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re: What happens to homes when occupant passes?

Posted on 5/7/24 at 4:58 pm to
Posted by Mr Clean
New Iberia
Member since Aug 2006
49445 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 4:58 pm to
You seem a little harsh on your in-laws
Posted by Antonio Moss
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2006
48329 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 4:59 pm to
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45% of baby boomers who own a house, still have a mortgage on the house


Which is really amazing. The youngest baby boomers are around 60 years old. How can almost half still have a mortgage?
Posted by Dawgfanman
Member since Jun 2015
22513 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:04 pm to
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Which is really amazing. The youngest baby boomers are around 60 years old. How can almost half still have a mortgage?


Many refied during low int rate years and probably pulled cash out for repairs and stuff. Where else you gonna get a few hundred thousand at a 2-2.5% rate?
This post was edited on 5/7/24 at 5:05 pm
Posted by chili pup
Member since Sep 2011
2793 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:31 pm to
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fareplay


Looking for a house to squat in?
Posted by PetroBabich
Donetsk Oblast
Member since Apr 2017
4635 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:33 pm to
There's too many other variables to assume an if x then y relationship with this.
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
35585 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:36 pm to
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Yes but the point is market price will reduce due to increase in inventory if the assumption holds that boomers are in their last legs


How old are the youngest boomers? I'm betting you don't have a clue without looking it up.
Posted by CuyahogaTigerJr
Northeast ohio
Member since Aug 2018
2188 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:37 pm to
I’ve been watching this happen on my street over the past 10 years… house gets gone thru by kids then sold, someone else we think bought it fixes it all summer next year sold again new home owners, all nice people some with kids now my kids age. Hopefully this continues. Northeast Ohio
Posted by ManWithNoNsme
Member since Feb 2022
442 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:39 pm to
Sorry, don’t know what that is
Posted by keakar
Member since Jan 2017
30108 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:40 pm to
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What happens to homes when occupant passes?


if its left uncared for, 9 out of 10 its sold to the highest bidder at any price due to the unpaid taxes. they have announcements in the paper of property being sold for tax debts

assuming you are asking in terms of inheriting it, as long as someone keeps up with the taxes owed and keeps the yard from getting overgrown, it can just sit for years until you settle ownership/inheritance issues and decide what to do with it.

if you are asking how you steal the property for free, you just pay the taxes owed on the property for (i think) 3 years straight, and then you file for ownership in your name. if the property owners want to keep the property, then they must repay those taxes before the 3rd year is up. my oncle got 6 properties doing this and most cost him under $5000 in taxes paid on it to take ownership. he said maybe 1 in 10 properties he went after they paid the taxes in time to keep it, and he got a full refund of all his money
This post was edited on 5/7/24 at 5:46 pm
Posted by LRB1967
Tennessee
Member since Dec 2020
15804 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:43 pm to
The estate, including the home, goes through probate court. If there was no mortgage or liens, the heirs can keep or sell the property as they choose. The kids might sell the property but may also decide to rent it out.
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
41232 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:57 pm to
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Which is really amazing. The youngest baby boomers are around 60 years old. How can almost half still have a mortgage?


Boomers weren't good with their money- this article will be a year old tomorrow

quote:

-More than two-fifths of baby boomers are nearing retirement with no retirement savings.

-In the 55- to 64-year-old boomer age group, 58 percent of Americans own retirement accounts.

-The median baby boomer household isn’t doing much better, with $134,000 in retirement savings in 2019, the most recent federal data. That’s about one-third of the average retirement savings in that age group, $408,420, a figure inflated by the super-rich.


-Among retirees, the average savings account dwindled from $192,000 to $171,000 in 2022

-The share of retirees with no savings jumped from 30 percent to 37 percent

Posted by Dixie2023
Member since Mar 2023
1522 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 6:38 pm to
I’m going to add my children to the title as homeowners or sell it for $100 to them long bf I die vs inheriting. Then they can do as they wish and hopefully won’t be taxed out of it.
Posted by Eightballjacket
Member since Jan 2016
7321 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 6:41 pm to
The reverse mortgage folks step in.
Posted by Sasquatch Smash
Member since Nov 2007
24067 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 6:55 pm to
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This is also "misleading". By the year 2030 we will have more people over the age of 65 then under the age of 18 for the first time in our nations history.


Don’t worry…our border is open!
Posted by Dawgfanman
Member since Jun 2015
22513 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:00 pm to
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I’m going to add my children to the title as homeowners or sell it for $100 to them long bf I die vs inheriting. Then they can do as they wish and hopefully won’t be taxed out of it.


This would eliminate them getting the stepped up basis upon your death and likely cost them more when they sell it in taxes.
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
80364 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:04 pm to
How are you this consistently obtuse
Posted by ShermanTxTiger
Broussard, La
Member since Oct 2007
10899 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:08 pm to
I would think they would smell after awhile.
Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
26620 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:13 pm to
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My boomer parents passed recently. So now I'm paying that mortgage and my own until their house finally sells.

This is what happens when people believe that they don’t need estate planning.
Posted by Dixie2023
Member since Mar 2023
1522 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:15 pm to
Ok, thx. I’ll definitely talk to someone in due course. It’s insane that an heir would be taxed on a home other than continuing property taxes if they don’t sell. Maybe a trust prevents that.
Posted by NBR_Exile
Houston via Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2012
980 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:37 pm to
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I’m going to add my children to the title as homeowners or sell it for $100 to them long bf I die vs inheriting. Then they can do as they wish and hopefully won’t be taxed out of it.


There is so much wrong in this statement.
This post was edited on 5/7/24 at 7:37 pm
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