Wilma Has Inherited a House From Her Research Paper

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Wilma has inherited a house from her uncle who passed away recently. The uncle had taken out a reverse mortgage on this property, it appears he was paid money each month until his death and this amounted to a total of $210,000 including accrued interest, accumulated to increase the balance of the mortgage. On her uncle's death, the balance became due in full, immediately.

To establish the proper treatment inheritance of the property by Wilma from her uncle Bob, we must establish the financial ramifications by examining three options.

She can reject the inheritance of the house and allow the bank to foreclose on it. This will however be a constructive sale to the bank, which, after foreclosure, will lead to the loan being cancelled, and that this debt cancellation will cause that amount to be deemed an amount realized, producing taxable gain.

She can offer to settle the loan with the bank at the home's fmv, $90,000, and then staying in the home, herself. She will in this case offer them cash in that amount in order to get the loan discharged.

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We have to establish the amount of the gains that can arise from this option.

She can sell the house to a willing buyer then negotiate with the bank to settle the mortgage for only $80,000, which, after selling the house for $90,000 and paying 7% realtors fees and closing costs, will net her $3,700. Here also we need to establish the amount of the gain she might have to report in this case.

Analysis

A close examination of this case reveals that the second option is most appropriate. This mortgage most likely contain "Due on Sale" clauses, which states that the lender can call the mortgage due upon transfer of property. However, federal law (12 USC § 1701j-3(d)) provides some exceptions such as a transfer to a relative resulting from the death of a borrower. However this does not touch on the reverse mortgage. Therefore settling the loan with the bank at the….....

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