's decision.

If I get him 500k extra he said he will do it.

So there are a few ways to look at this, the 1st question is are you sure your renovation’s will double the property value, most renovations on primary residences, your lucky to get 60-70% of the dollar cost back out upon sale, so really nail down your comps, than you have basically a math problem if your rate on your primary goes up how long if ever before that extra payment is more than 400k in taxes, that’s just a simple calculation to help you decide, but I suspect you actually have a different question here, from a purely financial perspective my guess is the best option is to do anything to avoid that tax hit, but one of the reasons to make money is to spend it on things that you enjoy, based on your overall financial picture and a subjective view of how much enjoyment you will get out of a renovated home, you should decide if you want to roll your profit into another deal or “cash-out” your winnings, I love cars and I’m willing to spend more than is fiscally smart on them because they bring me joy, there is nothing wrong with that, but i don’t think it’s a fiscally smart choice, without knowing your exact property id imagine a renovation would fall into that category, so that’s the terms I would use to decide.

Do you see more people selling their houses on their own or will it be business as usual once the new post NAR ruling policies go into effect this summer?

Another issue is FBI and Facebook usually don't do anything about this.

It offers convenience, a physical address for official docs, and some extra perks.