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@terimac4 wrote:

.......I am assuming the $350-65K is my cost basis....


Your cost basis is likely your parents' adjusted basis in the house at the time of the transfer (the greater of $65,000 or your parents' basis, the latter is most likely higher).

 

 

 


@terimac4 wrote:

Will I have any capital gain costs if I reinvest the majority of the gain into a more expensive house?...


The "reinvest rule" was eliminated in 1997 and essentially replaced with the two out of the last five year ownership and use rule (up to $500,000 exclusion).