Kenneth Kixmoeller wrote: > Michael - - ---- - - > > It shouldn't make much difference whether you sell the house or not: > take your 50% of the house equity and move on. Get the appraisal > close to when the divorce is actually *effective* unless you want to > play the housing market up/down game. The only way to get a real > house valuation is to sell it. Appraisals are only best guesses. You > throws the dice takes your chances. > > One thing that does make a difference is the appraiser: I made buddy- > buddy with the appraiser. I don't remember whether I told her it was > a divorce situation or (more likely) something else, but I let it be > known that I would appreciate a conservative valuation. I was staying > in the house, so this minimized what I owed to my soon-to-be ex. She > came through like a champ, and gave me a nice, low number. > > I'd be PC and say that I'm not proud of having done this, but that > would be a lie. It was the only get-back I had to a philandering > spouse, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Don't let it happen to > you, though. >
Right. Her mom is buddy-buddy with a local appraiser, and I told my wife that I will want someone else to do the appraising. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
