https://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Houston Real Estate Highlights in April:-Single-family home sales increased for the eleventh consecutive month, up a dramatic 47.4 percent year-over-year with 9,105 units sold (it must be noted that some figures contained in this latest housing report are distorted because they compare to the same month last year when real estate was just beginning its recovery from coronavirus-related lockdown orders that halted most of the business.)

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You have to use money to give the seller "moving money", money to bring the loan current if they are behind, money for title reports, money for escrow, money for advertising, money for making the payments after you take ownership, money for repairs if needed, money for cleaning the property, money in reserve in case everything falls apart (just to mention the big ones, there are also Insurance, water, electricity, power, property taxes and so on).

We like to go through that credit report with a fine tooth comb - because of past mistakes we made!

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Further, would taxable gains be reported on my 1040 and not on a form 1041?

We just had a tenant move out, she had been a really good tenant for 4 years, but when we didn't return all her security deposit, it was jeckle and hide, she went crazy saying how we were scam artists and she'd report us to whatever..   

Put in about $2,300 in minor repairs from inspection report.

But the inspection reports didn't suggest any driveway repair. 

I think in a less hot market, if you are able to keep the DD fee pretty low, I guess it could be nice to be able to walk away for any reason, and technically the seller has to reveal any issues found during previous inspections for future buyers.