Not me, but hearing: "Here's what I actually got out of it," from EVERY person who sells real estate. And they always have that check stub. Really?? This is the ONLY check stub you have ever saved in your entire life, and I don't need it.
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Originally posted by RitaB View PostNot me, but hearing: "Here's what I actually got out of it," from EVERY person who sells real estate. And they always have that check stub. Really?? This is the ONLY check stub you have ever saved in your entire life, and I don't need it.
Earlier in the season client tosses 4 pieces of paper on my desk: her W-2, hub's 1099-SSA, a HUD-1 and a check stub. And she actually said those words, "This is all we got out of it" pointing to the check stub for $1,000-ish!
I said until you document otherwise, looks like $120,000 less some selling expenses is "what you got out of it."
Some back and forth ensues, and the records are shredded, and the records are in storage, blah-blah-blah. I cut to the chase with a five figure estimate on taxes due.
Bam- she's up at that courthouse, getting the purchase info, and then winds up delighted with the results.
But "all we got out of it" has stuck with me all these weeks and made me chuckle.
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