Thanks for your detailed response ColeenD3.
It makes sense to me, as the seller, that any costs related to selling the property would add to the seller's basis. However, Pub 551 always refers to the BUYERS' being able to adjust the basis of their purchase for buying costs (which you listed in your response to me), and never to how the SELLER can add the costs of selling to their basis. There aren't even any examples from the sellers' perspective.
Am I reading Pub 551 to narrowly?
WaltC3
