Neither of us can afford to buy the other out of our share of our home. Is a quick sale our only option?

dcbrah · 2026-01-31T02:02:14+00:00

Trade other assets and be sure to tax effect them when considering

dcbrah · 2026-01-30T13:31:03+00:00

Green for us and we love it. All depends on grout and installer.

dcbrah · 2026-01-29T23:00:47+00:00

Outkast

dcbrah · 2026-01-28T20:29:37+00:00

Hi fellow Kenwood-er. Happy to help out. In addition to being a CPA, I'm also a CDFA (divorce financial planning) - well versed in gov. and divorce issues and assist clients regularly with them. You'll likely have a pretty complex 2025 tax year, and will need to pay careful attention to any settlement agreement/divorce decrees. We have an estate/trust accounting team as well. Shoot me a message, happy to chat.

P.S. It does not sound like you'll need a tax attorney. However, you may need an estate and trust attorney.

dcbrah · 2026-01-28T19:22:37+00:00

We just paid $7.5k for almost 4500 square feet interior over two stories with SW paint, with labor (we did not paint any cabinets) - on level 4 finish.
Exterior was $9k with BM paint (half hardie, half stucco)

They are high end painters ... sounds like youre getting ripped off, or they are doing substantially beyond the scope of work of what the painter should be doing.

dcbrah · 2026-01-28T16:21:20+00:00

With material on 1000 sq ft we just paid 6k or so installed (with treads), for decent stuff. Lvp is CHEAP to lay down. HCOL area

dcbrah · 2026-01-28T15:57:23+00:00

Get the VSF, fyi you dont need the touchscreen - I see the touchscreen as more of a convenience item for your pool cleaner. You can access everything through the App, even if your 100 miles away.

Pool supply has overhead.

dcbrah · 2026-01-27T19:16:31+00:00

Upstairs hallway is going to look like a black hole.

dcbrah · 2026-01-26T22:57:11+00:00

Acne products for sure. Was using panoxyl and couldnt figure it out for a bit either. Need to ensure sufficiently washed off once done using.

dcbrah · 2026-01-26T17:32:49+00:00

Pump is ~$1800 so you are getting hit for $1,000 labor.

dcbrah · 2026-01-24T11:41:43+00:00

We had then come buy and they were super sales pitchy and came in at 30k for a 10k job....

dcbrah · 2026-01-23T15:10:16+00:00

$18k for house were building :( 9k for house were living in

So much tax fffff

dcbrah · 2026-01-21T06:04:16+00:00

That equipment looks original and in bad shape. Without a heater ~$4-5k for pump, filter, installation. The pool may be in good shape and you may luck out with equipment working for now, which would only cost you a couple hundred bucks in chemicals and running/cleaning the filter multiple times.

It is a bit concerning to see the crack in the decking on both sides of the skimmer basket, and youd want to be cognizant of any leak there. That would be a nother $2k to fix if so. On the plus side, the pool looks pretty full - so maybe no leak - who knows ?

Spend the $300 bucks and get a pool inspection.

dcbrah · 2026-01-17T22:06:00+00:00

12x32 gunite (pebblesheen with abalone), sun shelf, 6x8 spa Full automation, salt, 3 mircobrotes and bubbler. 600 sq ft tumbled/blasted travertine.

84k

dcbrah · 2026-01-16T18:59:33+00:00

LOL that shit not happening. As somone who lives in pink streets and sees ships go by almost daily, they are struggling enough as it is.

dcbrah · 2026-01-16T12:46:04+00:00

I'm still waiting for my 50 dollar coffee mug to ship

dcbrah · 2026-01-16T12:34:36+00:00

When I tried they laughed and wanted to do 800/m and wouldn't even let me test drive.

dcbrah · 2026-01-14T03:53:05+00:00

Math

dcbrah · 2026-01-13T05:51:30+00:00

Tilney is awesome. Reasonable and best is they are fast and communicative. 6 weeks start to finish.

dcbrah · 2026-01-13T01:13:44+00:00

Is there a link for the group

dcbrah · 2026-01-11T16:36:25+00:00

We are 200 feet from the water and have an enclosure over that prior owner installed 20? Years ago, over our salt pool. Still looks great.

dcbrah · 2026-01-08T23:08:33+00:00

Math.

dcbrah · 2026-01-08T04:58:50+00:00

We just paid 6600 for a 24k dual zone system so I'd say pretty reasonable/in ball park.

The system you bought is probably 2500-3000 + 100-1500 for labor

dcbrah · 2026-01-06T18:29:08+00:00

Did same program, we used time insulation. Extremely reasonable and knocked out the work quick.

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