1. You definitely need to report the interest.
2. As you figured out funeral expenses are not deductible, unfortunately.
3. If you didn't have to file a tax return I would tell you not to even report the sale of the cars. But since you are you may as well. Report the cars as one sale on schedule D with the total amount received for all of them as the sales price and the value set at the exact same amount. No profit, no loss.
4. You can deduct utilities paid and small repairs and maintenance that you had done in 2022. Any renovations or improvements done to the property in order to prepare it for sale are added to the basis on the house and used to offset any gains you might have from the sale in 2023.
5. Assuming that your father left the house to your mother in 2014 then she owned it entirely at her date of death and the basis would be 100% of the value at your mom's date of death plus whatever renovation costs you add to it between then and the sale date.
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