If you can visually inspect the foundation at the point the water is entering, you can get a better idea of what is going on.

Also, your CD analogy doesn't consider appreciation and tax treatment.

It's in an area of owner occupieds, and would still get that kind of treatment: not upper quality, but a standard homeowner quality. thanks for your responses. ofgift

The LLC that you refer to defaults to partnership treatment since there are multiple members, so the taxpayer that wants the credit is not the owner, the partnership is.

Men, as we can see, really don’t spend as much time feathering the nest so as a result we see that contrary to popular belief, men really tend to follow the female’s lead.Generally speaking, you’ll find that men don’t pay much attention to draperies, window treatments, flower boxes, state of the art appliances, Jacuzzi tubs, well-lit bathrooms, large closets or floral patterns of any kind.

This was after the seller had termite treatments and replaced a tiny bit of wood, and had all the drains replaced.

The trick with all of this cosmetic fluff is to put enough into the house to make it visual attractive to your buyers, but not to go overboard.

If I suspect termite damage I start poking stuids and sills with an ice pick and call our local termite treatment guy.

So, those types of sellers are unlikely to give an preferential treatment to a cash buyer.In short, it's really going to depend on the seller and their situation, but in general, up to 5-10% discount is about right in my experience...

The correct income tax treatment of a seller credit to buyer for closing costs is a reduction of the seller's sale price, so it would not affect his/her capital gain treatment.