🎉 As we kick off 2025, I want to encourage all my fellow Americans stationed in Germany—or preparing to move here—to start thinking differently about your housing allowance.Did you know that your housing allowance could be more than just a rent payment?

The most concerning is that they allowed unsupervised showings on a vacant unit- something we were not aware of until serious theft had occurred.

This would allow them to fully defer their taxes if that was their goal. 

Haha, I'm only asking, because 1) I can't seem to find anything saying it's not allowed and 2) A previous thread of mine was deleted for apparent violation of some rules.

Lower debt to income allowed as well for conventional. 

Option A would allow me to keep it as a long term rental .

If you do place the property in her name, then inherit it later, it does allow for you to receive a step up in basis at that point, allowing you to sell the house shortly after her death without paying capital gains tax.5. 

The downpayment and closing costs would be one large hurdle in order to repeat this, I'm not sure how willing lenders are to allow 3 properties a year.

They said we have to build new walls because the old walls are directly on the concrete, and this is not allowed.

This allows for deferral of capital gains taxes until December 31, 2026, with potential reductions in the taxable amount if held long-term.