Vanessa A
Expert Alumni

Get your taxes done using TurboTax

Your mortgage pay off is irrelevant.  You would use the price you paid for the house as a deduction.

Total sale price = $100,000

Purchase price = $60,000  (random number)

Closing Cost = $5,000

Real Estate Commission = $3,000

 Total expense would be $68,000 in this example. 

Profit $32,000

 

 

 

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